Thinking and Linking Pt.5

I get several newsletters drifting through my inbox weekly, and I like to clip links to articles, pages and videos that resonate with some aspect of our program and teaching at TBS, and then periodically share them. This list is quite long, because I've been collecting it for several months, and in fact I'm going to split it into two posts. Hopefully by scrolling through you'll find a topic of interest to you.

Igniting curious minds
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/build-curiosity-questioning-strategies-kevin-washburn
http://stager.tv/blog/?p=2622
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/seven-misconceptions-about-how-students-learn/2012/02/13/gIQAenfFCR_blog.html


Awakening generous hearts
http://togetherforjacksoncountykids.tumblr.com/post/14314184651/one-teachers-approach-to-preventing-gender-bullying-in
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/anti-racist-classroom-danielle-moss-lee
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/schools-ensure-valentines-love-for-all-139271193.html


Engaging a changing world
http://www.baycitizen.org/environment/story/sf-3rd-graders-fight-against-sea-lion/
http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/lowell-students-raise-awareness-about-plastic-bags-environmental-impact/article_362ecf6b-347a-5b04-943a-3558ae1cdcf3.html


Brain development in the digital generation 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecFizWZgIiA&feature=related (it gets good around the 2 minute mark)
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/25/tech/social-media/multitasking-kids/
http://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/feb/08/school-district-seeing-improvement-math-scores-stu/


Assessment and Understanding
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/slippery-notion-assessing-understanding-terry-heick
http://edtechteacher.org/index.php/teaching-technology/assessment-rubrics
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/designing-using-rubrics-andrew-miller
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/checking-for-deeper-understanding-ben-johnson


Health and Wellness
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/stw-student-stress-meditationhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXy__kBVq1M


Building resiliency and growth mindsets
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/coach_gs_teaching_tips/2012/01/dont_prevent_students_mistakes_prepare_for_them.html
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2012/01/the_benefits_of_failure.html
http://edge.ascd.org/_Being-34bad-at-math34/blog/5706561/127586.html


Fostering interdependency
http://www.hepg.org/hel/article/524#home
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-01-04/news/ct-x-0104-students-get-help-20120104_1_middle-class-middle-class-students-math-class


STEM and STEAM
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2012/08/22/from-stem-to-steam-science-and-the-arts-go-hand-in-hand/
http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/education-update/feb12/vol54/num02/Teaching-and-Learning-Resources-for-STEM-Education.aspx


Project Based Learning
http://whatworks.wholechildeducation.org/blog/ensuring-critical-thinking-in-project-based-learning/
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/project-based-writing-real-world-heather-wolpert-gawron

Videos for teaching and demonstrating mastery
http://techland.time.com/2012/09/13/lights-camera-learn-schooltube-strives-to-be-youtube-for-k-12-education/


Literacy in the Digital Age
http://smartblogs.com/education/2012/09/04/what-mean-literate-2/


Teaching math without words (to visual learners)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7odhYT8yzUM

Creativity for Academic and Social Growth
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/stw-arts-integration
http://www.edutopia.org/stw-arts-integration-tipshttp://www.edutopia.org/blog/creativity-in-classroom-trisha-riche


A scaffold for differentiation
http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2012/01/17/tln_ferlazzo_hull-sypnieski.html