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Free Resources for Busy Parents and Educators Who Don’t Have as Much Time to Read and Surf as I Do with Fresh Content Every Weekday and post around 8:00 am Eastern US time.
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Igniting student curiosity through career exploration – Career resources add immense value to classroom instruction for both educators and students. @timneedles @SmithtownCSD @FiveTownsNY @eschoolnews
Tools to Boost Students’ Reading Stamina – Try these strategies to help your students sustain their focus on reading for longer periods of time, and drive comprehension in the process. @borywrites @edutopia
7 Myths and Misconceptions About Coffee
– This is great news for this blogger who has been a dedicated coffee drinker since his college days. @goodjaina @WIRED
Social Media/Artificial Intelligence
Forget Chatbots. AI Agents Are the Future. Startups and tech giants are trying to move from chatbots that offer help via text, to AI agents that can get stuff done. Recent demos include an AI coder called Devin and agents that play videogames. @willknight @WIRED
Learning
What Really Killed the Dinosaurs? It may not have been a killer asteroid after all. @Kurz_Gesagt @kiwico_inc
Leadership/Parenting
Private school students get fake ADHD diagnoses for 200-point boost to SAT, ACT after tests brought back by Ivy League. I don’t think this is new. I’ve heard about it for a long time. @RIKKISCHLOTT @nypost
Inspirational/Funny Tweets
Funny Quotes About Aging and Getting Older – This is a seven-minute video crammed with great quotes. @FabuIousQuotes
Humor, Music, Cool Stuff
1812 Overture, FANTASTIC Flash Mob – (you’ll get chills ) Be sure to share with kids who aren’t into classical music, yet. Musical Society of Algemesí (Spain) via @YouTube
Recent Book Summaries & My Podcasts
Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away by Annie Duke
Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics Grades K-12: 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning by Peter Liljedahl
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini@RobertCialdini
Valedictorians at the Gate: Standing Out, Getting In, and Staying Sane While Applying to College by Becky Munsterer Sabky
Plays Well With Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrongby Eric Barker
How to Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes: Science-Based Strategies for Better Parenting from Tots to Teens by Melinda Wenner Moyer
My Post-Pandemic Teaching and Learning Observations by Dr. Doug Green Times 10 Publications
The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward by Daniel Pink
Limitless Mind: Learn, Lead, and Live Without Barriers by Jo Boaler
The Future of Smart: How Our Education System Needs to Change to Help All Young People Thrive by Ulcca Joshi Hansen
Listen to Dr. Doug on the “Cup of Joe” podcast. I recorded it last week. On it, I talk about the many good things I have seen in schools doing hybrid teaching. @PodcastCupOfJoe @DrDougGreen @BrainAwakes
This is my podcast on the Jabbedu Network. Please consider listening and buying my book Teaching Isn’t Rocket Science, It’s Way More Complex. Here’s a free executive summary. @jabbedu @DrDougGreen
Boys and Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity by Peggy Orenstein