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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Want to Incorporate More Play in Learning? Try the Play Workshop Structure. Too often we refer to play as just play. @NimahGobir @MindShiftKQED @KrisMraz
What Brain Science Says About How to Better Teach Teenagers – Author of a new book on teen development argues that banning phones in schools may backfire. @jryoung @EdSurge
How does the stock market work? If you believe that we need more financial literacy in high school this will help. @gertax @By_Rosenthal @TED_ED
Social Media/Artificial Intelligence
Instagram Implements More Protection Measures for Teens. Instagram has announced two new updates to help protect younger users in the app, including an expansion of its “Limits” feature. @socialmedia2day @adhutchinson
Learning
Volts Amps Watts explained | Watts vs Volts vs Amps | Amps volts watts explained – This animation is good for middle school on up. Jan visual physics via @YouTube
Leadership/Parenting
Changing Teaching Habits is Hard. Here’s How You Can Start. This is excerpted from Humans Who Teach by Shamari Reid. @shamarikreid @nyusteinhardt
Inspirational/Funny Tweets
@Gapingvoid
Humor, Music, Cool Stuff
These Irish Kids Made A Dance Track, And It Goes Ridiculously Hard. I bet your kids could do something like this. @thekabinstudio @Rhyme_Island @creativeirl @rte
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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