Resources from the people I follow on Twitter, professional emails, and my own surfing
Three Options To School Your Child at Home by Craig Middleton explains how you can allow your child to learn from home without having to be a teacher yourself. If you are not happy with your local public school options you should look into the options that Craig has researched for you.
Three Options To School Your Child at Home by Craig Middleton
March 21st, 2021Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson
March 16th, 2021
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson tracks the innovation process through history and shows what ingredients promote a creative climate. From Darwin to the World-Wide-Web we see how individuals, networks, markets, and open-source projects have forged our modern world. Anyone interested in history and/or science should add this to their bookshelf. Every school and professional development library should too.
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March 5th, 2021
How To Keep Your Children Engaged in Online Learning by Craig Middleton offers important advice for parents dealing with homebound children engaged in remote learning. By following his advice you can make remote learning more effective and enjoyable. Good luck.
Six Creative Homeschool Lessons For Your Pre-Teen by Craig Middleton
February 25th, 2021
Six Creative Homeschool Lessons For Your Pre-Teen by Craig Middleton may even work for your teenagers. Keeping kids engaged and ready to learn at home can be a challenge. You’ll need to make sure that you keep your child’s attention by mixing it up and involving some creative lessons. Here are six lessons to try in your homeschool curriculum to keep your kids excited while they learn.
Grasp: The Science of Transforming How We Learn by Sanjay Sarma with Luke Yoquinto
February 8th, 2021
Grasp: The Science of Transforming How We Learn by Sanjay Sarma with Luke Yoquinto tells the story of teaching and learning during the last hundred plus years. They explain what works and what doesn’t. They make it clear that learning should be spaced rather than crammed at the last minute, that different concepts should be interleaved, and that the effort one uses to retrieve memories helps reinforce them. While we need to teach hard facts, we also need to let students use their hands to wield them. This book is a must-read for teachers and learners alike and would make a great textbook for any introduction to education course.
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