Resources from the people I follow on Twitter, professional emails, and my own surfingSTEM by Design: Strategies and Activities for Grades 4-8 by Anne Jolly explains how true STEM lessons provide engineering problems where students apply math and science concepts as they produce and refine prototype solutions to real-world problems. Such problems also allow students to apply art and communication skills. Every school contemplating or running a STEM program should get this book for the advice it contains and the abundant resources included.
Read entire post...STEM by Design: Strategies and Activities for Grades 4-8 by Anne Jolly
September 19th, 2016Mindset by Carol Dweck – Revised Summary
September 10th, 2016
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success – How We Can Learn to Fulfill Our Potential by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D. will help you learn how a simple belief about yourself guides a large part of your life. It is vital that all teachers and parents read this book.
Read entire post...The Myths of Standardized Testing – Short Summary
September 7th, 2016
Still on the road, so today you get a shortened summary of The Myths of Standardized Tests: Why They Don’t Tell You What You Think They Do by Phillip Harris, Bruce M. Smith, and Joan Harris (Ⓒ 2011, Rowman & Littlefield: Lanham, MD.) If you agree with me that the current state tests imposed by the federal government are harmful to students and teachers, you will find ammunition here to help me fight this battle. If you want the longer summary, click here.
The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson
September 6th, 2016
I’m on the road today so here is an updated version of The Element Sir Ken Robinson’s classic that everyone at all interested in education should read.
Read entire post...How to Be Connected With Your Students by Christine Allen
August 20th, 2016How to Be Connected With Your Students by Christine Allen will help all teachers strengthen the relationships with students that are vital to their success.
