Articles I'm Reading......

College Readiness takes planning:

http://edudemic.com/2013/01/the-modern-definition-of-college-readiness/

Tech Funding Ideas:

http://edudemic.com/2012/10/getedfunding-grants-funding/

Ways to document learning in the classroom:

edudemic.com/2012/12/4-ways-i-document-my-own-learning-in-class

8 Test Prep Activities That Students Like:

edudemic.com/2012/12/8-exam-prep-activities-students-actually-like

Tools to help with writing:

http://edudemic.com/2012/12/6-web-tools-to-make-you-a-better-writer/

Terrific Tools for Note Taking:

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/05/7-great-note-taking-tools-for-teachers.html#.UOQkkoWGF_l

An important Issue for us to consider:

http://healthland.time.com/2012/12/19/guilt-by-associationtroubling-legacy-of-sandy-hook-may-be-backlash-against-children-with-autism/

Parents and students, check out tips for creating an optimal study environment at home:

http://edudemic.com/2012/12/3-ways-to-make-your-home-a-better-place-for-studying/

Wonderful article about a father's journey to understand, and accept, his son's Asperger's syndrome:

http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/how-two-presidents-helped-me-deal-with-love-guilt-and-fatherhood-20121129

I'm going to try this to see if it helps my students who struggle with dyslexia:

http://edudemic.com/2012/10/free-font-dyslexic-students-read/

This article gives teachers a new way of looking at "attention"....

http://thelearningnation.blogspot.com/2012/11/you-do-not-have-my-full-attention.html?m=1

Wow..... this is such a great story!!

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/8579599/chy-johnson-boys

How Volunteering Can Help Reduce Bullying:

http://www.northcentralpa.com/feeditem/2012-10-29_how-volunteering-can-prevent-bullying-schools-and-boost-community-morale

Great questions to think about as we continue to integrate technology into our teaching:

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/10/10-important-questions-to-ask-before-using-ipads-in-class/

More on long-term need for "grit" in students:

http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/tomorrows-college/grit/

Students using Adderall, and other stimulants, to enhance performance is common on high school and college campuses. The use of cognitive performance enhancing drugs by students who don't need them brings up several questions:

What is safe? What is "fair"? How does the use of cognitive performance enhancing drugs by people who don't need them impact the "norms" in terms of achievement?

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/10/19/09smartdrugs.h32.html?tkn=OTMF8p%2BQbxbrUTi26Z26xgIoSGPjm7%2FL%2BL9n&cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS1

An article that supports writing structures/graphic organizers that we are using with students!

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/10/the-writing-revolution/309090/

Solomon Khan on the use of technology in teaching -Ed Weekly:

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/10/03/06khan_ep.h32.html?tkn=YYPFI0QKW1t9Ps37yEMeK1%2BjTt6eZOSGoURA&cmp=ENL-TU-NEWS2

Interesting and important ideas about reading fluency....

http://soprislearning.wordpress.com/

Lots of news and research about cheating these days...

From the NYT Magazine:

http://nymag.com/news/features/cheating-2012-9/

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/coach_gs_teaching_tips/2012/09/grades.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/08/education/studies-show-more-students-cheat-even-high-achievers.html?_r=1&smid=fb-share

A recent article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal supporting what we, as teachers and parents, already know, but often have a difficult time stepping back from:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443819404577635352783638934.html