Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: September 14: #GrowthMindset, #KidLitCon Keynotes + Overprotective #Parenting
September 14, 2018
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this relatively light week include #GenderBias, #GiftOfFailure, #GrowthMindset, #KidLitCon, #nonfiction, #parenting, #PictureBooks, #play, #reading, #schools, #SocialMedia, #SpecialEducation, #teaching, #testing, and #writing. I was traveling this week so didn't do as deep a search for articles as I usually do. More next week. Happy reading!
Top Tweet of the Week
Some
#PictureBooks that may help foster a #GrowthMindset in kids, encouraging them to overcome challenges, a #BookList from @momandkiddo https://t.co/PFDvFLSmeJ
Book Lists + Awards
#ConstructionWork #PictureBooks Kids Will Request Over and Over ow.ly/Zrrp30lOi2B | #kidlit #BookList @momandkiddo
A #RoaldDahl Book for Every Kind of Kid | A #BookList from @BuildaLibrary @ReadBrightly ow.ly/jp2S30lOfCd | #Matilda for "the ultimate #BookLover" + more
The 2018 National Book Award Longlist is out |
@tashrow has the #kidlit list ow.ly/S6Qi30lOj5k | Special congrats to @StudioJJK, one of my daughter's + my all time favorite authors [Link to Hey, Kiddo!]
Diversity + Gender
An updated reminder from @LaurelSnyder that Women Make #PictureBooks too... | She highlights some of her favorites for #Caldecott consideration + asks for yours ow.ly/6YH130lLruh #GenderBias #kidlit
Events, Programs + Research
Note-taking in the #Classroom (during lectures + other work): A Research Roundup from @cultofpedagogy ow.ly/HgWm30lLtNA | Useful resource for #teachers + #students
Teen
#SocialMedia Use Is Skyrocketing (vs. 2012). But Don't Panic, New Research Says - @BenjaminBHerold @EdWeekEdTech @CommonSense https://t.co/iyhGtIMs0Z [I wonder what Jean Twenge will have to say about these results?]
Related to previous: Most Teens Prefer to Chat Online, Rather Than in Person - @BetsyMorris2 @WSJ ow.ly/HFVk30lOgnY #SocialMedia #ScreenTime
Are #educational #neuromyths (like #LearningStyles) actually harmful? Perhaps not. Award-winning #teachers believe in nearly as many of them as trainees – @Psych_Writer @ResearchDigest https://t.co/zXz0nWfmq9
Growing Bookworms
Should students be required to #read for 20 minutes a day? And if not, what alternatives can we use to encourage kids to spend time #reading at home? ow.ly/98Yd30lOijV | Important stuff from @ReadByExample | #ReadingLogs #IntrinsicMotivation #LoveOfBooks #teaching
Kidlitosphere
Exciting news! The
#KidLitCon2019 KEYNOTES will be LeUyen Pham and @varianjohnson !!! – #KidLitCon will be in Providence, RI March 22-23 ow.ly/w0g330lOiQP
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
Why aren't kids being taught to read in a research-tested way? "We are not born wired to read" says @ehanford @apmreports ow.ly/AVqb30lLuht #reading #teaching #NAEP #phonics
Mississippi district says these four strategies are helping their #StrugglingReaders, as reflected in higher #reading scores ow.ly/r4X330lOgGd | extra instruction time every day for kids w/ disabilities, + more | @jackiemader @hechingerreport
New Study Finds Learning Outcomes Are Better #Reading Print Than Reading Digitally | @Larryferlazzo ow.ly/MKKF30lLXJp | Makes me wonder about the way that many #college libraries are getting rid of printed books...
How a
#Writer Reads| @Meg_Medina on how she has learned to embrace her #reading habits, including #ReadingForPleasure every day | @nerdybookclub https://t.co/8triSMWRSn
Parenting
#Teacher @mary_teaching offers common sense advice to #parents on making their level of effort sustainable over the #school year ow.ly/RCVe30lJpib | e.g. don't be afraid to opt out + focus on kids #learning to do things themselves (agency)
To raise independent kids, treat #MiddleSchool like a dress rehearsal for life. Don't intervene, focus on effort vs. outcomes + more | @bradenbellcom @onparenting ow.ly/XBe530lJLHO | #parenting #GiftOfFailure
Why parents should try to be happy, even when their child isn’t - @KJDellAntonia @onparenting ow.ly/nTNF30lOh0e | "When we board our children’s emotional roller coasters, we make things more difficult for them" | #Happiness #Parenting
At
@NRO @madeleinekearns interviews Coddling of the American Mind co-author @JonHaidt on consequences of Overprotective #Parenting | I am reading this book now and wish that everyone would. It is excellent! https://t.co/lVpAyONWis [Link to the book on Amazon]
Schools and Libraries
Ten Questions for #Educators to Chew On + that #parents should ask to understand #school culture ow.ly/3BcU30lJoTm @rickhess99 @EducationNext via @drdouggreen | I like: "What’s the best thing my child is going to read this year?"
#Teachers: Instead of asking kids "what did you do last summer", find ways to ask about small moments | Better for kids from disadvantaged backgrounds + for getting to know #students ow.ly/g2Jy30lJLq7 | @stellavillalba @ChoiceLiteracy #NarrativeNonfiction
Has #Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Regular #Classrooms Gone Too Far? Weighing its effects on SWDs, their peers, and #teachers - @AllisonFGilmour @EducationNext https://t.co/k6cj8l8Jh3 [See counterpoint from Laura A. Schifter and Thomas Hehir here and response by Allison Gilmour here]
How to Create #Learning Opportunities For Kids on the Bus | @gailcornwall @MindShiftKQED ow.ly/AMG630lLtV6 #FirstClass #Schools #Education
Testing
#Testing Our Children Towards Mediocrity | @TrevorHCairney is talking about Australia, but this happens everywhere. He does offer some suggestions for improvement to better help #learners grow ow.ly/Wa4R30lJoB8
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