Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: May 17: #EducationalEquity, #KidLitCon, #SummerReading + #Playgrounds
May 17, 2019
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include #CharterSchools, #Cybils, #DiverseBooks, #eBooks, #EducationalEquity, #grit, #GrowthMindset, #Happiness, #KidLitCon, #Kindle, #play, #ReadAloud, #schools, #STEM, #SummerReading, curriculum, Daniel Pink, math, poetry, recess, and testing.
Top Tweets of the Week
THIS! The Benefits of #ReadingAloud to #MiddleSchool Students | Enriching classroom community, sharing a #LoveOfReading + more | @shortisweet3 @edutopia https://t.co/xIbd3jHo82
The Biggest #Education News Story You've Never Heard Of | @natwexler @Forbes on the teaching of skills + lack of focus on #curriculum content ow.ly/BbSk30oIzZF#EducationalEquity
Events, Programs + Research
Naomi Shihab Nye is the #Poetry Foundation’s Young People’s Poet Laureate, term from 2019-21 via ow.ly/epC430oHqDg@tashrow @PoetryFound #kidlit
Big #Kidlitosphere News: The @CybilsAwards have announced that the now #nonprofit #Cybils will be the parent organization for #KidLitCon ow.ly/YQt130oIN74 | Next @KidLitCon will be March 2020 in Ann Arbor, MI
Success in academia may be as much about #grit as talent. New research suggests scientists who fail early in their careers may benefit from the experience ow.ly/Qcj830oIAKU@TheEconomist #STEM #GrowthMindset
How #Exercise Affects Our #Memory. Even a single workout may make our brain’s memory centers, like our muscles, more fit. Gretchen Reynolds @nytimes https://t.co/1klnR42wWu
James Patterson funds UK "Buy A Book, Give A Book" #literacy scheme w/ Penguin, Asda + NLT | @thebookseller @JP_Books ow.ly/s1l930oKw3p | Goal: to encourage reading in kids + families from disadvantaged backgrounds
Growing Bookworms
RT @EliseGravel (via @rapunzel543): Ever heard kids (and even grownups!) denigrate other people's book choices? "This book is for babies!", "This book is for girls!" or "You should be reading real books by now!" This poster shows kids that they can read whatever they like. Download here. [Image above shared per the author's permission stated on her website]
Great stuff! How do you turn kids into bookworms? All 10 UK children's laureates share their tips | "Read to them. Let them read to you. Don’t criticise what they are reading" + lots more ow.ly/xD6C30oIMT0@GuardianBooks
Looking for ways to get kids #reading this summer? @KylaMcDonald10 suggests #BookDating. I think it looks like fun! | ow.ly/tgL130oHqlS@nerdybookclub
The Great Debate: #SummerReading | Assigned summer #reading titles don't put the child/teen at the center of #ReadingChoice ow.ly/hYJs30oHqRj@meg_lopez0 @3TeachersTalk
Parents will find useful links + tips in Terry's @TheReadingTub Early May #LiteracyTips Newsletter ow.ly/P5ao30oHqhk#ReadingLogs #BookLists #JoyOrReading
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
How children’s books have changed in the past 10 years | @globalnews via @100scopenotes, input from @burstofbeaden @barbreidart @AudreysBooks ow.ly/fjPH30oHg0A#kidlit #DiverseBooks
To Kindle or not to #Kindle? @AwfullyBigBlog Lynne Benton shares the reasons that she was converted to an @AmazonKindle #eBook reader, despite the relatively minor downsides ow.ly/OL4O30oJxFh#reading
Parenting + Play
Making #Playgrounds a Little More Dangerous - "Junk playgrounds" help foster kids' independence + creativity ow.ly/3kOa30oIAmq@Schiffman108 @nytimes #freeplay #play
Advice from @raisinghappines for a parent seeking to help stressed out teenage daughters ow.ly/gIR530oI3qU@GreaterGoodSC @LDamour #MentalHealth #parenting
School is (Almost) Out! Time to Get Creative. @TheReadingTub suggests a plan for using leftover #SchoolSupplies to build a #Creativity Zone ow.ly/nNSy30oK9Je
Teens Smuggle Burner Phones to Defy Parents. This @juliejargon @WSJ article includes tips for identifying + managing when your kid has a secret phone ow.ly/RC1e30oK9sx#ScreenTime #parenting
Personal Growth
Interesting piece by @EBernsteinWSJ on the surprising boost you can get from positive interactions w/ strangers + acquaintances ow.ly/NAce30oINjR#Happiness
Schools and Libraries
How #Schools Can Spend Time More Wisely: 4 Big Tips From @DanielPink | Want better academic performance from your students? 'Give ‘em frickin’ #recess' ow.ly/P5n030oJxY2@educationweek @AlysonRKlein
#CriticalThinking is a 21st-century essential — here’s how to help kids learn it. Going beyond what to how + why | Mary Halton, Brian Oshiro, @TED_ED https://t.co/hNvaeneZWZ
Can successful #CharterSchools replicate + maintain effectiveness ? They can according new study of Boston's charters ow.ly/gllf30oINqJ@WSJopinion #learning #schools
Dear STAR Test, We Need to Talk Again… @pernilleripp shares the negative experiences of her students w/ this computerized #ReadingTest ow.ly/vHTC30oJX7V#ReadingLevels
Georgia governor vetoes bill requiring #recess in all elementary #schools, supporting the policy but deferring control to local #SchoolBoards ow.ly/MygX30oKG6z | @BrendanNRand @ABC
STEM
#Math Teachers Should Be More Like Football Coaches, sharing passion for the subject + giving students a sense of purpose | @JohnCUrschel @nytopinion via @drdouggreen https://t.co/8qEHB3zgMf
Kids Are More Motivated To “Do Science” Than “Be A Scientist” – A Finding That Could Help Address The Profession’s #Diversity Problem – @mattbwarren @ResearchDigest ow.ly/KfEj30oKvLp#STEM
Testing
#SAT to Give Students ‘Adversity Score’ to Capture Social and Economic Background - | ow.ly/v4CK30oKFVZ@dougbelkin @WSJ #HigherEd #testing #EducationalEquity
Don't Abolish the NYC High-School-Admission Test, Help Black Kids to Ace It, says @JohnHMcWhorter @TheAtlantic ow.ly/1aDo30oHraZ | #TestPrep #EducationalEquity #Giftedness
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