Exercise Your Brain
This fun game of winding words from Merriam-Webster will keep your brain moving.
Cool Literacy and Learning Links
One Student’s Dyslexia Changed How a Community Viewed Learning. When Liz Woody’s son Mason was in third grade, he struggled to read basic words. After Woody moved Mason to a specialized school, she set out to transform techniques to reach struggling readers. PBS Newshour, September 3, 2014.
Fun videos from the editors at Merriam-Webster Dictionary about different aspects of the English language. Yes, irregardless is a word, but why you shouldn’t use it. Or Schwa, the most common vowel sound in the English language and how it causes many spelling problems.
Brain Science in the Classroom. The old-school advice on studying—keep to a ritual, avoid all distractions, find a quiet study space, hole up with the books—is severely limiting. The brain is a quirky learning machine, the science shows, and it works best when those quirks are exploited. Education Week, November 5, 2014.
Testing: How Much is Too Much? Meet “Jordan,” an 11th-grader in Florida. By graduation, he’ll have taken 113 standardized tests. Here's his story in seven clicks. NPR, November 17, 2014.
Blended Learning: Making it Work in Your Classroom. Since 2010, P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School has taken a school-wide approach to integrating digital content as part of their instructional framework. How has it worked? Edutopia, November 20, 2014.
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