Links for Teaching and Learning October 2017

Online Bookshelves, Reading lists, and Book Reviews

App for creating images, collages, signs, and flyers

"Scaffolding is breaking up the learning into chunks and then providing a tool, or structure, with each chunk."

Modeling the roles within reciprocal teaching method - develop and support reading comprehension across the disciplines

Washington D.C. has created a public school designed to meet the needs of young men of color. Reporters from NPR and Education Week, spent the past year documenting the birth of this new school.

Why students in public and private high schools will all benefit from a mastery transcript.

FYI if you don't know these things it is never too late to learn - "technology is again changing the kind of “stuff” a student needs to know."

"Adolescents entering the adult world in the 21st century will read and write more than at any other time in human history. They will need advanced levels of literacy to perform their jobs, run their households, act as citizens, and conduct their personal lives."

I am interested in this because it counters the whole "pen is mightier than the keyboard" ---"research --
studies claim that students in lecture-style courses perform worse on assessments when allowed to use devices for note taking ... these studies become a harbinger for technology opposition. ... However, none of these studies question the teaching methods used in the classes themselves or whether teachers are recognizing the power of digital devices for students to create, share, connect and discover information."

Your 'subversive librarian' loves this opening -
"Quickly, now: Go rip a smartphone out of the hands of the nearest teen ...
. If you have a teen child of your own, you can start there—or if you have kids under 13, you can take away whatever device they’re presently using. Feel free to just tear your TV off of the wall, if that’s all you’ve got to turn off. And if you don’t have kids, snatch a phone from any teenager who happens to walk by."

Crockett, Dillon. "Long-form Science: teaching with extended texts." The Science Teacher, 1 Jan. 2017, p. 27+. Professional Collection

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
May 2017, Volume 15, Supplement 1, pp 105–123

"The Linguist" is not a single person, but a cross-section of the language profession that has come together to produce this show. Talkin' About Talk is a collective effort by language experts from all parts of the country.

American Born Chinese - Educator Resources

From the Guardian October 5, 2017