Free Resources for Busy Parents and Educators Who Don’t Have as Much Time to Read and Surf as I Do
The Twitter names next to each link belong to the authors, publications, and the people who bring them to my attention.
A Final Tribute To Alex Trebek – This video featuring “Once Before I Go” by Peter Allen was played at the end of Alex Trebek’s last Jeopardy show on 1/8/2021. It’s worth another watch or a first watch if you missed it. Have a tissue ready. @Jeopardy
The Seven Types of Rest That Every Person Needs – Sleep and rest are not the same thing, although many of us incorrectly confuse the two. @DrDaltonSmith
Overviewer – Turn Your iPhone or iPad Into a Document Camera in Zoom. Overviewer is a free app that lets you use your iPhone or iPad as a document camera during a Zoom meeting. @OverviewerApp @rmbyrne
Social/Mobile Media Education
Learning
Top 15 Largest European cities in history (1 AD – 2019) – Anyone teaching or taking European history should watch this. Be sure to stop it from time to time. Get ready for some surprises. @HubRankings
Leadership/Parenting
Make Schools More Human – The pandemic showed us that education was broken. It also showed us how to fix it. @jal_mehta @nytimes
Inspirational/Funny Tweets
@Imported_Fun
Humor, Music, Cool Stuff
25 Most Beautiful Medieval Towns of Europe – I’ve been to three and a few others that belong on this list. How about you? Time to add to your bucket list? @touropia
My Podcast & Recent Book Summaries
Back to School COVID Myths – It’s popular to say that hybrid learning is negatively impacting poor students who generally attend schools with lots of discipline issues. Is it possible that some poor kids who make a serious effort to learn aren’t the big winners? There may be stresses at home, but not many bullies. @DrDougGreen @mssackstein
This is my podcast on the Jabbedu Network. Please consider listening and buying my book Teaching Isn’t Rocket Science, It’s Way More Complex. Here’s a free executive summary. @jabbedu @DrDougGreen
Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World by Olga Khazan
The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win by Maria Konnikova
Boys and Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity by Peggy Orenstein
IEP & Section 504 Team Meetings…and the Law by Miriam Kurtzig Freedman
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves (the book can be found here)
The Knowledge GAP: The Hidden Cause of America’s Broken Education System and How to Fix It by Natalie Wexler
Upstream: How to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath
Innovate Inside the Box: Empowering Learners Through UDL and the Innovator’s Mindset by George Couros with Katie Novak
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