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.
The Roadmap of Mathematics for Deep Learning – Instead of reading through in one sitting, We recommend using this article as a reference point through your studies. Go deep into a concept that is introduced, then check the roadmap and move on. Share with math students you know. @TivadarDanka @epuujee @Deep_In_Depth
This Is Unarguably The Best Way To Cut A Bell Pepper. Chef Ming Tsai shows off a simple and effective cutting board hack that will make prepping bell peppers an absolute breeze. If you have been cooking more at home this will help. @mingtsai
How Google Is Using AI & ML To Improve Search Experience – Recently, the developers at Google detailed the methods and ways they have been using artificial intelligence and machine learning in order to improve its search experience. @Analyticsindiam @epuujee @ipfconline1
Social/Mobile Media Education
TikTok teens’ latest passion is enterprise software. Five days into the new year, and TikTok’s hottest 2021 trend is teens using enterprise software to go viral. @kellymakena @verge
Learning
See the Most Mind-Bending Optical Illusions of 2020. You can create your own version of the winning design with a free, printable kit. Be sure to watch all three short videos. @theresakmach @smithsonianmag @ScienceMagician
Leadership/Parenting
Four Models That Are Working in Remote and Concurrent Now – One of the most amazing things to come out of the past year of remote and concurrent/hybrid learning has been the sharing of various learning models that work in our current situation. @ajjuliani
Inspirational/Funny Tweets
@ADevotedYogi @DalaiLama
Humor, Music, Cool Stuff
Cellos On Fire – Metallica – Master Of Puppets – The intro is in French and you can skip it by going to the 1:15 mark. @CellosOnFire @ManuelViens
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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