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.
How Can High School Sports Better Serve Students? Despite the growing body of evidence that shows how physical activity is essential for health, well-being, and student engagement, high schools offer fewer opportunities for competition and play today than they did just a few years ago. @LindaFlanagan2 @MindShiftKQED
Three Ways Teachers Can Reduce Their Stress Level – Many stressors in education are out of teachers’ control, but there are some steps they can take to keep stress in check. @edutopia
Watch TED-Ed videos – Here are 16 educational videos that teachers of many subjects can use. They are about four minutes long and have subtitles in man languages. Language learners can also run them a half-speed with subtitles. @TED_ED
Social Media/Artificial Intelligence
AI could replace human military commanders in making life or death decisions on the battlefield, DARPA suggests. – DARPA is working with decision makers to train algorithms to make decisions. @RyanMorrisonJer @MailOnline
Learning
The benefits of a bilingual brain – Educator Mia Nacamulli details the three types of bilingual brains and shows how knowing more than one language keeps your brain healthy, complex and actively engaged. @PenPenChen @TED_ED
Leadership/Parenting
A Microblogging Lesson Idea and Template You Can Customize – When it comes to creating for an audience, a series of short-form posts is super popular — and here is a microblogging lesson idea. @ClassTechTips
Inspirational/Funny Tweets
@tim_fargo
Humor, Music, Cool Stuff
Peanut Butter | How It’s Made – I bet your kids will like this. @DiscoveryUK
Recent Book Summaries & My Podcast
The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward by Daniel Pink
Limitless Mind: Learn, Lead, and Live Without Barriers by Jo Boaler
180 Moving Forward past the Pandemic with Dr. Doug Green – On October 4, 2021, I was Kim Mattina’s guest on her weekly show. Please join us for a discussion on what we can gain from our pandemic experiences as educators.
The Future of Smart: How Our Education System Needs to Change to Help All Young People Thrive by Ulcca Joshi Hansen
Noise: A Flaw In Human Judgement by Daniel Kahneman, Oliver Sibony, & Cass Sunstein
Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind by Judson Brewer
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson
Listen to Dr. Doug on the “Cup of Joe” podcast. I recorded it last week. On it, I talk about the many good things I have seen in schools doing hybrid teaching. @PodcastCupOfJoe @DrDougGreen @BrainAwakes
Grasp: The Science of Transforming How We Learn by Sanjay Sarma with Luke Yoquinto
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
Boys and Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity by Peggy Orenstein
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves (the book can be found here)
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