Free Resources for Busy Parents and Educators Who Don’t Have as Much Time to Read and Surf as I Do with Fresh Content Every Weekday and post around 8:00 am Eastern US time.
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Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdome I Wish I’d Learned Earlier by Kevin Kelly – I haven’t read this yet, but I’ve never read anything by him that I didn’t like. @kevin2kelly @WIRED
How to Build Your Own GPT: An A.I. Tool Trained By You – OpenAI came out with a massive new update that has huge ramifications for teachers, leaders, coaches, and students. @ajjuliani
How Destroying The Aral Sea Turned Into To An Environmental Catastrophe – This is 26 minutes long, but it’s full of many important environmental science and geopolitical concepts. Consider having your students watch it for homework. @RealLifeLore22
Social Media/Artificial Intelligence
Seven principles for AI in education – The edtech industry aims to advance the responsible use of AI to enhance learning, while also protecting privacy and promoting educational equity. @eSN_Laura @eschoolnews
Learning
Consumption of popular fruit may reduce dementia risk. I eat strawberries and blueberries even day and still feel as sharp as ever at 76. @tracyswartz @nypost
Leadership/Parenting
Six Leadership Styles: Pros And Cons Of Each – Research shows that the most successful leaders are flexible and adaptable, and tend to use multiple styles depending on the situation. Which do you use? @FerminTalksWork
Inspirational/Funny Tweets
@motivational
Humor, Music, Cool Stuff
“Sweet Child O’ Mine” Bluegrass Cover | Thunder and Rain – Is this a song that a band your are in should be playing? @erinnpeetlukes
Recent Book Summaries & My Podcasts
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini@RobertCialdini
Plays Well With Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrongby Eric Barker
How to Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes: Science-Based Strategies for Better Parenting from Tots to Teens by Melinda Wenner Moyer
My Post-Pandemic Teaching and Learning Observations by Dr. Doug Green Times 10 Publications
The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward by Daniel Pink
Limitless Mind: Learn, Lead, and Live Without Barriers by Jo Boaler
The Future of Smart: How Our Education System Needs to Change to Help All Young People Thrive by Ulcca Joshi Hansen
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
Back to School COVID Myths – by Dr Doug Green @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.
