Free Resources for Busy Parents and Educators Who Don’t Have as Much Time to Read and Surf as I Do
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Korea’s Artificial Sun Just Ran for Twenty Astonishing Seconds. Fusion may be a decade away, but even a few seconds make a big difference at this stage. Let’s take a closer look—from a safe distance, of course. @PopMech @Mehran64256772
Neural’s AI predictions for 2021 – AI is already here in many forms so you and your kids should probably check this out. @mrgreene1977 @thenextweb @Neural @machinelearnTec @automeme @gp_pulipaka
Insecure wheels: Police turn to car data to destroy suspects’ alibis. Looser privacy standards for vehicle data are a treasure chest of data for law enforcement. @oliviasolon @NBCNews @sivavaid
Social/Mobile Media Education
50 Years of Gaming History, by Revenue Stream (1970-2020 – People like me who have been there since the beginning and newbies should enjoy this graphic. @om_wallach @VisualCap @MartinOdimaJr @wef
Learning
Twenty Five Brilliant Life Hacks You Need to Try – I have used some of these and they work great. @StephieRockwell @mental_floss
Leadership/Parenting
Are We Appropriately Preparing Students for College? Lecture-style classrooms are passé in a progressive secondary atmosphere, we still need to develop listening stamina in our students. @mssackstein
Inspirational/Funny Tweets

@LollyDaskal
Humor, Music, Cool Stuff
Sarcastic Weatherman Gives A PSA On How To Swipe Off The Snow From Your Cars. This is the kind of video your students can make if they find the right topic. English teachers can use this as an exemplar of sarcasm. @dkevrafox2 @FOX2News
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

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)
Reprogramming the American Dream: From Rural America to Silicon Valley – Making AI Serve Us All by Kevin Scott
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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