Thanks to all my readers for allowing DrDougGreen.Com to grow well past 100,000 hits a month. These posts are not my usual fair. They are YouTube clips of some amazing females playing guitar. It’s about time more talented ladies invade a mostly male bastion. Click title to see all Nuggets. Merry Christmas, Kwanza, & New Years.
Six-year old plays Sweet Child of Mine on the guitar. Previously posted.
I’m a sucker for stories about how students do amazing things. Here we have one has become a go to expert in his field, one who takes on the look of perfect women in magazines, and another college dropout making a bundle. There are more and they are all amazing in their own way.
Tweets Of The Day
A High School Senior Is Also a Keen Student of College Recruiting. When he talks, coaches listen. @NYTimes @DrDougGreen
A Real Girl, 14, Takes a Stand Against the Flawless Faces in Magazines. @DrDougGreen @NYTimes
Meet the 19-Year-Old former Pinterest employee who just got $7M in venture capital funding. @BrettRelander
How a 13-Year-Old’s Startup Might Be Able to Cure Your Hiccups @BrettRelander
13-year-old detects mistake on 6th century Byzantine map at Metropolitan Museum of Art. @iEducator
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Expressing Learning Journeys Through Digital Portfolios – The idea behind digital portfolios is to provide a space where students can build a narrative of their work. @Rdene915 @tvanderark @Getting_Smart
Toxic friends: Ten common signs and what you can do about it – Do you have friendships that bring you more stress than joy? You’re not alone. The sad reality is that we are all at least partly surrounded by toxic friendships. @hackspiritorg @artofwb @mindfulive
How The World’s Fastest Trains Compare To Each Other, Animated – FleetLogging, a firm that helps manage fleets in the United States, crunched the numbers and calculated how fast the average US passenger train is compared with the fastest trains in the world. @jamescrugnale @digg @weatherchannel
IT trends that will lead digital transformation in 2021 – Technology has a reputation for moving quickly in the world of business, but nothing could have prepared us for the twists and turns of 2020. @TechNative @NLouzado @Hyve
Here’s How Pixar Made The Movements Of Their Computerized Characters Look So Realistic. The fingers playing the piano in “Soul” look so lifelike. Here’s how Pixar perfected these details in their movies. @IanReelDeal @thisisinsider
Working With the Likes of Lego, Disney, and Lucasfilm to Engage Students in STEM – Rick Hess is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and the director of the think tank’s Education Policy Studies. @rickhess99 @EducationWeek
@MrHouseHack
Street Busker Hits The High Note On Lady Gaga’s ‘Shallow’ And Thrills The Crowd. Irish singer Allie Sherlock electrifies the crowd with her performance of “Shallow.” Get more of her music here. @alliesherlock
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson
Listine 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
The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Out Economy, and Our Health and How We Must Adapt by Sinan Aral @SINANARAL
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
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves (the book can be found here)
Upstream: How to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath
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What’s the point of being retired if you can’t go to Key West, Florida in February. I’ll post a fresh bunch of Net Nuggets tomorrow so for now, enjoy some of my Book Summaries. They will help you make purchasing decisions or internalize key concepts from books you’ve read. My Net Nugget Archives are also available. They should be very useful for researchers as well. If you just want to be entertained, check out my Humor/Music/Cool Stuff Archives. Joy to you all and God Bless. Dr. Doug
The Twitter names next to each link belong to the authors, publications, and the people who bring them to my attention.
Enduring Practices From Remote Teaching – After a yearlong crash course in digital tools and remote teaching, a teacher reflects on what will stick in her brick-and-mortar classroom. @sustainiverse @edutopia
Helping Teachers Prioritize Social Emotional Learning – The case for SEL is a strong one. According to Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), SEL helps young people acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to develop healthy identities, manage emotions, and achieve personal and collective goals. @Getting_Smart
Why Questions Are More Important Than Answers – Briefly put, questions are more important than answers because questions seek and frame and expose while answers, at their best, are temporary responses whose accuracy changes and shift and decays over time, needing to be reformed and remade and reevaluated as the world itself changes. @terryheickedu @TeachThought
Can artificial intelligence create art? As machines become more sophisticated, will artificial intelligence be the evolution or the end of art? @UNSW @benknight38 @bexxmodd @BenjaminP3ters
Car Reviewer Shares The 10 Worst Cars He’s Critiqued. Skip to the 2:45 mark if you want to get right to the worst cars. @DougDeMuro @CarsAndBids
How would you spend $7 billion to narrow digital divide? The Federal Communications Commission is now accepting public comment on the distribution of the $7.171 billion Emergency Connectivity Fund contained in President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act. This could be a good question to pose to your students. @Zalaznick @DA_magazine
@WSroufe
the original transatlantic sessions 1 – This is three and a half hours long, but features first-rate folk music. Play when you are busy doing something else. @JerryDouglas @EmmylouSongbird @Kathymattea09 @irisdement
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson
Listine 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
The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Out Economy, and Our Health and How We Must Adapt by Sinan Aral @SINANARAL
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
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves (the book can be found here)
Upstream: How to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath
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It is truly amazing how many ways Facebook impacts our culture. It causes fear for many organizations, results in real people losing real jobs, and less driving by teens, which sounds good to me. Page two suggests live streaming school events, tips for customizing learning, ignorance as a weapon, and a player piano that picks up tweets. Also check out my summary of Flip Your Classroom.
Most organizations fear social media. Harvard Business Review – @gcouros @HarvardBiz
Eleven Ways To Lose Your Job On Facebook @Jeffbullass @gcouros
Fewer teens getting driver’s licenses thanks to social media. @colonelb
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IBM’s first ‘retail’ quantum computer is headed to the Cleveland Clinic. The new tech could help with breakthroughs in genomics, single-cell transcriptomic, and population health. It’s not exactly a desktop, but this seems like really big news. @eightiethmnt @engadget
Hawaiian Dream Job – I’ve been to Hawaii and it is paradise. If you are looking for a teaching job give them a try. @HIDOE808 WEducationWeek
Here’s The Shocking Extent To Which China Has Out-Built Every Country In The World In High-Speed Rail. If you think the US can keep up with China you need to watch this. It’s an amazing eye-opener. @TheB1M
This Is What Hackers See When You Use The Public WiFi. Here is more detail from INC Magazine. @mattlinkert_ @anitacampbell @INC
To Scale: The Solar System – On a dry lakebed in Nevada, a group of friends builds the first scale model of the solar system with complete planetary orbits: a true illustration of our place in the universe. If you make the Earth your kids can do this in your neighborhood. Here is another scale model. @ramseymeyer @MarkRober
The Cardboard Speed Challenge – From grocery garbage to shipping leftovers, there is cardboard surrounding us. Show us your cardboard creations (including corrugated, singly-ply tagboard, paper rolls, and more) for a chance to win a digital gift card in the Cardboard Speed Challenge. @askinstructable @instructables @rmbyrne
@Imported_Fun @BMediaLLC
Paul McCartney demonstrates the Mellotron. This 1960s instrument was ahead of it’s time. @motormouthmusic
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson
Listine 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
The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Out Economy, and Our Health and How We Must Adapt by Sinan Aral @SINANARAL
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
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves (the book can be found here)
Upstream: How to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath
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The Twitter names next to each link belong to the authors, publications, and the people who bring them to my attention.
Five Tech Commandments to a Safer Digital Life – We can survive a world of ever-changing tech if we remember these principles. @bxchen @nytimes
Cardona Keeps Tough Stance on State Tests as He Focuses on School Reopenings. This is a big disappointment for me. How about you? @AndrewUjifusa @EvieBlad @EducationWeek
Homeless man becomes the first person to live in a 3D-printed house. On the outskirts of Austin, Texas, 70-year-old Shea has settled into his 400-square-foot home constructed by 3-D printing. His new home is situated in the Community First! Village site. @MaryKJacob @brannonveal @nypost
Teen suffers severe burns after iPhone charger allegedly catches fire on bed. Let your kids know that they shouldn’t sleep with their smartphone, especially if they are charging. @jampressltd @nypost
How to measure how much pee is in your pool – This is a very good science lesson that should interest most students. @MarkRober
Don’t Go Down a Coronavirus Anxiety Spiral. Here’s what you can do to relieve your worries, while still keeping you and your family safe. This is also good advice for leaders. @lmatsakis @weird
@chrishowardlive
Top 10 Eurovision Song Contest Songs – Go to Youube and search “Eurovision
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson
Listine 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
The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Out Economy, and Our Health and How We Must Adapt by Sinan Aral @SINANARAL
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
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves (the book can be found here)
Upstream: How to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath
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The Twitter names next to each link belong to the authors, publications, and the people who bring them to my attention.
The Role of Reciprocal Behaviors in Creating a Strong Community – Give-and-take is key in developing interpersonal bonds, but it can be tough for students. These activities foster this important social skill. @edutopia @ValentinaESL
Why Learner-Centered Education is the Key to Meaningful School Improvement – Effective educators have long known that one-size-fits-all approaches to teaching and learning are insufficient. Through extraordinary effort, they have figured out ways to differentiate and personalize learning for their students. @katiemartinedu @dvodicka @Getting_Smart @AltitudeLearn
How to Return to Running After a Break – Look, just because you could run a five-miler every weekend last fall doesn’t mean you can bust one out today. @BethSkw @lifehacker @VitalsLH
Kahoot Now Displays Questions and Answers on the Same Screen – Finally! For years teachers and students have wanted to be able to see Kahoot questions and answer choices on the same screen. This week Kahoot finally made that possible. @GetKahoot @rmbyrne
Here Is An Eye-Popping Video Of The Earth Rising Over The Surface Of The Moon In 1080p. Japan’s Kaguya lunar orbiter captured this extraordinary footage of the Earth rising over the moon back in 2008. It’s only 1:14 and very cool. @JAXA_jp
Lead with Grace: Leaning into the Soft Skills of Leadership – Pressures and demands at work can sway who we are and how we do it into a personality that favors more likes than the authentic interactions that are needed to establish deep relationships with the students we are serving. @JessicaCabeen @markbarnes19
@RedMajid
Here’s What Would Happen If You Dumped Hydrochloric Acid On Your Car. This is a good practical chemistry lesson for middle school on up. @theactionlabman
Listine 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
The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Out Economy, and Our Health and How We Must Adapt by Sinan Aral @SINANARAL
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
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
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The Rise of Kitchen Technology And What To Expect In Future Homes – Kitchen technology has always been at the forefront of consumers’ minds. After all, who doesn’t want to reduce the amount of work they have to do in the kitchen? @hippo_insurance @RossHudgens
Once again, someone tampered with an entire drinking water supply via the internet. You would think that something as critical as a town or county’s drinking water supply would be well-protected. If you allow for remote access, don’t change the password, and don’t remove old remote access software good luck. @StarFire2258 @Verge
The Question That Doesn’t Help Students Figure Out Their Career – What do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if at some point you become something and that’s the end. @AdamMGrant @EducatioonWeek @MichelleObama
Seven Emergency Preparedness Apps to Keep on Your Phone – Don’t wait till the storm is coming or the earthquake starts to grab these from the app store. @byvictoriafeng @WIRED @fema @RedCross @MyShakeApp @Zello
How One Runner Manages to Stay Healthy While Running Over 100 Miles a Week. At the age of 74 I only run 30 mils a week, but I adhear to most of the advice given here. @bexwade89 @InsideHook @flynnsports
The Surprising Power of Simply Asking Coworkers How They’re Doing – Humans have an innate need to belong — to one another, to our friends and families, and to our culture and country. The same is true when we’re at work. @KTwaronite_EY @HarvardBiz @moversaurus
@spencerrayner
A Comprehensive Breakdown Of How They Rescued The ‘Ever Given’ From The Suez Canal – This is an animated reenactment [7:11] of how the biggest blockage in Suez Canal history got stuck and removed. @The_Ops_Room
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson
Listine 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
The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Out Economy, and Our Health and How We Must Adapt by Sinan Aral @SINANARAL
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
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves (the book can be found here)
Upstream: How to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath
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