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
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
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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
Dr. Cardona, Please Cancel the Tests. You can add your name to this petition as I did. Also see my summary of The Myths of Standardized Testing. @carolburris @NPEaction
Better Zoom calls, simpler email attachments, smart iPhone cases, and other patents from Big Tech. If you are wondering what might be coming from big tech this year this will help. @mcwm @protocol @nigewillson
Land your dream job in 2021 with these 10 apps that are now on sale. To be fully prepared for the job market, consider investing in one of these 10 discounted apps or digital courses. @StackCommerce @nypost
19 Books Successful People Read – Here’s a pile of books recommended by high achievers. One of these books is “The Element” by the late Ken Robinson. Read my summary here. @SALUBRIOUSDISH @Inc @JanetJlake
The Art of Persuasion Hasn’t Changed in 2,000 Years. The ability to persuade, to change hearts and minds, is perhaps the single greatest skill that will give you a competitive edge in the knowledge economy. @carminegallo @HarvardBiz
@Leadershipfreak
Steeleye Span – ‘Gaudete’ (Live) – I love these guys. They have lots of recordings and songs on YouTube. Stream their 50th anniversary concert on February 26, 2021. @steeleye_span
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
Innovate Inside the Box: Empowering Learners Through UDL and the Innovator’s Mindset by George Couros with Katie Novak
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Fifteen Ways To Make Remote Teaching Easier–And More Enjoyable – This post is a mix of tools, tips, and strategies. If you’re looking only for tools, you can read more about the best remote teaching tools. @TeachThought
School as an Extension of Home – Who might benefit from treating school as an extension of home? What are some changes we could make tomorrow, at little or no cost, that would dramatically improve the experience of school for kids? What can schools learn from those who choose to “unschool” their children? @Arbay38 @irasocol
Five ways schools are addressing pandemic-induced mental health issues – Schools are strengthening student-parent-school relationships and improving mental health response coordination in reaction to COVID-19’s toll on students and staff. @karaarundel @K12DiveNews @EDRobertson16 @DegaSuper
Technology Can Keep Parents Engaged and Informed. Engaged and informed parents play a vital role in a student’s education. But all too often, parents are bombarded with different requests from teachers regarding academic issues, after-school programs, and sports clubs. @Engagucate_Ed @bar_zie @DR_SIPPI
Nine Neat NASA Resources for Students and Teachers – Updated – Have nine teachers or students each check one out and report back. @rmbyrne @NASA
educaplay Start using educaplay as the most complete gamification tool. Create and find educational activities, manage groups, export your resources and use it in any device. @EDUCAPLAY
@tim_fargo
We Still Don’t Know How Bicycles Work The first 1:20 is an ad. I watched so you don’t have to. @TodayIFoundOut1 @CuriosityStream
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
Innovate Inside the Box: Empowering Learners Through UDL and the Innovator’s Mindset by George Couros with Katie Novak
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How English Ended Up With Multiple Words Meaning The Same Thing – This short video [2:19] is a language an history lesson combined. I suggest pausing as some words go by pretty fast. @arikaokrent
Can Artificial Intelligence Help Us Fight Fake News? Can algorithms that exacerbate the effects of fake news also be used to counter it and foster critical thinking at a mass scale? @VirajZero @TDataScience @bexxmodd @wiwer77
Google Meet and Kahoot! help teachers and employees connect and instruct online. Interaction is key not only for impactful instruction but also for the sense of connection between teacher and learners, as well as between learners themselves. @dg_the_muse @GetKahoot @GoogleForEdu
Applications of Python | Top 10 uses of Python for The Real World – If your school teaches coding they probably teach python. @StatAnalytica @bexxmodd @thisisgulshan
Development of the COVID-19 Vaccine – This short animation [4:41] should be useful for science teachers in middle school and up. @OsmosisMed
Wolfram Alpha for Social Studies – Wolfram Alpha is best known as a computational search engine that can help students with questions related to math and science. What’s often overlooked about Wolfram Alpha is its utility for social studies teachers and students. @Wolfram_Alpha @rmbyrne
@jdaghe @TheArtOfImprove @elonmusk
If you can’t explain it simply, then you don’t understand it well enough. If you want to understand something well, explain it.
I Use a Bidet for the First Time: Review & Benefits – This is funny and practical. Here is another short video explaining why we should all use bidets. Why aren’t we all using bidets? @alispagnola @techinsider
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
Innovate Inside the Box: Empowering Learners Through UDL and the Innovator’s Mindset by George Couros with Katie Novak
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Here Are Fast-Growing Jobs For The Future. As the American population gets older and technology continues to dominate, there will be a plethora of new, exciting, and high-paying opportunities in these sectors. @wecruitr_io @Forbes @SitAtTheTable
Five emerging trends to drive tech innovation for the next decade – Gartner has identified social distancing technologies, composable enterprise, AI-assisted design, differential privacy and biodegradable sensors as the five key emerging trends that will drive technology innovation over the next decade. @ishers123 @InformationAge @Gartner_inc
Learn to Code: What’s the Best Programming Language to Learn First? Whether you’re looking to build an app for a hobby, improve your career prospects or have a great startup idea learning to code is going to be an important skill to develop. @makeawebsitehub @YvesMulkers @Sheraj99
Twenty Ways to Use Google Drawings in the Classroom –
Google Drawings is a hidden treasure! In this post and episode, Kasye Bell gives you Ways to Use Google Drawings in the Classroom and beyond. @ShakeUpLearning
Veganuary, the 1-Month Veganism Challenge, Exceeds a Half-Million Participants. The surge of interest in this annual event is attributed partly to the pandemic. Also, see my summary of How Not to Die if you want more reasons to eat plants. @feistyredhair @Treehugger
Nine Neat NASA Resources for Students and Teachers – This is an update from a post that Richard Byrne did nine years ago. @rmbyrne @teach42 @NASA
@imtorsten
Here’s The Definitive Best Way To Dice An Onion. New and experienced cooks should enjoy this. I cook a lot and I liked it. @EthanChleb
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
Innovate Inside the Box: Empowering Learners Through UDL and the Innovator’s Mindset by George Couros with Katie Novak
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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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These habits paved the road to success for Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and more. Researchers have identified 22 “flow triggers,” including having clear goals, immediate feedback, a rich environment, and a task at hand that challenges our skillset just enough. Flow follows focus. There is a lot of good advice here for young and old alike. Consider reading The Art of Impossible. @haileyeber @steven_kotler @nypost
Remote Learning Solutions: Crowd-sourced ideas for checking students’ writing. Let’s share some solutions. What’s a good time-efficient tech-easy way to see students’ writing (short answers or more extended) and give some dynamic feedback in a remote learning world? @teacherhead
Cameras can protect the elderly with intelligent fall detection. So can my Apple watch. @armediapublish @PawlowskiMario @RagusoSergio
Here’s How The Camera Compares On The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra Versus The iPhone 12 Pro Max. Spoiler Alert: He gives the Video nod to Apple and the picture nod to Samsung. If you like this, check out Arun Maini
‘s YouTube channel. @Mrwhosetheboss @SamsungMobile @Apple @Digg
The pandemic is speeding up the mass disappearance of men from college. The decline in enrollment has been seven times as steep among men as among women. Women now make up about 60% of college students. @JonMarcusBoston @hechingerreport
How Artificial Intelligence Can Benefit Education – AI has transformed a host of fields including engineering, medicine, finance, and now it is innovating education. Do you know how? @analyticbridge @epuujee @AnalyticsFrance @bexxmodd @KirkDBorne
@JeanetteJoy
Cartoons on the “New Normal” Here’s another batch of cartoons on what all of us have experienced since the pandemic upended our lives. Larry Cuban believes that smiling, chuckling, and even laughing during difficult times is helpful. So Enjoy. @LarryCuban
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
Innovate Inside the Box: Empowering Learners Through UDL and the Innovator’s Mindset by George Couros with Katie Novak
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Not ready to be vegan? Here are 5 tweaks to make your diet more Earth-friendly. – I’m a vegan except when my friends feed me meat. I’m a vegan for health reasons, but if it helps the planet that’s great. @hi_thisissunny @TEDTalks @BruceGFriedrich @GoodFoodInst
Innovation Incubaor – Idea to Digital Product at rocket speed! We drive the way you dream. @InnovationIncu
Biden’s executive order unlevels the playing field for girls. This is a conservative viewpoint from the NY Post. This might be a good topic for a class discussion. I discuss this in my book. How will impact the girls in your school? @AbigailShrier @WSJopinion @nypost @POTUS
Kinderpedia: A complete communication and management solution for schools and kindergartens available on web and mobile. It’s free remote video teaching on Kinderpedia. @KinderPediaApp
Dialect Coach Seamlessly Switches Between More Than 15 Local US Accents. Accent expert Erik Singer is a whiz at imitating accents from Bostonian to Appalachian. This could be used by ELA teachers. @accentvoiceguy @wired
Lesson Plan: Discuss 22-year-old Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem “The Hill We Climb.” In this lesson, students examine the poetry of Amanda Gorman, who was chosen to read her poem “The Hill We Climb” at President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021. @TheAmandaGorman @NewsHourExtra @NewsHour
@LifeWithJohn
Sensational Girl Drummer Fools Crowd at Japanese Shopping Mall! EPIC! Accomplished 12 yr old Kanade Sato, Jazz Prodigy fools Large crowd at Shopping Mall, thinking she was a beginner! FUNNY AND EPIC! If you want a much older female drummer try this 77-Year-Old Drummer who Leaves Simon Cowell Speechless! on Britain’s Got Talent 2020. @310kanade @talentrecapuk
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
Innovate Inside the Box: Empowering Learners Through UDL and the Innovator’s Mindset by George Couros with Katie Novak
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