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the Weekly | 3.1
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For Your Hands & Head: Resource Roundup
For this week's post, I wanted to share with you a list of my favorite resources. If you've followed the Weekly, you've undoubtedly seen most of them referenced in a variety of posts.
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Dr. Tucker is an author, speaker, and professor. She taught in Sonoma County for 16 years and was named Teacher of the Year there in 2010. Her website provides access to her blog and a wealth of resources. She has identified strategies and practices to make blended and distance learning effective. "The best teachers are those who love to learn! My love of learning led me to a career in education and continues to drive my work today. I’m passionate about blending the best aspects of online and offline learning to actively engage students and shift them to the center of learning. If you are looking to learn, you’re in the right place. Let’s get started." I have her book, Balance with Blended Learning, if you'd like to learn more.
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Gonzalez hosts this blog / website to make it easier for teachers to get access to some of the best stuff out there for educators. Her site offers a blog, podcasts, videos and more.
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A product of the George Lucas Educational Foundation, Edutopia is a "trusted source shining a spotlight on what works in education. We show people how they can adopt and adapt best practices, and we tell stories of innovation and continuous learning in the real world." The site covers a broad spectrum of topics & practices, all research-based and featuring practitioners in the classroom.
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Foundry has developed a distance-learning management platform featured on its website. However, their site also offers some resources for teachers, including a free newsletter with student engagement tips.
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"A social impact company with a mass audience. We activate people around big issues and bold endeavors. We amplify stories and ideas that inspire and uplift."
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This website has articles on a huge range of topics, including - Big Ideas, Community, Culture, Education, Media & Tech, Mind & Body, Parenting & Family, Politics, Relationships, Society, Spirituality, Workplace. The site says, "The Greater Good Science Center studies the psychology, sociology, and neuroscience of well-being, and teaches skills that foster a thriving, resilient, and compassionate society." It is a product of the University of California, Berkeley.
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Math? Data? Psychology? Sociology? Art? Yes!
This site features data sets on a huge number of topics (science, health, politics, pop culture, banking, movies, food, etc.), all presented in fascinating and beautiful graphics.
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Spencer is a former middle school teacher and is a current full-time professor. His website is full of terrific resources, materials, ideas, and videos. He is an author and a speaker, but he offers a ton of free materials and resources.
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MindShift hosts podcasts and posts articles on social media (Facebook). According to the website, it "explores the future of learning and how we raise our kids. [We] report on how teaching is evolving to better meet the needs of students and how caregivers can better guide their children. This means examining the role of technology, discoveries about the brain, racial and gender bias in education, social and emotional learning, inequities, mental health and many other issues that affect students."
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NCUST, part of San Diego State University, "strives to help urban school districts and their partners transform urban schools into places where all students achieve academic proficiency, evidence a love of learning, and graduate well prepared to succeed in post-secondary education, the workplace, and their communities." NCUST offers articles, webinars, books, blogs, and access to many other resources.
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Search Institute "partners with organizations to conduct and apply research that promotes positive youth development and advances equity." They offer schools and districts survey tools & access to their own research results. A big focus of their work is on Developmental Relationships and the site provides many resources to help schools, teachers, and students incorporate strategies to build these types of relationships.
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Most of you are already familiar with TED.com. The website features talks given by experts, entrepeneurs, celebrities, politicians, researchers, etc. The library of videos and topics is expansive and extensive.
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Muir is an educator, author, speaker, and blogger. He is a big proponent of project-based learning. His website offers links to his blog and other resources. He also hosts a Facebook page that provides access to articles and ideas for teachers.
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Inspired by author, professor, historian, and speaker, Howard Zinn, "The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in classrooms across the country. For more than ten years, the Zinn Education Project has introduced students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of history than is found in traditional textbooks and curricula."
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