Educational Resources & Tech Tools 01/02/2014

• Don't Blame Social Media if Your Teen Is Unsocial. It's Your Fault | Wired Opinion | Wired.com
  Another perspective on teens and social media. Blames parents, tight schedules and kidnapping as reasons for why kids don't hang out in public spaces and instead turn to social media.
  tags: parenting CATIE parent CATIE social media SEL
• PD should be about learning, not control, compliance, and permission | Dangerously Irrelevant
  tags: PD blog
• Why Do Teachers Quit? - Liz Riggs - The Atlantic
  Article refers to research on why teachers are apt to quit.
  tags: teacher retention turnover
• TweenTribune | News for Kids | tweentribune.com | News for tweens, kids and students
  From blogger Mike Sheehan: Tween Tribune posts age appropriate news stories found on the internet for students grades K-12. The stories are sorted by age group and there is spanish section as well. At the end of each story, students can respond by leaving comments or take a quiz.
  tags: current events tweentribune news
• Newsela | About Newsela
  Current event site that can be searched by themes and reading levels.
  tags: current events news reading
• 9 sources of news for kids that you may not know about
  Current events sites
  tags: current events news
• PicClick
  Visual search engine for eBay and Etsy.
  tags: searchengine ebay etsy
• Learning Never Stops: Picclick - Visual search engine for eBay and Etsy
  Description of a visual search engine for eBay and Etsy.
  tags: search engine ebay etsy
• ScienceNews for Students | Student Science
  Current events related to science.
  tags: science news STEM STEAM sciencenews

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Educational Resources & Tech Tools 12/12/2013

• 30+ YouTube Channels for Teachers ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
  Options for teachers looking for relevant classroom YouTube videos.
  tags: channels youtube videos technology
• Ten Tips for Personalized Learning via Technology | Edutopia
  Great article on differentiation.
  tags: differentiation technology learning edtech
• f(t) Math Blog
  Top math blogger in US.
  tags: math teacher resources blog mathblog Mathematics
• Math Teacher Resources | I Speak Math
  Great math resources for MS math teachers. Coincidentally put together by MS math teacher.
  tags: math teacher resources

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Three Blogs I Love

If you are looking to expand your understanding of technology in education and you already have a sturdy foundation, I would recommend these three blogs to you.  The last one, Edutopia, also has content related to all areas of education.

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
The author, Med Kharbach, describes the blog as "a resource of educational tools and mobile apps for teachers and educators".  Topics include: posters, iPad resources, teacher guides, YouTube for teachers, teacher tools and free downloads.

Free Technology for Teachers
Richard Byrne provides amazing free tools to teachers with quick explanations on how to use them.  His tabs include: iPad apps for schools, Google tutorials, free guides, alternative to YouTube, video creation resources, and creating blogs and websites.

Edutopia
Edutopia is a wonderful resource tech tools, lessons, new teacher tips, grade level appropriate material, and almost any other topic related to education.  They host educational blogs (which is why I have included it here), classroom guides, videos and educational resources.  If ever you are stumped by a problem, I encourage you to look here.

Addendum:
Edudemic just reposted their "Fabulous Education Technology Blogs Worth Following".

Resources for New Teachers

There is nothing like your first year of teaching.  It's exciting and scary at the same time.  You have all these great ideas.  And some of them get implemented and some of them don't and most often it's because we only have 24 hours in a day.  And during that time we have to eat, sleep and teach.  Sometimes it feels like that's all we're doing!  But here's the thing, you don't have to reinvent the wheel and not every great idea needs to originate with you.  People are sharing ideas at an ever increasing pace, so here are a FEW to help you on your way.  Don't overwhelm yourself by looking at them all.  Just pick one and then follow that strand.  Remember, it's ok if you don't know (and do) everything right now.

• Visit 10 Digital Resources For New Teachers and find a variety resources to help manage your class and your time.
• If you use Twitter, consider following #ntchat (new teacher chat). Learn more from the founder Lisa Dabbs.
• Check out Edutopia's page on New Teacher Support.  They pull from a bunch of different blogs to offer you the best of what's out there.