Free Resources for Busy Parents and Educators Who Don’t Have as Much Time to Read and Surf as I Do with Fresh Content Every Weekday and post around 8:00 am Eastern US time.
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Dealing with test anxiety? Practice quizzes can actually help. Cognitive scientists argue that testing improves learning. They call it “practice retrieval” or “test-enhanced learning.” @jillbarshay @AdamMGrant @hechingerreport @MindShiftKQED
Next-Gen Document Camera for Classrooms – There are so many ways to use a document camera during your instruction. @ClassTechTips
The Best Museums In America, Ranked – How many have you been to? @darcymiajimenez @digg
Social Media/Artificial Intelligence
Will Teachers Listen to Feedback From AI? Researchers Are Betting on It. TeachFX is an AI tool that takes recorded audio from a classroom and turns it into data about who talked and for how long, @OBanerji @EdSurge
Learning
The World’s Stock Market, Visualized – The global stock market is an incomprehensible $109 trillion big, and we have a pie chart to show who controls how much. @jaredrusso @digg
Leadership/Parenting
Getting to the Root of Math Anxiety – When kids see themselves as capable mathematicians, it sets the stage for tackling more challenging work. @tatertutt @edutopia
Inspirational/Funny Tweets
@motivational
Humor, Music, Cool Stuff
Top 10 metal moments in classical music I love classical music and some heavy metal. This kicks ass. @Amaranthemetal
Recent Book Summaries & My Podcasts
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini@RobertCialdini
Plays Well With Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrongby Eric Barker
How to Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes: Science-Based Strategies for Better Parenting from Tots to Teens by Melinda Wenner Moyer
My Post-Pandemic Teaching and Learning Observations by Dr. Doug Green Times 10 Publications
The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward by Daniel Pink
Limitless Mind: Learn, Lead, and Live Without Barriers by Jo Boaler
The Future of Smart: How Our Education System Needs to Change to Help All Young People Thrive by Ulcca Joshi Hansen
Listen 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
Back to School COVID Myths – by Dr Doug Green @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
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.
