Pondering Ideas From Others

I love July.  I am so glad that we still have some beautiful summer days left.  I always like to catch up on what's trending in education by reading lots of different blog posts.  I'm sharing interesting thoughts of others today.


Here is a great blog post about tips for how to have a stress-free year.
http://blog.teachersnotebook.com/general/some-summer-advice-for-a-less-stressful-school-year/

21^st century skills.....Anne Shaw writes an excellent article on Technology in Schools.  Technology is not just having all of the devices......it's really more than that.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/real-21st-century-school-please-stand-up-anne-shaw?trk=mp-reader-card

It's all about technology at ISTE.....Read about the best tools in ed tech here.

https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=495&category=Innovator-solutions&article=The+best+tools+in+ed+tech&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=EdTekHub

Love these Project ideas from ISTE......PBL is where it's at:

https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=429&category=In-the-classroom&article&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=ProjectReimaginED

Connecting kids with nature.....a lost art

http://www.childrenandnature.org/2015/07/20/time-for-a-camp-revival-the-return-of-nature-camps-and-the-support-for-those-that-never-went-away/