Embracing Simplicity
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This week focuses on the need for clarity and simplicity while teaching and leading literacy.
What did Thoreau, author of Walden, believe about reading?
Educators are making phone calls to connect with students, especially when Internet access is limited. (h/t Regie)
Let’s keep it simple with teaching and learning remotely, remembering that less is often more for responsive instruction in any setting.
Yong Zhao interviewed Sugata Mitra about schooling in the cloud in this Silver Lining for Education video. Mitra offers two questions when preparing instruction: “Is there another way to know this?”, “Do we need to know this?”
Are you developing skills that won’t be automated? (Harvard Business Review)
The 2020 summer book study selection is Engaging Literate Minds: Developing Children’s Social, Emotional, and Intellectual Lives, K–3, a collaborative project led by Peter Johnston. Thanks to Stenhouse Publishers for supporting this study. More information about how to participate will be posted on the blog.
