3 Things from the NVHS LMC (Day after Conferences Edition) - #10

Interesting Articles

An article about scientists who debunk online misinformation as a side hustle is in Wired magazine. On Inc.com's website, find out about The 10 Top Skills That Will Land You High-Paying Jobs by 2020. Matt Miller from Ditch That Textbook has a post about ditching annotating PDFs and hyper-annotate instead. Research on how to teach writing is slim, but this Hechinger report  article gives a brief summary of what we know. 

Hey, Google. What's New?

A roundup of some new features in Google products: Add audio files to a Slides presentation. It is working for me, hopefully it does for you too. Create new Docs, Sheets, calendar, and Google Keep notes, Sites, etc. and other things by typing .new after it (e.g. typing docs.new into the browser creates a new Google doc). Recently, Google has opened up this ability to other sites like Spotify, Medium, eBay, Canva and others. In Google Sites, you can add an image carousel (slide show)  and a collapsible text box for a cleaner and more interesting layout.

Library Fines 2.0

All 3 high schools have changed our overdue and fine policies. We used to charge 10 cents a day for overdue books up to the cost of the book. Now, once a book is overdue, students will have 30 days to return it. At the end of that time, the book will be marked as lost and a fee for the cost of the book plus a 3 dollar fine will be added to their PushCoin account. The 3 dollar fine is non-refundable, but the cost of the book is refundable if the book is returned within a year of being marked lost. Of course, we are currently looking at creative ways to help remind the students to return materials on time.  

3 Things from the NVHS LMC #9

A Few Useful American History Resources

Get some digital posters from Smithsonian's Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II exhibit, along with educator materials. The Voices of the Civil Rights Movement is a collection of videos about the civil rights movement and those who were part of it. The project is a collaboration between NBC and the Equal Justice Initiative, the latter of which has some more interesting multimedia projects. Bunk is a history site out of the University of Richmond that makes connections between current and historical events. More information is at NeimanLab.

Rethinking Our Approach to Math

A study from earlier this year explores the role of mindset and learning math. A more recent study discusses how math looks different (or not) in the brains of boys and girls. Two Mindshift articles address methods in the math classroom. Three Simple Tech Tools to Make Math Thinking Visible has a few suggestions of how to use three different tech tools to better be able to see students' thinking. How Revising Math Exams Turns Students Into Learners, Not Processors suggests a new approach for math assessments. 

We are 204: (Don't) Call Me Crazy edited by Kelly Jensen 

This book has essays, lists, comics, and illustrations 33 actors, athletes, writers and other artists about a wide range of personal experiences with mental illness. This volume is written for young adults, so the material is accessible for a range of levels.

3 Things for the NVHS LMC: Leftover Candy Edition (#8)

 Interesting Articles

The New Parental Obsession is from The Wall Street Journal and is about parents checking their kid's grades online. (Password page for Off Campus Access). A look at how teens spend time in their day and the differences between girls and boys is from the Pew Research Center. A study from Brigham Young University says that overall time spent on social media alone does not lead to anxiety and depression in teens. In other words, it's complicated.

Figuring Out Fake News

Bad News is an online game that simulates a fake news campaign. The player tries to get as many followers as possible. Research has shown that the game helps players to "inoculate" against fake news.

We are 204: We Set the Dark on Fire

Medio is a country sharply divided by economic inequality and patriarchal traditions. At the  Medio School for Girls, students are trained to become the wives of rich and powerful men. Each of these men have two wives. One runs his household and the other bears and raises his children. Two girls join the household of one of the most powerful households in the country. The girls will become spies for the resistance movement that is working to take down the rich and powerful. And they will find forbidden love.