My Weekly Diigo Bookmarks (September 14, 2014)

• Fasten Seat Belts 2 - Videos for Learning About Cultural NormsFrom Richard Byrnetags:cultures
• This Is Your Brain. This Is Your Brain On Music.NPR story on the power of music tags:musicbrain
• Shake It Up: Get the Most out of PBL with the 4 Cstags:pblprojectbasedlearning
• Create and Learn - Roald DahlGreat site for resources on Roald Dahltags:RoaldDahlresources
• Level Up! With 11 Things on a JeepneyCool challenge-based PD for staff to build tech capcity.tags:PDtechintegration
• Teaching Tolerance Releases Ambitious “literacy-based, anti-bias curriculum” | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…tags:tolerancediversitycurriculum
• Step 1: Marketing Channel Audit - School Marketing Plan Challengetags:marketingauditschool
• Transitional Guidance on Identification, Assessment, Placement, and Reclassification of ELLs.pdfRecommended Minimum Hours of ESL Instruction tags:ell2.5 hours of direct ESL instruction per week, delivered by a licensed ESL teacher2.5 hours of direct ESL instruction per week, delivered by a licensed ESL teacher.1-2 hours per day of direct ESL instruction, delivered by a licensed ESL teacher.2.5 hours per day to a full day of direct ESL instruction, delivered by a licensed ESL teacher.he school’s assistant principal or principal.n order to make effective instructional and assessment decisionsfor ELLs, districts should consider establishing a school-based team charged with reviewing relevant ELL dataand making instructional decisionsfor each student. School-based teams should be composed of educators, administrators,and/orsupport service staff who regularly interact with the student;for example:the student’s ESL or bilingual education teacher,the student’s sheltered content area teachers,school guidance counselors, psychologists or special education teachers, if the student receives such services,
• View & Edit your Video Footage in Slow MotionThe two main benefits of VideoPix is the ability to slow down your videos for editing and capture frame-by-frame photographs from within. This means that you can shoot video, without having to worry about missing any photo opportunities.tags:videoeditingslowmotionvideopix
• 16 Common Core Technology Tools--With Examples -tags:commoncoretechtoolsexamples
• A Good Alternative to Social Studies Textbooks - Go Social Studies GoFrom Richard Byrnetags:socialstudiestextbooksbeyondthetextbooktextless
• My Story – Create Multimedia Books on Your iPad | iPad Apps for Schooltags:multimediabooksipadapps
• Google Forms - Google Drive's Hidden Gemtags:googleformshowto
• http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/reports/2014/09/superintendents%20whitehurst%20chingos/superintendentsbrown%20center9314School Superintendents: Vital or Irrelevant tags:superintendentsresearch
• 12 great ways to start using Google Classroom nowtags:googleclassroom

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

cross posted at langwitches.org/blog

Silvia Tolisano is a Curriculum21 faculty member, author of the book Digital Storytelling Tools for Educators and founder of the Around the World with 80 Schools project. Read more at http://langwitches.org/blog.