The Educator's Notebook

The Neuroscience Of How Collaboration Leads To Creativity (Via Music)
Nautilus - 7/25/19

“The more tightly the social parts of our brain are connected, the more possible it is that performance will be more moving, more expressive… Brains are social, people are social, and when they’re connected, that has the best effect for creativity.”
“Let Teachers Work And Learn In Teams — Like Professionals”
ASCD - 7/1/19

“The meetings of these groups aren't talkathons or just opportunities for teachers to spend time together in a group hoping to learn. Each team has a serious, important assignment with deadlines. And each assignment is expected to result in improvements to student performance. Opportunities for teachers to move ahead in their careers depend in significant measure on the contributions they make, as team leaders and members, to the systematic improvement of their school's performance.”

Stanford d.school Shares Essential Questions For Designers
Stanford - 7/23/19

“Here are nine questions we think a lot about. Each links to deeper descriptions and related research we’ve uncovered along the way.”
Building An In-House Innovation Strategy? Here Are Tips To Succeed
Harvard Business Review - 7/22/19

The DoE’s Very Simple, But Helpful, Advice For Incoming College Freshman
US Department of Education - 7/26/19

“Open every piece of snail mail you get from the college, and read all of it!”

4 Tips For Building A Classroom Library
ASCD - 7/25/19

“Most kids agree their favorite books are the ones that they have picked out themselves. While we should be talking with students about books, we also have to let them advise how we can better help them find books on their passions and interests.”
5 More Tips For Building The Best Classroom Library
ASCD - 7/25/19
A Lovely Meditation on How Reading Skills Wax And Wane Through Life
Longreads - 7/22/19

“You never stop learning how to read — probably because you also never stop forgetting how to read.”

Phonons: Sound Particles Physicists Can Now Measure With A Quantum Microphone
Stanford - 7/24/19

“The quantum microphone the group developed consists of a series of supercooled nanomechanical resonators, so small that they are visible only through an electron microscope. The resonators are coupled to a superconducting circuit that contains electron pairs that move around without resistance. The circuit forms a quantum bit, or qubit, that can exist in two states at once and has a natural frequency, which can be read electronically. When the mechanical resonators vibrate like a drumhead, they generate phonons in different states.”
It’s Easy To Build A Computer. Use These Tools To Teach Kids How.
Education Dive - 7/24/19
Simone Weil And The Aesthetic Beauty Of Math
The Paris Review - 7/22/19

Pay-For-Performance Linked To Depression
Stanford Social Innovation Review - 7/1/19

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