Weekend Reading 6/18/16

I found some great stuff going on out there in the world of education blogging this week. Here is a summary of what I found and shared on Twitter (follow @sywtt). this week.

• Growth Mindset: Clearing Up Some Common Confusions
• Digital transformation in eduction: from challenge to opportunity
• What’s so sexy about math?
• How I teach kids to love science
• 10 Open-Ended Questions for Teachers’ Reflection and Summative Evaluation
• 5 Common Teaching Practices I’m Kicking to the Curb
• When Everyone Owns the Place of the Arts
• I’m A Teacher Who Loves Quizzing; But Does Quiz Format Matter?
• Are We Too Preoccupied with Teaching Techniques?
• 7 Shifts To Create A Classroom of the Future
• 6 Apps That Can Help with Student Assessment
• Is a Great Blog in the Eyes of the Beholder?
• Free Printable Music Theory Worksheets
• Everything Your Brain Needs to Know About Engagement: 40 Strategies to Enhance Student Engagement
• Small Changes in Teaching: The First 5 Minutes of Class
• 100+ Great Google Classroom Resources
• 10 Amazing Reads to Get You Excited About Music Education
• Quitting Teaching, A View From a Former Teacher
• Some Things Every Music Teacher Shouldn’t Live Without
• 11 Reasons Teaching Is the Best (Even When It Isn’t)
• Why It’s Imperative to Teach Students How to Question as the Ultimate Survival Skill
• 12 mindsets for creating innovative classrooms
• A Step-By-Step Framework for Incremental Growth
• Consume, Curate, Create: 3 Stages of the Connected Educator
• Learning Behind Bars: Why doesn’t education in juvenile detention facilities get any attention or support?
• Research Shows School Choice Benefits More Than Just Conservatives
• Response: Classroom Rules – Ways to Create, Introduce & Enforce Them
• Where Calculus Class Isn’t An Option
• Why Ninth Grade is the Pivotal Year for Dropping Out of High School
• Physicists Seek To Lose The Lecture As Teaching Tool
• Is It Time To Move Past Tech Integration?
• Edtech and Elearning 2016: Top 200 Influencers and Brands
• How to Weave Growth Mindset Into School Culture
• Should Teachers Provide Great Customer Service?
• Interactive Video Platforms Are The Future Of Online Learning
• 50 Free Tech Tools For Your Classroom
• The Five ‘W’s of Digital Transformation
• 12 reasons why the brain craves vacation [infographic]
• 12 Productivity Tools for Tech-Savvy Teachers
• Schools should be more teacher-centered
• [INFOGRAPHIC] What Makes A Good Teacher In 2016?
• 5 Ways to Benchmark Your Digital Learning Strategy
• Changing math mindsets – Katja Borregaard, Finland
• Stop Talking About Digital Transformation and Just Change Already
• Inspirational Teacher Quotes From Great Historical Teachers

And finally, @teachergoals tweeted out this Aristotle quote yesterday: There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

This should fuel your weekend reading. Enjoy!