July 12 - July 19, 2015
Again, a healthy collaborative culture is shown to drive high quality work. But it's worth noting the words of the NPR podcast, which includes a bit on how too much time with each other gets in the way of development of individual ideas.
Lots of other good articles this week, including a robust creativity section. See the four articles there for four different takes on creative work.
Enjoy!
FEATURED ARTICLES
What Determines Whether Teachers Stay, Improve, and Succeed?
Shanker Institute, 5/28/15
"Put simply, teachers who work in supportive contexts stay in the classroom
longer, and improve at faster rates, than their peers in less-supportive
environments. And, what appear to matter most about the school context are
not the traditional working conditions we often think of, such as modern facilities
and well-equipped classrooms. Instead, aspects that are difficult to observe and
measure seem to be most influential, including the quality of relationships and
collaboration among staff, the responsiveness of school administrators, and the
academic and behavioral expectations for students."
Meditation On Handwriting In The Age Of The Stylus
Penguin Random House, 7/6/15
"Maybe handwriting is neither an obsolete art nor a fundamentally human mode,
now lost; in the symbol of a hybrid digital writing, perhaps there is some useful
alchemy left in the way language, the body, and our sense of identity are so
intimately intertwined."
ATHLETICS
Pro Baseball Scouts Are Using Neuropsych Brain Scales
SB Nation, 7/15/15
CHARACTER
Head Of Now-Huge AirBnB Shares Early Investor Rejection Emails
Medium, 7/12/15
Happiness Correlated With GPA, School Culture
Harvard Graduate School of Education, 3/26/15
Is Empathy A Choice?
New York Times, 7/12/15
COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Does Drawing Your Notes Help Your Understanding?
KQED, 7/15/15
Low Levels Of Stress--Like Fasting--Make You Smarter, Better
Scientific American, 6/16/15
CREATIVITY
Create First, Then Research (via Natalie Portman)
99u, 7/15/15
There are Turing Tests For Prose, Sonnets, And DJing (!)
Dartmouth, 7/15/15
Analysis Of Songwriters: Expertise Takes Much Longer Than 10 Years
Pacific Standard, 7/15/15
On The Need For Criticism To Drive Healthy Creativity
Stanford Graduate School of Education, 6/23/15
DIVERSITY/INCLUSION
Ta-Nehisi Coates And The Present And Future State Of Black America
New York Magazine, 7/12/15
HUMANITIES
Art Makes Us Better: The Hospital Has A Writer-In-Residence
Harvard, 7/9/15
How Will Our Language Evolve In The Coming Decades?
The Week, 4/15/15
"This Is Just To Say": A Poem Becomes A Meme
New York Magazine, 7/16/15
This Language Has Only 123 Words In It
Atlantic, 7/15/15
PEDAGOGY
Lessons From Self-Directed Learning... In The 19th Century
New York Times, 7/12/15
READING/WRITING
A Browser Plug-In That Adjusts Word Spacing For Readability
Quartz, 7/14/15
On The Value Of Rereading Literature
New York Review Of Books, 7/11/15
How Editors Have Made Great Writers, Including Harper Lee
Telegraph, 7/15/15
TECH
A Look At LMS Distribution And Growth
e-Literate, 7/14/15
A Good Look At Cellphone Use--And Prohibition--In Schools
Boston Globe, 6/16/15
UN Uses Minecraft To Help Kids Build Sustainable Urban Models
Fast Company, 7/6/15
OTHER
Conversation Analysis. It Exists: Second By Second
TED, 7/15/15
NPR Radio Hour: "Why We Collaborate"
NPR, 7/10/15
Lots of other good articles this week, including a robust creativity section. See the four articles there for four different takes on creative work.
Enjoy!
FEATURED ARTICLES
What Determines Whether Teachers Stay, Improve, and Succeed?
Shanker Institute, 5/28/15
"Put simply, teachers who work in supportive contexts stay in the classroom
longer, and improve at faster rates, than their peers in less-supportive
environments. And, what appear to matter most about the school context are
not the traditional working conditions we often think of, such as modern facilities
and well-equipped classrooms. Instead, aspects that are difficult to observe and
measure seem to be most influential, including the quality of relationships and
collaboration among staff, the responsiveness of school administrators, and the
academic and behavioral expectations for students."
Meditation On Handwriting In The Age Of The Stylus
Penguin Random House, 7/6/15
"Maybe handwriting is neither an obsolete art nor a fundamentally human mode,
now lost; in the symbol of a hybrid digital writing, perhaps there is some useful
alchemy left in the way language, the body, and our sense of identity are so
intimately intertwined."
ATHLETICS
Pro Baseball Scouts Are Using Neuropsych Brain Scales
SB Nation, 7/15/15
CHARACTER
Head Of Now-Huge AirBnB Shares Early Investor Rejection Emails
Medium, 7/12/15
Happiness Correlated With GPA, School Culture
Harvard Graduate School of Education, 3/26/15
Is Empathy A Choice?
New York Times, 7/12/15
COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Does Drawing Your Notes Help Your Understanding?
KQED, 7/15/15
Low Levels Of Stress--Like Fasting--Make You Smarter, Better
Scientific American, 6/16/15
CREATIVITY
Create First, Then Research (via Natalie Portman)
99u, 7/15/15
There are Turing Tests For Prose, Sonnets, And DJing (!)
Dartmouth, 7/15/15
Analysis Of Songwriters: Expertise Takes Much Longer Than 10 Years
Pacific Standard, 7/15/15
On The Need For Criticism To Drive Healthy Creativity
Stanford Graduate School of Education, 6/23/15
DIVERSITY/INCLUSION
Ta-Nehisi Coates And The Present And Future State Of Black America
New York Magazine, 7/12/15
HUMANITIES
Art Makes Us Better: The Hospital Has A Writer-In-Residence
Harvard, 7/9/15
How Will Our Language Evolve In The Coming Decades?
The Week, 4/15/15
"This Is Just To Say": A Poem Becomes A Meme
New York Magazine, 7/16/15
This Language Has Only 123 Words In It
Atlantic, 7/15/15
PEDAGOGY
Lessons From Self-Directed Learning... In The 19th Century
New York Times, 7/12/15
READING/WRITING
A Browser Plug-In That Adjusts Word Spacing For Readability
Quartz, 7/14/15
On The Value Of Rereading Literature
New York Review Of Books, 7/11/15
How Editors Have Made Great Writers, Including Harper Lee
Telegraph, 7/15/15
TECH
A Look At LMS Distribution And Growth
e-Literate, 7/14/15
A Good Look At Cellphone Use--And Prohibition--In Schools
Boston Globe, 6/16/15
UN Uses Minecraft To Help Kids Build Sustainable Urban Models
Fast Company, 7/6/15
OTHER
Conversation Analysis. It Exists: Second By Second
TED, 7/15/15
NPR Radio Hour: "Why We Collaborate"
NPR, 7/10/15