1.2.2016 Links List

Here is my first links list for the new year of resources and articles I have recently discovered. As always, it is my hope that you will find something of interest or use in these links.

• Changing Minds: 7 Elements of Building a Compelling Case -- and when haven't each of us had to do this at some point! :)
• 5 Things We Can Do to Prepare Students to Work Independently -- some good thoughts about preparing students for THEIR future and not our past.
• Powerful Questions to Ask Your Students -- simple questions as these can jump start the process of authentic student inquiry.
• When Grading Harms Student Learning -- this is a provocative title but a very important reflection for each of us. Why do we evaluate work the way we do? Is this done out of some past expectation or is this something meaningful for student learning?
• The 12 Best iPhone Apps of 2015 -- how many of these do you use?