Diverse Educational Topics Tweets of the Day 6/25/14

Apparently, you don't even have to be Italian to use expressive hand gestures

Cracking a Secret Code to Learning: Hand Gestures

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/06/cracking-a-secret-code-to-learning-hand-gestures/ 

Response: 'Teachers Know A Lot About Scaffolding' For Complex Texts

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2014/06/response_teachers_know_a_lot_about_scaffolding_for_complex_texts.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

 The Ten Dumbest Common Core Problems

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/373840/ten-dumbest-common-core-problems-alec-torres

Teaching Empathy: The Ancient Way Is Now Cutting-Edge

http://startempathy.org/blog/2014/06/teaching-empathy-ancient-way-now-cutting-edge 

Pediatrics Group to Recommend Reading Aloud to Children From Birth

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/24/us/pediatrics-group-to-recommend-reading-aloud-to-children-from-birth.html?_r=1&utm_source=ReadingRockets.org&utm_medium=Twitter 

Summer Reading and Rejuvenation 

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/summer-reading-and-rejuvenation-joshua-block?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-summer-reading-and-rejuventation-link

How to Divorce Your District

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/how-to-divorce-district-elena-aguilar?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-how-to-divorce-your-district-link 

Wikipedia pops up in bibliographies, and even college curricula 

http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-wikipedia-20140615-story.html#page=1