Student Argues Against “Packets” & The Appearance Of Teacher Apathy If you haven’t seen the viral video by now, above you’ll find Jeff Bliss, a Texas high school student, get thrown out of class–and this…
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8 Characteristics Of A Great Teacher
What makes a teacher strong? What differentiates the best from the rest? There’s no shortage of bodies (some dramatically misguided) attempting to solve this riddle. The answers are nebulous at best. Below is a list…
23 Things Every Teacher Should Be Able To Do With An iPad
Using an iPad is simple due to its intuitive interface, elegant touch interface, and user-friendly operating system. Below we’ve listed 23 different tasks a teacher should be able to perform with their iPad. We’ve tried…
10 Reasons You Really Didn’t Need That Planning Period Anyway
The planning period is an interesting thing—time when you’re still very much on the clock and in demand, but might’ve mentally scheduled phone calls to parents, gathering data for your PLC, or finally grading all…
52 Education Blogs You Should Follow
If you are a teacher, student, parent, or administrator, you should be following education blogs. Why? Simply because blogs are an ever-increasing way to spark ideas, creativity, and innovation. The following list is a compilation…
6 Possible Roles For Teachers In A Personalized Learning Environment
by Justin Marquis, Ph. D There is a mountain of speculation and debate about what school and learning will look like in the near future. Will education be online? Individualized? Self-paced? Flipped? Hybridized? Maybe…
Special Education As A Career In 2012
Editor’s Note: This is a sponsored post from online teacher certification programs at St. Joseph’s Online University Program Special education teachers, when asked, often state that getting their special education degree to work in this field is…
A Powerful, One-Sentence Argument For Progressive Learning
Probably the best argument I’ve seen for the constant need to evolve the mechanims, curriculum, and delivery system for how people learn. Also explains the generational chasm that can hinder such progress as well. We…
What You Owe Your Students
What a teacher “owes” a student is an interesting concept that could be as abstract (your best effort) or concrete (hand back work within 48 hours) as you’d like. We chose somewhere in between, and put…
101 Ways For Teachers To Be More Creative
Creativity isn’t always something that just happens. It can take quite a bit of work to nurture, grow, and develop creativity, even for those who are immersed in creative and dynamic fields. For educators, it…
A Humorous Look At The 20 Types Of Teacher
1. Crazy Teacher This is the teacher whose class you don’t miss. The one that roller skates into class on the first day of school tossing out goodie bags of highlighters and breath mints, and…
100 Of The Best Twitter Tools For Teachers By Category
In 2009, we shared our favorite tools for teachers on Twitter, with 100 resources for managing feeds, finding followers, and tackling classroom groups on the social media site. Since then, many tools have been revamped, replaced,…
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