30 Storytelling Tips For Teachers To Capture Students’ Attention
Storytelling is one of the best ways to communicate to someone. Here are 30 storytelling tips for teachers to better reach their students.
8 Strategies To Make Learning Visual In Your Classroom
Sketchnotes, graphic organizers, visualizing data, and art are just a few strategies to make learning visual in your classroom.
20 Observable Characteristics Of Effective Teaching
What makes an effective teacher? Or more specifically, what observable characteristics might you see and hear?
15 Interesting Ways To Start Class Tomorrow
The best part of ‘Count to 10’ is that it gives students who may not be the ‘best’ at other things a chance to win. If less than 90% of your students are smiling the whole time, you’re doing it wrong.
12 Myths About Project-Based Learning
Among the most pervasive myths about project-based learning is that students ‘doing projects’ equates to students learning through PBL.
12 Mistakes For Teachers To Avoid In A Data-Driven Classroom
Functionally, the purpose of assessment is to provide data to revise planned instruction. Of course, it’s not that simple.
Why We Should Stop Averaging Scores To Give Letter Grades
Evaluating a student’s mind with a system not much more robust than the one we use to review movies doesn’t seem like our best thinking.
5 Psychology-Based Strategies That Help Students Learn
Psychology-based strategies that help students learn include modeling, student choice, and a clear sense of progress in the learning process.
The Importance Of Being Specific In Assessment Of Learning
When seeking to develop skills, Â feedback (and it must be timely) is only useful if it informs the student what areas need to be worked on.
What Does Teacher Improvement Look Like? Maybe Something Like This
The ultimate metric for your teaching is the quality of students’ lives after your journey & their journey diverge–borderline immeasurable.
7 Easy Ways To Assess Without Testing
At a recent teachers conference, one of the most astute comments was ‘you can assess without testing.’ There are many ways to assess.
20 Tips To Promote A Self-Directed Classroom Culture
When a task feels overwhelming, the ‘I can,’ quickly falls apart. Teach students how to break down a big project into miniature steps.
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