30+ Common Core Resources For Teachers Groups and Organizations These links will take you to essential reading materials from the institutions and organizations behind Common Core. Common Core State Standards Initiative:This is the official site for the CCSSI, featuring information about the standards, news, resources, and answers to frequently asked questions. National Governors Association: The NGA…
As adults, we often take for granted our wide range of vocabulary and the comprehension that comes with applying knowledge while writing.
“Coverage” is ultimately an egocentric delusion, a form of teacher blindness that because we teach it, students will get it & appreciate it.
To achieve understanding as an educator, you have to help students ‘by design’ come to realizations that they own and appreciate as insightful.
While using technology is easy, mastering it–using it to save time, reduce busy work, and improve student understanding–is another matter entirely.
How To Take Control Over Your Professional Development or ‘The Real World Masters In Education’ by John Otterstedt Every so often, someone would tell me that I should get another degree. The reason was always the same – I would move up the salary guide. I wanted to move up the salary guide, yet at…
If giving points is the only way to motivate a student to complete an assignment, perhaps we should look more closely at the assignment.
Time for a staff meeting? Need an idea? Something that engages teachers? Shake things up a bit? Start the year off right?
With slides, less is more. Here are some tips for teachers to make better presentations for engaging learning in the classroom.
Many teachers think in terms of Essential Questions. While these are often helpful and important to teachers, are they important to students?
The Second City Guide to Improv in the Classroom aims to promote team-building, thinking on-the-fly, & fun through improvisation.
Sensory processing disorders are characterized by difficulties in processing a range of sensory information, such as touch, sound, and smell.
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