The 4 Needs Of A Great Teacher contributed by Susan Lucille Davis, gettingsmart.com “You always have permission to use whatever tools you need to teach my daughter. Feel free to let her play.” Responding to a standard email request for permission to use a digital tool in my classroom, a parent of one of my…
Constructing a pre- and post-assessment system helps you formally track how much progress you make within a given time period.
The Montessori approach allows each young person to develop their strengths and discover and enjoy their style of learning.
Why Your Teaching Style Might Be A Bad Match For Your Students The relationship between you and your students is complex and dynamic. No matter what grade level you teach, at any moment you could be clarifying content, reinforcing a classroom process, modeling curiosity, or giving a pep talk. This kind of constant change is…
What Are The Best Apps To Promote Creativity In The Classroom? It is always such a pleasure to see student creativity. To watch their creative muscles grow and see their fantastic imaginations blossom into works of art. Technology is a great medium through which students can craft their wonders. It offers abilities that aren’t possible…
The Evolution Of Global Learning & Collaboration The Flat Classroom Project is an interesting effort that’s working on something pretty cool–and impressively ambitious: global learning. Their website explains that the “Flat Classroom® Project is a global collaborative project that joins together middle and senior high school students. This project is part of the emerging tend in…
Enlightening Students On Energy Conservation Rising energy prices is a big ticket not only for households, but also for educational institutions. According to U.S Department of Energy, the highest expense of schools is energy. This means that a combined effort is required, and it’s important for teachers to start teaching their students on how to…
Student engagement is often (wrongly) thought of in terms of ‘paying attention’: quietly making eye contact and maybe asking questions.
Incorporating levels of technology integration in learning isn’t new. In the ’80s, many schools had calculators & computers & taught coding.
In this BYOT handbook by convergemag.com, you’ll find 10 checklists for creating–or simply checking–your BYOT plan.
This basic lesson design closely follows the gradual release of responsibility model and has been used as a template for decades in schools.
by edshelf: Reviews & recommendations of tools for education Use iPads in your classroom? Then you will need this collection of essential tools. All work on the iPad, either as a mobile app or an iPad-compatible website. This collection is curated by Melissa Hero, a high school biology and AVID teacher. Included are stalwarts such as Quizlet…
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