Tag: New Teacher

18 of the best formative assessment tools for teachers--to glean data, take snapshots of understanding, create digital exit slips, and more.

Staying up-to-date on the latest of everything is less important than the quality of your work. Start with this truth and the rest is easier.

In all of my years of teaching, I can count on one hand the number of 'difficult parents' I had to face. But when I did, it was extremely challenging.

Let me be clear: I prefer physical books with soft covers. This is not about sentimentality. Rather, this is about how technology can make reading better.

Since students typically perform better on low-level thinking items, teachers may believe students understand more deeply than they actually do.

From prioritization to automation, these strategies can help teachers make the most of their instructional time and improve student achievement.

One of the best ways to engage all students in your classroom is to give students an easy (and even anonymous) way to ask questions.

Blended learning combines face-to-face teaching and online instruction. Ideally, each will complement the other by using its particular strength.

Student-centered teaching is teaching designed for the student. Done well, it can disarm some of the more intimidating parts of academia.

Rewordify attempts to simplify the text at the vocabulary level (as opposed to syntatical, structural, or idea level) to make complex texts easier to read.

This is first about how the process of becoming wrong—the sweeping of the arms out in front of you as you search—helps you become right.

The 'giving' of yourself implies that you give your whole self to the act of teaching--that you merge your 'self' and your pedagogy.