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.
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Is Focusing On Student ‘Improvement’ The Wrong Approach?
We’ve become so obsessed with looking inward and trying to achieve our ideals, that we’re less equipped to be a human on the outside.
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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.
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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.
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16 Things I Want To Hear My Students Say
“Ohhh, I get it.” The iconic phrase that teachers value hearing. A sign you’ve moved a student. Something you want to hear your students say.
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Why Parents Don’t Understand How To Help
Families and communities often only recognize the bits and pieces of education they’ve seen before–letter grades, essays, book reports, and report cards.
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Clarifying Your Teaching With Clear Communication
Clarifying Your Teaching With Clear Communication contributed by Molly Bruzewski, Ed.S. Ed note: This is part 2 on strategies that promote a team approach to academic achievement and high-performance teaching. Part 1 was Every Classroom Is A Team And Every Teacher Is A Coach. Strategies 2 and 3 appear below. In the same way that students appreciate…
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The Highest Literacy Is Understanding The Value Of A Text
Texts may be chosen based on their success in the classroom, yet students are not taught how to recognize their utility in their lives.
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John Dewey: ‘We must prepare our students…for their world.’
A century later, things have certainly improved–which is great, if we’re satisfied with the direction and scale and rate of improvement.
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What Is Confirmation Bias?
What is confirmation bias? Broadly speaking, confirmation bias is the tendency of people to overvalue data that supports their own beliefs.
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6 Design Principles Of Connected Learning
What is Connected Learning? An approach to learning that views interests and passions that are developed in a social context as essential.
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How We Moved Our District Forward Through Data-Based Instruction
How We Moved Our District Forward Through Data-Based Instruction contributed by Tracey Severns, EdD Dr. Tracey Severns is a nationally recognized and award-winning educator with over 20 years of experience. During the 2011-2012 school year, she served as the principal of Mt. Olive Middle School and adjunct professor in the Educational Leadership program at Centenary…
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100 Things Students Can Create To Demonstrate What They Know
Students can express themselves and demonstrate knowledge in new ways. Here are 100 things they can create to show what they know.
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How To Give Specific, Quality Learning Feedback To Students
To tell a student ‘great job’ or ‘this needs work’ is a missed opportunity. Specific, quality learning feedback can change your teaching.
