An interesting video about people who post educational videos online. Some are teachers, some are not. It's exciting that people and students are learning through these videos, but is this the future of education? What do we as trained teachers offer that untrained video educators don't? Anything? What is going to be the role of the classroom with 4 walls in the future?
Begin every activity with a task that 95 percent of the class can do without your help. Get your students used to the fact that when you say, "Please begin," they should pick up a pencil and start working successfully.
An interesting thought for my students who assume they can't do it and consistently sit and wait for teacher help; often without even looking at what they are supposed to do.
eachers tend to get the first response when they scaffold challenging tasks so that all students are successful.
Some good ideas for using wikis within the classroom. I like the idea of doing a "scavenger hunt" and reporting back using a classroom wiki space. This would be more appropriate for the upper grades 4, 5, and 6th.