This website gives you all the information needed to obtain a Florida's Teaching License, such as General Certification Requirements, Renewal Requirements, Certificate Additions, and etc. If you are not ESOL endorsed yet, check this website to see the steps you need to take!
This site allows students to rate and review books they've read and choose new books based on other students' recommendations. It also teaches digital citizenship skills
Develop a deep understanding of mathematics. This user-friendly resource presents grades 3-5 teachers with a logical progression of pedagogical actions, classroom norms, and collaborative teacher team efforts to increase their knowledge and improve mathematics instruction. Focus on an understanding of and procedural fluency with multiplication and division.
Substantive but focused overview of rubric creation and implementation process by the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Group. This overview page includes a series of brief examples/non-examples.
This research article provides an overview of how transformative learning experiences can be created through instructional design. The aim is to use instruction to make learning more experiential, personally relevant and transformative to students. The authors explain a framework for providing transformative learning experiences, including several indicators that fall into the categories of developing personal meaning, competence with the subject and relationships. The authors also present guidelines for designing these experiences, including applying design fundamentals, crafting the learning experience and teaching and facilitating to inspire learning.
A quick, but worth while read!
Wilson, B. G., & Parrish, P. (2011). Transformative learning experience: Aim higher, gain more. Educational Technology, 51 (2), 10-15.
The point here was that when technology use is not just "hit-and-miss," it has a greater affect on student progress. It must be fully integrated into the curriculum in the classroom.
This is a shift from whole-class instruction to individual instruction, where each child's learning needs are met by teaching them with concepts as to where they are academically. I believe this provides an opportunity for success in every child.
One of my favorite sites. It has lots of pre-made games that help teach different math concepts. The best thing about the site is it allows you make your own games of all different thttp://resources.oswego.org/games/#ypes.
