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Anna Kron

Advice for a New Teacher - 3 views

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shared by Anna Kron on 11 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • Over time you, your principal, and fellow teachers will be able to work together to create the school culture that you want. Your school culture will support your classroom culture and make your job much more manageable.
  • decide on your classroom boundaries
  • Be consistent.
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  • Give more freedom, and take it away if need be.
  • You will have to try a few things and see what works for you and your students.
  • Be positive.
  • Say out loud to the class (narrate) that you see them, and write their name up on the positive board.
  • Not only will this help reinforce positives with your kids, but it will also help keep you positive.
  • Use body language.
  • Often walking to a student veering off track and just putting your hand on their desk can help.
  • If you do have to say something negative to a student, make sure it’s private (whenever possible).
  • Use routines.
  • When kids know what to expect, they’re better at doing what you want them to do.
  • Seek advice and feedback, try ideas in your class, and try again, try again, try again! Keep trying new things until you figure out what works for you and your students.
  • Anna Kron on 11 Oct 15
     
    This post gives some great advice to new teachers, particularly how to be consistent, be positive, use body language, and use routines. I hope I can look back to this post during my first year of teaching in order to prevent some of the mistakes I will inevitably make!
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  • Christa McCaulley on 11 Oct 15
     
    Great resource and something to keep in my back pocket even as I go into level III's next week.
  • Zoey Salisbury on 11 Oct 15
     
    Anna, I would agree that this resource will be used efficiently in my future classroom. Especially since I will become a new teacher, when I decide to enter the college of education program and have my own classroom soon. Love how it says these are all the right things that you are doing, which makes my confidence as a new future teacher for sure increases. I personally believe that this resource is used specifically for only teachers. It's also very interesting how they have bolded essential components to remember the entire time you are becoming a first teacher. Such as be consistent, be positive, use body language, and use routines. Which the last one I believe is the most important when I comes to not only becoming a great teacher, just as well as to deal with different classroom settings. I am currently not aware of any similar resources to be considered but will not sure to keep my eye out for any that pop out. Overall, I like this resource how it ends with the saying, "Hang in there! And, let us know how you are doing."
  • Tyler Schaben on 11 Oct 15
     
    This is a great blog post! I have been working on a blog post that is very similar to this with my own blog. This gave me some great ideas. This blog not only could help a new teacher, it could also help a struggling teacher or a teacher with a particularly challenging group of students this year. Great find!
Keith Lacock

How To Start A Blog Today - Free Tutorial - 1 views

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shared by Keith Lacock on 14 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • Keith Lacock on 14 Oct 13
     
    I thought this site had a lot of great advice for people that might be starting their first blog. I would say that half of the things they bring up I wouldn't have thought about if I was starting a blog.
  • Jamie Sebring on 14 Oct 13
     
    Right on, Keith. Very good advice for people firing up their first blog. This can be a pretty cool tool in the classroom too.
Katie Upah

50 Useful Links For Learning & Teaching The English Language - 4 views

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  • Katie Upah on 08 Oct 15
     
    This article provides 50 links to websites, articles, organizations, learning resources, teaching resources, references, and communities and blogs.
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  • Ping Gao on 09 Oct 15
     
    I like this website, because it provides resources for teachers. There are other similar resources I used the tag: EnglishLearning.
  • Zoey Salisbury on 11 Oct 15
     
    Katie, I agree that this resource can be used efficiently for other teachers future classrooms, just maybe not my own. The reason why it would not be efficient for my future classroom is because my specific area of teaching is more towards the sciences, and my the language arts. But I did love how there were multiple different websites that were available for further information and valuable resources for teachers. I also enjoyed how there were different topics to choose from such as websites, learning resources, articles and advice, teaching resources, reference, communities & blogs, and many other related posts. This website seems to be just for teachers, especially with other the different resources that are right at the fingertips for any language art or foreign language art teacher. Especially since the resource seems to be just for the english subject or even the foreign language arts course. There were also many different tools, printables, and as they say other great stuff for ELL educators are all available. I am not aware of any other similar resources to be considered, especially since I wasn't interested in looking for ELL websites. But overall, an excellent resource.
  • Erin Keiser on 11 Oct 15
     
    Katie, this is an awesome list of resources! I think so often that teachers neglect ELL learners, especially if they aren't ELL teachers. I was just talking with one of my TESOL friends this last weekend and we both agreed that classroom teachers need to be more accommodating to their ELL students.
  • Ellie Bullock on 12 Oct 15
     
    YAY TESOL. I love seeing other teachers post about TESOL because every teacher is going to encounter ELL students in their teaching career. This is a great list of resources! I have used many of them and know that having them all in one place is extremely helpful. Since this is my future, I would definitely use this website to keep track of resources. It is for teacher use. Most ELL students would have difficulties navigating through these resources and understanding why they would be useful until a teacher helped them understand why. There are many lists on the internet for ESL help, but most have a lot of dead links. From what I looked at, this list looked very helpful!
msswanson_c9

Parents: Understand Your Kids and Social Media | HuffPost - 1 views

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shared by msswanson_c9 on 11 Nov 17 - No Cached
  • And how can adults most effectively talk to young people about these crucial issues?
  • There’s no difference between the decisions they make in “real life” and what, how and who gets to see certain information they post on their Facebook timeline or other social networking platforms.
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      msswanson_c9 on 11 Nov 17
       
      Very important to remember. They are not operating on a "tell all" basis.
  • Third, encourage their critical thinking
  • msswanson_c9 on 11 Nov 17
     
    This article gives great advice for non-tech fluent adults for dealing with students and Social Media.
  • msswanson_c9 on 11 Nov 17
     
    Social Media
  • kstull on 12 Nov 17
     
    I really agree some of the things they say in the article. No difference between real life and what they post. I think many people forget about the impact of their actions on social media. Digital Footprint... it can be a big deal. I don't think students are fully aware of how their actions can impact them.
Ping Gao

5 Critical Mistakes Schools Make With iPads - 5 views

www.edudemic.com/schools-ipads-and-correct-them

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  • Nichol Hebel on 13 Oct 13
     
    Helpful article. I thought it was interesting because my elementary school just switched to 1:1 with iPads this year.
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  • Erin Mulder on 13 Oct 13
     
    I thought this was a great article! It gives wonderful advice on how to correct the mistakes that are made with iPads in schools. This would definitely be a great resource for teachers to use to gauge how they are using iPads within their own classrooms and to remember how to keep iPad use effective and meaningful. Great find! :)
  • Jeremy Cooper on 13 Oct 13
     
    This is an excellent article to forward onto your administrators (as I just did!) so that they can understand the common pitfalls for technology use in the classroom. In my building, we have a classroom set of iPads that can be checked out and they have been used for all kinds of assignments and subject areas. As the kids will report, some teachers know how to use them effectively, and others are just using them for the sake of doing it. I've also read a couple of articles that I'll have to try and come back and link, but a few very large school districts have been in the news for the issues that they've been having with iPads in the classroom. The issue seemed to be that they scaled their programs way too quickly, did not train their educators properly, and did not look at the liability piece that comes along with giving students access to certain apps and features.
  • Paige Blocker on 13 Oct 13
     
    Nicole, this is an awesome article. I like how it shows the 5 mistakes and ways to correct those. I think this article would be great for teachers as some are unaware of how to use iPads or how to use them for the right reason. I feel like if you have the right apps on the iPad for the correct age group they can be very educational. Personally, young kids are learning to work this and enjoy doing this. I had a boy I nannied he loved playing on the iPad at age 4! He was allowed to play educational games and have books read to him, etc.
  • Austin Jacobson on 13 Oct 13
     
    Nichol, I definitely agree with the things this article is saying! I think the fact the lack of Teacher Preparation in Classroom Management of iPads is a big one. How are we suppose to be incorporating this technology when we don't even know how to use it ourselves? Many people assume it works like a laptop when it does not. I definitely think this is an article teachers should read before trying to bring ipads into the classroom! Great article!
  • James Reinhard on 23 Oct 14
     
    With so many articles on 'what you should do' it's a nice change of pace to see 'what your doing wrong' kind of article. I went into it thinking it was going show how students are misusing ipads, so I especially liked how it was aimed towards educators telling them how they are going to misuse them. I see a lot of what we've read for class already in this article, it helps reinforce the lessons.
  • akmuni on 07 Oct 15
     
    I agree with this article and its must be obvious to anyone who has used an iPad why this information is important. The iPad is a tool and is effective for certain types of task. It's not a replacement for a computer. Due to the low cost and ease of operation the wow factor could cause someone to lose sight of the purpose of application. This article is more important for the designer of curriculum and the teacher who have input. One recently large lawsuit resulted from a one billion dollar purchase of iPad for a California school district.
  • Ping Gao on 07 Oct 15
     
    This is a blog post about the 5 critical mistakes schools makes ith IPads.
Nicole Heinrichs

New Teacher Support - 1 views

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  • We’ll help you find the resources, support, ideas, and advice you need to make your classroom the rewarding, positive learning environment you want it to be. We won’t pretend that it will be easy
  • LEARN NC is here to help
  • Keep this in mind
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  • help you take advantage of mentoring, l
  • these articles give you the perspectives of real teachers who have faced problems like yours and overcome them.
  • Nicole Heinrichs on 08 Oct 15
     
    This website offers many resources for teachers. It is important, especially as a first year teachers, to know were you can go for help.
  • Katie Upah on 08 Oct 15
     
    I agree that I could use this resource efficiently in my own future classroom but probably only for the first couple of years that I teach because it simply provides tips to keep in mind and resources for first year teachers. I like how the article tells teachers to keep in mind 4 key points: teaching is hard, you can't do it alone, every classroom is different, and classroom management means solving problems before they occur. This resource is definitely meant for teacher use because it is meant to help teachers as they first begin their careers, and students would not have a reason to utilize resources for first year teachers. Here is another resource that could be considered for first-year teachers entitled "10 First-Year Teacher Myths and How to Avoid Them": http://plpnetwork.com/2014/05/14/10-first-year-teacher-myths-avoid/
  • Hannah Hacker on 09 Oct 15
     
    Having resources ready for us when we first start teaching will be nice, because after all we know it will not be the easiest thing in the world.
Anna Kron

A Starting Point for Ensuring Student Online Privacy - 0 views

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  • real impact that student privacy concerns have on the education sector
  • 90 percent of respondents are either very or somewhat concerned with how private companies with non-educational interests are able to access and use students' personal information
  • the government -- at the state, federal and local levels -- is turning its eye to student privacy, and so laws and regulations in the area might be changing soon
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  • a majority know not very much (32 percent) or nothing at all (30 percent) about how schools currently collect, use, store and destroy student data, including information such as social security numbers, grades and behavior and attendance records
  • Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which has undergone regulatory changes in recent years that some claimed have weakened it
  • Consistently, clearly and regularly communicating with students, parents and the community about privacy rights and district policies and practices with regards to student data privacy
  • districts that have adopted strong privacy policies should also have procedures in place to allow teachers to suggest apps or other online educational service that they would like to use (or have students use). While the process may slow down the introduction of the app into the learning environment, it will hopefully provide peace of mind to teachers, who will know the app has been properly vetted with regards to student privacy.
  • Anna Kron on 11 Oct 15
     
    This article gives a brief overview of the issues surrounding student privacy when it comes to information that has been posted somewhere online. Then, it gives a few tips for classroom teachers!
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ISTE | 7 steps to starting a global collaboration project - 3 views

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  • butchsaa on 12 Nov 17
     
    This site shows some simple ways of being able to start global collaborating in your classroom. My favorite advice is to pick something you are passionate about.
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  • bretthutch on 13 Nov 17
     
    Hi Sara! This is a great article that I think will be helpful for what I've chosen for my final project for Dr. Z's class which I hope to utilize in my own classroom. The last point in the article was really relateable for me, especially with the global collab project we just completed. It is important to realize that in a project like this, not everything can be controlled. I also really enjoyed the point about asking your students if they are comfortable with it. I think that we all experienced some discomfort in our project, so making sure students of a younger age are okay talking to strangers would be incredibly important.
  • na409102 on 15 Nov 17
     
    Hi! Thank you so much for sharing! I think that global collaboration projects are an amazing opportunity for kids to be able to participate in. It's amazing how much technology can do for us. I can't wait for the future generations to become adults :) What a different world it will be!
  • mattoliphant on 15 Nov 17
     
    1. I agree that this could be used in my own future classroom -- but it would be contingent on finding the right topic and group to collaborate with. 2. I think that the resource is mostly for teacher use as it provides an overview and tips/tricks for teachers. 3. Other resources that might want to be considered are the different websites shared by Dr. Z during class.
  • Ryan on 15 Nov 17
     
    I agree that this could be used in a classroom. This can be a good way to help students better understand a topic that they are learning at that time. I feel though it would be more for the teacher usage for a younger age. I feel that a global collaboration might be difficult for elementary students unless they work with anyone older than them in their district. Otherwise, I feel it would be a good experience for older students as well.
Taylor Niewohner

Teaching Students with Special Needs: Advice for Teachers (Grades K-12) - TeacherVision - 1 views

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  • Taylor Niewohner on 16 Nov 17
     
    talks about different instructional practices that can be used with special needs students
  • melissao_uni on 16 Nov 17
     
    This resource is great for beginning teachers and teachers who have not worked with students with different abilities before. I like how it also notes the gifted populations as well as those students with a disability. This resource could be used by both teachers and students. Teachers could use it to learn a brief amount more about students with special needs, while as students can use it to understand what other options/strategies might work best for them if they fall into one of the categories listed. There are many other resources that provide strategies/information about how to work with special populations. One I like to check out as a special ed teacher is ldonline.com.
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