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If there's been a single educational buzzword with traction over the past few years, "student-centered learning" certainly tops the charts. From the TED stage to experimental classrooms, an increasing number of thought leaders, schools and teachers are advocating a handover of the learning experience to the students who must do the learning.

If there's been a single educational buzzword with traction over the past few years, "student-centered learning" certainly tops the charts. From the TED stage to experimental classrooms, an increasing number of thought leaders, schools and teachers are advocating a handover of the learning experience to the students who must do the learning.

Hanging In is about making a difference in the lives of significantly challenging special needs students.  A number of mainstream teachers, who find themselves with a challenging student, have told me that their supervisor gave them Hanging In and then walked away, as if the responsibility of such arduous work was solely for that single teacher.

Nearly one thousand students pack Harvard's historic Sanders Theatre to hear Michael Sandel talk about justice, equality, democracy, and citizenship. Now it's your turn to take the same journey in moral reflection that has captivated more than 15,000 students, as Harvard opens its classroom to the world.

The Counselling Department at the International School of Dusseldorf offers many different kinds of support for students and parents. From matters of a personal nature to career exploration and university admissions, our team of school counsellors provides students and parents with comprehensive support at all grade levels. In addition, our Life Skills teachers are dedicated to providing students in grades 6-10 with a guidance curriculum that focusses on the developmental needs of adolescents and their social, emotional and personal growth.

"Scaffolding is one of the best ways that a teacher can help ESL students. Scaffolding usually refers to teaching practices that initially set a high goal for students to attain, then, recognizing the skills the students have, build up their skills to meet that goal. To do this, teachers take incremental steps checking for comprehension and attainment of the desired skills. "

Do the technology-based note-taking strategies in your classroom... Adequately Support the students' learning needs? Allow students to Save their notes to multiple locations? Let students Search for salient points? Permit students to Share with peers and teachers?"

Note taking and ineffectiveness of note taking with laptops

Recently, a number of articles have surfaced reporting the ineffectiveness of note taking with laptops, in keeping with the findings of Pam Mueller and Daniel Oppenheimer detailed in The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard.

Having a print-rich environment is important," says John Murphy, who is an English and history teacher in Ireland and blogs at Web of Notes. "The surroundings should encourage reading in all its forms and support their choices of reading material. I don't simply mean putting up a poster which tries to promote reading because it's 'cool' - I think they're totally ineffective. Instead, students and teachers could share the name of the book that they're reading at the moment, and offer a sentence about it. It's a great way to share recommendations."

Find activities that develop map skills in students from preK to Grade 6.

42 Fill-in-the-Blank Prompts For Students To Design Their Own Projects by Terry Heick

Teachers, try ClassDojo! Students love the positive feedback and learn much faster. Plus, now you can instantly message with parents!

Teachers, try ClassDojo! Students love the positive feedback and learn much faster. Plus, now you can instantly message with parents!

20 great Math websites for teachers and students

Game designers understand how to make games memorable and "sticky" in the sense that, even when you aren't playing the game, you're still thinking about solving its problems and puzzles. As teachers, how might we make our projects and content as sticky as games? How can we engage kids in thoughtful learning even after they leave the classroom? Here are game designers' top five secrets and some tips on using these same game dynamics to make learning in your classroom as addictive as gaming.

An example for diploma music students. What the creating component can look like. This is only one example and should be the root of more exploration of different styles and genres for this component.

Periodically, I find it interesting to see what's new over at TED Talks. While not every video they have really floats my boat, there is generally a wealth of inspiration and interesting stories shared there. We've shared a number of these inspiring talks in the past - some relate specifically to teaching, others cover more general life lessons or inspiration.

Strategies for getting students to quiet down

noisy classroom

noisy classroom

Need a pentagonal pyramid that's six inches tall? Or a number line that goes from ‑18 to 32 by 5's? Or a set of pattern blocks where all shapes have one-inch sides? You can create all those things and more with the Dynamic Paper tool. Place the images you want, then export it as a PDF activity sheet for your students or as a JPG image for use in other applications or on the web.

Students can under perform in mathematics because they find it boring or they can't remember all the rules.

When you need to research something, where do you start? Most of us answer this question with "Google", and "Wikipedia". But if you're researching online with Google and Wikipedia as your main tools, you're only hitting the tip of the iceberg. While these offer some great basic information on a huge variety of subjects, if you want to delve deeper, you need a wider variety of sources to choose from. 

You want students to learn. Shall we play a game? Absolutely! But what is a game?

These flash cards help students to learn the command terms for Diploma Design Tech