First 5 Days of School for Educators - 0 views
-
mccahillk on 29 Apr 14Good stuff!
Project-based learning is the norm among these students, but they also have a lot of ideas about what makes a good project work.
Contents contributed and discussions participated by mccahillk
Educational Leadership:Writing: A Core Skill:Making the Most of Mentor Texts - 0 views
-
Mentor texts are most powerful when students frequently revisit them throughout the writing process-and when teachers help them take lessons from writing exemplars.
3 Ways to Make Meaningful Connections with Your Students | Edutopia - 0 views
-
I can learn so much about my students in these few minutes each and every day. I figure out very quickly who has a tough home life based on their answers.
Common Core's impact on teacher evaluations needs to be "addressed," Cuomo says - 0 views
-
"We have to deal with the issue of the effect of Common Core testing on teacher evaluations," Cuomo said at a news conference Tuesday.
Game-Based Storytelling | Edutopia - Linkis.com - 0 views
-
Storyboards can be an effective tool to have students design a new game level or write a cut scene, an interlude of drama that breaks up the gameplay and moves the game storyline along.
Teaching Students to Embrace Mistakes | Edutopia - 0 views
-
You spend a huge part of your life grading tests, commenting on essays, and providing thoughtful feedback on homework assignments . . . only to have them wadded up and ignored.
How Employers Can Create a Sustainable Culture of Empowerment - 0 views
-
Culture is organic; it changes and it can't be dictated by one person.
Time To Improve | NewAmerica.org - 0 views
-
Currently, there are more first year teachers in the United States than teachers of any other experience level-and at many schools, most of the teachers have only been teaching for a few years.
EDCompass blog » SMART amp Software Update: 5 Things to Know - 1 views
-
Update your schools Smartboards.
Instruction in motion brings PE into classroom | District Administration Magazine - 0 views
-
Giving students a much-needed brain break-and academic boost-with exercises in class
User Generated Education | Education as it should be - passion-based. - 0 views
-
Ethical decision-making should be included as a 21st century skill (overused term but don't know of an alternative). Some would profess that ethical decision-making has always been a needed skill.
The Flipped Mentality | Spin Education - 0 views
-
Classroom flipping involves significantly more than merely recording and posting instructional videos online. For starters, this developing approach involves giving students more control over their learning, while allowing teachers more time and freedom to offer quality instruction.
Bill Gates: Teachers need real feedback | Talk Video | TED - 1 views
-
Until recently, many teachers only got one word of feedback a year: "satisfactory." And with no feedback, no coaching, there's just no way to improve. Bill Gates suggests that even great teachers can get better with smart feedback - and lays out a program from his foundation to bring it to every classroom.
10 Major Technology Trends in Education -- THE Journal - 0 views
-
We have a first look at the results from the latest Speak Up survey, which polled hundreds of thousands of teachers, students, administrators, parents and community members about technology trends in education. Read more at http://thejournal.com/articles/2014/02/03/10-major-technology-trends-in-education.aspx#PtWIszql64vO1MiY.99
http://www.iste.org/docs/excerpts/101WP3-excerpt.pdf - 1 views
-
scroll through and choose your favorites!
Club Academia | About - 0 views
-
Nice resource for both students and teachers...
Teachers Learn to Judge Formative-Testing Tools - Education Week - 0 views
-
Many teachers who attended the training knew only about Smarter Balanced's year-end tests; the interim and formative tools came as a surprise.
What Keeps Students Motivated to Learn? | MindShift - 0 views
-
Project-based learning is the norm among these students, but they also have a lot of ideas about what makes a good project work.
mccahillk