I'm excited to become a part of the TeachHub blogging team! When I was asked to select a theme for my articles, it didn't take long to settle on "Active Engagement Made Easy." As most teachers would agree, learning should be an active process, but it's not always easy. Without a decent game plan, active lessons can quickly disintegrate into classroom chaos. My job will be to offer tips and strategies for how you can sneak a little activity into your lessons without losing your sanity in the process.

To help you commemorate the anniversary of 9/11, we've collected a useful list of thought-provoking activities, writing prompts, teacher-recommended resources, lessons and student books.

Our teacher blogger relates the school year to his wild collegiate days on the beaches of Daytona...

Here are 12 tips to help you make the most of your school days:

Great teaching is contagious, according to a new study. A recent study from the National Bureau of Economic Research has shown that adding an accomplished teacher to a teaching team or department has a strong beneficial effect on student achievement. Many have reported this as "old news", since most teachers could tell you that good teachers help students to do better work.

Happy Teacher Appreciation week! To kick off a weeklong celebration of your awesomeness, we're recognizing influential educators throughout history. You don't need to venture into the Old West or shuttle into space to be a pioneer. These Top 12 pioneers in education have explored much rougher terrain to shape modern learning.

In honor of Banned Book week, I was looking over the list of previously banned, most challenged books. Turns out, I would have read about 1 book in high school if those bans stood. I also would have been deprived of some of my favorite books of all time.

Happy Earth Week! To get you in the green spirit, here are some ways you can reduce, reuse, recycle and teach eco-friendly habits in your classroom!

My school is currently transitioning into a more technologically savvy community. We're not only updating our software, but also our mission statement. We've recognize that students in our classes move at different paces, but we haven't been able to keep up or slow down for enough of them simultaneously - technology is a way to help do that and that's what we aim to do next year. Here are a few examples of what we plan to incorporate in our classrooms.

If you are a teacher of students within an inclusion classroom, then you are probably a creative, caring, patient, innovative, resourceful, structured, and flexible person. Whew!

While you may see Facebook as the enemy during your computer lab time, it doesn't have to be. Facebook can actually help students learn if you tap into the more than 200 Facebook applications designed to educate. Here are some of the popular Facebook applications used inside and outside the classroom to help students learn.

Looking for a way to celebrate Black History Month without once again teaching kids about Martin Luther King Junior and Rosa Parks? Searching for a lesson plan that honors the ethnic heritage of all your students? Try these lessons that explore heritage and culture during Black History Month or any time:

Classroom assessment may be challenging given the current expectations placed on you. You may be one of the many teachers who reports feeling increased pressures from school administrators, students' families, your students, as well as society-at-large. Here are four vital questions that will help you become more effective with your classroom assessments - increasing students' achievement, student test scores and your job security.