TIE Online Class: Web Lit for Educators

First day of school activities for improving communication skills

This is an excellent article from an expert that explains why students no longer find interest in reading outside of school and how to regain that interest.

Teacher Donalyn Miller earned the nickname The Book Whisperer" because of her almost mystical success getting kids to read -- a lot. Allowing children to choose books, and providing reading role models and time to read are among her strategies. Included: Reading tips and resources from The Book Whisperer."

This article deals with how important it is to get children reading on their own and some of the strategies that Donalyn Miller used

teaching method to help reluctant readers

In the last 100 years, the number of foreign-born U.S. residents has grown to about 30 million people -- resulting in a corresponding growth in demand for schools to provide effective ESL and EFL programs at all levels of instruction.

ESL

In this blog, I talk about educational technology, educational theory, educational pedagogy, and other topics related to these. I teach Physics and EMS classes, so some times I'll talk about those specific areas. I'll also discuss 21st Century Skills and Education. I explore free educational technology resources, ways to integrate technology into the classroom, professional development, project based learning, and tips and resources for new teachers.

LOTS of cool, innovative ideas!

Mentoring Minds is an educational publishing company that develops K-12 instructional materials to help students develop critical thinking and problem solving skills. Experienced educators create the materials based on research and cover topics such as critical thinking, differentiated learning, instructional strategies, classroom management and more.

PE games for life

Non-traditional physical education games are beginning to lead to more active lifestyles and lifetime activities for students at William Fleming High School in Roanoke, VA. Students are now being exposed to activities such as fishing, cycling, ping pong, yoga, golf bowling and badminton in their high school physical education class.

Kim's great tips for getting organized in your classroom

Great blog for RTI ideas

It is a site for technology, apps and lessons for speech language pathologists.

Lots of fun learning games for a variety of grade levels.

technology/education blog

Great blog for teachers... Wonderful insights and ideas!!!

special education blog

Podcasting the News

This site is a fantastic learning tool for my Pre-K class. Students learn valuable reading skills as they 'play'!

This is an article describing how to raise student interest in reading for fun or leisure.

Despite schools focus on reading, many students still are not reading independently or for pleasure. A program developed by a college professor stresses hooking students on reading by introducing them to challenging subject matter that interests them. Included: A description of a comprehensive reading program.

Here are many different types of rubrics available for teacher use.

A teacher helper for assessments & rubrics

A prethra of rubrics.

Ideas for making classroom rules.

Working in groups to research volcanoes and create a PowerPoint slide show.

Kathy Schrock has put together this wonderful page of sources.