Are you ready to get started with student-made videos? If I haven’t convinced you in previous posts to give up the reins and adopt this practice, consider the research, as studies show students learn more when they are required to explain…
Read moreTrying to synthesize the various experiences of the student teachers I work with can be a daunting task. Our university is located in such a richly diverse area where students are from around the world and the schools that they…
Read moreBy Guest Blogger: Jack Yee One of the biggest myths about teaching is that you have to love your students. Love is a loaded word and many people have difficulty with this complex emotion. I am a great example. I…
Read moreTwo wrongs don’t make a right. An eye for an eye. I remember hearing that so much as a child but it never made any sense to me. As a child when someone hurt me I wanted to hurt them…
Read moreWhat is differentation and how do we reach all learners? Diane Ravitch defines differentiating instruction as a form of instruction that seeks to “maximize each student’s growth by recognizing that students have different ways of learning, different interests, and different ways…
Read moreHey Teachers, did you know that a key foundation in students’ mathematical learning is place value? Without a strong understanding, students will have difficulty in many other mathematical concepts and skills such as adding and subtracting multi-digit numbers. In addition,…
Read moreAsk the average 8 year old boy what he wants to be when he grows up and you will probably hear “make video games”. Boys and girls love video games because it gives them an opportunity to use their logic…
Read moreI love the notion of differentiation but putting it into practice is not intuitive. We tend to teach the way we were taught and I am sure that most of us were taught by teachers who stood at the front…
Read moreWithout classroom management even the best designed lesson and most engaging tasks will be useless. Classroom management is the foundation of teaching, and without it chaos rules. When classroom structures are in place everyone can thrive including the teacher. Significant…
Read moreI was incredibly moved by Matt Damon’s speech to “Save our Schools” at a conference in Washington D.C. First he was introduced by his mother a professor of education and advocate for decreased testing in public schools. I applauded her…
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