Paradigm Shift in Education
April 4, 2011 by PLB Registrar · Leave a Comment
“Research is the bricks. Our informed, educated intuition is the mortar. It’s impossible to construct a worthy structure without either one.” – Dr. Michael Allen, ezine January 26, 2006
The most significant issue relating to learning is the relatively recent paradigm shift in education. This change is illustrated in the way in […]
Textbook vs eBook
April 2, 2011 by PLB Registrar · 2 Comments
The textbook is dead.
Long live the textbook.
Okay, maybe that’s a little bit of an exaggeration. Maybe I should have said the traditional, printed, industrial strength bound, heavy textbook is dead.
It seems like almost every day someone introduces a new way to deliver text electronically. Web sites are offering free full versions of public […]
About ADHD
April 1, 2011 by PLB Registrar · Leave a Comment
ADHD is a neurobiologial disability in children and adolescents that is highly heritable. More common in boys than girls, ADHD occurs in one of every 20 children.
Children with ADHD do not lack intelligence or discipline — they simply cannot sustain the focus needed to complete tasks appropriate for their age […]
Classroom Behavior Basics: Environment
March 31, 2011 by PLB Registrar · Leave a Comment
A student’s classroom behavior is a product of the interaction between that student’s personal qualities, including his or her learning history, and the many factors in that student’s current instructional environment.
For example, a student may behave very differently depending on the peers with whom he or she is […]
Save Your License Saturday
March 30, 2011 by PLB Registrar · Leave a Comment
Are you scrambling to meet your teacher continuing education requirements so that you can renew your license? Does your state have requirements or mandates that you want to make sure you meet for your renewal?
Some organizations offer what’s casually also termed “Save Your License” Saturdays. What occurs on such a day? Well, in […]
Teaching Tip: Understanding Chat Rooms
March 30, 2011 by PLB Registrar · Leave a Comment
Kids, and adults, of all ages are chatting online. If you are involved in teaching children or integrating technology in the classroom, it makes good sense to understand chat rooms. A chat “room” is a virtual space or place that people go to on the Internet to talk with others.
Chat room services are […]
Qualities of Gifted Students
March 29, 2011 by PLB Registrar · Leave a Comment
“Gifted” learners might possess unique traits that can’t always be easily observed. Some are verbally strong, others are shy. Some learners have a strong sense of humor; others choose not to engage at all. Gifted children learn differently from other subgroups in the student population as well as from […]
What are Formative Assessments?
March 28, 2011 by PLB Registrar · Leave a Comment
Each day students are given tests, not to determine what they’ve learned, but instead to determine the student’s grade. Overwhelmingly this is how the majority of educators perceive tests – as yet another method or tool to determine a student’s grade.
But in the 21st Century, tests have taken on […]
Back to the Future of Teaching
March 25, 2011 by PLB Registrar · 1 Comment
Teaching has been on my mind a lot. In writing on changes in teaching lately, “Why did you go into teaching? and “Using the Apple iPad in the Classroom” and also about technology in education my thoughts have been turning toward the bigger picture of teaching as a professional career.
A few years ago I […]
Classroom Environment Impacts Behavior
March 25, 2011 by PLB Registrar · Leave a Comment
Physical environment has a direct impact on behavior. Consider the following aspects of environment: space, temperature, visuals, texture, scents and sounds.
Arrange the physical layout of a classroom (e.g., furniture, location of student work materials) to ensure that students can move easily throughout the room with minimal distractions and no ‘traffic jams’ during group transitions.
Check […]
