What is the Whole Child Approach?
July 13, 2016 by Network Support · Leave a Comment
Encourage students to grow in every area of learning using the Whole Child Approach. This teaching strategy uses social emotional learning to help students create the best learning outcomes.
What is the Whole Child Approach?
A student’s learning is influenced by their social emotional state. For example, a student coping with divorce or one […]
7 Assistive Technology Tools for the Classroom
July 13, 2016 by Network Support · Leave a Comment
Assistive Technology tools enable every student to learn a variety of skills ranging from everyday living to complex academic tasks. These tools assist with and improve interaction, communication and participation in classroom tasks and activities. The following are seven Assistive Technology Tools that can help teachers to stimulate, enhance and promote inclusive learning.
Remember […]
Teach Students to Learn From Failures
July 7, 2016 by Network Support · Leave a Comment
Provide students with the opportunity to learn from mistakes in the classroom. Tailor teaching and assessment strategies to allow failure and encourage growth.
Should teachers allow students to experience failure?
There are many implications for both the teacher and the student when answering this question. While it is a teacher’s natural instinct to help students, […]
Assessment Strategies for Classroom Group Work
July 7, 2016 by Network Support · Leave a Comment
Discover grading methods for assessing group work in the classroom. Use these assessments to help keep group projects effective and fair for every student.
Assessing students when they are involved in group activities or projects cannot be done in the same way as individual assessments. The final product must be the compound effect of […]
How to use Google Earth?
July 6, 2016 by Network Support · Leave a Comment
Grab your students’ attention and bring information to life with Google Earth. Use this interactive learning tool to promote student engagement in the classroom.
What is Google Earth?
The app Google Earth is used by teachers across the world to implement in classrooms and give students an interactive, hands-on experience. Google Earth was released […]
5 Tech Tools for the Classroom
July 5, 2016 by Network Support · Leave a Comment
Choosing which technology to use in the classroom should be done carefully. Here are 5 tools that can help students to explore with technology.
Google Maps
Explore, create and collaborate with this mapping tool.
Edublogs
Manage blogs, including users and content.
Audacity
Record multi-track audio through a microphone, mixer or digitize recordings from other media.
Animoto
Create video slide shows.
Skype in […]
How to Use the RAFT Strategy in the Classroom to Develop Reading and Writing Skills?
June 30, 2016 by Network Support · Leave a Comment
Use the RAFT strategy in the classroom to encourage creative and organized writing. This writing activity will help develop the writing skills of students in a fun and creative way.
What is the RAFT strategy?
Writing is not easy for all students. In our classrooms, we see students struggling with the different phases or […]
3 Video Creation Tools
June 29, 2016 by Network Support · Leave a Comment
Using videos in the classroom encourages teamwork, allows learning at an individual pace, provides access to authentic study material and develops research skills. It is an extremely versatile educational tool. Here are three tools that teachers can use to enrich the learning experience for their students.
Vialogues
Enhance discussions either publicly or privately.
Knovio
Convert PowerPoint slides […]
4 Action Research Tools
June 22, 2016 by Network Support · Leave a Comment
Action research is a practical approach to professional inquiry and a beneficial tool for self-analysis and improvement in the educational field. The main purpose of action research is to help teachers, as researchers, solve their teaching problems “in action.” Here are 4 tools that can help teachers to collect, explore, analyze and report […]
