How Can Teachers Track Their Professional Development Process?
February 23, 2016 by Network Support · Leave a Comment
A Professional Development Plan is a system for teachers to track and manage their professional development. It is an organized and efficient way to become a teacher who is a life long learner.
Manage your professional growth through a PDP
Teachers are expected to continuously acquire new knowledge and skills. As a teacher the professional […]
What Is A Brain Lab And How Does It Improve Learning In The Classroom?
February 18, 2016 by Network Support · Leave a Comment
A Brain Lab encourages and provides students with the opportunities to explore the concept of Neuroscience. It is a comfortable space for students to engage in the emotional side of learning and how it can benefit their academic learning.
While we are all aware of the importance of cognition in learning, a Brain Lab […]
What Are Some Essential Cognitive Skills That Every Student Needs, To Learn Effectively?
December 14, 2015 by Network Support · Leave a Comment
Interrelated cognitive skills contribute to both academic and occupational success
The key to solving a persistent learning challenge is to strengthen the person’s basic processing or cognitive skill set. Cognitive skills are the mental capabilities we need to successfully learn academic subjects. Underlying cognitive skills must function well for us to efficiently and easily […]
Learning Together
December 11, 2015 by Network Support · Leave a Comment
It wasn’t long ago that I met a teacher, Steve, in his mid-thirties. Steve and I were chatting about his teaching experiences and he had many stories to tell. One story he told me stood out.
About 10 years ago, when he was just beginning his career, he had a “challenging” student. The student […]
How Can Teachers Use STEM To Improve Curriculum And Instruction?
December 7, 2015 by Network Support · Leave a Comment
Give your students STEM-focussed education to equip them for the challenges of the future…
All students deserve an education that helps them to succeed in today’s technology-rich, global society. STEM-focused education helps to achieve this goal. The purpose of STEM education in educational institutions is to collaborate on the best pedagogy and curriculum to […]
How can Teachers Implement Inquiry Based Learning in the Classroom?
November 30, 2015 by Network Support · Leave a Comment
Involve your students and lead them to understand with Inquiry Based Learning…
Inquiry-based learning (IBL) is an approach to education that places students’ questions, ideas and observations at the center of the learning experience.
The nature of an IBL activity, the process, the end product and how it is shared is dependent upon the developmental […]
How Can Teachers Help Students Strengthen Basic Academic Skills?
November 23, 2015 by Network Support · Leave a Comment
Teachers have the potential to strengthen their effectiveness as interventionists…
Teachers have always attempted to provide struggling students in their classrooms with additional, individualized support; that is the paradigm of good teaching. Recent research suggests that teachers have the potential to strengthen their effectiveness as interventionists for individual students even as they continue to […]
How Can Teachers Implement A Collaborative Assessment?
November 13, 2015 by Network Support · Leave a Comment
Promote dynamic learning for your students while provoking critical thinking…
In the 21st century workplace, the collaborative system of learning is being promoted and implemented on a large scale. Very few professions and work environments focus only on individual competencies. Most modern work environments involve some type of collaboration or connected problem-solving to enhance […]
5 Screenshot Tools For The Classroom
November 13, 2015 by Network Support · Leave a Comment
Screenshot tools help take a picture of what you see on your screen. Screenshot tools help teachers to add basic visual elements to images/captures, share ideas on the web, and also help to give clear instructions to students. Here are five tools teachers can use to highlight, capture screen, crop and annotate pictures using arrows, colors, sketches, shapes and text.
Monosnap
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An “A” For Effort
November 13, 2015 by Network Support · Leave a Comment
During my own years in high school, I had many teachers with differing ideas and opinions for how to evaluate and score student work. There were teachers who gave everyone an “A” for “effort.” Then, there were the teachers who made students do much work to earn above an average score of “C.” […]
