I recently started volunteering twice a week teaching computers at an area high school. We have been doing mostly discussing (not using any machines yet) and I told the students to write down a particular website. To which I was met by a bunch of blank stares. Not one student had a notebook […]
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Mark Twain said, “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” Throughout our lives we are both teachers […]
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AOL reports that Walmart stores and Detroit Public Schools Schools have teamed up to “offer students a for-credit after-school class that teaches job-readiness.” For a city that has been hit by a 50 percent unemployment rate and shrinking tax base, this partnership presents students with an opportunity to learn from America’s largest private […]
Here’s my understanding of the best approaches regarding “How to Tell if it’s a Special Education of Language Issue” and it centers around the parent as expert concerning their child.
September 30, 2009 by prodev ·
We’ve all had a teacher who inspired us, who sparked our imagination. Professional Learning Board is dedicated to providing tools and techniques for teachers to better inspire children creating lifelong learners and encouraging them to become the people they are to be.
When the opportunity to teach at my alma mater presented itself, I […]
September 18, 2009 by prodev ·
It’s making the news not just here in Minnesota but across the country:
School Districts Look for Ways to Make Ends Meet
Cuts Have Jordan Schools Down to the ‘Beans and Rice’
Call it “new math” if you’d like but the key to keeping schools open is adding programs, not cutting them.
As budgets and funds dwindle […]
September 24, 2008 by prodev ·
Technology allows us to increase the availability of lesson content and makes learning both easier and more memorable for students while empowering them with the ability to Rewind, Review, and Remember™. These are the 3R’s of Learning™.
On of the most valuable insights I’ve found from writing the Accommodating All Learners course is the learning style inventory results. I learned that according to this Myers-Briggs type exercise I’m an “ENTJ”. For me, this is both a surprise and not a surprise. Prior to taking this inventory, I had “self-diagnosed” myself`as an INTJ.
E […]
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