5 Fantastic, Fast, Formative Assessment Tools
With tools like Socrative, Kahoot, Zaption, Chatzy, and Plickers, teachers can use tech for instant feedback about how students are learning…
Learning takes place in students’ heads where it is invisible to others. This means that learning must be assessed through performance. Assessment techniques can be broadly classified into two forms – Formative assessment […]
6 Rules To Break For Better, Deeper-Learning Outcomes
Incorporate Deeper-Learning as you empower students to seek knowledge from many sources, use tools relevant to their lives, and embrace the 21st century…
What do today’s students really need to learn in order to succeed, not only in the classroom, but also later on in college, careers, and life as engaged citizens? The answer – “Deeper-Learning”.
The […]
When Students Misbehave
It is not always easy to navigate conversations with parents when students misbehave. I remember when I taught classes at a middle school. A student told an inappropriate, almost racy, joke in class. He knew it met with my disapproval and told me he thought it was funny. I asked him what his mother […]
How Can I Implement Garden-Based Learning?
Gardens are living classrooms with great potential for learning…
Garden-based learning is a wonderful and exciting way to make almost any classroom curriculum come alive and show “real-life” meaning to students as they learn. This form of learning encompasses programs, activities and projects in which the garden is the foundation for integrated learning, in […]
How Can Teachers Use Laughter/Humor As A Teaching Resource?
The more students laugh, the more they enjoy. And the more they enjoy, the more they will learn. So, add humor to your lessons whenever you can.
Public speakers often begin with a joke or an amusing anecdote – and with good reason – to get everyone’s attention. A good laugh at the beginning […]
Teacher Tools & Resources
Tools:
Sway
Express ideas on an interactive web-based canvas.
Pho.to
Convert an image to a cartoon.
Easelly
Create and share visual ideas.
Resources:
Understanding Science
Science activities, articles and videos.
Multiplication.com
Math games
FunEnglishGames.com
English activities, games, videos, tongue twisters and more!
Integrating Technology: Parent-Teacher Communication, the Digital Way
Integrating Technology: Parent-Teacher Communication, the Digital Way
Technology serves multiple purposes in the classroom. It can be applied for student learning, collaboration, feedback and assessment. It is therefore only logical that technology be applied to yet another key area of education: the parent-teacher communication.
Why Communicate using Technology?
Communicating with students’ parents need not always be […]
5 Ways To Promote Summer Reading
Summer is a wonderful time to be at the pool! But it is also a great time to enjoy books of all shapes and sizes.
Summer is a time for students to relax, have fun and enjoy the warm weather, but it is an especially important time for them to continue reading so […]
The Great Outdoors
Summer is a great time of the year to get out and see the great outdoors. In today’s world we are so entertained by music, media and our cellphones that we don’t take out time often enough to interact with nature. This summer, look at ways that you can get out, and inspire […]
How Can Teachers Use Game Show Gadgets To Motivate Students?
Ever think about turning your “regular” lesson into a game show? Fast forward to the 21st century classroom and use game show gadgets to motivate your students to think, discuss, and make meaning of their learning.
Let’s face it. If given the choice of going to a class or playing games we know […]
