What are Some Primary Strategies that I can Use to Assess Learning?
When teachers consider implementing formative assessment, it becomes essential that they understand how learning may be assessed.
Tuttle (2009) explains that “Curriculum and instruction are not based on a textbook but on the standards that all students are to meet through differentiated instruction. Also, assessments are not used to determine a grade but to […]
How Can Paragraph Shrinking be Used to Improve Learning in the Classroom?
When reading through technical content, it is natural for students to feel confused and lost amidst difficult words and elaborate descriptions. Students often lose track of the context and relevance of the content and fail to comprehend and learn from the text. The strategy “Paragraph Shrinking” was developed as a part of Peer […]
What will Others Say?
Have you ever noticed that quite often we hold ourselves back from doing something good, just because we worry about what others would say. I’m sure we all have come across this as teachers at some point in our career. We want to implement a new strategy or a new idea, but really […]
Teacher Resources, Tools & Giveaways for the week (Aug 17 – 24, 2013)
TOOLS
Skloog
Bookmark web pages and links.
RESOURCES
Jefferson Lab
Educational games for students.
Imagination Prompt Generator
A tool to generate writing prompts or story starters.
Smories
Find stories for kids that are read by kids.
GIVEAWAY OF THE WEEK
Epic
Enter for a chance to win a Blu-ray copy of Epic.
As always before using tools or resources be sure to conduct due diligence regarding […]
Preserving Memories
There was a time when an album was the ultimate way to capture memories. Few pictures were taken, and all of them carefully put into albums that would be looked at many, if not hundreds or thousands of times.
With the evolution of technology, digital cameras, videos, blogs and social networking, this process has […]
How Can I Help Students with ADHD to Visually Focus?
Students with ADHD often have weak visual focus and weak muscles in the eyes can also make visual focus more difficult.
When eyes focus, they usually lead the ears to focus. This is why we often want students to look at us when giving instruction.
For younger students, try to get to their level and […]
Can the Teacher’s Mood Impact Student Performance?
It is not uncommon for students to attribute your outburst in class to a bad mood or an “off day”. No matter how hard we try to hide it, students have an uncanny sense of ability to detect our moods and emotions. The problem, if and how our mood affects or influences student […]
Teacher Resources, Tools & Giveaways for the week (Aug 10 – 17, 2013)
TOOLS
MIT App Inventor
A drag and drop tool for students to create their own Android apps.
Clipping Magic
Remove image backgrounds easily.
ToonDoo
An easy way to create cartoons.
RESOURCES
Alphabet Organizer
An interactive to build phonemic awareness.
Tropical Treasure Hunt
An activity to learn about rain forest.
GIVEAWAY OF THE WEEK
Kindle Fire HD
Enter for a chance to win this Kindle Fire.
Gift card
Here is […]
In the Folds of Origami
I was looking at some origami decorations yesterday. A few simple folds and twists, and a blank piece of paper becomes a beautiful object. All it needs is an imagination and a pair of skilled hands.
Aren’t children like that too? A blank piece of paper that is folded and worked on by parents, […]
How Can I Creatively Present a Chain of Events in a Bulletin Board?
Bulletin boards are a wonderful way to display a sequence of events. This could be the steps of a science experiment, reinforcing a procedure for reading or writing tasks, or teaching a specific chain of events related to the subject matter.
The steps are presented one after the other, and usually have arrows connecting […]
