How can I Help a Student with ADHD Learn to Plan?
In order to help a student with ADHD learn how to plan, have the student write or draw the steps needed for any school procedure. For example, if the student has difficulty preparing to go home, have them write or draw a list of considerations:
Regarding homework assignments, what will I need?
Handout
Textbook
Notebook
Other utensils
What old […]
How can Individual Goal Setting enhance Student Performance?
The words aim, purpose and goal are commonly used in a class by teachers in the hope of motivating students to perform better. A close look at our teaching techniques reveal that it is generally the educators who work hard to instill a sense of purpose or goal among their students. This makes […]
What are the Benefits of Podcasting in the Classroom?
The term “podcasting” is an amalgamate of “iPod” and “Broadcasting” and has been defined by Wikipedia as a type of digital media consisting of an episodic series of audio, video, PDF or ePubfiles subscribed to and downloaded through web syndication or streamed online to a computer or mobile device. Simply put, podcasting is […]
What are some Book Report Ideas that will Make Reading Assignments more Enjoyable for Students?
Book reports are often dreaded and considered boring by students. It is, therefore, important that we make such assignments interesting, interactive and fun for our students. Students are able to work and perform better when they know exactly what is required of them. Teachers may help them understand the purpose of the report […]
How can I use Teacher Learning Communities for Professional Development?
Teacher Learning Communities are groups of teachers who “continually inquire into their practice and, as a result, discover, create, and negotiate new meanings that improve their practice.”
The emphasis of these communities is on learning. Members identify goals, often concerns or issues emerging from within a classroom and discuss them to explore practical and […]
Who “owns” the Learning?
As trends in education are changing, and students are becoming more proactive, its time to consider who “owns” the learning in our classrooms. As information is more easily available, the role of the teacher is changing from being an information provider to a guide and a motivator.
In this scenario, getting students into the […]
How can I use Academic Choices to help Students stay Motivated?
Academic choices are used within a classroom to foster active learning among students. Teachers decide the goals of a particular lesson and students are given various options on how to go about learning them. The ultimatum is that the goals should be achieved, irrespective of the option the student makes use of.
Academic choices […]
How do I present Information on a Classroom Bulletin Board?
A line is the continuous movement of a point along a surface and has length, thickness and direction. It spans a distance between two points by taking any form along the way. In two dimensional art work, lines may be implied and also used as marks or outlines defining a shape.
Visual lines may […]
What is an Open-ended Lab?
An open-ended lab is where students are given the freedom to develop their own experiments, instead of merely following the already set guidelines from a lab manual or elsewhere.
Making labs open-ended pushes students to think for themselves and think harder. The students here have to devise their own strategies and back them with […]
How do I go about Integrating Technology into the Curriculum?
The first step in integrating technology into the curriculum is to sit down and plan carefully. Using a template would help you in this function.
The template below can act as a starting point for integrating these tools into your classroom. Remember, the goal isn’t to use technology just so you can say you […]
