Are you a new teacher? Or new-ish to teaching? Or looking for a fresh perspective? You’ve come to the right place for articles that can help you be more effective in the classroom.
Why So Many Students Think They Dislike Reading Read More
Reading is personal but we often focus on the mechanics instead of the people and the strategies instead of the living and breathing happening around us.
Marzano’s 9 Instructional Strategies For Teaching And Learning Read More
Marzano’s 9 Instructional Strategies include non-linguistic representations, generating and testing hypotheses, and summarizing.
48 Ways Google Can Help You Become A Better Teacher Read More
Use Google maps to tell digital stories with text, photo and video all embedded into a trail students create on the map to share with others.
Why Teaching Is Still The Best Job In The World Read More
Besides teaching, there aren’t many jobs where it’s your job to work with so many children to make their life better on a daily basis.
40 Ways Teachers Can Use Pinterest In The Classroom Read More
With the indispensable tool, Pinterest, teachers can save everything from photos to blog posts in one easily accessible and usable place.
When Teachers Step Out Of Their Comfort Zones Read More
What happens when teachers step out of their comfort zones? Well, that depends on the nature of the change.
4 Essential Rules Of 21st-Century Learning Read More
The rules of 21st century learning focus on collaboration, relevant context, societal integration, and student-centered instruction.
Here’s What Students Do Better Than Teachers Read More
Getting students to ‘think about their future’ turns into a lecture about bills and ‘life’; we project our insecurities and failures on them.