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Google Field Trips?
11/20/2013 15:28
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QUESTION FORMULATION TECHNIQUE
11/20/2013 01:18
If we recall anything of what Socrates taught us, it was the value of effective questioning. However, the key is getting teh students asking the majority of the questions and not the teahcer. After reading about Question Formulation Technique last night I am really fond of giving it a...
THE FLIPPED CLASSROOM
11/20/2013 00:40
In a flipped classroom, students will typically watch video lectures online from their home, the nearest library, at a neighbors house as homework and then complete assignments at school during the apprrpriated time for their classroom instruction with their teacher right there to assist...
Tablets & T.V.'s
11/19/2013 22:06
If yo haven't done it already you need to get on it! It is so easy these days to connect an Apple TV to your projector with a simple converter. With and Apple TV and your IPad2 you can mirror whatever is on your Ipad screen onto the projector. Willingly cough up the $150 and...
The Message You Send A Stranger is The Same Message For Your Student
11/19/2013 18:36
When thinking about managing behavior for my classroom I got to asking myslef, "What if a complete stranger came into my room? what would they feel? Would their countenance and behavior reflect the environment I've constructed for my classroom?" That said, here's a brief answer to that...
STUDENT BLOGGING - Visual Writing Prompts
11/19/2013 14:34
Student blogging is a nothing new, but I have chosen to do somethign a little different. Students in Social Studies have plenty of opportunity to write essay with regard to the curriculum's academic langauge and content; for blogging in my class I wanted to create space for more creativity...
"I'VE GOT THE POWUGH" - THE TABLE
11/19/2013 14:18
The classrooms of fore-score-and-seven-years should be gone. You remember them well - the teacher needed to be front and center never moving to his right or left more than three-paces. The teacher had his or her personal desk and each student was an island to himself as they set sequesterd in...
PROJECT BASED LEARNING
11/19/2013 13:35
What Makes Project Based Learning So Good, So Right, & So Necessary?
Some years ago I helped a teacher friend of mine student teach. I decided to do a mock trial in the calss after reading about Abraham Lincoln from a political, historical, and social...
POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT PEEEEEOPLE!!
11/19/2013 12:44
Students work very hard. And even when they aren't working very hard, we need look no further than ourselves for why that is so. But I'm proud of the work my students put in. I make sure I walk around the room constantly, always in a non-threatening and authentic manner. I...
EVERNOTE FOR EVERY STUDENT
11/19/2013 12:29
Some might consider this an instructional strategy but I believe this to be a great behavioral strategy to get the desired behavior I'd like (in this case, communicating to the students to stay on top of their homework assignments and what we are working on in class). A great way to do this...
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