Apply STEM and STEAM to Hurricane Hermine Take the time to talk to your children about weather changes. Children are not like adults, they may not have the language development to share information about how they feel and their fears. Sometimes in all the activity children need to be reassured they are safe and support. […]
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Read more "Guest Post via @wmjackson: Books for Parents Raising a Black Male Child"Dear colleagues, Congratulations to some of you that have already started your 2016-2017 school year. I can’t wait to go back. September 1st is my first day back, with me meeting my students on September 6th. In the meantime, I wanted to share an incredible resource with you. I love s’mores. Well, we all do, I’m […]
Read more "Guest Post via @DariaPizzuto: Love Candy? Use S’mores for Your Class"Parents, What Kind of Student are you Raising A New School Year – A New Focus for Success William Jackson, M. Ed. Edward Waters College @wmjackson The new school year has arrived, parents are concerned about the outward appearance of their children; rightly so, children represent their respective families and generational lineage (family history). No […]
Read more "Guest Post via @wmjackson: Parents, What Kind of Student are you Raising"Have a Wonderful 2016! I resolve to: treat all students fairly, regardless of race, gender, age, behavior, a parent’s nasty attitude, the comments from last year’s teachers, or seemingly lack of interest in learning continue to follow Rita […]
Read more "Guest Post via @briteeyes49: Happy New Year: An Educator’s Resolutions!"If You Give a Child a Packet…Or Sometimes a Worksheet. Packets come in all shapes, sizes, and subjects. I have used packets on occasion, less and less with more and more years of teaching.. Packets can be cute, fun, and/or adorable, but it doesn’t disguise its intent. Time spent on, usually, meaningless work, busy work. […]
Read more "Guest Post via @briteeyes49: If You Give a Child a Packet…"Jaison Oliver @oJaison on the May 2016 NewSchools Summit in San Francisco.
Read more "Guest Post via @oJaison: Building a Movement at the NewSchools Summit"After twenty-one years teaching English at a public middle school in South Los Angeles, my eventual choice to change schools was an agonizing decision in a career that had more than its fair share of dilemmas and disasters. With utterly no training, I had begun my career at this chronically under-performing school as an “emergency” […]
Read more "Guest post by Robert Ward via @RewardingEdu: Why I Left the School I Loved"If your classrooms are like mine, your students span the spectrum of abilities and learning styles.
My kids fidget at their desks, can’t sit still for any length of time, and have varying timelines for mastering new content.
Instead of fighting it, I’m embracing it. I’m just using special education tricks and tips to work with my students’ learning styles.
Read more "Guest Post via @MilKidsEd: Special Education Tips for General Education Teachers"Mandy Lybeck is an K-12 Instructional Technology Specialist for the Neosho School District in Neosho, Missouri. Her prior education experience includes years spent in the elementary classroom, as well as, an elementary technology teacher. She is a #edtech lover and works diligently to assist others in bridging the gap of effective pedagogy enhanced by technology. […]
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