Mary Palmer
My school system is converting all sixth grade classrooms to one on one digital classrooms next school year. In order to prepare for this, I am compiling articles with helpful practices for this student-centered environment.
Middle school English language arts teacher Hassan Mansaray shares how he uses an individualized learning model, Readers and Writers Workshop, to reach his students in an expanded learning time program.
We encourage teachers to use student-centered teaching strategies that nurture students' literacy and critical thinking skills within a respectful classroom climate. The strategies suggested here can be used with students of all ages with any academic content.
Most classrooms have 4 walls. Learn how you can use all of them to enhance student learning. By aligning what's on the walls with lessons, students have a resource to reference when needed.
Web-based tools continue to proliferate, giving teachers more to add to their arsenal, but it can be hard to determine which resources are worth spending time
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Welcome to the first edition of The Innovative Educator, a digital magazine that highlights great ideas and projects created by educators and school leaders who are using technology to transform learning for students. The magazine serves as a compendium of innovative teaching ideas from all around the world that are taking place on the Microsoft Educator community, where innovative teaching practices come together to inspire others.
Before the dawn of technology, reading was one of the most common and important leisure activities. How did the digital age affect this, and how might it con...
Portfolios are a time-tested and teacher-trusted method for assessing student learning. But what happens when students ditch notebooks and folders for laptops and tablets? These tech tools are here to help, offering students virtual binders, folders, Web pages, and galleries for collecting...
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I am always searching for a way to provide support for students who struggle. How can I build in scaffolds to help them feel successful and help them to gradually become more independent with their reading and writing?
I had this idea that I just needed an extra teacher in my class to teach more effectively. I decided that the role of lecturer could be taken on by anyone; if I
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