Welcome! I'm Will Richardson, parent, educator, speaker, author, 12-year blogger at Weblogg-ed and now here. I'm trying to answer the question "What happens to schools and classrooms and learning in a...
Learning is not an isolated year by year proposition. The aim is not to get all the work done so we can go on holidays at the end of the year. The aim is not to ‘cover the curriculum’ and hope that next year’s teacher will start all over again from scratch. Learning has to be maintained. Learning has to be tracked. And as soon as cracks start to appear in EVERY student’s progress, we need to be able to identify what happened, what caused it and have a plan for doing something about it.
"Life of an Educator" is the personal blog of Justin Tarte. Here I will share my thoughts on education in an effort to improve schools by helping Educators to reflect upon their current practices and beliefs. The opinions expressed here represent my own and may or may not represent those of my current employer.
Most of our current school system revolves around academics, writes high school teacher Shelley Wright, "and yet, I think it falls miserably short of what our kids need. To be honest, I think our academic system of education is highly overrated, at best. At worst, it destroys a number of our kids."
Dr Mwangi’s areas of interest and impact: Mathematics and science (6-12) - Technology integration - Instructional design - Distance and online learning.
A fourth grade teaching blog focusing on exciting, constructivist math and language arts instruction.
Education is complicated. It's a big, gnarly puzzle no one has been able to solve. For many, this is enough to drive them away, seeking solace in other fields. For others, it merely gives them something to complain about. And then there's you: the Teacher Nerd. You find the work exhausting, yes.
The hours can pass so quickly when I start talking about school. How does that happen? The other night...it happened again! My friend, Jenny, from Luckeyfrog's Lilypad and I had a late night talking school. One of our topics...guided reading. She wanted to know how I had my routine set up and persuaded me to share.
Aloha everyone. Last week I posted about my observation and how well it went mainly because of my Daily 5 routine in my classroom. If you have followed me for awhile then you know how much I love the Daily 5 model.
Happy Super Bowl Sunday, and welcome to one of the greatest Blog Hops in the history of hopping! I am linking up with 140+ of my near and dear blogging friends to bring you over one hundred great ideas from teachers across the world!
Districts across the nation are determining teacher effectiveness in part using a rubric created by Charlotte Danielson . The rubric contains four domains and 22 components. You can download the full evaluation instrument . The framework below outlines exactly what administrators will look for when evaluating teacher practice.
“iPads for schools” is great but…
Many schools fail to setup good support networks or provide the sensible PD that’s required to use them effectively. This is the gap I hope to fill. This blog discusses simple sensible steps to using the iPad in your school and its obvious effect in delivering 21st Century, student-centred learning.
This is a space for me to share and reflect on my journey as a Kindergarten teacher. I am most passionate about play, inquiry and technology. I believe that relationships matter and that they are the key to success in the classroom.
Rigor is creating an environment in which each student is expected to learn at high levels,
each student is supported so he or she can learn at high levels,
and each student demonstrates learning at high levels (Blackburn, 2008).
Reach Every Child is an education blog authored by Alan Haskvitz and other contributors. The blog is sponsored by Horace Mann. You'll find blog posts covering games for kids, technology, education, kindergarten, high school, educational games, curriculum, teaching strategies, lesson plan, school and safety, technology in the classroom, smartboard lessons, teacher resumes, teacher interview questions, quotes about education and so much more!
Welcome to AlgebraLAB, an online learning environment that focuses on topics and skills from high school mathematics that students must be able to draw upon in their introductory science courses. Since math is the language of science, science courses are often where students first realize "Oh, so this is why we learned that in algebra ..."
Teach with better results, lead with a positive impact and live with greater purpose. Rock the classroom!
This is a legacy creation by me and my naturalist friends who want to enthuse you, our viewers, with the excitement we feel about the world of nature.
The class divided itself into 5 groups of 4. As is customary with our exploration of a text, collaborative opportunities are present to grapple with meaning and a deeper understanding of author's craft. This time the assignment was cloaked in an envelop, randomly handed to each group - a situation from Pride and Prejudice present in the envelope with no specific directions on how to approach it.
(by Inside the classroom, outside the box)
Before I begin. . . what a long week it was! Sorry for the lack of posts this week. I have been swimming in work and haven't had a moment to post anything. In the past week, I have created and/or significantly revised 48 different literacy center activities, eight activities in six different literacy areas.
How and why to use paper scrolls and colored markers to teach reading comprehension skills and classroom content. Improve the clarity and effectiveness of reading comprehension skills instruction. Supports a high level of differentiated instruction and a wide range of learning styles. A new approach to graphic organizers. Workshops for teachers.
Teach100 ranks and scores hundreds of education blogs. Check out the top 100 and beyond to stay up to date on what people are talking about in the education space.
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As an educator it didn’t take long before I realized that I didn’t have all the great information that existed. Every new piece of information excited me and had me ponder how I could use it with my students. But, it also left me with an indelible feeling- wish I had known this information earlier.
From that an idea was born- How about we have a platform where great ideas in education are shared with all the caring educators for free? The answer was found in ProjectPupil.
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