Believing in Students: The Power to Make a Difference. After a morning Discipline With Dignity training, the high school principal and I walked to the cafeteria to eat lunch.
He said, "I love your session, but it's not practical. " New Year's Resolution: Classroom Procedures, Not Rules - Coach G's Teaching Tips. 30 Goals 2012. 10 simple ideas for transforming your teaching this school year SmartBlogs. Many of us will face new learners as another semester of classes begin.
For some of us, this can be a frightening and stressful experience. It should be. We have an enormous responsibility as educators to inspire our students to be continuous learners, explore their curiosities and search for solutions to problems that need to be solved. We have the responsibility to inspire our learners to immerse themselves in the beauty of learning whether it is for their own passions, curiosities or self-discovery.
Unfortunately, the system isn’t exactly cut out to support students in exploration. I have often been a new teacher in my career. Then I began to grow some confidence and maybe I was also a little fed up. I want to give you permission. Ask a question that has many answers or no answer at all.Give your students the reins for one class period. Many of these ideas can be found at Teacher Reboot Camp. School Play: A Professional Development Package (DVD) Product Details Author: Eyepop ProductionsISBN: 978-157110-960-6Year: 2012Media: 72-minute DVD + study guide on CDGrade Range: K-12Item No: WEB-0960 One of the biggest challenges for those who plan professional development is to design experiences that are engaging and relevant to all K–12 educators, given the diversity of roles within that group.
School Play touches everyone. Rick’s Fundamentals (Part 2) » MiddleWeb. Rick Wormeli is a National Board Certified Teacher, the author of six respected books in the teaching field, and an internationally known speaker on middle-level education, classroom assessment, innovation, and teacher professionalism.
He’s also an educational consultant to National Public Radio, USA Today, and the Smithsonian Institution. Rick has been involved with MiddleWeb for more than a decade, both contributing his own insights and also gathering teacher wisdom to support several of his popular middle-level books. This is the second of two articles (Part 1). Rick is one of three guest experts who participated in a MiddleWeb webinar for new teachers and those new to the middle grades. The webinar archive is now available. Four Fundamentals of Middle Level Teaching (Part 2) Rick & the Fundamentals » MiddleWeb. Rick Wormeli is a National Board Certified Teacher, the author of six respected books in the teaching field, and an internationally known speaker on middle-level education, classroom assessment, innovation, and teacher professionalism.
He’s also an educational consultant to National Public Radio, USA Today, and the Smithsonian Institution. Rick has been involved with MiddleWeb for more than a decade, both contributing his own insights and gathering teacher wisdom to support several of his popular middle-level books. Rick is one of three guest experts participating in a MiddleWeb webinar for new teachers and those new to the middle grades. The webinar archive will be available after July 30, 2012. This is a two-part article. Four Fundamentals of Middle Level Teaching (Part 1) by Rick Wormeli The music starts with a low base beat, then it moves up the scale, adding more texture as it builds intensity.
The 10 Smartest Web Analytics Tools : Innovation. These tools offer an easy and inexpensive (sometimes free!)
Way to know everything about your website. July 23, 2012 Trying to understand your Web visitors can be a bit, well, confusing. Each individual visitor brings his own set of data that has to be collected, measured, analyzed and reported. If you don’t know what you’re looking at, it can feel a bit like being handed a Rubik’s Cube. Luckily, there are plenty of tools out there that can turn all of that collected information into an easy-to-understand report that gives you much-needed insight into your unique Web visitors. Here are some of the top 10 tools that you can use to gain more understanding about your website traffic. 1. 2. 3. How A Facebook 'Want' Button Would Help Your Small Business. Imagine if users could not just like your business, but also show you exactly what they want to buy. July 23, 2012 When blogger Tom Waddington revealed that he'd discovered the code for a potential 'want' button in Facebook's Javascript SDK, word started buzzing on the impact it could have for businesses and advertisers.
Along with the 'want' button, he also discovered the coding for a 'purchased' option. Digital Wish List. 5 Ways to Build Sustainable Relationships within Your School - John Wilson Unleashed. Note: Alan Blankstein, president and founder of the HOPE Foundation, shares some of the work he has been doing to transform public schools with a guest post today.
Building relational trust with school staff is a precursor to sustainable success. In the HOPE Foundation's work in thousands of schools and districts, this trust has been built by the leader using the following approaches: 1. Listen First.