Featured Teaching Channel Videos Part of a new editorial partnership, this page features a weekly selection from the Teaching Channel, a nonprofit organization that provides high-quality videos on inspiring and effective teaching practices. Watch and share with colleagues. Featured Video Lesson Idea (Common Core) Exploring Math Practice Standards: Precision (5 min) Grades 3-5 / Math / Habits Table for 22: A Real-World Geometry Project (14 min) Grade 6 / Math / Geometry Lesson Idea Using Stations to Review for Tests (6 min) Grade 7 / Math / Workstations <div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div> Elementary school teacher Madeline Noonan demonstrates how she "scaffolds" a class discussion to guide her students to independent discoveries about surface area. (7:23) More Teaching Channel Videos Pre-K Reasoning About Garden Observations Teaching Practice Respecting the Garden (2 min) Pre-K / Science / Norms Hypothesizing About Bugs (5 min) Pre-K / Science / Observation UK: Learning through the Eyes of Scarlet (14 min) Tch Special
E. B. White Elwyn Brooks "E. B." White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985),[1] was an American writer. He was a contributor to The New Yorker magazine and a co-author of the English language style guide, The Elements of Style, which is commonly known as "Strunk & White". He also wrote books for children, including Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan. Life[edit] White worked for the United Press (currently the United Press International) and the American Legion News Service in 1921 and 1922, and then became a reporter for The Seattle Times in 1922 and 1923. A few years later in 1929, White and Angell were married. Most of us, out of a politeness made up of faint curiosity and profound resignation, go out to meet the smiling stranger with a gesture of surrender and a fixed grin, but White has always taken to the fire escape. Career[edit] In 1959, White edited and updated The Elements of Style. Children's books[edit] Awards and honors[edit] Books[edit] References[edit]
The Demands Of Teaching: 10 Top Teacher Training Needs by Justin Marquis, Ph. D “Those who can’t do, teach.” As someone with a teaching license who has also taught at the university level, I have always found this offhanded dismissal of educators at all levels offensive. A few even believe that public service, such as teaching, should be a mandatory requirement of all U.S. citizens regardless of their training or interests. The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), the national teaching program evaluation organization, believes that both rich subject area knowledge and an understanding of how to teach are necessary for successful teaching. Do they need to major in English, science (which one?) 1. I have ranked this first because it is the most undervalued, yet most valuable aspect of teaching. 2. If you know how to teach and how to learn, you can teach almost anything given some time, motivation, and support. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. This is a cross-post from onlineuniversities.com
a 6-Trait Writing Lesson that uses the Choose Your Own Adventure Books An adventure is a fun story to write. Your writing task today, should you choose to accept it: write three paragraphs about one adventure in the life of a character who goes on lots of adventures. First, quickly choose an adventurer's name. If you can't think of one, you can press the first two buttons below. If you spend more than two minutes thinking up your name, you won't get to the important part of this writing activity. Choose quickly! Next, you need to choose three exciting small things that will happen to your adventurer during your three-paragraph story. Above all else, make your adventure organized and filled with memorable and unique details.
The Shift From Teaching Content To Teaching Learning by Grant Wiggins, Ed.D, Authentic Education “I didn’t know they could think!” an excited high school principal blurted out. The principal was reacting to what he had just witnessed: his 9th grade students engaging in their first-ever Socratic Seminar, facilitated by my colleague and wife Denise a few years ago in a Louisiana district. While it is easy to have a laugh or wince at the Principal’s remarks, I think we all too easily forget how often we have all said such things. We sometimes go further and speak cynically (if elliptically): “You know, he just doesn’t have much going on upstairs,” we say to a colleague who knowingly nods. I was reminded of all this while in a 5th-grade ELA class recently. In pondering the scene, I became increasingly sobered by just how challenging the exercise really is. Inferential Inferencing Kylene Beers, in When Kids Can’t Read What Teachers Can Do, describes this teacher puzzlement (and initial frustration) perfectly: We talk about inferences. Oh.
FlashPlatform * Using the FileReference class To upload files to a server, first call the browse() method to allow a user to select one or more files. Next, when the FileReference.upload() method is called, the selected file is transferred to the server. If the user selects multiple files using the FileReferenceList.browse() method, Flash Player creates an array of selected files called FileReferenceList.fileList. You can then use the FileReference.upload() method to upload each file individually. Note: Using the FileReference.browse() method allows you to upload single files only. By default, the system file picker dialog box allows users to pick any file type from the local computer. var imageTypes:FileFilter = new FileFilter("Images (*.jpg, *.jpeg, *.gif, *.png)", "*.jpg; *.jpeg; *.gif; *.png"); var textTypes:FileFilter = new FileFilter("Text Files (*.txt, *.rtf)", "*.txt; *.rtf"); var allTypes:Array = new Array(imageTypes, textTypes); var fileRef:FileReference = new FileReference(); fileRef.browse(allTypes);
Learning Archives - TeachThought It’s Not About The Thinking by Terry Heick It’s not the thinking behind an idea that should bother us, but rather the effect of the idea. #edtech. Content-based academic standards. PLCs. Use of data…. Read Post → 4 Strategies For Teaching With Bloom’s Taxonomy by TeachThought Staff Bloom’s Taxonomy can be a powerful tool to transform teaching and learning. Read Post → 50 Of The Best Podcasts For High School Students by Dennis Lee, StudyPug.com This post is the first part to a 3-part series entitled “250 things any high school student must learn”. Read Post → Want To See Their Best? Read Post → 7 Skills Students Will Always Need by Jennifer Rita Nichols Ed note: This post has been updated from a 2013 post. Read Post → 15 Common Mistakes Teachers Make Teaching With Technology by Terry Heick The role of technology in learning isn’t entirely clear–or rather, is subjective. Read Post → Read Post → Read Post → Read Post → Data-Driven Teaching? Read Post → Read Post → Read Post → Read Post → Read Post →
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