Pottery History for Kids Pottery is dishes, plates, cups, and cooking pots made out of clay. It is a good idea to make dishes and pots out of clay for several reasons. Clay is cheap and easy to get, pretty much anybody can make a useful pot out of it, and you can make it waterproof pretty easily too. Plus it can be made very beautiful, if you know what you are doing. And it is easy to make yours look different from your neighbor's. People first started making pottery out of clay around 6000 BC, near the beginning of the Neolithic period. By around 3000 BC, at the beginning of the Bronze Age, people had begun to use the slow potter's wheel. A woman in Mexico digging clay and using a slow wheel to make a pot. But by 2000 BC, the slow wheel had been almost entirely replaced in Europe and Asia by the fast wheel, which is also a platform, but one which spins on an axle, like a top. The beginning of the Roman Empire saw some big technological and economic changes in the Western pottery industry. Fired Up! or
Harry & Rosemary Wong: Effective Teaching The Lasting Impact of Instructional Coaching Although this article is about the coach, David Ginsburg, it is more about the word that describes what type of coach he is—an instructional coach. How teachers instruct will determine how well and how much students learn. Instruction is defined by Robert Marzano as, “It is what gets taught.” Cause-Effect Coaching David uses a “cause-effect coaching” method. The purpose is to show the teacher that the students may not be the cause of why the students are not learning. True, many kids come from a poverty-stricken and dysfunctional family, but that is not something a teacher can change or do anything about. The cause-effect concept was shown in the original work on classroom management by Jacob Kounin. David says, “School leaders and teachers must always examine how their actions or inactions may be creating barriers or creating enhancements to learning.” It’s what a teacher does that affects student learning and that is what David coaches.
ED Teacher's Guide to International Collaboration on the Internet-- Pg 10 Experienced teachers will advise that you and your classroom start by getting involved in an existing project online, rather than trying to start a project of your own. Participating in other projects is a great way to meet other potential partners, and learn about the many different projects initiated by teachers and students throughout the world. It can be a great way to develop ideas for how to integrate collaborative projects into your classroom, without having to take on the role of facilitating the involvement of other classes your first time participating. As you begin participating in other projects, you will soon find that you have global colleagues and peers to turn to should you wish to coordinate a project of your own in the future. In this way, your classroom truly becomes a global community member that can draw on the breadth of a network as your classroom develops throughout the year. Project Planning and Direction. Making Networked Projects. Finding Partners.
20 Technology Skills Every Educator Should Have 20 Technology Skills Every Educator Should Have By Laura Turner06/01/05 During the last 15 years, we in education have moved at light speed in the area of educational technology. Whether you are involved in higher ed, secondary ed, elementary ed, or special ed, all of us find it difficult to catch up, keep up, and put up with fast-moving computer-based technology. With that in mind, here is a comprehensive listing of the technology skills that every educator should have. Here are 20 basic technology skills that all educators should now have: 1. Educators should be able to use some type of word processing program to complete written tasks in a timely manner.
Home • National Art Education Association Łatwe planowanie | Doodle Creativity Resource for Teachers Visible Thinking Purpose and Goals Visible Thinking is a flexible and systematic research-based approach to integrating the development of students' thinking with content learning across subject matters. An extensive and adaptable collection of practices, Visible Thinking has a double goal: on the one hand, to cultivate students' thinking skills and dispositions, and, on the other, to deepen content learning. By thinking dispositions, we mean curiosity, concern for truth and understanding, a creative mindset, not just being skilled but also alert to thinking and learning opportunities and eager to take them Who is it for? Visible Thinking is for teachers, school leaders and administrators in K - 12 schools who want to encourage the development of a culture of thinking in their classrooms and schools. Key Features and Practices At the core of Visible Thinking are practices that help make thinking visible: Thinking Routines loosely guide learners' thought processes and encourage active processing. License
Your Social Media Marketing Plan in 5 Easy Steps Jasmine Sandler | December 26, 2012 | 30 Comments inShare151 This solid, measurable plan (along with a commitment to developing consistent and valuable content) will help you drive online brand awareness, customer engagement, and audience growth. Many marketers launch their social media programs because they feel they need to and then scramble to understand both how they will make these work and how they will be managed. Many believe that social is the answer to customer acquisition and are short-sided in defining realistic results. Stop chasing your tail in social. SMM Step 1: Create Your Executive Overview Business Plan Spell out your business in a one-pager to realize why you need social: Your Business Mission and HistoryYour Business or Revenue ModelDescriptions of your Products & ServicesDetails of Your Target AudienceReview of Your Current Marketing Efforts SMM Step 2: Define Your Specific Social Media Goals It is impossible to reach and attain a goal without defining exact specifics.
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