These Organization Ideas for Teachers are fabulous. I'm an organizing nut. My favorite store is not a clothing store, or a shoe store. My favorite store is the Container Store. And, I LOVE novel ways to repurpose items to create practical and inexpensive organizers for the home or classroom. This article shares so many new ideas that I've not seen anywhere before. Check it out! These are great.
Technology is not meant to be cumbersome, nor should it be treated as an add-on or a substitute for a regular lesson plan. Showing a movie on a day when no lesson is prepared is not what successful integration of technology in the classroom looks like. With a few easy to use tools, you can enhance your classroom instruction, be more inclusive of different learning styles and abilities, and engage students more immediately in course material.
The television and video games that youth watch on a regular basis can affect the way they treat others. Read about the Influence of Media on Children and strategies to counter its impact.
Free Reading Resources from Reading A-Z Every teacher is involved with increasing fluency and reading skills in their students. Reading A-Z is a commercial website that offers downloadable and printable books, lessons, and other resources in support of a variety of learning styles and teaching appr [...]
it is important that we, as teachers, especially those of us who work with kids with special needs or learning disabilities, don’t assume anything about what they know. Assuming that students understand our words is a path for failure with our students. Their home lives and experiences are often very different from ours, and we need to be mindful of that if we are to give them the best possible learning experience in our classrooms.