Top 8 Mistakes That Doom Effective Lecture Delivery
If you are going to direct teach, sometimes still referred to as lecture, one of the best ways to do it well is to identify the mistakes made during ineffective lectures and steer clear of them. Here is a list of the top eight mistakes that can keep you from...
Seven Simple Ideas for Introducing Technology in the Classroom
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...
Educational Technology – Overcoming Obstacles to Successful Implementation
Educational Technology – Why? Today’s students are digital learners. Often more comfortable on a computer than with a pen in hand, students spend hours on their smartphones, laptops, tablets, e-readers, and other electronic devices outside of school time....
Danger! How Assuming That Students Understand Our Words Fails Them
Bev and her husband had hosted an inner city teen for a few of weeks during the past summer. She gushed about what a fulfilling experience it had been, then she paused, reflected for a moment, and confessed, “It was eye-opening, though. I wasn’t prepared for how...