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...
On the Same Page: Teachers and Paraprofessionals Communicating Effectively
We Are Such DIFFERENT Personalities! One of the biggest challenges we face when working with other adults in the classroom is how different we are. Sometimes it’s generational differences. Sometimes, it’s culture or lifestyle differences. Sometimes,...