Use Doodling as a Memory Strategy with Sketchnotes
As Mr. Pettingill and Mr. Wymore discuss in the video, learning can go high-tech by using ELMOs, or completely “no-tech” with an activity as simple as doodling.
Motivate Your Students By Helping Them Own Their Behavior
We live in a culture of blame. Everything is someone else's fault. This idea is reinforced by television, media, and what we see in the news. Frivolous lawsuits, high insurance rates; everything is someone else's fault. One of the things that kids struggle with is taking ownership for their own behavior.
Teaching Strategies: Motivating Students to be Engaged Learners
I was teaching high school and working with struggling learners. Many of my students were unmotivated, felt defeated, or believed they were stupid. So, I tried some teaching strategies I learned from a book...
Dear Susan – Motivate Students with ASD
No matter how hard I try, no matter how much research I do, and no matter how many plans we come up with, I have still been unable to help these students make progress. Are there any uncommon or outside-the-box strategies that could help me motivate students?
When You have NO space for Co-Teaching Implementations
Implementing a variety of co-teaching models, like “Teach Half, Then Switch” or station teaching can be beneficial for students who may have difficulty in the traditional classroom setting. These implementations, however, often require desks to be rearranged. In “Teach Half, Then Switch” the co-teac [...]