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Recent posts
Utilizing Fun Online Activities
May 23, 2012 - 01:08 pmAre public education classes beginning to utilize the technology available to them to create more online experiences while in school? Many would say yes. Depending on the school and the district, some are more technologically advanc ...
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Parent Conference Night
May 15, 2012 - 12:05 pmDoes this sound like your typical parent-teacher conference night: prepare 20 things to show parents, have parents come in for 15 minutes and speed talk their ears off, have one parent who wants to "chat" for an extra 8 mi ...
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Creating a Great Seating Arrangement
May 08, 2012 - 01:14 pmClassroom desk arrangements can be a tedious process for some and non-existent for others. Many veteran teachers feel that straight rows are the only way to go, while "newbie's" in the building feel that effective clas ...
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Types of Technology
May 01, 2012 - 02:24 pmThere are many types of technology that can be used in the K-12 classroom today. Our future classroom has become the present. Many items you might have heard about or seen, but not used. Maybe others are new and you haven't even ...
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Bulletin Board Ideas
April 24, 2012 - 06:11 pmPrimary bulletin boards can be cumbersome for some teachers to keep up with on a regular basis. We have so many other responsibilities that adding a currently changing bulletin board can sometimes be the straw that broke the cam ...
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How Do You Create Authentic Assessment?
April 17, 2012 - 04:09 pmAuthentic assessment is basically any type of assessment that is not paper-and-pencil type of testing. It can include projects, portfolios, or running records. I first really used authentic assessment when I student taught in a ...
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Graphic Organizers to Aid in Learning
April 10, 2012 - 02:22 pmGraphic organizers are a great teaching tool to use regularly! Many teachers are great about using KWL charts, but those are not the only graphic organizers out there. Visual and mathematical-logical learners truly benefit from this ...
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Use Menus to Differentiate
April 03, 2012 - 01:51 pmSome teachers may have heard of using menus in the classroom. While using restaurant menus also works great for many activities, that is not the type of menu to which I am referring. These menus are basically a list of differentiate ...
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Graphing Student Gains
March 27, 2012 - 01:40 pmAs educators, the buzzword data should be enough to burn ears by now. But, I feel as though it really does drive the instruction. For example, would you take your own child to compete in a swimming relay race if she had never learne ...
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Teaching Social Skills
March 20, 2012 - 01:22 pmSome teachers believe that teaching social skills is not something we have time for throughout the day. In my opinion, we don't have the time NOT to teach them. While I understand that every child will not be expected to leave c ...
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