Finding the time to write in a public space has been very difficult and I have been way out the loop and neglecting to read the many blogs I subscribe to. I am very fearful to look at my Google Reader to see all the many neglect blog post. January 3 of this year I [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Teaching'
Bill Gates: “How Do You Make a Teacher Great?” Part 1
November 13, 2011 · No Comments · video
From the Annual TED Conference!
Tags: great teaching·Teaching·video
Bill Gates: “How Do You Make a Teacher Great?” Part 2
November 13, 2011 · No Comments · Teaching, video
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Mind Shift
November 4, 2011 · 5 Comments · 21st Century, learning, reflecting, Teaching
There has to be a mind shift from the familiar traditional learning environment. In a traditional learning environment the classroom is teacher centered and the teacher is upstage and the teacher has all the control over learning. 21st century thinking the thinking is reversed. The classroom is learner centered and what happens in the [...]
Tags: 21st century thinking·guaranteed viable curriculum·learning·mind shift·teacher·Teaching·traditional learning
All in a Day
November 15, 2010 · 1 Comment · learning, reflecting, Teaching, writing
I kicked off my day visiting a high school. I have never taught in a High School and I know very little of what learning looks like in a high school. Part of my job I required to do walkthrough observations and content observation. My focus this month is to observe and learn about the [...]
Advantages of Multimedia in the Classroom
October 3, 2010 · 18 Comments · 21st Century, multimedia in the classroom
Advantages of implementing multimedia in the classroom include: Motivation – This is important as we have learned that we must first engage the attention of our students before they are ready to learn. Learning styles addressed – Multimedia allows teachers to address various learning styles in the classroom. Students can see, hear, and imagine [...]
Tags: classroom·learning·learning with technology·multimedia·Teaching·tools for learning·visual
Teaching Social Studies- Part Two
March 6, 2010 · 1 Comment · 21st Century, history, social studies
Historical thinking is defined, according to Wikipedia, by many education resources as a set of reasoning skills that students of history should learn as a result of studying history. Sometimes called historical reasoning skills, historical thinking skills are frequently described in contrast to history content such as names, dates, and places. Many of us are [...]
Tags: historical thinking·Historical understanding·history·social studies·Teaching
Teaching Social Studies in K-5- Thoughts about Guiding Principles
March 1, 2010 · 3 Comments · 21st Century, history, social studies
Social Studies is most important in the early years of an elementary child’s schooling. It is often the most neglected subject that is taught in the elementary grades. It ranks with less importance than Math and ELA, but offers the most natural link to fostering curiosity, learning, reading, and writing. It is the subject that [...]
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Teaching Social Studies in the 21st Century
February 20, 2010 · No Comments · social studies
I am designing a pedagogy class through the College of Charleston called “Teaching and Learning History in the K-5 Classroom.” It should be an awesome mix of guest presenters on topics from using historical thinking, historical literature, making sense of history using the five senses (art, music, movement, digital literacy), reading and writing in social [...]
Tags: historical thinking·historical undestading·k-5·primary source·social studies·Teaching·us history
A Second Grade Back Channel
February 16, 2010 · No Comments · learning, reading, Reading Comprehension, reflecting
Today I observed in a second grade classroom and here is my epiphany. I have been thinking lately about the concept of back channel. According to Wikipedia, the term backchannel was designed to imply that there are two channels of communication operating simultaneously during a conversation. The predominant channel is that of the speaker who [...]
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