Education and Training Cluster Blog

A sample of the new online curriculum is now available! Go to the following link and click on “Guest Instructions.”

http://ttfcs.tizrapublisher.com/qd2j8

In these brief video clips, educators and others from around the country give lessons about specific technology and social-media tools you can use with your students.

http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-new-media-classroom-tips

Online learning styles quiz (shared by Ann Pogue of South Grand Prairie High School)

http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-styles-quiz

Scholastic has great activity ideas to use with any interactive whiteboard.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/whiteboards/languagearts.htm

Being an effective teacher largely boils down to being able to diagnose problems early, roll with changes, and straddle a line between being a ruler and being a leader. Whether you’ve been in the industry for years or are just now studying to be a teacher, these habits will help you focus your teaching and have a bigger impact on your students. Some are about attitude, while others are basic approaches to class structure, but they’re all helpful. Take a look:

http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2010/06/52-habits-of-highly-effective-teachers/

Whether they were teaching in the 1960s or in the 2000s, effective teachers share a common set of characteristics.

So what did these teachers have in common?

Read more at:

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/summer10/vol67/num09/The-Best-Teachers-I-Have-Known.aspx

I just received the first copies of the new student reference book – Putting It All Together: Education and Training! It looks great, I can’t wait for you all to see it. 

Submit orders to The Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Sciences by fax (806-742-3034) or phone (806-742-3029).

Putting It All Together: Education and Training
No. 1706
$55.00

Spurred by growing concerns that American students lack the skills to compete in a global economy, school districts nationwide are packing engineering lessons into already crowded schedules for even the youngest students, giving priority to a subject that was once left to after-school robotics clubs and summer camps, or else waited until college.

Read more at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/education/14engineering.html?pagewanted=1&src=me

Please note that the name of the blog has been changed from Ready, Set, Teach! Blog to Education and Training Cluster Blog. The purpose of the blog remains the same – to provide  a discussion forum where teachers providing instruction in the Education and Training cluster can exchange information, ask questions, recommend resources, and share best practice ideas, including examples of lessons and teaching aids.

There is a school of thought that says if you reward teachers handsomely with increased pay and benefits, you can attract more quality minds to the profession – people who would otherwise be lost to private sector jobs that pay a lot more. While there is an element of truth to that proposition, the fact is there are legions of high quality teachers already on the job in classrooms across the nation.

The occasion of the annual Reaud Excellence in Education awards from the Beaumont Foundation provided an opportunity to talk with some of the honored educators about the work they do with our children.
Read more at: http://theexaminer.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=61&ArticleID=3933