Teachers share best practices for organizing physical space, letting go of control, promoting collaboration, and fostering a positive classroom culture. (From ASCD Express)
This information came from a blog post by Rebecca Alber on Edutopia. Great information to share with students as you discuss the ways teachers develop rules, procedures and routines for their classrooms.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/rules-routines-school-year-start-classroom-management
If you attended the Web Wise session at Summer Conference please see the attached link for PB Wiki. There is great information and ideas for teachers who are using or want to use PB Wiki in their classrooms.
This is a wonderful movie to share at the beginning of the year with students in any of the Education and Training courses.
A sample of the new online curriculum is now available! Go to the following link and click on “Guest Instructions.”
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
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:
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
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.