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Carol Ann Tomlinson, author of “The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners,” is the country’s preeminent scholar on differentiated instruction. Tomlinson defines differentiated learning as “ensuring that what a student learns, how he/she learns it, and how the student demonstrates what he/she has learned is a match for that student’s readiness level, interests, and preferred mode of learning.” She likens the reluctance to integrate modern knowledge of the learning process into the classroom to settling for a Model T instead of embracing 21st-century engineering.

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65 Free Interactive Whiteboard Resources Interactive whiteboard resources are a great way for teachers to engage classrooms in learning. While many teachers are spending hours a day creating their own activities for their interactive whiteboards, there are tons of free sources to help teachers learn about and use IWBs with students to further their use of technology in the classroom. Here is a list of some great interactive whiteboard resources and activities guaranteed to stimulate learning: General Interactive Whiteboard Resources for Teachers Use these effective classroom management tips to deal with difficult students...

The 100 Best (And Free) Online Learning Tools We’re always excited to find the next best thing. But how does one actually find this supposed next best thing? Let Edudemic do the work for you! How to Personalize Your Locker: 14 Steps Edit Article Community Q&A Your locker is the one part of school that is yours, and with a few minutes of your day, it can finally stand out. To decorate your locker, try the following steps. Steps <img alt="Image titled Personalize Your Locker Step 1" src=" width="728" height="546" class="whcdn">1Check with your school policy before decorating lockers.

Tech in the Classroom Tech in the Classroom is a recurring feature that examines widely available technology, software and gadgets and how they might be used in a school setting. What favorite gadget or tool are you using in the classroom? As this new content area grows, let us know what products you’d like to read about. Tech in the Classroom: Google Chromebook These inexpensive laptops run the Chrome browser and offer more laptop functionality than a tablet. 3 Ways to Decorate a Small Locker Steps <img alt="Image titled Decorate a Small Locker Step 1" src=" width="728" height="546" class="whcdn">1Call your locker partner (if you have one) and find out what you both want your locker to look like. <img alt="Image titled Decorate a Small Locker Step 2" src=" width="728" height="546" class="whcdn">2Before decorating, check with your school's locker decorating policy. Infringing it could mean that your decorating will be removed.

New to Interactive Whiteboards? Here's some help and advice Whether you’ve just returned to school to find Interactive Whiteboards have been installed over the Christmas break, or you have been using an IWB for years but never really got to grips with what it can do, here’s a summary of blogposts I’ve written in the past that hopefully will prove useful to you. Photo Credit : Library Cart by Sweetjessie General IWB Ideas Here are 8 ideas to keep it Simple when getting to grips with your interactive whiteboard. Stick to the basic tools and use them well.

Search lessons by keyword Jeopardy [SMART Notebook lesson] A jeopardy game template to be used for a chapter review, or end of year testing review. It takes a while to g... Subject: Special Education, Mathematics, Other, Social Studies, English Language Arts, Science, Health and Physical Education, Art and Design, Citizenship, Modern Foreign Languages, Geography, History, Cross-curricular, ICT, English as a Second Language, Music In Touch: Using videoconferencing to connect your class to the world Video conferencing can be used to engage students in learning, build cultural understanding, to learn from experts and reach homebound students. Here are several examples. Connecting Students to Build Cultural UnderstandingTeachers assist students in creating a list of questions to ask from any content area to build a better cultural understanding and build relationships with students from other countries.

A Good Example of a Student & Teacher Blog - And How to Make Your Own On Monday afternoon I had the pleasure of seeing Elisabeth Alkier give a presentation about the book review blog that she developed with her students and her school's librarian Dlo Duvall. The Bode Book Review is a blog authored by students in Elisabeth and Dlo's school. The purpose of the blog is to provide other students with short reviews to inspire them to read new books. In Elisabeth's presentation she explained the ground rules that students had to follow in order to contribute to The Bode Book Review.

Habilience A simple application to write, draw, erase and save for future use. There are three means of writing i.e. the pen, the marker, or the oriental brush. One can also change the color and the thickness of each pen, marker, or brush. Have tools to draw circles, rectangles, and triangles. An easy and useful application! Classroom Resources 1 Skip to main content Create interactive lessons using any digital content including wikis with our free sister product TES Teach. Get it on the web or iPad! guest Join | Help | Sign In Resources for Teachers Skip to main content Create interactive lessons using any digital content including wikis with our free sister product TES Teach. Get it on the web or iPad! guest Join | Help | Sign In cooltoolsforschools Home

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