My "Aha" Blog Hooda Math Blog Story Starters: Creative Writing Prompts for Kids If you’re looking to inspire your students’ writing and creativity, turn to these fun and exciting writing prompts. Perfect for overcoming writer’s block or even starting a brand-new short story in a different narrative, creative writing prompts can help students begin a new piece with confidence. Plus, these story starters can also encourage students to explore different genres while honing their writing skills. There are a lot of ways you can use writing prompts in your classroom. Try: Reading a book in a genre, then having students use a story starter in that same genre. Take inspiration from classics like Treasure Island and newer popular series like The Bad Guys to explore how to write thrilling adventure stories. You’re part of a pirate crew in search of a long-lost storied treasure trove. Get students excited about adventure stories with these great books: If you’re looking to inspire your students’ writing and creativity, turn to these fun and exciting writing prompts.
The 2 Sisters Everybody loves meetings! As a teacher, I was not a big fan of meetings. It wasn't because the information was irrelevant and not applicable to me and my students, but rather the delivery was less than meaningful and efficient in my opinion. As an administrator, I am still not a big fan of meetings, and mainly for the same reason. As educators, our time is extremely valuable, and at last check, the demands upon us are not decreasing while time remains the same. It's time we as educators regain control of our time and do a much better job of using it to our advantage. I am not interested in eliminating all meetings, but I am however interested in improving them. PD blog: At PBJHS we have a professional development blog. 1. 2. Faculty meetings: In most schools, there is a faculty meeting once a month. Next year at PBJHS I would like to try the flipped method with our faculty meetings. I feel these meetings should not necessarily be planned just by the principal nor led just by the principal.
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Youtube 4 Teachers VIDEO IS THE NEW PEN! (…and it’s mightier too!) The thought makes many people think the world has ended but for 21st Century kids, videoing their thoughts and creations and experiences and then publishing it to the world is as easy as picking up a pen. In fact, most are more likely to have a device ready to film, edit, add subtitles and music than a pen or pencil. MANAGING THE NEW PEN’S SCRIBBLINGS (How to manage all the video) The new issue that everyone in education is how to manage and share all this video content. Recorded by their iPadsRecorded by Student iPads (Teacher Logs-in, uploads, logs-out)Explain Everything (App) whiteboard lessonsVideo tutorials for practical tasksYoutube videos discovered on Youtube itself and added to course “Playlists” This allows the teachers to manage all the videos from one place. Like this: Like Loading...
A Designer Speaks Abstract This paper describes the design process of a collection of educational Java applets for fostering spatial abilities in primary and secondary education. It describes the process in which I tried to exploit the unique possibilities of software in realizing learning activities with a clear add-on value in reaching the learning objectives. I will not only use the viewpoint of an educational designer who is inspired by the possibilities of software, but also that of a software designer and programmer who is inspired by educational needs and ideas to modify existing software features or create new ones. Introduction There are several different approaches for the design of technology-rich educational materials. The theoretical foundation of our educational software design is mainly based upon the theory of Realistic Mathematics Education (RME). This pre-existing software enabled me to design the 3D applets discussed in this article in a reasonable time frame. The context of the design
Free Technology for Teachers Collaboration Top Teaching Forty-one tabs. Seriously, I had 41 tabs open on my laptop at once. Forty-one glorious gems that I just could not close, many of them printable resources ready to be utilized immediately. Time spent finding these resources? Probably thirty minutes. Tops. Anyone who has ever touched Pinterest can attest that it's highly addictive. Read this post to learn about some of the quick and easy literacy ideas I've found through Pinterest. Photo: Visit The Inspired Apple (tab #32) for some gorgeous anchor chart and lesson ideas.