Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Achieving Student Engagement - Four Important Teacher Behaviors - Part 1

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Sitting in the back of the room, I observed Shelly, my student-teacher run a class discussion. I was impressed with her technique. It seeme...
Monday, September 2, 2013

Teaching Tech: The No Spelling Program Program

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I confess: I used no spelling workbooks or weekly spelling lists for an entire school year.   What happened?   I noticed four sign...
Friday, April 26, 2013

Teacher Tech: Rookie Management Mistakes

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Allowing Students to be Inattentive It was like something out of an old movie: the teacher droning on while spit wads, paper a...
Sunday, April 14, 2013

Teacher Tech: Rookie Management Mistakes

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Underestimating Teacher-Student Relationships Alice had issues.  Although possessing plenty of book-smarts, she seemed to be mis...
Thursday, March 14, 2013

Teacher Tech: Getting the Class Into A Discussion

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Teachers recognize the value of a class discussion. One of the problems with this technique is that some students avoid becoming engaged an...
Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Teacher Tech: Getting Control of Your Out-of-Control Class

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It was my first class, and I did it badly.  They were often completely out of control.  The only thing that seemed to bring them b...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

The Flipped Classroom: How Mr. Crowsen Would be Teaching Today

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My high school geometry teacher, Mr. Crowsen, would put our assignment on the board at the end of class.  Typically we would need ...
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