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Keith Hughes Teaching Stuff YouTube Playlist - Keith Hughes
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Keith Hughes' playlist includes 27 videos geared toward new teachers containing practical advice and tips in an entertaining way. Titles include 5 Ways For Teachers to Chillax Students...more
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Keith Hughes' playlist includes 27 videos geared toward new teachers containing practical advice and tips in an entertaining way. Titles include 5 Ways For Teachers to Chillax Students on Test Day, Teaching Advice for Dummies, and The Art of the Lecture. Most videos run ten minutes or less making them easy to watch and share. If your district blocks YouTube, then they may not be viewable. You could always view the videos at home and bring them to class "on a stick" to share. Use a tool such as KeepVid reviewed here to download the videos from YouTube.
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tag(s): back to school (58), mentoring (12), professional development (132), test prep (96)
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Include videos during back to school preparation and planning with other staff members. Share with your student teacher as an excellent repository of teaching advice. Use these videos as examples for creating your own videos to share with your teaching colleagues.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Mega Seating Plan - Rob Cowen
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K to 12
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Make classroom management easier with the Mega Seating Plan seating chart creator. Import student data from a spreadsheet and set up the layout of your classroom. Choose to create a...more
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Make classroom management easier with the Mega Seating Plan seating chart creator. Import student data from a spreadsheet and set up the layout of your classroom. Choose to create a random seating arrangement or boy/girl setup. Drag and Drop students to adjust as you like. Include additional data, if desired, on the spreadsheet to show on your seating plan such as reading level or current grades.
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tag(s): back to school (58), classroom management (148)
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Use this site at the beginning of the year to create a seating chart for your classroom. Use the drag and drop technology to configure the desks the way you want them. Trying to separate the most social students? Experiment with different seating layouts until you find the one you think might work. This tool will also make useful diagrams for your sub plans. Flip your classroom a new way by having students "design" a dream classroom as part of a math lesson on measurement or a lesson on simple map skills. Suddenly, the classroom tool becomes a student tool!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mobile Learning: Why Tech Savvy Educators Are Turning to Podcasts - Buzzsprout
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1 to 12
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This article from Buzzsprout offers a great deal of information about mobile learning and how to incorporate it into classrooms. Discover the importance of mobile learning along with...more
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This article from Buzzsprout offers a great deal of information about mobile learning and how to incorporate it into classrooms. Discover the importance of mobile learning along with some of the hurdles faced when incorporating it in any learning situation. Read about the advantages of using podcasts in a flipped classroom or as a solution for self-paced learning. Be sure to check out the infographic included with this article that has statistics about the increased presence of mobile learning.
tag(s): podcasts (55), professional development (132), radio (27)
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Share this article with parents (or administrators) as an explanation and introduction to using podcasts in your classroom. Share with other teachers as part of your professional development sessions on learning technologies. Explore these other options for choosing your podcasting tools - PodOmatic, reviewed here, and Spreaker, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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OK2Ask: 3 Tools for Creating Timelines - TeachersFirst
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from November 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. Explore, compare, and contrast three different online timeline creators...more
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from November 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. Explore, compare, and contrast three different online timeline creators (Hstry, TimeToast, & Timeline). In addition to learning about specific tools, discover many different applications for using timelines in any classroom.
tag(s): timelines (64)
In the Classroom
Inspire your lessons with new ways to use timeline tools in your classroom. Encourage older students to create their own timelines, create timelines together with younger students to demonstrate progression in stories, historical events, or a timeline of your school year. Find additional information and links to tools at the session resource page. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.
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OK2Ask'®: Tech Coaches: Tools to Get the Job Done - TeachersFirst
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from November 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. No matter what the job title, those who coach teachers all need strategies...more
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from November 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. No matter what the job title, those who coach teachers all need strategies and tools to maximize the effects of the work they do. In this session, we discuss tools to help create, curate, and circulate resources. Learn from other coaches as they share tools that work for them. This session is for teachers at all technology levels.
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Use selected solutions from this session and/or TeachersFirst's resources to suggest or model new strategies/resources in an upcoming coaching opportunity. Find additional information and links to tools at the session resource page. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.
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OK2Ask: 3 Terrific Tech Tools to Poll/Quiz,Organize, & Make Images Come to Life - TeachersFirst
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K to 12
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from November 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. Explore and discover three terrific tech tools. Learn about the features...more
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from November 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. Explore and discover three terrific tech tools. Learn about the features available on all tools and choose one for further exploration. Tools will be shared to poll and quiz students, organize yourself and your sites, and edit images. Participants voted on which tools would be shared. This session includes Kahoot, Symbaloo, and Spruce. Time is provided to create a project using one of the shared tools.
tag(s): images (277), organizational skills (129), polls and surveys (54)
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Gather ideas from this session to find some new tech tools to use in your classroom View the session with a few of your teaching colleagues to find and share new ideas. Find additional information and links to tools at the session resource page. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.
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OK2Ask: Resources for Energizing Your Math K-8 Classroom - TeachersFirst
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K to 8
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from October 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. Explore the resources of TeachersFirst to energize and strengthen the...more
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from October 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. Explore the resources of TeachersFirst to energize and strengthen the teaching of Common Core Math Standards in the classroom. View and explore new resources for lesson planning, student use, and collaboration with a focus on understanding and developing math concepts as well as the use of writing the math classroom.
tag(s): commoncore (97)
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Explore the many resources and ideas from this session to enhance your math teaching practices. Take advantage of the many useful Common Core sites to find lessons for use in any classroom. Find additional information and links to tools at the session resource page. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.
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OK2Ask: Create With Coding - TeachersFirst
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from October 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. Learning to code can help students develop high level problem-solving...more
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from October 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. Learning to code can help students develop high level problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Explore age-appropriate resources and strategies, including games for teaching students coding skills. Learn strategies for "unplugged" classroom activities for all grade levels. Learning to code turns our technology tourists from passive learners into makers and producers. This session is for teachers at ALL technology comfort levels.
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Explore these interesting tools to introduce coding into your classroom. Are you a little intimidated at the thought of teaching coding skills? Learn together with fellow teachers to take the intimidation factor out and become an expert at introducing these high-level activities to your students. Find additional coding resources and links on these TeachersFirst pages. Find additional information and links to tools at the session resource page. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.
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OK2Ask: Google's Productivity Tools for the Classroom - TeachersFirst
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from October 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. Learn about some of the many tools that Google has to offer. Learn more...more
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from October 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. Learn about some of the many tools that Google has to offer. Learn more about using Gmail in the classroom, Google Calendar, Google Drive (including templates and docs/forms), and Google Keep! Other tools including Photos, Google Plus, and Flubaroo will also be explored. Time is included to explore and play with the tools to create. This session is for teachers at intermediate to advanced technology comfort levels.
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Learn how to use Google tools to enhance your lessons, remain organized, and collaborate more effectively. Watch this recording together with a few of your teaching colleagues to collect new ideas. Find additional information and links to tools at the session resource page. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.
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OK2Ask: Google Search Tips and Tricks - TeachersFirst
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from October 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. Explore Super Searching on Google. Find out about the various tools (and...more
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from October 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. Explore Super Searching on Google. Find out about the various tools (and tricks) used to make searching a "snap." Learn more about Google Trends, Google Correlate, Blog Searches, and more. This session also offers an introduction to Google Maps and demonstrations of various tools available. Time is provided for individual exploration.
tag(s): search strategies (30)
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Inspire your lessons with new ways to search and save time when using Google. Watch this recording together with a few of your teaching colleagues to share and collect new ideas. Find additional information and links to tools at the session resource page. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.
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OK2Ask: The Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship in Your Classroom - TeachersFirst
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from October 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. Join us to learn about tools and resources to teach your students about...more
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from October 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. Join us to learn about tools and resources to teach your students about safe and responsible online behavior. Teaching students about digital citizenship not only benefits the students, but can improve the climate of your classroom. This session helps you use the themes of Respect, Educate, and Protect to teach digital citizenship. Participants have the opportunity to view discussions of strategies and explore resources for weaving this essential 21st century skill into the core curriculum and throughout the school day.
tag(s): digital citizenship (63)
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Become informed about digital citizenship for yourself and students. Watch this recording together with a few of your teaching colleagues to collect new ideas. Find related resources and links on these TeachersFirst pages.. Find additional information and links to tools at the session resource page. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.
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OK2Ask: Daily 5 With a Technology Twist - TeachersFirst
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from October 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. What is the Daily 5? How can you infuse technology into your Daily 5?...more
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from October 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. What is the Daily 5? How can you infuse technology into your Daily 5? This session offers an introduction to the Daily 5. Learn what the Daily 5 is and how it can work in your elementary or middle school classroom. Explore resources to learn more about the Daily 5. Find tools that will work with your students. This session is for teachers at all technology comfort levels.
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Find tools from this session to incorporate technology into Daily 5 structure. Watch this recording together with a few of your teaching colleagues to collect and share new ideas. Find additional information and links to tools at the session resource page. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.
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OK2Ask: Flip It: Tools for a Flipped Classroom - TeachersFirst
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4 to 12
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from September 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. What is Flipped Learning? Learn about the basics of flipping the classroom,...more
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from September 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. What is Flipped Learning? Learn about the basics of flipping the classroom, including pros and cons as well as management ideas. Find resources to use for creating interactive flipped activities. Explore resources for assessing, differentiating, and communicating in a Flipped classroom. Find resources to investigate and understand Flipped learning environments, explore apps to help organize students and the content in a Flipped classroom, review tools that assess students' knowledge (both for pretesting and general assessment/feedback), envision the use of many free tools in the Flipped classroom, and earn management strategies for an effective Flipped environment.
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Change up your classroom with these suggestions for flipped learning. Watch this recording together with a few of your teaching colleagues to collect and collaborate with new ideas. Find additional information and links to tools at the session resource page. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.
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OK2Ask: Great Ideas for Developing Technology Infused Lessons - TeachersFirst
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from September 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. Explore the teacher-friendly features of TeachersFirst to help you save...more
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from September 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. Explore the teacher-friendly features of TeachersFirst to help you save time in developing technology infused lessons. This session offers new strategies to incorporate the tools of the web successfully into any classroom. As a result of this session and through individual follow-up, teachers will locate resources within TeachersFirst to provide real-world learning experiences for their students, locate and evaluate effective, web-based tools and resources in support of teaching and learning, both for themselves and for their students, evaluate TeachersFirst membership features applicable to their individual technology expertise and teaching situation and find solutions to individual questions or practical problems of their teaching situation by exploring TeachersFirst.
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Inspire your lessons with new ways to use technology in your classroom. Watch this recording together with a few of your teaching colleagues to collect and collaborate with new ideas. Find additional information and links to tools at the session resource page. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.
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OK2Ask: Get Organized: For You, Your Classroom and Your Students! - TeachersFirst
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K to 12
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from October 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. Get organized using the many organizational resources offered at TeachersFirst....more
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This recording of an OK2Ask online professional development session from October 2015, opens in Adobe Connect. Get organized using the many organizational resources offered at TeachersFirst. Explore resources to share with your students to help them stay organized. Find tools to use in your classroom (or on your website) to keep the entire class organized and explore many resources to keep yourself organized both professionally and personally. Use exploration time to discover and discuss how selected resources can be utilized in your classroom. This session is for teachers at ALL technology comfort levels.
tag(s): organizational skills (129)
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Explore tools to help keep your students, the classroom, and yourself organized. Share and collaborate organizational strategies. Find solutions to individual organization struggles. Delve deeper into an organizational tool shared. Watch this recording together with a few of your teaching colleagues to collect new ideas. Find additional information and links to tools at the session resource page. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.
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TPS Teachers Network - Metropolitan State University of Denver
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K to 12
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TPS Teachers Network is a social networking site for social studies and history teachers. The Library of Congress funded this as part of their Teaching With Primary Sources Program....more
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TPS Teachers Network is a social networking site for social studies and history teachers. The Library of Congress funded this as part of their Teaching With Primary Sources Program. Create an account to begin using features on the site (email and password required). Once enrolled, options include participating in a chat, adding friends, and searching using keywords. Use the tag cloud on the main page to find specific information by grade level or topics such as primary source sets. Create albums on the site, including primary and secondary sources, to easily share with students or fellow teachers. Be sure to check out the Help section at the bottom of the page when you first get started for Quick Tip Tutorials to make the most of the site. If your district blocks YouTube, the videos may not be viewable. You could always view them at home and bring them to class "on a stick" to share. Use a tool such as KeepVid, reviewed here, to download the videos from YouTube.
tag(s): bookmarks (62), primary sources (88), professional development (132), social networking (115)
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Bookmark and save TPS Teachers Network as an excellent professional development and social networking site. Share with your colleagues to create your own professional learning network on the site. Create albums with primary sources for use throughout the year in one easy to find location.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Milestones - GreatKids
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Milestones offers a collection of videos demonstrating grade-level expectations for Kindergarten through middle school. Choose a grade to start. Select a video from the different categories...more
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Milestones offers a collection of videos demonstrating grade-level expectations for Kindergarten through middle school. Choose a grade to start. Select a video from the different categories offered, including reading, math, and writing. These short videos run about a minute in length and provide an excellent look at the successful accomplishment of grade level goals. If your district blocks YouTube, then they may not be viewable. You could always view the videos at home and bring them to class "on a stick" to share. Use a tool such as KeepVid, reviewed here, to download the videos from YouTube.
tag(s): parent conferences (23), parents (58), professional development (132), video (273)
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Milestones is perfect for sharing with parents to explain grade-level goals and expectations. Share a link on your class web page or blog for parents to access at any time. Share one or two videos during your meet the teacher night or with individual parents during conferences.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Thrively - Thrively
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Thrively is a free tool that gives strengths and interests assessments in an engaging and entertaining way. Based on 23 factors and developed for children, you receive a profile that...more
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Thrively is a free tool that gives strengths and interests assessments in an engaging and entertaining way. Based on 23 factors and developed for children, you receive a profile that is personal, positive, and celebrates each child's core strengths and unique talents. Children, teachers, and parents all have a dashboard displaying activities and videos selected specifically for the child's strengths and interests. Explore a comprehensive activity index with over 120,000 activities and hundreds of videos designed to inspire. The videos feature interesting ideas, leaders, and a range of insights into careers and opportunities that are a good fit for the child's unique strengths. The Activity Boards are a way to discover and research the activities and collect them all in one place. If your district blocks YouTube, the videos may not be viewable. You could always view them at home and bring them to class "on a stick" to share. Use a tool such as KeepVid, reviewed here, to download the videos from YouTube.
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tag(s): back to school (58), differentiation (49), multiple intelligences (11)
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Begin your school year with a more personal touch, by knowing what your students' interests are. On the teacher dashboard, examine each student and match interest to activities to differentiate instruction. Students can explore careers, apps, and activities matching their profile. With interest and strengths targeted, you can sail smoothly into a highly engaged class of individualized learning. During career explorations, open up worlds of possibilities for students and families to begin planning a successful path. Add a link to this tool to your class website for possible enrichment activities for families. Offer suggestions to parents for enriching after school activities found around your area.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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So You Have to Teach Math? - Marilyn Burns and Robyn Silbey
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K to 6
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So You Have to Teach Math? is a free study guide from Math Solutions for K-6 teachers. Chapters provide tips and questions for use in preparing for a successful year ...more
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So You Have to Teach Math? is a free study guide from Math Solutions for K-6 teachers. Chapters provide tips and questions for use in preparing for a successful year of teaching math. Topics include planning instruction, leading discussions, and incorporating writing in math class. Online tools allow you to add bookmarks to any page and post notes. Use links to download and print in PDF format.
tag(s): professional development (132)
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So You Have to Teach Math? is an excellent guide for use when preparing for math instruction. Use the questions within the guide as prompts for preparing and evaluating your current methods of instruction. Use as part of your professional development and share with your teaching staff as you find ways to improve your delivery of math lessons. Share with your district's math coach as a tool for facilitating math discussions.
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Reason and Wonder - Michael Fenton
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5 to 10
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Reason and Wonder is a blog written by an experienced junior high and high school mathematics teacher. Posts offer insight into classroom lessons and explorations. Choose the Lessons...more
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Reason and Wonder is a blog written by an experienced junior high and high school mathematics teacher. Posts offer insight into classroom lessons and explorations. Choose the Lessons link, on the top menu bar, to find several problem-based lessons aligned to Common Core Standards. Another portion of the site includes challenges for learning and using Desmos, an online graphing calculator reviewed here. Be sure to explore archives dating back to March 2013.
tag(s): blogs (89), characterization (16), equations (154), problem solving (272)
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Subscribe to Reason and Wonder to receive email updates with new posts and lessons. Incorporate lessons found on this site into your current lesson plans. Have students create blogs using Throwww, reviewed here, sharing their problem-solving process. This site allows you to create "quick and easy" blogs to be used one time only. Throwww provides a unique URL, and this site is as easy as using a basic Word program! Challenge cooperative learning groups to create videos including problem-solving and discussion, and then share them on a site such as TeacherTube, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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