Kiddom: Standards-Based Grading Made Wonderful 17Apr2016 by Jennifer Gonzalez Standards-based grading can be time-consuming. By instantly crunching the numbers, Kiddom gives you that time back so you can focus on personalized instruction.
Student-Made E-Books: A Beautiful Way to Demonstrate Learning 10Apr2016 by Jennifer Gonzalez Need a fresh idea for the end of a unit? Instead of writing a paper or doing presentations, have students create PDF e-books they can enjoy and share for years.
How to Stop Yelling at Your Students 3Apr2016 by Jennifer Gonzalez Even if you’re a great teacher, even if you’re a swell person most days, sometimes it all gets to be too much and you just snap.
A Few Strategies to Help Slow-Working Students 27Mar2016 by Jennifer Gonzalez We want students to work at their own pace, but when one student is significantly slower than his peers, it can cause problems for him and for his teachers. These strategies can help.
How to Plan Outstanding Tech Training for Your Teachers 20Mar2016 by Jennifer Gonzalez What are the best practices in tech training for teachers? Three technology integration specialists give us advice about the most effective way to plan and deliver ed tech training in schools.
A Day in the Life of an Alternative High School Teacher 13Mar2016 by Shanna Bowden What everyone really wants to know is if I teach THOSE kids—the mean ones, the dangerous ones, the ones that are “too far gone to save.”
How This School Library Increased Student Use by 1,000 Percent 6Mar2016 by Jennifer Gonzalez To adapt to changing student needs, some school libraries are reinventing themselves as makerspaces, but this Ohio library took a slightly different approach and has seen incredible results.
BoomWriter: A Fun Twist on Collaborative Writing 28Feb2016 by Jennifer Gonzalez Take a look at BoomWriter, a collaborative writing tool that will bring more experimentation, craftsmanship, and fun to your writing instruction.
5 Questions to Ask Yourself About Your Unmotivated Students 20Feb2016 by Jennifer Gonzalez If we know what works to motivate students, why are so many students still unmotivated? These five questions will help you determine if your practice is really in line with research.
