Flipped School Model of Instruction
At Clintondale High School just outside of Detroit, principal Greg Green has been implementing a new kind of curriculum called the “flipped …
Category Archives: Teacher Resource Ideas
Thank you global readers
When I started this blog two years ago I hoped to provide resources to the teachers with whom I work …
Using the principal of neuroplasticity to treat learning disorders
In this Tedx talk, Barbara Arrowsmith-Young, the Creator and Director of Arrowsmith School and Arrowsmith Program, and the author of …
Media Hoaxes Are Still Popular
Media hoaxes have a long history. Perhaps the most famous radio hoax was the one directed and narrated by actor …
Helping Students Manage Their Digital Footprints
According to AVG Technologies, an American provider of security software, over 80% of North American toddlers have a digital footprint. …
Being a Boy in Summer
http://vimeo.com/couchmode/channels/927/sort:preset/78332737 Directed by Tomas Mankovsky Adrian Corker ‘Interdependence’ Music from the album ‘Raise’ In this short film two young boys travel …
Rethink Texting
Watch John McWhorter’s Tedtalk on texting by yourself. McWhorter’s thesis is that texting is an expansion of people’s linguistic repertoire. …
Making connections and inferring through visual literacy
This video comes from Radiolab at New York Public Radio, WNYC 93.9 FM and AM820, wnyc.org which airs shows and podcasts on science, …
How is your new teacher?
Many parents will be asking their kids at dinner tomorrow night, “How was your new teacher?” and many kids will …
Challenge Student Thinking
Example tasks to challenge student thinking: Big Ideas What message might the author be telling us through the main character? …
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