Finally, bringing it back to the all important level of the learning journey as we head back to school, I asked our top global
teacher bloggers how parents can best help teachers and vice versa.
Not exact matches
On Tuesday 21st January T and I set off extremely early in the morning to London joining the commuters on the train to one of the main London Stations and then onto the Tube for a trip to West Minster Palace to meet with other parent
bloggers who believe strongly like we do that together we can make a change for these children with our voices,
teachers, students, volunteers, representatives of Save the Children and Beanstalk, MP's from around the country and peers of the realm to talk about reading, books and
how we can make a difference.
While I see a lot of
bloggers linking up various daily outfit posts I continue to be inspired with
how Becky of @bybmg.blogspot.com links up just one post on Wednesdays documenting her personal style for each day as a
teacher / mom / expecting mom.
Guest
blogger Ross Flatt, a sixth grade
teacher at Quest to Learn, demonstrates
how studying geography with Galactic Mappers can be a viable strategy for embedding assessment in a classroom game.
Svitak, a
teacher, student, and
blogger, explains
how teachers can give students a more empowering role in their own education.
Guest
blogger John Larmer of the Buck Institute for Education, in the first of two blog posts, defines Common Core test performance tasks and
how looks at
teachers can apply project - based learning to their assessment practice.
In conjunction with two colleagues, guest
blogger Merja Paksuniemi, a professor at the University of Lapland, explains
how Finland's high standards for
teacher education became a significant factor in that country's highly - regarded educational system.
My Top 12
Teacher Bloggers tackled the enduring question of
how to balance test preparation with overall classroom goals.
Guest
blogger Steve Gardiner, a high school English and journalism
teacher, looks at the benefits of a resilient mindset and shows
how, through modeling confidence and giving a sense of autonomy,
teachers can foster student resilience.
Teacher and guest
blogger Erin Klein describes
how she accidentally turned a zoo project into a digital writing workshop for her second grade class.
Guest
blogger Joe Hirsch,
teacher leader and curriculum developer, describes the jigsaw method of cooperative learning and
how it naturally builds empathy as students rely on each other to share pieces of a bigger picture.
Guest
blogger Joe Hirsch, award - winning
teacher leader and curriculum developer, talks about a powerful four - letter word - grit - and why
teachers shouldn't be afraid of demonstrating and encouraging their students
how to use it.
Guest
blogger Douglas Kiang, computer science
teacher and edtech advocate, shows
how the Inform7 language, the Minecraft game and the Maker - friendly Arduino kit can enhance learning in high school, middle school and elementary school classrooms.
Neurologist,
teacher, author and Edutopia
blogger Judy Willis explains
how students» performance on tests can often be affected by their perceptions of and feelings about why they're being tested and what's being assessed.
Writing
teacher, world citizen and guest
blogger Stephanie West - Puckett reflects on the idea that, by integrating Maker culture into curriculum, we are transforming
how learning happens in our schools.
Today in The Global Search for Education, our Top Global
Teacher Bloggers share their answers to this month's question:
How do we inspire the best and brightest to become educators?
Today in The Global Search for Education, our Top Global
Teacher Bloggers share their answers to this month's question:
How do we do a better job of cultivating young readers?
Joined by children's author and illustrator Paul Stickland — Dinosaur Roar, Swamp Stomp — and leading Canadian tech
blogger Dean Shareski, the
teachers discovered
how new media and technology can trigger children's interest in story - making, and improve learning outcomes for EAL and SEN pupils.
Humanities
teacher and
blogger Jonathan Olsen advocates in favor of print over digital media, with specific examples of
how regular newspaper reading helps his students meet the Common Core Standards.
Today in The Global Search for Education, our Top Global
Teacher Bloggers share their answers to this month's question:
How do you as
teachers support children who are confused or frightened by events going on in their world?
As part of C.M. Rubin's Top Global
Teacher Bloggers, this is my response to this month's question: What should a holistic approach to learning look like and
how do we shift the focus from the accountability measures in existence now to ones that are relevant for all students in a changing world?
As part of the Top Global
Teacher Bloggers from Cathy Rubin's Global Search for Education, this is my answer to this month's question:
How could Google's «Genius hour» model be modified and utilized in schools?
As part of C.M. Rubin's Top Global
Teacher Bloggers, this is my response to this month's question:
How are you promoting well - being, health and happiness in your classrooms?
As part of the Top Global
Teacher Bloggers from Cathy Rubin's Global Search for Education, this is my answer to this month's question:
How important is teaching ethics in the classroom?
This post is my answer to the Top Global
Teacher Bloggers November's topic:
How do you as
teachers support children who are confused or frightened by events going on in their world?
By Valerie Strauss July 26, 2010; 11:30 AM ET Categories: Daniel Willingham, Guest
Bloggers, National Standards Tags: analysis and common core standareds, common core standards, criticism and common core standards, daniel willingham, national standards, no child left behind and legacy, what's missing from common core standards Save & Share: Previous: The problem with
how Rhee fired
teachers Next: Civil rights groups skewer Obama education policy (updated)
Huffington Post contributing
blogger Allie Kimmel surveys
how teachers are working with their unions to promote change.
By Valerie Strauss July 12, 2010; 11:30 AM ET Categories: Daniel Willingham, Guest
Bloggers,
Teachers Tags: attitudes and students, daniel willingham, factors in student achievement, main factor in student achievement, teachers and student achievement, teenagers and behavior, who is responsible for student achievement Save & Share: Previous: How Gates is spending money on school reform Next: The myth of teache
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How Gates is spending money on school reform Next: The myth of
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By Valerie Strauss April 28, 2010; 9:00 AM ET Categories: Guest
Bloggers, Lisa Guisbond, No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, Standardized Tests,
Teachers Tags: Race to the Top, growth models, how to evaluate teachers, nclb, no child left behind, schools and growth models, standardized tests, teacher assessment, teacher evaluation, teachers Save & Share: Previous: New study: 1 in 3 college students transfer Next: Social media addiction: Worse than y
Teachers Tags: Race to the Top, growth models,
how to evaluate
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teachers, nclb, no child left behind, schools and growth models, standardized tests,
teacher assessment,
teacher evaluation,
teachers Save & Share: Previous: New study: 1 in 3 college students transfer Next: Social media addiction: Worse than y
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New Jersey
teacher, Rutgers graduate student, and
blogger Jersey Jazzman deftly explains that even when New York set its cut scores to a very high level, the distribution of scale scores on the state exam barely moved, and that is because the decision to place cut scores is independent of
how students do on the test itself and of
how schools and districts and states compare to each other.
Today in The Global Search for Education, our Top Global
Teacher Bloggers share their answers to this month's question:
How do we better engender a healthy, happy, and productive school environment where both
teachers and students can flourish?
Dr. Will Yaryan, American expat
blogger and English
teacher, explains
how much further social security and retirement can go in Thailand compared to the United States.
Episode 69: This week on the podcast we speak to popular education
blogger Vicki A Davis of the Cool Cat
Teacher blog about the nuance of language, our shared understanding of these terms, and
how a current trend in early education - social - emotional learning - can be directly connected to STEM.