Sentences with phrase «use of the classroom hours»

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I know the temptation to catch up on housework or waste the day away sitting on the computer will be great, but I hope to use some of that time every Wednesday to nurture myself (as well as volunteer in Ava's classroom for two hours every other week — see, I can't give up focusing on my kids that easily).

During the one - hour guided tour of Science Buddies, you'll find our how to use Science Buddies resources in your classroom.

Though Dillon mentions value - added modeling, he says that the Gates researchers use it «as a starting point,» and spends most of the rest of the piece discussing their use of cameras to capture teachers in action in the classroom — they hope to have 64,000 hours of classroom video by the end of the project and have already begun the process of looking for «correlations between certain teaching practices and high student achievement» and «scoring» the lessons.

For example, in order to assess the «multidimensional perception» of teachers (i.e., «Expert teachers develop a high level of - withitness,» that is, they show that they are aware of events that occur simultaneously»), the researchers used a survey of each teacher's students and observed teachers during a three - hour, prearranged classroom visit.

Our best evidence of the effects of laptop policy comes from a separate analysis that compares the exam scores of students assigned to the unrestricted - use and tablet - only classrooms to those of students in classes where laptops were banned, while adjusting for the minor differences in the backgrounds of students across groups and including controls for the instructor, the class hour, and the semester.

District performance - based assessments in reading, writing, spelling, and math are given, on average, three times each year, and numerous staff development hours are spent reviewing results and discussing ways in which the findings can be used to inform and change classroom instruction to meet the needs of individual students.

Aimed at children from 5 to 11 years of age, the literacy hour spurned the passive (or quiet) approach to reading used in many classrooms in the United States and Britain and brought a great deal of precision to the task of instruction, mainly with a tightly organized and strictly managed program.

In 2008 we began using text messages to communicate with students outside of the hours of the classroom.

Around the globe many forward thinking educational institutions are making their classrooms of today ready for tomorrow by replacing the dated, and soon - to - be obsolete, interactive whiteboard systems with touchscreens which offer the latest connectivity, high definition resolutions as well as being rated for at least 50,000 hours use.

«A school might have 500 pupils in it during the day but because we can't use many of the classrooms after hours it's creating a bottle - neck.»

This could be an «Appy Hour» where teachers each have two minutes to demo a favorite app they're using in their classroom, or an opportunity for each member of the school community to share a successful lesson or new web tool they've tried out with students.

That assistance is available at a time when, according to information from PLATO Learning, only 1/3 of teachers report that they feel prepared to use computers for classroom instruction, and 77 percent report spending 32 or fewer hours on technology - related professional development activities.

Because some must be scored using more than one protocol, the research will eventually involve reviewing some 64,000 hours of classroom video.

While many teachers are spending hours a day creating their own activities for their interactive whiteboards, there are tons of free sources to help teachers learn about and use IWBs with students to further their use of technology in the classroom.

TCs walked away from the hour inspired by a sense of connection to other teachers and specific tools that they could use in their own classrooms.

Summary: This article talks about the use of «Genius Hours» as a way to personalize learning and develop a sense of community in the classroom.

FEATURES 19 detailed whole group lessons, small group lessons with activities 1 end - of - unit assessment Teacher guide activities that model concrete representations of abstract mathematical concepts Easy - to - use resources that offer classroom — tested lesson plans targeting the big ideas of math PRODUCT PERKS Teacher Guides 19 differentiated whole and small group lessons per unit; blackline masters; 1 unit assessment Warm - Up Posters 1 poster per unit; short, engaging activties for each day of the week; spiral review previously learned math concepts Card Sets17 card sets per unit to easily manage small group instruction; no printing, cutting, laminating, or sorting; conveniently stored in labeled lesson bags Durable ToteTeacher Guide, Warm - Up Poster, and Card Sets all stored in a durable, stackable tote SUGGESTED MANIPULATIVES TO USE WITH THIS KIT Demonstration ClockSynchronized minute and hour hands that maintain minute and hour relationshiuse resources that offer classroom — tested lesson plans targeting the big ideas of math PRODUCT PERKS Teacher Guides 19 differentiated whole and small group lessons per unit; blackline masters; 1 unit assessment Warm - Up Posters 1 poster per unit; short, engaging activties for each day of the week; spiral review previously learned math concepts Card Sets17 card sets per unit to easily manage small group instruction; no printing, cutting, laminating, or sorting; conveniently stored in labeled lesson bags Durable ToteTeacher Guide, Warm - Up Poster, and Card Sets all stored in a durable, stackable tote SUGGESTED MANIPULATIVES TO USE WITH THIS KIT Demonstration ClockSynchronized minute and hour hands that maintain minute and hour relationshiUSE WITH THIS KIT Demonstration ClockSynchronized minute and hour hands that maintain minute and hour relationships.

Merryl claims that the tests are diagnostic tools that are used to inform instruction and curriculum development, to which Diane responds about the inordinate numbers of hours students spend testing and how whatever formative value might come from such tests is grossly delayed whereas teachers do not receive results until well after their students have left their classrooms, which greatly limits formative potential.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: A bachelor's degree or higher with at least 24 credit hours in content area Valid IndianaTeaching License for Grades K - 5 or 6 Demonstrates strong writing skills as evidenced by a written response included with Application, answering the following questions: o Describe one experience where you made a significant difference in a student's academic achievement.o Describe a time in which you have used student data to drive greater levels of student achievement.o Describe one way you have successfully integrated technology into your classroom.

I suggest that classroom teachers use their two hours of uninterrupted time mostly for fiction reading and writing.

This series of exercises can be used over approximately three to five hours of classroom time and takes students from a general exploration of jobs students might be interested in, through vocabulary related to specific positions, into discussions of ideal employees and, finally, through the job application process.

West Virginia requires alternate route candidates to complete a minimum of 18 semester hours of coursework in the areas of student assessment, development and learning, curriculum, classroom management, the use of educational computers and other technology and special education and diversity.

More often than not, planning must be done outside school hours to keep up with the demands of the classroom, with many teachers using a host of different tools to support them.

Tennessee's public teacher preparation institutions will train their students on use of value - added in their classrooms, as part of a new eight - hour module to an existing methods course starting in 2011.

Even those teachers who are not reporting to the classroom during regular school hours over the summer months are using some of that time to plan for the year ahead.

Use our Hour of Code Toolkit to create an incredible experience for your classroom!

14 hours use of «Authentic» materials to extend receptive development including both classroom and self - instruction:

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• Efficient and effective use of technology • Student engagement and voice in the educational process • Teachers as facilitators and mentors • Integrated learning experiences, including makerspaces, genius hour, project - based learning, and online instructional strategies • 24/7 access to learning • What career and college knowledge, skills and dispositions are critical • Transforming the learning environment beyond the walls of the classroom and the defined school day schedule • Competency based curriculum to support mastery learning

This equation suggests that 1 classroom teacher, using content between the 2 covers of a book, within the 4 walls of a classroom, for 6 hours a day, for 180 days a year, for 13 years, equals an education.

Imagine a man or woman being so arrogant, and selfish, that they'd take a job driving a CO2 belching truck, or dig for coal in a mine, or fish for salmon in the ocean, or fly a CO2 belching airliner, or flip beef patties that came from CH4 exhausting cows, or teaching a classroom of students all of whom belch CO2 and exhaust CH4 and whom will have offspring that produces even more of those evil gases, or working as a climate scientist in an office heated by CO2 belching FFs and occasionally traveling around the world by CO2 belching airliner — all the while using computers made from FFs and powered by CO2 belching FF power plants, or working as a Senator from Tennessee who was President of the USA for a few hours and who travels all over the world in CO2 belching airliners, or one of the millions of people who mine, process, manufacture and transport every product you have ever seen in your life and all the ones you haven't seen as well.

9 hours of classroom training in a setting that is tailor made for the New Driver (using the How To Drive curriculum).

$ 60 per person) Taught using the AAA Driver Improvement Course curriculum, YDA's Defensive Driving Class covers eight hours of classroom material using hands on demonstrations, interactive videos, and an engaging supplementary PowerPoint presentation.

• 20 hours classroom • 10 hours Homelinks • 11 hours in - car sessions • Textbook • CAA membership • Insurance discounts • Start to finish in 9 to 14 days • Use of iPass car for road test optional

Battery life is maximized, with up to 12 hours of usable time to ensure that the machine is available for classroom use.

Its Community Awareness in Real Estate homebuyer program enables its members to complete 27 hours of classroom education on diversity, fair housing, finance, and using Spanish in real estate transactions.

Multiple listing services may, as a matter or local discretion, require applicants for MLS participation and licensees (including licensed or certified appraisers) affiliated with an MLS participant who have access to and use of MLS - generated information to complete an orientation program of no more than eight (8) classroom hours devoted to the MLS rules and regulations, computer training related to MLS information entry and retrieval, and the operation of the MLS within thirty (30) days after access has been provided.