Beg, Borrow, Steal
In the true spirit of collaboration, National Writing Project members have agreed to share the materials they have created! What a great place to start if you need new ideas! Thanks!
What is the teacher’s role in 21st Century?
It’s interesting how the role of professor has changed and how politicians view the role of professor: It is the role of the professor, Plato said, to enter the cave, round the bend, unchain Man from his wall and lead him out into light and life. Plato used the word “professor,” but a new word arose in …
It’s Worth the Sweat and Tears
I’ll never tire of reading (and writing) about the struggle to have a student-centered classroom. My shift to a student-centred classroom has been a roller coaster ride, but well worth the work and effort The standardization movement is making this transformation process even harder for teachers. Rather than reward shifted or flipped classrooms administrators are …
Opening Your Classroom
As high schooler, I was taught that websites were not a good resource when writing a research paper. That was 10 years ago and I still hear teachers arguing that same point: I have tended to be wary of students using websites in research. My experience has been that students who rely heavily on websites …
Stuck
One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just doesn’t belong. I’m afraid it’s schools: Yet the truth remains that most of our classrooms remain rooted firmly in the 20th century. Many, perhaps most, of our teachers do not use 21st century tools. There are various reasons for this. They …
How Do I Make a Resource? | NWP Digital Is
Interestingly, similar to this platform. Source : http://digitalis.nwp.org/resource-creation-guidelines
Adding Twinkles
It’s interesting to find a gem in the middle of a podcast where you don’t understand half of the conversation, but I did! They were talking about the ins and outs of producing and referenced the polishing of the track as “adding twinkles.” As a female blogger, I am finding that there are a host …
Relationship-Centered Marketing
In my research and reading, there is a one absolute certainty in creating student success… Student engagement. So how does student engagement start? By creating and building relationships. This idea that educators have been fostering for years (it’s why you still remember where you sat in third grade!) is now entering the business world: Jeff …
Apple Education Announcement Spreading
More and more sites and blogs are talking about the Apple announcement that will concern education on January 19. The only statement from Apple is that the announcement will be about education and textbooks. While I anxiously await for the announcement, I tend to agree with Ian Quillen who suggests: The bigger question, according to Mashable, is …