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Edmodo Hits Badly an Australian Classroom
I don't pretend to criticize neither the teacher nor the application. What I try to, is to show experiences from which everyone else may benefit.Simon Job of Maths Class, lived first hand, what happens when we give a tool to students for whom it is m...
There Is Not Research on the Impact of Twitter on Education
If we still want to submit the social sciences to be probed by scientific science, then we will never accept Twitter as a good tool in the classroom. @kmanzo of Education Week posts an interesting article about Twitter in the classroom.Kathleen Kenne...
The State of the American Education \'Is on the Chopping Block\'
I, as many, enjoyed the article appeared on the New York Times, authored by well known Paul Krugman. The conversation about the shortfall of American education is endless around the education community, but when it comes from the voice of an economi...
The Challenge of Using \'Merit Pay\' to Reward Teachers
I have been reading Barnett Berry latest article. He is the President and CEO of the Center for Teaching Quality and his opinion about merit pay is worth sharing with you folks. Berry refers to Whitmire & Rotherham Teacher Unions commentary on The WS...
Using 'Screenr' for Free to Make Interesting Math Presentations
Last week, while I was checking the streamline of our Twitter account, fellow Steven Diaz, who is a experienced math instructor and in pursue of his Ed.D. degree, gave to Screenr a try, uploading his very first work to show how to find the equation o...
Learning Isn't For Nine Months; It's Forever
Jay Mathews of The Washington Post writes "he liked showing up the first day of school with a fresh binder and newly sharpened pencils." as much as today's kids love it, but Mathews also rise concerns: "How would school have turned out for me if I ha...
Getting Prepared to the Parent Teacher Conferences
Some states already started the new year but others are still waiting for the back to school day, next week. When you are an experienced teacher meetings may sound as routine, but for new teachers and those who had moved for any other reasons, the PT...
20 Useful Websites and Tools for Elementary School Teachers
Engaging students in an elementary classroom can be difficult. But there are a lot of sites online that can help. Here are 20 useful sites that offer lesson plans, web apps, and other aids for elementary school teachers:Lesson PlansScholastic - Schol...
Teaching Teenagers to Foresee Their Future
Today, I met a former student on Facebook. When she was a teen, I remember we had talked about what it will be their aspiration to the future. Among them, there were her dream of becoming a lawyer. Once she finished school we befriend her on Facebook...
20 Free Web Apps to Use in the Classroom
Guest post from education writer Karen Schweitzer. Karen is the About.com Guide to Business School. She also writes about college online for OnlineCollege.orgTeachers who are looking to transform their classroom with new technology can find many free...
Are Obama’s ‘Race to the Top’ Requirements Fair?
National Journal is an online magazine which runs its own Education Blog funded --in part, by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the purpose of creating an educational forum for sharing research, ideas and opinions regarding issues related to c...
Boudreaux: "Merit Pay for Teachers Will Not Result in Better Teaching"
The prospect of higher pay will not prompt teachers to perform better in the classroom, was part of what Economics Prof. Donald J. Boudreaux, wrote to Kathy L. Smith, Chairman of Fairfax County Public Schools, in response to a an article in The Wash...
Why Teach for America and The New Teacher Project Exist
The Quick and the EDIf you stop and think about it, Teach for America (TFA) and The New Teacher Project (TNTP) are well-functioning, non-profit, national human resource departments for schools. They recruit, screen, and hire candidates, all functions...
Facebook Apps for Aministrators and Educators
Whatever social media gurus say, Facebook continues to be the king in the social networks, closely followed only by Twitter. Sadly, majority of teachers in our schools barely use email, and less use Smartboards, says @motherthinker. Cellphones seem f...
Being a Good Teacher Doesn't Mean You Have to Go to an Ivy League School
Recently, I subscribed to Teachers....and teaching a very inspirational blog about stories of "teachers and their teaching" headed by Les Blackwell. I recommend to you reading the last three posts(or blogs as he likes to name them), beginning with ...
How to Find Authoritative Web Resources for Scientific Research
Instructify:The following is a fragment of the original under the title: Beyond Wikipedia: Locating Authoritative Web Resources for Scientific Research, and reproduced under Creative Commons license.Check Your SourcesWhere your information is coming ...
Professional Development Is a Waste for Teachers
Before July 4th I went to the public library in the neighborhood and picked a book by Christopher Witt: Real Leaders Don't Do PowerPoint I always thought a teacher has to be a good speaker and needs to know how to sell his/her image and ideas. I am n...
20 Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom
Much buzz has been receiving the uses of the iPod Touch in the classroom lately. However, Skype is too, a free and easy way for teachers to open up their classroom and their students to a world way beyond their campus. With Skype, students can learn ...
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teachers
Much has been written about headlines and how that way we present it has a deep impact on the attention visitors and readers pay to such an article. And this is one of those cases, deliberately I chose the headline, paraphrasing the popular The Seven...
Teacher’s Total Years of Experience vs. How Much Time He Has Taught a Particular Grade
There are two paragraphs that really grabbed our attention on this post. As Barnett Berry puts it, lets get real about teacher experience and its effects on student achievement:For your delight, this the most significant defense of experienced teac...
Blogs Have 'Minimal Impact on Student Learning'
You might notice that lately I am not writing much on Education & Tech. For those concerned allow me to tell you that our time is quite short by now, this is one of the reason you are to read only quotes or reproduction of good content. Hopefully, I ...
Americans Students Are Underworked
It is not a statement we can sustain because we do know that is only half true. Statistics not always supports evidently an argument. This is the case for The Economist. They subscribe to the idea that American students are underworked and compare ho...
Duncan: Teachers Should Be Judged on Student Performance
It has been said that Secretary Duncan was successful with implementation of merit pay in Chicago. However, I would like to ask the Secretary what it should be done with those students who simply don't want to be at school. Teachers and parents both ...
A Comment on "Cellphones in the Classroom"
Little by little teachers and citizen are taking into account how important it is for our kids (students)to use what they know, some times, better than us: The cellphones.Jesse Moyer weights in and says: I think we can all agree that this type techno...
Reexamining Our Roles as Teachers
Dr Delaney Kirk of Ask-Dr-Kirk blog, links to a very well framed post from Adobe Education Leaders.. Johanna Riddle is the author and she explains how digital media has transformed the role of educators, that is taking us to a new breed of learners...
You Could Be Teaching Differently if it Weren't for ‘The Tests’
Students in New Jersey started this week the NJASK and they spent much time on rehearsals. Surely, at least one teacher in the Garden State will be saying: We could be teaching differently if it weren't for ‘the tests.’Scott McLeod of Dangerously...
Common Sense With Uses of Cellphones in Classroom
It turns out these little devices are useful. That must be why we use them so much.Katie Hanifin is sad she cannot compete with Cornell University researchers. Students at Canastota High School in a number of 70 approx. will be given iPhones for the ...
Schoolwork Using Laptops And Without Any Cheatings
The biggest obstacle in schoolwork has been cheating, and this article addresses that issue. It seems teachers had found a way to keep the students from cheating with computers and who knows with the iPod.From the BBC News:About 6,000 students in Nor...
Education 101: The Best Learning Scenario
Teaching - What’s it all about?The one class that I teach collaboratively on a regular basis is an English class with possibly one of the best teachers I have met. This teacher’s leitmotif and driving conviction is ‘It’s not about what you te...
Why Should Teachers Have Tenure?
I won't comment on this article, read it and have your own thoughts. An additional link has been added for better reference and the stressed part is also ours.From If Obama were an Untenured Teacher... ...If the president of the United States catche...
