The Best Teaching Resources [Updated List]
You will probably find the teaching resources we have compiled and continue to update on a daily basis. Browse through the category descriptions and click on the individual items to check them out in detail:Classroom Response SystemsCollect real-time formative assessment data without the need for student devices. Know whether your students are understanding big concepts and mastering key skills. Facilitate the...
What Are The Best Educational Technology Tools?
Students today are much more technologically savvy than previous generations. Whatever age they are, once they step into the classroom, they will probably be internet literate and technologically knowledgeable, at least to some extent.Presenting technology to students gives the teacher more ways to connect with them, and this is one of the most important parts of a rewarding...
How Can Schools Embrace Dyslexia? [An Interview with Kelly Steinke]
Dyslexia expert Kelly Steinke, founder of READ Learning Educational Services, talks about raising
dyslexia awareness in schools and why it matters.Recently, instead of dyslexia there is much talk about a broader term,
‘neurodiversity’. What is neurodiversity?The term ‘neurodiversity’ is generally used in context of
spectrum disorders like autism or mental health issues such as ADHD.
Neurodiversity means that people don’t come with ‘one-size-fits-all’...
5 Rare Truths Every Parent Should Know About Kindergarten Teachers
If you're a child going to kindergarten for the first time, you probably know that the beginning of the school year is anything but sweet. It’s not uncommon for kindergarten teachers to share their experiences of nervous and excited parents walking through the door.For the kids, it’s the start of the new adventure of formal learning. Everyone involved...
Addicted: How the Internet Poisons Student Behaviour
I can still see him clearly in my mind. He would come into math class looking like a zombie. His ability to produce any kind of results were practically nil. I eventually found out that he was trading precious hours of sleep to be on social media and Skype. His addicted routine saw him using the internet until 4...
The Top 50 Teacher Websites of 2018
As usual this time of year, we compile and publish the list of the Top 50 Teacher Websites of the year. We comb the web and out of the numerous websites worldwide focusing on education policies, teaching practices, methodology, or educational technology, we find the ones that manage to stand out from the rest, the ones with the biggest...
How Community Service Helps Boost Student Success
School is about more than assignments and grades. One of the biggest pillars of student success and education is about learning how to function in a community. Investing in and helping out that community can set them up for success beyond the classroom, too.There are countless reasons why community service is important for student success. These are just a...
Teaching Strategies That Bring Amazing Results
What works best in education? It’s surprising just how many people think they know the answer to this question. Education is a unique industry. Almost everyone has experienced teaching strategies in some way, whether that be as a student or a teacher.It is true, everyone has an opinion, but at the end of the day, whether it is coming...
Professional Development Goals for Successful Teachers
As teachers we are expected to engage in professional development to better our skills and better serve the changing needs of students. When I was a student, I was thinking about what could help me with my homework and help me professionally? How does that shape our personal professional development goals exactly, and how does it feel being on either...
Educational Goals: How to Catapult Learner Autonomy
They arrive, all shiny-eyed and excited, pens and pencils in hand, willing and eager to dive into a new learning adventure.Then, a few weeks or months go by, and the shine wears off. Suddenly you don’t seem so exciting to them anymore, and lessons have become just another routine.What happened? Well, there could be several variables at play here,...
