Learning Math through Movement
Imagine a math class where kids are hopping up and down, swinging their arms side to side, and shouting out numbers. They’re enjoying themselves—and they’re still learning.
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Making Social Media Work for You
If teachers want to use social media wisely in the classroom—either by teaching about it, or teaching with it—they’ll need to seriously think about why and how they’re doing ...
Snow Days: Creating Distance-Learning Opportunities
School closures, especially lengthy ones, may cause some teachers to worry if lost time will keep them from completing curriculum or put students at a disadvantage.
Coding Apps for Kids
Here are some apps that can get kids excited about coding from a young age.
Eight Tips for the New Techy Teacher
Two years ago, my principal rolled an iPad cart into my classroom. I'd been challenged to design and implement a 1:1 iPad program that would enhance the highly structured ...
Gotta Catch ’Em All — Teaching with Pokémon Go
Anyone who is familiar with teenagers knows that when one volunteers information about their school day to his parents—it’s big. Huge. That’s thanks to the phenomenon of ...
Every Drop Counts: Keeping Water Education Fresh
When students look at the globe and see so much blue, it seems as though there’s an abundance of water. But that's just not true.
Is The Internet Essential to Good Teaching?
High-speed Internet access is not universal. But teaching with it—and without—highlights the never-changing qualities of good teaching. Some students at Timothy Davis’ ...
Minecraft in the Classroom
There is a growing community of educators who have adopted Minecraft as a powerful engagement tool in mainstream subjects like math, science, social studies, and even language arts.
Creating a Paperless Classroom
Like many of my students, I too use digital devices in my daily personal life, but the enormous piles of notes and paper combined with the constant fighting with the students ...