Resource Roundup
Resources for the Middle School Teacher
April 19, 2013
BIG Thoughts Edition
10 Things Your Students Need From You
As educators, we have a huge responsibility towards each child entrusted to us. It is our duty to try our best to meet the needs of the students in our classroom and to help them become productive members of our communities. Sometimes we need to step out of our ‘teacher shoes’ and step into the shoes of a student to help us better understand them, since they are not always very adept at verbalizing their thoughts. Here are ten things you would learn from their point of view. - By Jennifer Rita Nichols
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/10-things-your-students-need-from-you/
Are You an Editor or Critic?
In education, we have millions of students who are writing the stories of their lives, and we must decide if we will be their editors or their critics. Before we make a decision, we need to decide which role we play in the lives of children. - Jon Wink
My New Favorite Word: YET
http://www.kristenswanson.org/2013/03/my-new-favorite-word-yet.html
Generation Gap: 10 Things Children Today Will Never Need to Know
While there’s no denying that progress is a wonderful thing, the rate at which the world is changing is creating an environment in which objects that were commonplace to today’s parents will be virtually unheard of when their babies become adults. These are 10 simple things that Generations X and Y took for granted, but are likely to be complete mysteries to children born in 2013 as they reach maturity.
Wonderopolis
Learning is happening everywhere, all the time! We have bottled a little bit of that learning in each Wonder of the Day®. Experience a daily dose of time with your child to make the most of each and every moment together — learn something new, try out an idea, create a masterpiece, imagine possibilities. It’s easy. It’s fun. But the learning is big!
Why Do Teachers Ask Questions They Know the Answers To?
Here's a TEDxCreativeCoast video - The Future Will Not Be Multiple Choice - that answers this question and showcases the power of a PBL / design-based approach to learning. Turn curricula into design challenges, classrooms into workshops and teach students to think like designers.
While you watch it, try to think of a meaningful career that looks like filling out a worksheet.
http://www.peterpappas.com/2013/02/why-do-teachers-ask-questions-they-know-the-answers-to.html
Introverted Kids Need to Learn to Speak Up at School
Every child should be graded on class participation -- and parents don't help their children when they argue otherwise. - by Jessica Lahey
The Resource Roundup Library
Miss the previous editions? Find them here...
April 12, 2013: Literacy Strategies https://smore.com/mry2
April 2, 2013: Content Collection https://smore.com/wfjt
March 29, 2013: Technology Tools https://smore.com/vv12
February 13, 2013 https://smore.com/g9r8
February 5, 2013 http://smore.com/vkdu
January 18, 2013 http://smore.com/a535
January 9, 2013 http://smore.com/h5cc
Jamie Neibling
Martial Artist, Thinker, Reader, Learner
Email: jneiblin@nkcschools.org
Twitter: @jamieneibling