 |  |  |
To Improve Outcomes, We Need to Take a Critical Lens to Instructional Design No one can deny the fact that we are seeing some pretty exciting changes to teaching, learning, and leadership. Prior to implementing anything new it is essential that schools have a solid pedagogical foundation in place. Check out these suggestions for taking a critical lens to the current practices in your school. | The Lost Art of Listening Educators must be effective communicators, and the most effective communicators are those people who listen intently. The art of listening should be extended to the social media space as well. Here are some solid tips that can help you become a better listener along with some suggestions for being a good social media listener. | What’s So Different About High Tech High Anyway? The High TechHigh charter network has skillfully pushed the boundaries of traditional schools while making sure its students aren’t disadvantaged when they apply to college. They’ve gained a good reputation and this article provides a general tour of their program and what they offer students. |
To Improve Outcomes, We Need to Take a Critical Lens to Instructional Design
The Lost Art of Listening
What’s So Different About High Tech High Anyway?
TEACHERS: How is Digital Text Affecting Student Comprehension?
A recent article from the National Education Association explored the question of whether or not digital reading is equal to reading in print. Their findings were quite telling.
“While digital reading ‘is part and parcel of living and learning in the 21st century,’ […] educators should still give careful thought about how and when to employ a digital device in the classroom. The rush to digital […] is fueled by a number of factors, but improved student learning may not be one of them.” Does form of medium actually affect comprehension?
TEACHERS: The Secret to Meaningful Discussions
TEACHERS: Shadow a Student: Reinventing the School Experience
TEACHERS: 50 Questions To Help Students Think About What They Think
Using the right questions creates powerful, sometimes multiple answers and discussions. Questions spark imagination, conjure emotions, and create more questions. The questions asked by a teacher are sometimes more glaringly valuable than the information transferred to the students. Those questions spark a thought, which leads to a fiercely independent search for information.If students are the ones gathering that information then they’re the ones learning it and student-driven learning cements lessons into the students’ minds making any lesson more powerful with this strategy.
TEACHERS: Why You Should Teach Public Speaking
Communication is a three-legged stool: Reading, Writing, and Speaking. While reading and writing receive attention in classrooms public speaking does not and students are often allowed to opt out of speaking publicly. For students to be college and career ready, public speaking should be an expected part of everyone's classroom culture. This will ensure that students have a firm base with all three legs of communication. reading, writing, and speaking with conviction. This blog post includes a link to a free lesson plan from the book: High-Impact Writing Clinics.
TEACHERS: 6 Ways To Earn Credibility With Students
In schools all over the world, there are students who are willing to work hard for some teachers but not others. Why is that? In this post, Aaron Hogan states his belief "that it comes down to the relational capital that some educators develop with their students." Teachers who have “it" can get some students to play when others can’t. Rather than assuming that some teachers just have “it" and others don’t , Aaron shares some purposeful steps teachers can build into their time at school to create the connections with students that convince students that teachers have something valuable to say.
TEACHERS: 5 Restful Distractions (that might even make you more productive)
TEACHERS: 9 Ways for Students to Own the Assessment
While the concept of student-owned assessment is becoming more widespread, ways to engage and activate students as assessors are less familiar. John Hattie (2012) describes assessment capable learners as those who ask where they are going, how they are going, and where to go next. Taking that a step further, assessment-engaged learners are those who know the learning intentions and success criteria, track their own progress, and show their learning in a variety of ways. Here are 9 ESSENTIAL PRACTICES AND STRATEGIES FOR ENGAGING STUDENTS IN ASSESSMENT.
PARENTS: Teaching Kids to be Grateful
PARENTS: How Parents Can Help Kids Develop A Sense Of Purpose
LEADERS: How Schools Can Help Students Develop A Greater Sense Of Purpose
LEADERS: How Will You Get Better Today?
There’s no such thing as “overnight success” in leadership. Great leaders don’t get great all at once. They get great by making a little progress every day and then stringing that progress together across the years and the decades. If you want to become a great leader, don’t try to do it all at once. Instead, become just a little bit better every day. Here are some simple things to help you.
LEADERS: Collective Efficacy: Together We Can Make a Difference
Center for Christian Urban Educators
