Failing Students, Not Failing Schools by Dr. Jim Taylor By Guest Blogger We’ve been hearing a lot about public education reform lately No Child Left Behind is up for reauthorization and the Race to the Top is one of President Obama’s top policy initiatives.
Twelve Reasons To Teach Searching Techniques With Google Advanced Search… Even Before Using The Basic Search by Michael Gorman By Guest Blogger
Five Unconscionable Public Education Practices by Dr. Jim Taylor By Guest Blogger It is a scenario that I just don’t want to believe because it affirms my (our!) worst impressions of public education for the poor in America.
Differentiating Instruction is Not Hard if We Tap into Student’s Passions by Lisa Nielsen By Guest Blogger I hear the term differentiating instruction thrown around all the time, but when I go into schools, I often find there’s not necessarily a whole lot of differentiation going on.
Using TPACK as a Framework for Tech PD, Integration and Assessment by Lisa Nielsen By Guest Blogger Henrico County is one of the largest and earliest districts to pioneer and implement a one-to-one initiative.
Math Class Doesn't Have to Suck - Help for Not Very Good Math Teachers by Lisa Nielsen By Guest Blogger "If the math curriculum wasn't so appalling and the teaching methods so atrocious," people like me wouldn't appreciate people like Vi Hart as much as we do.
It takes a village: elementary students documenting school history (with community help) by Kevin Jarrett By Guest Blogger
Engaging the Parent Community by Kim Cofino By Guest Blogger During my three years at ISB, one of the best projects I helped develop and facilitate was our Parent Technology Coffee Mornings.
Why can’t we be friends? by Lisa Nielsen By Guest Blogger The recent story of teachers who engaged in inappropriate behavior with students using Facebook has gained attention and outcries to ban teachers from “friending” students on Facebook.
Managing the Cell Phone Classroom by Lisa Nielsen By Guest Blogger When using cell phones in the classroom, you must have classroom management procedures in place.
Transform Your Classroom Into A Game Show with Student Response Systems by Lisa Nielsen By Guest Blogger What if class was like a game show where the teacher was the host and the students were contestants vying for the coveted prize of knowledge?
iPad apps to improve your executive functioning skills By Guest Blogger Whether you're a teacher or student, you likely are looking for ways to improve your executive functioning skills.
The Secret To Getting Every Student Excited About Writing by Lisa Nielsen By Guest Blogger I often lament how infrequent it is that student work is actually published
Top 10 Sites for Note Taking by David Kapuler By Guest Blogger Taking notes is an everyday skill in education but often over- looked.
Why I will no longer work to differentiate instruction by Lisa Nielsen By Guest Blogger Iused to be a big fan of differentiated instruction.
What we need is not evolution, but a revolution in education by Lisa Nielsen By Guest Blogger Sir Ken Robinson followed up his 2006 TED talk with another genius speech that captures so much of my thinking and writing here on The Innovative Educator blog.
Race to the Top Needs Real Reform by Dr. Jim Taylor By Guest Blogger This post will explore several of the more sensitive issues that prevent real education reform from occurring.
Top 10 Sites for Images and Clip Art by David Kapuler By Guest Blogger Finding images on the internet for classroom use has been a problem problem for many educators, for reasons such as copyright privileges, inappropriateness, etc.
