In today’s digital world, technology in the classroom is almost ubiquitous. From smartboards to tablets and smartphones, it’s important for all educators to engage with the fast-paced world many of their students were born in.
Unlike mathematics or the sciences, breaking reading and writing down into clear and logical steps is not always easy. Many educators fall into the trap of assigning reading and writing for homework too early. Competent literacy skills are built in the classroom and there are a number of strategies educators can use to teach these essential skills.
Student self-assessment is a critical method for teaching ownership and autonomy in education. It gives students the opportunity to evaluate themselves independently and judge their own progress as a learner and as a person.
The “I Do, We Do, You Do” model is a particularly useful type of modeling that teachers can use to reinforce lessons through practice, without the pressure of formal testing.
Below, we explain exactly what the model is and how you can integrate it into your teaching.
Today, the benefits of social-emotional learning (SEL) cannot be overstated, with manystrategies being applied to children of all grades and years. In this article we discuss some of the top 10 best social-emotional learning activities.
Read on and learn what are the 15 tips that’ll help you ease into your first year as a professional teacher.
Good lesson plans take an artistic touch and a knowledgeable hand. It is an essential skill of any educator and takes a lot of practice to get right.
In this article we will list out 9 interactive classroom activities to maintain student engagement, aimed at children and young people of all ages.
Ioannis may not have access to that much edtech, but he makes up for everything with his creativity. Take a look at how he uses Explain Everything Whiteboard to engage his students and get inspired!
We live in times when we get the chance to not just react to coming changes, but to really set the course for the future of education. Possibly even more so than any previous generation of educators ever could have.
Suzanne started her work as Technology Coach by, as she puts it, holding the hands of teachers just getting started using Explain Everything on their iPads.
What do you do when your wife is in the hospital about to have a baby and your chemistry class has a big exam coming up? Almost a decade ago, Pat decided the answer was simple – record a video lesson. And when his students aced the test, he decided that maybe he was on to something. Soon, he was recording all of his lectures, and even entire experiments.