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As Classrooms Go Digital, Textbooks May Become History - NYTimes.com
Textbooks have not gone the way of the scroll yet, but many educators say that it will not be long before they are replaced by digital versions — or supplanted altogether by lessons assembled from the wealth of free courseware, educational games, videos and projects on the Web.
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Burcu Akyol's Blog
The secret of my “success” in getting published is… willingness! That’s right, websites and magazines are crying out for content of all kinds and all you need to do get an article (or a hundred articles), book review, teaching tip or photocopiable worksheet on teaching English published is to get them down on paper and send them off. If you don’t believe me, here are some things you probably thought you’d need that you most certainly do not:
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Learning About Learning - Views from leading thinkers - Carol McGuinness
Carol McGuinness reflects on how learners develop collaborative thinking skills through working with others towards achieving group goals.
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Monthly Mentor
Can you remember the day you made your decision to enter the field of art education? Some may have taken that first step yesterday, and for many others, it’s a fond memory. September is the month when we begin our school year as educators and students. I am currently entering into my third year of my teaching career, and every time I come back, I gain more respect for those who have been in the profession for years!
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A 2-Year Study to Learn What Makes Teachers Good - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com
What makes a teacher a good teacher? The most fundamental question in education has lately become the hot-button issue for academic researchers, who are trying mightily to figure out a way to measure exactly who is effective, who is not, and the differences between the two.
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Inside School Research: Study Identifies Positive 'Peer Effects' in Teaching
Study Identifies Positive 'Peer Effects' in Teaching
Studies in economics have long noted that highly productive workers seem to produce a "spillover" effect in their peers. Supermarket checkers, for instance, work faster when they're in the line of sight of a more productive co-worker, and berry-pickers tend to calibrate their work speed to that of friends laboring nearby. -
Teachable Moment - free lesson plans and topical activities for k - 12
The classroom lessons on TeachableMoment.Org foster critical thinking on issues of the day and a positive classroom environment. Teachers are free to use these lessons in their classrooms. We welcome feedback!
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Teaching Demo Part 1
Ryan Turnbull covers five essential elements in teaching ESL in a lecture demonstration for Seoul National University. The presentation covers five sections, namely, the approach, the lesson, components of a class, assessment, and teaching style.
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Do you teach or do you educate?
"Education is not the filling of a vessel, but the kindling of a flame." - Socrates
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A vision of students today - 8 Translation(s) | dotSUB
A short video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today —how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime. Created by Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University.
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