Nowadays less and less children dream of becoming teachers for the simple reason that people want to do something "for a living", not to work all for nothing. I am afraid that qualified teachers will soon be an endangered species and even those who still exist, have no motivation to do their work properly ("no pay, no play"). >>>
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Say it with words and you're lucky if they hear it or bother to read it. Tell your story with imagery, and it grabs attention, evokes emotion, and is more instantly processed. Sixty thousand times faster, say some researchers. At Hong Kong International School (HKIS), we have concerns quite similar to those of teachers in the U.S.: We want to engage student interest, we want to efficiently scaffold for students to construct meaning, and we want to motivate and empower them to communicate. Like all educators, we have students who deserve to learn 21st-century media skills and literacy to communicate in ways that are relevant in a new century. Article continues
- Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
- Malcom S. Forbes
Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use to Challenge and Motivate Struggling Students
by
Susan Winebrenner, Pamela Espeland
A gold mine of practical, easy-to-use teaching methods, strategies, and tips, it helps teachers differentiate the curriculum in all subject areas to meet the needs of all learners-including those labelled "slow," "remedial," or "LD," students of poverty, English language learners, and others who struggle to learn. Full of proven ways to significantly improve learning outcomes for students who score below proficiency levels, this is an essential resource for every educator.
Advice about leading successful ed-tech initiatives ...
- The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate "apparently ordinary" people to unusual effort.
- The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people.
- K. Patricia Cross
free new web site -- http://www.makebeliefscomix.com
-- where students can create their own comic strips. The site offers fun
animal and human characters with different moods, thought and talk balloons
to fill in with words, and story prompts.
I have just updated these pages of lesson plans and resources
Reading
Geography
WaterScience fiction for K-3
Geology
Physics
Internet Research
Mapping
Minibeasts
Plagiarism
Information Literacy
Art
