The Homework Mistake. I spent years assigning worksheets and pretended they were meaningful homework assignments. They were mostly reading questions that I thought would be a proper measure of students’ understanding of the reading material. Now I know that there are better ways to check for understanding? Most of the time, students would bring in their completed homework questions …
It is no secret that teachers get an ample amount of vacation time. On the other hand, most of us never stop working during the school year. We are always planning, grading, answering emails, and if time permits, reflecting on practice. We address daily student questions and parent concerns. For most of us “connected educators”, …
I always liked taking notes in college but hated taking them in high school. And now that I am a history teacher of high school students I give notes but every time I do I know that there are going to be 4 common problems. There is no question that for me that notes are the most …
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If your school is a Google Apps for Education (GAFE) school there is really no reason you shouldn’t use Google Classroom. However, things get more complicated if you are already using a Learning Management System you like. LMS Systems like Schoology, Canvas, Haiku, and Edmodo already fill some of the needs you would use Google …
In a few days, Google Classroom is going to be a feature of many real classrooms. Here is a preview video of a teacher explaining a lot of the features with a side-by-side comparison of teacher and student views. I found it to be a really helpful overview. There are a lot of features to …