Want to make a difference in your classroom? Let your students know how they are doing! The most powerful single modification that enhances achievement is feedback. [Hattie, 1992] According to Robert Marzano’s Classroom Instruction that Works -providing feedback to students can be the single most important change you make in your classroom. Research shows that: Feedback [...]
I watch the news and they refer to their blogs and read reader’s comments on the air. I listen to the radio and hear about the blogs available there and what listeners have to say about the goings on with the music. The Entertainment industry is full of blogs, I was tracking down past American [...]
In my recent blog readings, I have come across the prevailing thought that the importance of blogging is not just to make your voice heard, but it is the ongoing conversation that happens after a blog/piece of writing has put out there and others comment back to extend the conversation. It is not just the [...]
Once you have read a few blogs you may decide you want to start one of your own. This technology tip is for teachers who want to begin a blogs. Check out these blogs from math teacher Karen McLinden. Students are asked to respond to a post during a specified amount of time. Some are math topics [...]
Let’s start with the difference between a blog and your TeacherWeb page. A blog allows for users to comment and keeps all posts stored in chronological order. Blogs are also searchable and can be “tagged” with keywords for easy access to previous information. For instance, in a few months from now you think, “Oh yeah – Robin emailed [...]