8 Awesome websites for classroom games - Why use games? Games in the classroom have led to the sprouting of a whole new 21st century educational research field over the last 10 years. They are often more complex than we give them credit for. In a Stanford report last year, it was cited that games teach children patience and discipline – 2 factors that can determine future success better than IQ.
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10 Qualities of Great Teachers
What makes a great teacher could easily be a list of characteristics that look similar to what makes a good person - a sense of humour, the ability to feel like you're actually being listened to, flexibility, and consistency of personality and approach. With this in mind, this is a question that has driven educational researchers and the concepts lie at the core of ...
Music in the classroom
Students often talk & disrupt just to break the silence in the room. An awesome teaching strategy is to acknowledge the silence so YOU take charge. Play background music & explicitly tell the kids that it's on to take out the silence & help them work. This is not rocket science - if you want them to chill out, play chilled out music, alternatively, if you want them active & in group work, play some faster tempo music. As with anything, let them know that if ...
Sh!t Classrooms: How to Troubleshoot Them
Practical, hands-on strategies for classroom teachers Challenging classrooms? Here, you will find innovative teaching strategies, preventative and restorative behaviour development (management) teacher tips. They're hands-on, fun and practical strategies for not only addressing behaviour in challenging classrooms but pushing the innovative envelope. Please feel free to comment on the posts & share them with your friends. We … Continue reading Sh!t Classrooms: How to Troubleshoot Them
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