Quick: What’s your favorite book? You’ve got a ready answer, right? Not so with many kids (although if you press and prompt and even suggest, you generally can get them to come up with something). The thing is, we know that great literature is out there for all ages in all genres, with storylines, […]
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The Next Buzzwords You Need to Know Now
Education is a business of buzzwords. It’s the only way to boil down complicated theories, pedagogies, and trends into concepts that can be conversed about without a PowerPoint. To make matters worse, the educational sands are always shifting, taking the concepts along with them. Here are the education reform topics that are on the horizon […]
Technology Changes in the Classroom: In search of effective, flexible solutions
T. V. JOE LAYNG, PH.D. Director of Learning Sciences, Mimio Today’s classrooms are in transition. Technology of all sorts is making its way into the classroom and offering new ways to engage learners. The transition is not smooth, nor is it following a single path. Classroom technology was once limited to presentation via VCRs, […]
Block Sounds for More Focus
It’s test-taking time and you’ve prepared your students to the best of your abilities. Shouldn’t your equipment help too? Study Better, Not Harder with Noise Cancelling Headphones It’s critical for AP language students to clearly hear all of the nuances they’re being tested on. That’s where the Active Noise Cancelling Headphone comes into the […]
The Collaboration Shopping List
This is the next in a series taking place throughout July on preparing the main spaces in your classroom for Back to School. Collaboration in the classroom can be made so much better with the right tools. Here are some things to pick up before school starts to help your students work together effectively […]
Camden County High School – Case Study
Health Facilities: The Forgotten Space How one school’s weight room was transformed into a functional space full of school spirit—in two weeks! A school’s weight room can be a forgotten aspect of education design. But with increasing focus on the health of the nation’s students and a growing obesity epidemic, these facilities need to […]
Scheduling Teachers and Classes – Against the Status Quo
For a profession in which every day is different, teachers can be creatures of habit. Some veterans have been teaching the same preps for a decade or more. And for people who like their schools running like a machine, many administrators don’t see a need to upset the apple cart. Shaking things up is […]
Quick Guide: Collaboration in the Classroom
Next generation standards put an emphasis on students being able to work together, recognizing that collaboration will be a key skill in college and career. It can be a key determinant in your students’ success. Although students have been collaborating since the beginning of education, this new focus has led educators to come up […]
Shelby High School Case Study
School Specialty Helps Create a Pioneering 21st Century High School Unique design elements and flexible furnishings come together for collaborative learning. It’s no secret that today’s modern school has little in common with the schools of the 20th century. Gone is the educational assembly line, replaced with environments as flexible as they are functional. […]
Hazelton Academy of Sciences – Case Study
From Playing Catch-Up to Leading the Way A Breakthrough STEM Academy and Its Adaptable Design Science, technology, engineering, and math have become focus areas at every level of American education. Our students simply lack the knowledge and opportunities in these fields that students in other countries enjoy. This affects a student’s marketability in an […]
Free Teacher Resources from the Federal Government
Some of the best resources for information and inspiration come from US government agencies. Many of these agencies make that information available to teachers through artifacts, background documents, and lesson plans to better inform the instruction going on across the country. You’ve already paid for it through your taxes, so take full advantage of […]
You’ve Made It: The Best Resources for New Teachers
The summer before your first year of teaching can be an anxious time. You try to prepare but you’re not sure where to go or what your priorities should be. This list should help. Classroom design The first priority for many new teachers is setting up their classroom. The ideas about what works best […]