Classroom Management: Creating a Positive and Productive Learning Community

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Vision Boards: Start the Year with a Visual Goal Setting Exercise

 

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Transform Your Google Calendar into a Digital Planner

 

From her blog, "Time management is a constant struggle for teachers since they spend most of their days working directly with students. That leaves a small window of time for all of the other tasks and responsibilities that teachers have to juggle, including planning and designing lessons. "  In this guest blog by Amy Tobener-Tally walks you through how to use your Google calendar as a digital planner or day book.  To see the article click here.  

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5 End-of-the-Year Activities

 

As the school year winds down you might want to read this article to give you some ideas on what activities you can do with your students to finish the year off.  To read the article click here.

Student Designed Infographics

I really love infographics.  I have posted several times about them.  My last post was on Valentines Day last week. To see it click here. If you teach a Data Management class I thought having the students design an infographic would be a great FSE or project.  I was reading Catlin Tucker's (an Honors English Teacher) blog and she uses infographics quite frequently.  From her blog, "During our Of Mice and Men unit, I linked to infographics on both mental health and mental illness in America. When we read To Kill a Mockingbird, I linked to infographics focused on racial inequality in the justice system, the death penalty, and the prison system in the United States. These visual displays of information were a powerful way to expose my students to facts and research and help them to conceptualize what infographics look like".

In fact she has a great assignment that she uses to have students create infographics.  To see her blog on this click here.  If you like her post and would like to possibly use this in your class make sure to read the comments and especially her replies at the bottom of the article.  This might be a great way for students to research project but not in the traditional manner yet still cover topics such as: preparing for research, accessing resources, processing information and finally transferring learning.