Professional Development
Trying to keep up with movements and discoveries in education in addition to the day-to-day operations of a teacher can be daunting! This page will keep all educators up-to-date with hot and trendy topics as well as articles that may be of interest to keep us all at the top of our game.
What We Ask of Our Students and What We Do (April 2017)
The 5 top priority classroom practices (March 2017)
Standards-Based Grading Made My Kid Average (March 2017)
Treat them Like Adults? (March 2017)
The Power of Explaining to Others (March 2017)
For Online Class Discussions, Instructors Move From Text to Video (March 2017)
Teachers at Two Rivers Roll Up Their Sleeves to Build Assessments from Scratch (March 2017)
Disengaged Teachers: A Problem We Need to Solve (March 2017)
9 Must-Read Blogs for Innovative Teachers (March 2017)
Shifting Your Assessments to Grow Higher-Level Thinking and 9 Real-World Assessment Examples that Use Higher-Level Thinking (February 2017)
Helping Students Track Their Own Progress (February 2017)
How to Use Edtech to Get Your Learners Active and Moving (January 2017)
6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2017 (January 2017)
Create Your Own Custom Search Engine (January 2017)
Completing the Assessment Cycle with Postassessments (January 2017)
10 Things That Must Change About Educators, Education (January 2017)
Teaching Methods for Inspiring the Students of the Future (TED Talk 17:41 - Joe Ruhl, 2015)
10 Habits Worth Starting in the Classroom (January 2017)
15 hot edtech trends for 2017 (January 2017)
How to Conduct Summative Assessments (December 2016)
Brain Science and Education: How Much Should Teachers Know? (December 2016)
If You Do Any of These 4 Activities in Your Classroom, You're Already Personalizing Learning (December 2016)
10 Simple Rules for Learning (December 2016)
34 Strategies For The Stages Of Assessment: Before, During & After (December 2016)
What’s the Best Way to Give Math Homework? (December 2016)
Why Do Singapore Students Surpass the Rest of the World in Math and Science? (November 2016)
How Technology Should Have Already Changed Your Teaching (November 2016)
10 Tech Recipes for a Stress-Free Teacher Life (November 2016)
These Google Forms turn video from passive to active learning (November 2016)
12 ed-tech tools to try this term (October 2016)
8 Reflective Questions To Help Any Student Think About Their Learning (September 2016)
Teaching with Apps (August 2016)
6 Opening and Closing Routines for New Teachers (August 2016)
8 things every teacher can do to create an innovative classroom (August 2015)
Become a digital learning expert with the new Success in Six (June 2016)