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By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
Christmas is just around the corner and kids aren’t the only ones who are excited. The Christmas spirit is contagious for adults and children! It is always a good time trying to find the best gift possible for each person in your life while staying somewhat on a budget. And since it seems like...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
As educators, our goal is to become the best teacher we possibly can. Unless we are a year or two away from retirement, and then our goal is to get through the next couple of years anyway possible. You may think that to become an outstanding teacher, you just have to try harder. However, this is...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
If you are a teacher just beginning your career, you may not realize just how much dealing with difficult parents can not only ruin your day, but ruin your whole year. Sometimes we spend more time fretting about “getting stuck” with the kids that have behavior problems when we should actually be...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
Can you recall the days back when you were in school? It might seem like forever ago, but childhood memories tend to stay with us. Do you remember the time before the internet had been invented and computers in the classroom were rare at best? I don’t think of myself as old...
By Alan Peters, 24 Jan 2020
Connected learning is cross curricular work with all the bad bits taken out. Christmas Dinner without the Brussel sprouts; Bake Off without Paul Hollywood (I’ll never forgive him for not giving the title to Kim Joy); Still Open All Hours without the script. You get the idea. Now, if...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
Imagine a classroom full of students raising their hands wanting to ask questions so they can know more about the topic that is being covered. It sounds like a good dream, doesn’t it? But it can actually happen in your own classroom if you take the steps to educate the kids on the technique of...
By Alan Peters, 24 Jan 2020
Improving our teaching skills is a highly personal matter. If every one of our students is their own person, so every one of their educators is an individual (note that interfering local authorities and know it all junior Deputies). We have our strengths and weaknesses, interests and...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
It is a nerve-wracking experience. One of the most stressful times any parent will face. Your child is soon graduating high school and will be attending college in the very near future. Ensuring that your kid is ready is sort of like cramming for a test at the last moment. You want to cover the...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
When schools started originally eyeing steps to move towards the one to one (1:1) computer initiative about a decade or so ago, they were interested in having technology available for everyone. It was the goal of having one computer device available for every student that was in the school. This...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
Whether you teach in elementary, middle or a high school, you will always find some reluctant learners that are difficult to reach. No matter the subject or how you present it, there are students that just do not want to be fully engaged in the classroom. However, don’t give up hope just yet....
