Games and Activities for Large Classes
Teachers Gaming Teacher CafeA great website with a variety of tested games and activities for teachers with large groups of students.
Curbing Cheating
Teachers Teacher CafeRead through the articles and find workable strategies to problems involving students who cheat. There are articles on prevention, plagiarism and problem behaviours.
Vocabulary
Teachers Reading Teacher CafeA vocabulary learning platform with images, games and activities for all types of classrooms. A resources for teachers and students to practice vocabulary.
Public Webcasts
Teachers Education Teacher CafeEDUCAUSE 2014 Annual conference has sessions that you can view live, or in recorded forms. Topics for the sessions range from "Flipping Out over the Flipped Classroom?" to "Badging to Support Professional Development and Career Building".
Chrome Extensions for Teachers, Students and Academics
Teachers Teacher Cafe TechnologyA website with a list and links for 15 user-friendly Google Chrome extensions to make a positive difference in your educational experience online.
Dealing with Challenging Students
Teachers Relationships Teacher CafeA quick review of of strategies that can be used to deal with challenging students in the classroom. In the article by Mark Boynton and Christine Boynton you will read about relationship, academic and disciplinary strategies.
Four Activities to Jump-Start Teamwork Among Teachers and School Leaders
Teachers Leadership Teacher CafeThe article written by Gayle Allen suggests that school leaders and teachers can overcome the challenges they face with innovation, connections and understanding.
Culture of cruelty: why bullying thrives in higher education
Teachers Culture Psychology Teacher CafeIn an environment where discussion, debate and criticism are encouraged, undermining behaviour can flourish. Read the full article posted by Sam Farley and Christine Sprigg at the following link.
Inspiring students with learning disabilities to take up a language
Teachers Disability Teacher CafeWith a different approach, language lessons for students with special education can be inclusive, exciting and relevant. Adapting lessons so they include more visual and audio aspects could help when teaching languages to young people with learning difficulties.
Use Technology to Help Students Learn
Teachers Teacher Cafe TechnologyThere are a lot of ways technology can help ESL students learn. Here you will discover ways to use technology in your classroom to help students further their language learning.
Classic ice breakers you can use with all learners
Teachers Speaking Teacher CafeIce breakers have the ability to help students become comfortable and establish a positive learning environment. In the article, there are five old favourites that work to get any class energized.
Word Bucket
Teachers Reading Teacher CafeWord Bucket is a personal English dictionary, notebook and vocabulary learning game. Students can save all new words to their personal Bucket and learn them through tests and games.
"Vape" Word of the year 2014
Teachers Reading Teacher CafeLast year it was "selfie" and in 2012 it was "GIF". Oxford University Press have chosen "vape" as this years winner. The word, which the dictionaries's blog defines as both a verb and a noun for the whole category of popular tobacco atomizing devices.
Education Tech Trends to Watch
Teachers Teacher Cafe TechnologyStudents love learning with technology. Make this year a memorable one for students by increasing your the use of technology. In the article there are 5 ways you might be able to make your classroom tech-savvy.
Why Questions Are More Important Than Answers
Teachers Teacher CafeThe article by Terri Heick posted on te@chthought, addresses why questions in the classroom are so important. Typically, the focus has been on answers and correct answers at that. A spotlight on questions highlights their benefits.
14 Weird Words That Literally Contradict themselves
Teachers Reading Teacher CafeContronyms are words which have two more or less opposite meanings. The word is a contronym; it can mean hit, as in hitting someone, or it can mean miss, as used in baseball.
Education On Tap
Teachers Listening Teacher CafePodcast episodes brought to you by Teach For America. Informative, informal and a little fun. All meant to be conversation starters.
What Students Can Learn From Giving TEDx Talks
Teachers Culture Self Teacher CafeModelled after the popular TED talks, TEDx allows community organizations, towns and schools to put on their own version of a TED talk, featuring local experts, authorities or even teenagers, rather than nationally recognized figures.
How a Moveable Space Can Ignite Creativity in the Classroom
Teachers Design Teacher CafeWhat is "design thinking"? It combines hands on learning (tinkering) with independent problem solving methodologies. This type of creative process is used in many design disciplines, like architecture, engineering and game design.
The Benefits of a Good Night's Sleep- Shai Marcu
Teachers Teacher Cafe HealthA Ted-Ed Original Lesson with corresponding questions for students to think, dig deeper and discuss.
Reasons Why The Flipped Classroom Is Here To Stay
Teachers Teacher CafeSwaroop Raju, co-founder of eduCanon writes about why the flipped classroom is here for good. The article takes a look at results, restructuring class time and the technology to confirm that a flipped classroom is no longer just for adventurous teachers.