How To Cram For Your Exam
AdultsCreativityEducationHuman...Try these study tips when you are down to the wire!
Teaching Housing and New Desks for Nalube Primary School
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Liberals vs Conservatives
AdultsEducationPoliticsPsychology...Are Republicans and Democrats different because of biology?
Every Kid Needs A Champion
TeachersPsychologyRelationshipsTeacher Cafe...Great Ted Talk for any teacher. Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, "They don't pay me to like the kids." Her response: "Kids don't learn from people they don't like. A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.
Teacher Well-Being and Stress Management
TeachersMental HealthSelfTeacher Cafe...Teaching can be stressful and teacher burn out rates are higher than ever. This article from Cambridge offers some reasons for teacher stress as well as some helpful coping strategies.
Personal Learning Networks for Educators
TeachersTeacher CafeEducationTechnologyThis post explains how and why educators should begin to form personal learning networks. It also discusses some easy ways to start the process and includes links to some great resources.
Free Ebook: Preparing Teachers to Teach Writing Using Technology
TeachersTeacher CafeTechnologyWriting..."Technology is changing not only how people write, but also how they learn to write." This free ebook discusses necessary changes in pedagogy and introduces approaches and experiences of real teachers teaching writing with technology.
Social Bookmarking for Educators
TeachersTeacher CafeTechnologyEducationSocial bookmarking can help you save time by accessing your bookmarks from any computer and sharing great professional development resources with your personal learning network. This article provides an intro to social bookmarking and some links to the most useful tools out there for teachers.
Jim Scrivener On Classroom Magagement
TeachersTeacher CafeEducationIn this quick two-minute interview Jim Scrivener gives his best tips on classroom management and the one thing he thinks all teachers could do to improve their classes.
6 Youtube Lessons for Building Better Instructional Videos
TeachersCreativityPhotographyTeacher Cafe...Here are some great new ideas and examples from Youtube on creating your own instructional videos for blended learning classrooms like ours.
Storybird
TeachersReadingTeacher CafeEducation...Storybird is a website that allows students to make and read short stories accompanied by beautiful illustrations. The site is easy to use and the great artwork stimulates students' creativity and story-telling skills. Completed stories are easy to share with peers and other classes on any device.
Read Theory
TeachersReadingTeacher CafeEducationRead Theory is a website offering free online reading exercises to students of all levels, from beginner to GRE, focusing on comprehension and critical thinking. The program encourages students to continue reading and moving up levels with badges and contests. It also allows teachers to sign up an entire class at once and track students' progress and activity on the site.
Jack C. Richards on Listening Comprehension
TeachersListeningTeacher CafeEducationJack C. Richards discusses top down and bottom up processing and how they affect listening comprehension.