How to Use the Google Newspaper Archive
TeachersHistoryReadingTeacher Cafe...A short YouTube video about the basics of using Google Newspaper Archive for classroom use. Search for local and regional content for your students, classes and lessons.
Skip the Worksheets! 5 Grammar Games to Play Instead
TeachersGamingTeacher CafeEducation...Five great grammar focused games to play instead of traditional worksheets. Keep the classroom balanced and your students active at the same time.
Why Aren't More Schools Using Free, Open Tools?
TeachersTeacher CafeEducationBusinessA great read for any anyone in the education field. The article written by, Katrnia Schwartz highlights discussions and view from both sides.
Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement
TeachersTeacher CafeEducationSocietyEighth graders speak out about what engages them. A group of 220 students responded and the results fall under 10 categories that appeared over and over. Read the full article and learn from the student perspective, what engages them the most.
What Teens are Learning From 'Serial' and Other Podcasts
TeachersListeningTeacher CafeEducation...Educators have access to an enormous amount of content through the use of podcasts. Michael Godsey, an English Teacher in California made a decision to use a public radio podcast in the classroom and it was a wise one. The podcast of the murder-mystery 'Serial' was just the beginning.
BAM! Radio Network
TeachersListeningTeacher CafeEducation...BAM! Radio Network is connecting the voices of the education village. Listen to several different areas of education in these radio segments. Connect, learn and subscribe to the podcast station to listen and learn more.
25 Attention-Grabbing Tips for the Classroom
TeachersTeacher CafeEducationA fantastic list of tips from the Edutopia community on how to gain the attention of your students. Watch the Google Slides presentation, try the tips and add your own ideas to carter directly to your classroom and environment.
The Hunt for the 'Secret Sauce' of Digital Learning
TeachersTeacher CafeTechnologyEducationResearch shows that some schools are successful and other are not when it comes to implementing digital learning initiatives. A study released by the America's Promise Alliance Center for Promise, "Wired to Learn K-12 Students in the Digital Classroom" looks at how schools were successful at implementing digital strategies.
8 Ways to Get Reluctant Readers to Read
TeachersReadingTeacher CafeEducationReading is known to have obvious benefits, such as improving vocabulary and increasing the breadth of knowledge that one has. But recent studies have shown other benefits of reading.
Twisted Wave - A Browser-based Audio Editor
TeachersSpeakingTeacher CafeTechnology...Through Twisted Wave you can create and edit spoken audio recordings from scratch. Your completed recording tracks can be exported to Google Drive and SoundCloud. You can import and edit existing recordings you have as well.
Best Games for ESL Teachers
TeachersGamingTeacher CafeEducation...Games and fun activities are vital part of teaching languages. Whether you are teaching adults or children, games will liven up your lesson and leave your students wanting more.
Comma Story- TED-Ed
TeachersGrammarTeacher CafeEducationWatch this TED-Ed entry of the Comma Story by Terisa Folaron, with your students and have them visually understand what a comma is and what is does. Remember the lessons on the side for discussion.
Strategies for Helping Students Motivate Themselves
TeachersTeacher CafeEducationPsychologyA look at how practical classroom strategies are used to reinforce four key qualities of students motivation. The four qualities that are discussed in the article are autonomy, competence, relatedness and relevance.
April - National Poetry Month! Poetry Starters for Every Classroom
TeachersArtTeacher CafeWriting...April is National Poetry Month and no matter what you teach, you can transform the first five minutes of class to an empowering, issues-packed, discussion-based, poetry-friendly space.
Online Safety
TeachersInternet CultureTeacher CafeEducation...Online Safety: A Teacher's Guide to Dealing with Cyberbullying, Sexting, and Student Privacy is an article by Sarah Muthler, to increase awareness to educators regrading the safety for their students while they are online.
Lifelong Learning is a Crucial Educational Mindset
TeachersTeacher CafeEducationPersonal FinanceDoctors, lawyers and other professionals never stop learning new techniques and strategies to hone their craft and remain on the cutting edge in their field- and so too, do teachers.
ESL/ ELL Error Correction- Yes, No or Maybe?
TeachersTeacher CafeLanguageEducationTeachers must decide whether or not to offer correction in every class. Appropriate correction and feedback is a staple of the ESL, ELL, and EFL classroom, just the same as activities and drills are. Too much and too little correction can hinder results.
How to Greatly Improve Your English Pronunication
TeachersSpeakingTeacher CafeLanguage...Learning to pronounce English words correctly can be one of the hardest parts of learning English. Languages have different sounds that other languages may not have, so learners will have to learn how to make completely new sounds.
Once Upon a Device- Reading Activities
TeachersReadingTeacher CafeEducation...Often, teachers have to use material that is older than the students, written in archaic language, and that take place in countries and imaginary worlds our learners have no experience with. Activities should help learners visualize and experience these worlds and have a better understanding of the mindset of the characters. Many apps inspire creativity and provide multimedia rich experiences and story creation.
Fresh Starts for Hard-to-Like Students
TeachersMental HealthTeacher CafeEducation...Even though your toughest students are just kids at the mercy of emotions they don't understand or can't control, it can be hard for a teacher to stay calm and not take these ongoing behavioural problems personally. Dr. Allen Mendler's advice: its' time to hit the reset button!
Redefining the Role of the Teacher: it's a Multifaceted Profession
TeachersFutureTeacher CafeEducation...Judith Taack takes a closer look at what being an educator really means. In the article she explains how teaching should be considered a trade rather than a profession and she addresses how culture has changed and so should teaching.