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posted by: Cindy Omlin
| March 16, 2012, 11:16 pm
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In our busy day of juggling papers, lesson planning and managing sometimes more than a hundred students, we can easily forget the group that could lend significant support in our charge as teachers -- parents and families. Consider these tips for improving connections with this valuable group:
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posted by: Cindy Omlin
| March 15, 2012, 06:54 pm
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Don't forget, next Saturday is St. Patrick's Day! If you are planning on creating some fun lesson plans for students around this beloved holiday next week, note that St. Patrick's Day is much more than just leprechauns and pots of gold. St. Patrick's Day honors the patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick, and celebrates Irish traditions. Everything from history, art, and culture can all be addressed in various ways for students both young and old.
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posted by: Cindy Omlin
| March 15, 2012, 06:40 pm
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As we highlighted recently on the AAE blog, video clips and online resources are changing the face of education, particularly mathematics instruction. While states and districts struggle to keep up with new and emerging technologies, teachers can keep up-to-date with the help of some great online tools.
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posted by: Cindy Omlin
| March 14, 2012, 03:36 pm
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In 2008, Salman Khan, a graduate of MIT and Harvard Business School, was a successful finance executive when he began posting math tutoring videos on YouTube for his family and friends. In the years that followed, Khan's idea has grown into the Khan Academy, a nonprofit organization that has built a free, online database of thousands of digital lessons and lectures on topics ranging from microbiology to economics.
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posted by: Cindy Omlin
| March 14, 2012, 03:30 pm
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Parental engagement has been a hot topic for years and can vary widely depending on area of the country or school setting. From a perceived lack of parent involvement in inner-city school systems, to the "helicopter" parents of high-performing students, teachers have for years cited level of parental involvement as a contributing factor to student learning.
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