My goal is to never be so far removed from the classroom that I forget what it’s like to be a teacher.  Over the last few weeks while I’ve been adjusting to my job and new responsibilities, I’ve been running from meeting to meeting, a million miles a minute, task after task, running out of time before I realized time had passed. I needed a quick ...

Three great web 2.0 tools you can use in the math classroom or any classroom for that matter.  Are the three in the title.  For all of these web 2.0 tools you can use in your classroom, they are all free to sign-up all you need is an email address. Qwiki: it is a free and fast video tool http://www.qwiki.com/, you select media from websites, ...

How do you facilitate learning in your classroom?  Is work done in desks, tables, up moving around, in bean bag chairs, on the floor, at the board, or in explorations?  The space in which a child learns is important.  If a school gets it wrong, learning can be constrained or even completely stifled.  Some learning rooms are unique learning spaces ...

Infographics are all the rage now in technology, pinterest, and you can even include them in your classroom to spice it up.  New infographics pop up daily on all sorts of subjects.  from mortgages to ice cream, estimating software to infographics about infographics.  This creates a great visual representation of concepts that you recently went ...

QR Codes are all the rage right now in education.  When I was at NETA this year every other talk was about how they were using QR codes in the classroom.  This is hopefully my last post about QR codes, but I found this one quite extraordinary! This is a QR sculpture in which between 12 and 1 o'clock when the sun is hitting at the right angle, ...

While I was at ASCD, I had the opportunity to hear Todd Whitaker speak. Some of the thoughts that he expressed have really been rolling around in my brain lately. His advice is plain old common sense, but like one of students said, ''You know, common sense isn't so common.'' Sometimes, we may need reminding of these things to give us some ...

  “The inclusion of children with disabilities in general preschool and child care programs is becoming more and more common. Parents, teachers, and researchers have found that children benefit in many ways from integrated programs that are designed to meet the needs of all children” Read more on TeacherVision: ...

  Classroom (Photo credit: James F Clay) Being an inclusion teacher, as mentioned in previous articles, requires a good rapport with the classroom teacher. Both must work as a team in high school (not to be confused with the academic teams at elementary and middle school levels) and both must have a very specific role to play. If either one lacks ...

After reading Angela Maier’s 12 Things Kids Want from Their Teachers, I thought about the things in my classroom that really make my kids happy. I mean, besides the normal stuff, like getting an education, becoming global learners, using technology, etc… I mean the simple things that help you remember that they are just kids [...]

Our Classroom Bamboo Plant In the beginning of the school year, while I was getting my classroom ready I put a Bamboo Plant because I’m a strong believer of positive energy. However, - Does a Bamboo Plant really give positive energy or is it just an illusion? - Do you have a Bamboo Plant at home? - Did you buy it because of  good luck? Well ...