Teaching kids to read is not that hard. Most of my pupils have learned to decode, and read with fluency, and some can even entertain you with wonderful expression. Teaching them to read with comprehension, however, is a different matter. At our school we found that a great number of children tested very low on understanding of reading material. We ...

I've been blogging now for a little longer than 8 months, and I'm absolutely hooked! I started out, not really knowing what it was all about. My first few posts were, well to say the least, mundane! Now that I actually get it, and have started making some friends in the blogosphere, and actually get comments occasionally - I thought it might ...

Darren Drake writes the following in his blog: Carl Glickman hits the nail on the head on one of the pages in his book entitled Leadership for Learning: How to Help Teachers Succeed. In my opinion, his message should be read and synthesized by every teacher worldwide. He also provides a solution. ''How do teaching and learning improve? ...

We all know that effective learning occurs when...Student autonomy and initiative is accepted and encouraged Teacher asks open-ended questions and allows wait time for responses Higher level thinking is encouraged Students engage in dialogue with teacher and each other Students engaged in experiences that challenge hypotheses Class uses raw data ...

This video was created to inspire teachers to use technology in engaging ways to help students develop higher level thinking skills. Equally important, it serves to motivate school leaders to provide teachers with the tools and training to do so.

Thanks, Betty.New Zealand is a great place to live. It is a beautiful country, and the weather is good too!  In Auckland we have a mild climate, and it never gets too hot or too cold.  Teaching here is great too, especially as we have such up-to-date resources and eLearning facilities.  I am enjoying reading TeacherLingo.  It's ...

Hi Everybody!Just to introduce myself:  I have been teaching since 1987, previously in South Africa, but since 2006 here in New Zealand. I am married, with 4 busy teenage children, all still in High School.  I love teaching, always have, and am enjoying it now more than ever before.  I am fortunate to have a great class, am at a ...

It's easy to get frustrated with my colleagues, who just won't get on the eLearning bus, but I'll try not to! As one of the ICT lead teachers, I've been blown away by the Web 2.0 tools. In my Year 3/4 class I have kids blogging, podcasting (well almost), creating comics, dressing up as book characters and publishing and editing their own digital ...