These were among the best I ran across on my safari this week. If you enjoy the links, please share them through social media such as:
US vs UK: academic differences « On Education, Teaching, Learning, and Technology
A thought provoking and humorous listing of the subtle and no so subtle differences between UK and US educational systems. Some of the jargon differences are really interesting.
Three Basic Classroom Skills | So You Want To Teach?
Just like the book “Everything I needed to know I learned in Kindergarten.” this post give 3 simple rules for behavior in a classroom. I always try to pick short simple rules because they are the easiest to follow.
A New Generation of Teachers
A very interesting topic for a blog: advice to the future president. There is some common sense and some highly intuitive stuff in this excellent blog post.
56 worst/best analogies of high school students | The Lost Eyeball
Rarely do I find a blog post this entertaining. Maybe it’s because the quotations are from real high school kids.
10 Things to Do When You Only Have 5 Minutes Left in Class – TheApple.com
As a teacher I often find my students “done” before the bell rings. To keep “bell-to-bell” engagement, these are some great ideas.
HOW TO BLOG
Simple and so true.
Prefixes and Suffixes (Affixes) – Language Arts FREE Presentations in PowerPoint format, Free Interactives and Games
Great Power Point Presentations to teach this stuff! And it is important stuff on the Standards Tests.