Most kids want to engage, many have been taught there is nothing to engage with. You need to be the teacher who re-awakens that natural wonder. It’s kind of like a dare: are you up for it? I triple dog dare you ;) Okay, now that the obvious elephant in the roomhas been identified, let’s get to those three techniques
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Professionals in the field of education are using Twitter more than ever to share ideas and promote their businesses. My online publishing work has benefitted from two social media networks in particular. Using Twitter and Facebook to announce my writing has brought more readers [...]
In planning instruction toward a dynamite lesson plan, one extremely effective form of CFU is called curriculum mapping. It is referred to by many teachers as: “backwards mapping.” This can be used to strategically work toward test goals.ADVERTISEMENT
Backwards Mapping Requires Reflection
A Dynamite lesson plan is great, but we musn’t forget that assessment is a key [...]
Thinking of good questions, instead of answers, can make a teacher more effective
I’ve modified curriculum and innovated strategies that utilize A/V and interactive tools (like white boards) to achieve more than paper ever did. EDI is a great method to use in a paperless lesson.
The question for a new teacher then becomes: How do I think of, create, and deliver dynamic lesson plans? In this post I give you three tools, there are many many others, to do just that.
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A professional plumber knows where to look for a leak. A professional exterminator knows where the bugs hide. A dynamite professional teacher knows how to extract the important bits, or chunks, out of a lesson and drive them home. The goal of every lesson should always be 90-100% mastery. This goal is best achieved [...]
Ordinary folks don’t understand that often it is more difficult for us teachers to be absent than to be there. Conferences and school business necessitate that we be out however so we muct prepare sub lesson plans. I am very fortunate to have a wife who is an excellent sub. All I need to do [...]
Through the wonder of the internet, a very nice fellow teacher discovered “Dynamite Lesson Plan” and asked me for an interview to be posted on her blog. Of course I accepted since the theme is engaging learners and advice for new teachers. Check it out.
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