Facebook
Edutopia on Facebook
Twitter
Edutopia on Twitter
Google+
Edutopia on Google+
Pinterest
Edutopia on Pinterest Follow Me on Pinterest
WHAT WORKS IN EDUCATION The George Lucas Educational Foundation
Toggle Navigation

Edutopia

My Account

9 Ways to Plan Transformational Lessons

Here are some tactical tips (+ a download you can print out for reference) to help you plan the best curriculum unit ever!

Transform Your Teaching This Fall

Make it your best year ever with this collection of back-to-school tips, strategies, and downloads.

How Making Connects Students to Engineering and Tech

See how the Maker Movement can give students the tools (and a community) to help them take control over their own learning.

Project-Based Learning Through a Making Lens

Supercharge your project-based learning with some help from the Maker Movement.

School Admins: SAMR Tools for Staff Presentations

Have you heard about SAMR? Learn how you can use this tech integration model for your staff presentations.
prev
next

Student Engagement
Using Mentor Texts to Motivate and Support Student Writers

By Rebecca Alber

Providing students with examples of good writing is vital. Here are tips for using mentor texts in the classroom and ideas on where you can find them.

New Teachers
Back to School: Preparing for Day One

By Rebecca Alber

Six tips for helping new teachers have a successful first day of school.

9 14

Student Engagement
Creating Learning Environments

By Ben Johnson

Edutopia blogger Ben Johnson proposes that in the digital information age, the teacher's main role will be to guide and motivate students and provide rationale for learning.

8 11

Technology Integration
Accessing Multimedia Using QR Codes

By Monica Burns

QR codes, an exciting medium for kids learning how to use mobile devices, are a natural tool for linking students to resources you want them to find.

1 7

Back to School
Dipsticks: Efficient Ways to Check for Understanding

By Todd Finley

Through alternative formative assessment, teachers can check for student understanding without falling back on the tedious or intimidating pop quiz.

2 121

Teacher Leadership
Pride of Profession: Striving to Become a Great Teacher

By Ben Johnson

How can we expect students to aspire to be great if we are not also aspiring for greatness?

39 59

Teacher Leadership
Outstanding in Your Field: What It Takes to Be a Great Teacher

By Ben Johnson

What does greatness mean in education? Administrator, author, and educator Ben Johnson ponders the quality of excellence.

179 62

Five-Minute Film Festival
Five-Minute Film Festival: Classroom Makeovers to Engage Learners

By Amy Erin Borovoy (aka VideoAmy)

How can a classroom be set up to maximize learning? Get inspired by this video playlist with tips and ideas for teachers to make over their classrooms.

5 780 77,174 views

Professional Development
Top 12 Summer Tips for Top Teachers

By Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher

For top teachers, the list of 12 tips for maximizing your summer vacation includes reflecting, connecting, laughing, and coming out swinging in September.

8 1 39,268 views

Differentiated Instruction
Myth-Busting Differentiated Instruction: 3 Myths and 3 Truths

By John McCarthy

With delivery of instruction, one size does not fit all. John McCarthy launches his differentiated instruction series by busting three common myths about DI.

12 1 33,238 views

Coding in the Classroom
Coding for Kindergarteners

By Sam Patterson

Teaching young children to code is far from a tedious exercise with the thoughtful, age-appropriate use of game-like apps and robotic devices.

8 1 20,626 views

Brain-Based Learning
The Neuroscience Behind Stress and Learning

By Judy Willis MD

Neuroimaging and EEG studies provide a scientific basis for the sometimes controversial belief that children become better learners when they actually enjoy learning.

4 798 20,314 views

Literacy
Why Storytelling in the Classroom Matters

By Matthew James Friday

Teachers, by their nature, are storytellers. You can improve this skillset with seven steps for engaging younger students through narrative.

9 736 20,152 views

Teaching Strategies
Mastering the Teaching Game

By Carol Tomlinson

After listening to an interview with top tennis coach Sven Groeneveld, Carol Tomlinson clarifies eight essential principles that teaching shares with high-level sports coaching.

8 580 18,496 views

More

Special Series

Common Core in Action: 21st Century Skills
Mobile in the Classroom