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How to Thank a Teacher
Ideas and tips for thanking your favorite teachers, principals, coaches, librarians, and others helping to make your school shine.
More Resources:
- Five-Minute Film Festival: Teacher Appreciation
- Edutopia Blogs: Gratitude Builds Character
- Teacher Appreciation Week 2012: Gift Ideas
Mobile Devices for Learning: What You Need to Know
Learn how cellphones, e-book readers, and tablets are getting kids engaged with learning, focused on working smarter, and ready for the future.
More Resources:
- Mobile Learning: Resource Roundup
- How the iPad Can Transform Classroom Learning
- Edutopia Blogs: Technology Integration
A Parent's Guide to 21st-Century Learning
Discover the tools and techniques today's teachers and classrooms are using to prepare students for tomorrow -- and how you can get involved.
More Resources:
- How to Strengthen Parent Involvement and Communication
- A Teacher's Guide to Generation X Parents
- Facebook Group for Parents
Six Tips for Brain-Based Learning
By understanding how the brain works, educators are better equipped to help K-12 students with everything from focusing attention to increasing retention.
More Resources:
- Neuro Myths: Separating Fact and Fiction in Brain-Based Learning
- Brain-Based Learning: Resource Roundup
- Big Thinker: Neurologist Judy Willis on the Science of Learning
Ten Tips for Classroom Management
Learn how to improve student engagement and build a positive climate for learning and discipline for grades K-12.
More Resources:
- How to Develop Positive Classroom Management
- Classroom-Management Video Tips for Teachers
- Positive Discipline Strategies Yield Quick Results
Top Ten Tips for Teaching with New Media
Whether you're new to teaching or a classroom veteran, this resource-packed collection of 10 new media tips provides fresh ideas and easy-to-use tools to engage your students and make learning more collaborative. (Updated: 6/14/11)
More Resources:
- Twittering, Not Frittering: Professional Development in 140 Characters
- Google for Educators: The Best Features for Busy Teachers
- Social Media in Education: The Power of Facebook
Summer Rejuvenation Guide
Whether it's reading a good book or starting a new hobby, this resource-packed guide highlights ten fun ways to spend your summer. (Updated: 5/24/11)
More Resources:
- Teacher-Tested Travel Grants
- Creating a Summer Reading Network
- How to Create a Professional Learning Community
Top Ten Tips for Assessing Project-Based Learning
This classroom guide is intended to inspire and expand your thinking about effective assessment for project-based learning.
More Resources:
- Schools That Work: Authentic Assessment
- Comprehensive Assessment: An Overview
- Project Fun Way: When Project Learning and Technology Meet
Home-to-School Resource Guide
Get tips, tech tools, and strategies for how to strengthen the bonds between schools, families, and communities.
More Resources:
- A Teacher's Guide to Gen X Parents
- The Home-School Team: An Emphasis on Parent Involvement
- Technology Provides Parents a Window on the Classroom
Think Green Guide
This practical guide, filled with inspiring earth-friendly learning projects and classroom-tested resources, will help your school go green.
More Resources:
- Educators Grow Green Schools
- Going Green: Designing Eco-Friendly Schools
- Education for the Ecosystem
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Grant Writing
I would love to learn more about grant writing. :) HELP :)
I am interested in finding
I am interested in finding activities for teaching social emotional learning to K-4 grades.
Brain Based Resource Guide
Hi John,
The Brain-Based Guide seems to be linking to the right place to me. Which particular link are you talking about?
Thanks in advance,
Elana
The Brain Based resource link points to the 10 Tips for Classroom management page.
Links point to Classroom Management document
The Brain Based resource link points to the 10 Tips for Classroom management page.
This CoP is really a very
This CoP is really a very useful way for exchanging main points and significant ideas in terms of eduactional fields among members. I hope edutopia could expand its activities more and could use other languages too.Thanks.my Email add: s.m.ahmadi@hotmail.com
S.M.Ahmadi
Prepping for the Common Core
How about a guide on preparing for the Common Core teaching that is coming down the pike? Especially, how we can benefit from incorporating 21st century technology and brain based learning into these ideas.
I downloaded all the Guides
I downloaded all the Guides and Tips I could get my hands on and shared them on facebook. These are a wealth of information, with information and links inside the information.....never ending. I appreciate all these free resources for myself and my staff.
SEL Guide
Thanks for the suggestion, Katherine -- I've forwarded it on to our team.
SEL
Hi - I would like to suggest/recommend an SEL guide...hope you'll consider it, and thank you: we love your guides at our school :) Katherine
precious resources ..thanks a
precious resources ..thanks a lot