Do teachers ask for your assistance with lesson planning?
Is it hard to stay ahead of them?
I recently saw a handy Edutopia blog post that not only talks about different Web 2.0 tools to assist in this work, and also offers links, tips and tricks.
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Recently the President’s speech called for universal preschool programs. He went into detail about the achievement gap among children as young as age 3. Nine states and the District of Columbia fund universal prekindergarten programs for 4-year-olds, and most states fund some preschool for low-income families.
Does it surprise you that the benefits of receiving preschool programming are best measured in how much better kids do as adults? Can universal preschool close the achievement gap? Read more at The Washington Post (2/13)
Is it possible that writing is just not your thing, but you love to talk about what you are doing or what you are excited about? If so, let us help you share your exciting news with others in the region!
CMLE staff is willing to interview you, write up the interview, get your review and approval, then publish it to our What’s Happening blog. Then, the completed interview post will be included in our Thursday CMLE Weekly Review email message.
Both our guest bloggers and interview activities support our resource sharing activities in Central Minnesota among academic, public, school, and special librarians. Please don’t be shy….join us in sharing important library news in this region! Contact us here!
Recently, our friends at MindShift did a great piece on “open source learning” — a variation on inquiry learning or passion-based learning – it is about helping students choose their own learning path, an approach that already has some well-known champions among educators.
Read this post about an English teacher who teaches Advanced Placement English and Composition courses, uses blogging, videoconferencing, and collaborative working groups as part of his instruction. KQED.org/Mind/Shift blog (2/14)
Many book lovers could have easily contributed to this blog from Edutopia, “Ten Ways to Cultivate a Love of Reading in Students”
The post was written by a teacher who lists 10 suggestions for how, regardless of the subject, a person can engage students and nurture an appreciation and ultimately a love of reading.
Then the question remains: Teachers and administrators, what do you do towards this end? Parents, how do you encourage this with your own children?