Keeping Students Close In An Online Classroom
Do you miss being with your students in a regular classroom? Learn ways you can use to help make up for the loss of face-to-face contact.
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Valentine’s Blog Post 2021
Do you remember your first crush? Why were you attracted to them? At the time perhaps it was based on something superficial, or perhaps it related to a character quality that impressed you.
As Valentine’s Day approaches, we think about the quality of our romantic relationships. Everyone wants to be loved and to love others as well.
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Teaching Online? Try Using Storyboards
When I teach face-to-face, I arrive at the classroom early to prepare. This helps me to use time better because everything is ready when I need it in class. But when our university suddenly switched to online learning, I felt like a beginning teacher again.
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Help, My First-Graders Are Out of Control!
Someone once said, “It takes a big heart to shape little minds.” If you teach a classroom full of young children, you are a hero! But do you sometimes feel overwhelmed?
Do you ever wonder how to effectively manage small people with even smaller attention spans?
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Locked Down but not Shut Down
Going Deeper Merced, a high school English teacher in Manta, Ecuador, has met weekly with Sherry, an ISP team member who works in Quito. Merced wanted to grow personally as well as learn more English. She began participating in mentoring conversations with Sherry. Now during their weekly Zoom meetings, Sherry coaches Merced in personal growth
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Back to school? What are schools doing around the world?
Schools look different wherever you Go With the COVID-19 crisis far from over, you might be curious to know what “back to school” looks like. What are schools doing around the world? In the Netherlands, some schools have installed plexiglass shields around students’ desks and had hand sanitizer dispensers readily available. In Australia, COVID-19 measures
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Back to school? 6 tips to help teachers and their students
Back to school? 6 tips to help teachers and their students Navigating learning in the age of COVID-19 and Beyond Around the world in many countries, teachers are heading back to their classrooms this month. Here are several tips to help you navigate the “COVID-19 classroom.” Tip #1…Be Flexible– What works for one school or
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How a mother learned to listen to her daughter
How a mother learned to listen to her daughter Masha, a teacher, established an indulgent parenting style with her daughter, Nadya, so they could maintain a good relationship. She thought that by giving Nadya everything she wanted, she was being a good parent. But this parenting style produced the opposite effect. When Masha tried to
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8 Ways teachers change the world
Teachers – you are some of the most influential people in the world. Why?
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Mongolian students learn that they need each other
Mongolian Students Learn That They Need Each Other Eighty teachers who came to the DreamMakers Conference also attended a one-day seminar for additional professional training. All of these teachers had five years or less of teaching experience. One of the elementary teachers enthusiastically shared she had already used lesson 10: “We Need Each Other” in
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Flabbergasted by Forgiveness
Flabergasted by Forgiveness What did you teach my son? I can’t believe the difference in him. He has changed so much,“ the boy’s mother expressed in bewilderment. “The only thing I can attribute it to was that lesson on forgiveness,” the teacher said. Before the boy heard the lesson on forgiveness, he and his brother did
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