No one can tell you which online nursing school is right for you. As a rule, you must be the one who chooses which path to take and how you want to get there. The differences between the online nursing schools are varied and one needs to be aware that they all have their pros and cons. However, if you…
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Using Trade Books in the Classroom
Looking for a way to encourage your students’ interest in a topic? Trade books can provide the needed spark. Trade books, which are primarily designed to entertain and inform outside the classroom, can be used successfully in the classroom to heighten motivation in your students. Trade books cover just about every topic under the sun, so you can probably find…
Teaching Tips – Using the 4 "P’s" of Powerful Teaching
Great teaching does not happen just because you show up to school. In order to be a great teacher, you must be willing to work and work hard. You must continually work at improving your skills, obtaining more knowledge and furthering your development if you are to become a great teacher. Let’s face it, on every campus from elementary to…
Learning Disabilities – 8 Tips For Effective College Registration For Students With LD or ADD
For college students with learning differences, registering for classes can be a critical factor in success. Students who choose their own classes may end up with course loads that are overly-heavy or unbalanced. Some students register with college-at-large advisors, who are unaware of the presence of learning differences and have no knowledge of the students’ learning style(s). Course registration should…
10 Tips For Teaching Middle School Math
As a teacher for 11 years and middle-school math teaching consultant, I’ve seen a wide array of different math programs and classes. I’m sharing here the 10 best teaching tips I’ve compiled over the years. 1. Provide compelling content to study. Years ago, a colleague I was working with said, “Maybe class can be fun, but I can’t make class…
Simple Time Management Tips to Make High School Life Easier
High school student not just study and take classes. They also have to join school activities, socialize and do their homework. Apparently, they always have a lot of work in school and at home. It is essential for high school students to be organized. If you are a high school student, it may seem like you are always running out…
5 Lesson Planning Tips on How to Use Technology Successfully in Your Classroom
The signs of technological revolution are everywhere – kids with their cells and iPods; teachers with their laptops, digital presentations, and parents and teachers and kids with their blackberries. The possibilities of course, are endless… Since we are teachers working in a digital age, we also need to think a bit more digitally in both the user and learner sense…
Selective Mutism — Tips for Helping Teachers Deal with this Anxiety Disorder in the Classroom
Dealing with selective mutism in the classroom can be very difficult and frustrating for teachers. After all, sometimes it seems that a child with selective mutism is merely acting up by not speaking or participating; and, also, it can be hard to judge how much the child has learned when he or she will not read aloud, etc. Selective mutism…
Moving to a New School – Tips For Teens
Wise parents know that changing homes and moving to a new locality can be as stressful for their children, especially teens, as the move may be for them. Therefore, child psychologists advise parents to allow kids a semblance of their ‘now’ with them during and after the move. This simply means parents should encourage their kids to exchange addresses and…