Classroom management and the ability to manage your class is an integral part of becoming a successful teacher. It is of the utmost importance for a teacher to manage and control their class from the get go. If you cannot manage the class accordingly, your students will lose respect and become undisciplined. Here are some general ideas and strategies that…
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4 Important Tips For Staying Safe While Learning How To Draw Graffiti
There are millions of admirers of street art today. You may be one of them. Learning how to draw graffiti is on the bucket list of many, and that’s something that is grand. However, you can’t just go and buy some spray paint and get really good at this. You’ll need to look at how to learn properly, and how…
3 Tips for Learning Spanish With FSI Spanish (Foreign Service Institute)
In this article I am going to give you some tips or secrets on learning Spanish With FSI Spanish (Foreign Service Institute). By following these 3 tips or secrets to learning FSI Spanish, you will find that the course is lot more effective and enjoyable. 1. Review the lessons between 4 to 5 times If you are using the FSI…
Teaching Music to Kids – Tips and Strategies
Music is one good thing to teach to children and in fact, those children who start learning music at an early age tends to become good in their chosen fields and does well with reading music, playing instruments and other goals they pursue in terms of music. If you are looking forward to teaching music to kids, here are a…
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…
Engaging Students in Learning – Tips and Ideas
A brain-based classroom is one in which students are actively engaged in learning. What exactly does it mean for students to be actively engaged? It certainly is not having students complete worksheets, answer basic questions, or take notes of a lecture. Take a minute to think about the definitions of these two words. The word active means moving, working, participating,…
Teacher Oriented Teaching Methods
What is the teacher oriented teaching method? In a simple and précised meaning, the Teacher oriented teaching method comprises of the ideologies and techniques used by teachers to pass learning to a student. These strategies are determined relatively on the subject matter to be taught. For a particular teaching manner to be suitable and effective it has to be in…
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…
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…