Once Upon a Device- Reading Activities
TeachersReadingTeacher CafeEducationCreativityOften, teachers have to use material that is older than the students, written in archaic language, and that take place in countries and imaginary worlds our learners have no experience with. Activities should help learners visualize and experience these worlds and have a better understanding of the mindset of the characters. Many apps inspire creativity and provide multimedia rich experiences and story creation.
How to Greatly Improve Your English Pronunication
TeachersSpeakingTeacher CafeLanguageEducationLearning to pronounce English words correctly can be one of the hardest parts of learning English. Languages have different sounds that other languages may not have, so learners will have to learn how to make completely new sounds.
ESL/ ELL Error Correction- Yes, No or Maybe?
TeachersTeacher CafeLanguageEducationTeachers must decide whether or not to offer correction in every class. Appropriate correction and feedback is a staple of the ESL, ELL, and EFL classroom, just the same as activities and drills are. Too much and too little correction can hinder results.
Lifelong Learning is a Crucial Educational Mindset
TeachersTeacher CafeEducationPersonal FinanceDoctors, lawyers and other professionals never stop learning new techniques and strategies to hone their craft and remain on the cutting edge in their field- and so too, do teachers.
Online Safety
TeachersInternet CultureTeacher CafeEducationCybersecurityOnline Safety: A Teacher's Guide to Dealing with Cyberbullying, Sexting, and Student Privacy is an article by Sarah Muthler, to increase awareness to educators regrading the safety for their students while they are online.
Strategies for Helping Students Motivate Themselves
TeachersTeacher CafeEducationPsychologyA look at how practical classroom strategies are used to reinforce four key qualities of students motivation. The four qualities that are discussed in the article are autonomy, competence, relatedness and relevance.
Comma Story- TED-Ed
TeachersGrammarTeacher CafeEducationWatch this TED-Ed entry of the Comma Story by Terisa Folaron, with your students and have them visually understand what a comma is and what is does. Remember the lessons on the side for discussion.
Best Games for ESL Teachers
TeachersGamingTeacher CafeEducationGamesGames and fun activities are vital part of teaching languages. Whether you are teaching adults or children, games will liven up your lesson and leave your students wanting more.
Twisted Wave - A Browser-based Audio Editor
TeachersSpeakingTeacher CafeTechnologyEducationThrough Twisted Wave you can create and edit spoken audio recordings from scratch. Your completed recording tracks can be exported to Google Drive and SoundCloud. You can import and edit existing recordings you have as well.
8 Ways to Get Reluctant Readers to Read
TeachersReadingTeacher CafeEducationReading is known to have obvious benefits, such as improving vocabulary and increasing the breadth of knowledge that one has. But recent studies have shown other benefits of reading.
The Hunt for the 'Secret Sauce' of Digital Learning
TeachersTeacher CafeTechnologyEducationResearch shows that some schools are successful and other are not when it comes to implementing digital learning initiatives. A study released by the America's Promise Alliance Center for Promise, "Wired to Learn K-12 Students in the Digital Classroom" looks at how schools were successful at implementing digital strategies.
25 Attention-Grabbing Tips for the Classroom
TeachersTeacher CafeEducationA fantastic list of tips from the Edutopia community on how to gain the attention of your students. Watch the Google Slides presentation, try the tips and add your own ideas to carter directly to your classroom and environment.
BAM! Radio Network
TeachersListeningTeacher CafeEducationMediaBAM! Radio Network is connecting the voices of the education village. Listen to several different areas of education in these radio segments. Connect, learn and subscribe to the podcast station to listen and learn more.
What Teens are Learning From 'Serial' and Other Podcasts
TeachersListeningTeacher CafeEducationMediaEducators have access to an enormous amount of content through the use of podcasts. Michael Godsey, an English Teacher in California made a decision to use a public radio podcast in the classroom and it was a wise one. The podcast of the murder-mystery 'Serial' was just the beginning.
Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement
TeachersTeacher CafeEducationSocietyEighth graders speak out about what engages them. A group of 220 students responded and the results fall under 10 categories that appeared over and over. Read the full article and learn from the student perspective, what engages them the most.
Why Aren't More Schools Using Free, Open Tools?
TeachersTeacher CafeEducationBusinessA great read for any anyone in the education field. The article written by, Katrnia Schwartz highlights discussions and view from both sides.
How to Use the Google Newspaper Archive
TeachersHistoryReadingTeacher CafeEducationTechnologyHow-toA short YouTube video about the basics of using Google Newspaper Archive for classroom use. Search for local and regional content for your students, classes and lessons.
Literacy Through Photography for English-Language Learners
TeachersPhotographyReadingTeacher CafeEducationLanguagePaulo Freier encouraged a broader definition of literacy to include the ability to understand both "the word and the world". Literacy includes reading, writing, listening, speaking and analyzing a wide range of texts that include both print and non-print texts.
Schools Power Up Their Bandwidth to Manage BYOD Demands
TeachersTeacher CafeTechnologyEducationBusinessDistricts use a combination of planning, teamwork and the right technology to revamp the network backbone in support of BYOD and other bandwidth-heavy innovations.