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Tenacious Teacher Podcast: Fear Not the Silence 12 Dec 2008 | 10:20 am
In this installment of The Tenacious Teacher, she talks about the idea that silence followed by a question is more than okay. However, there are guidelines a teacher should follow when practicing this...
Tenacious Teacher Podcast: Consequences of Experience 12 Dec 2008 | 09:31 am
In this episode of The Tenacious Teacher, she explores the concept of knowing your subject, and being able to teach your subject well. It’s one thing to be knowledgeable of the subject. It’s another t...
My Podcast: Cooperative Learning 10 Dec 2008 | 12:44 pm
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Tenacious Teacher Podcast: Test Administration 9 Dec 2008 | 02:36 pm
In this episode of the Tenacious Teacher, she discusses the topic of test administration. There are 4 components to this process: starting the test, monitoring, addressing concerns, and wrapping up t...
Chapter 9 5 Dec 2008 | 05:29 pm
To effectively manage your classroom, chapter 9 talks about the importance of student-teacher relationships. The ability to connect with your students individually can be just as important as what the...
Chapter 8 27 Nov 2008 | 04:05 pm
In Chapter 8, I’ll start out by saying I enjoyed the section on developing a step-by-step lesson plan. It’s normal for beginning teachers to spend hours creating the perfect lesson plan, but after awh...
Chapter 5 / Tools of the Mind / Creative Play and Scientific Inquiry 26 Nov 2008 | 04:34 pm
One topic from the chapter that interested me was the idea of Discovery Learning and its affects on students. It’s so often that teachers and parents overlook the importance of playtime, for they see ...
Ch 4 / Ch 11 / Ways of Teaching Thinking 12 Nov 2008 | 12:40 pm
I was particularly interested in the idea of teaching effective learning strategies in the classroom (Ch. 4). It wasn’t until college, that I learned how to learn. Not only did my grades improve, but ...
Chapter 3 / Video Games 27 Oct 2008 | 04:24 pm
In chapter 3, I particularly enjoyed the section on modeling desired behaviors and the profound effect it has on students. So much of what we do, not what we necessarily say, is noticed by our student...
Chapter 2 / Learning Facts 12 Oct 2008 | 08:55 am
In chapter 2, Learning, Cognition, and Memory, we basically learned how to learn, and how to teach our students to learn more effectively. To become familiar with the models of human memory and relate...
