I would never have thought educators create such an elaborate site with a lot of teaching and technology ideas. There is so much information out there for educators. I did find some things that were very appealling to me that I might try. One discussion was about how to get your students to be quiet. The title is called "What are the secrets to classroom management" by Paul H. Strassner. I was intrigued when he told his students that he has fairy dust to help the students fall asleep and to wake-up. I can see how that is entertaining to students. It almost seems he is creating an imaginative classroom for the students to be more engaged with the teacher. I know a lot of us have tried yelling, turning off lights and everything else to get the students to be quiet, even for a second. Another discussion I found that was technology related was the drawing on google maps. I want to try it when we come to a story about a foreign place. (I don't teach Social Studies with my ELL students.) I would help them to know about other countries out their that they haven't heard of.
As I explored more on the site, I saw there were a lot of groups that you can join. It is important to find a group that can help with the things you want to do in class. I know some of us want a more exciting lesson plan and we try to find it on the web. Usually that is time consuming. Chatting with a person who is in the same school level or subject can help to share ideas on how to be more creative with a lesson that is not your forte. There are also tags for technology or by subject. I did look through art and saw they were using technology to bring the assignments to life, even at the elementary level. I am absolutely amaze with this site. It looks like I will be putting this on my Delicious. I could see this helping a lot of my co-workers.
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