What better way to introduce your students to a short online research project than with a state report? There are lots of fun state history project ideas for teachers to share with their elementary students to get them excited about the unique history of their state. These ideas don't have to involve lots of prep either, but your students will love … [Read more...]
How to Get Students to Use Your Feedback
Giving students feedback is a district-wide instructional strategy where I work. There's no denying that specific, clear feedback given in a timely manner can have a huge impact on student learning. And yet...what if you spend extra time and effort to provide such feedback, but your students don't know how to use it to their advantage? That's what … [Read more...]
Fun and Free Typing Lessons for Students
Now that my class has finally gone one-to-one with Chromebooks (yay!), I needed to choose a website that offered typing lessons for students. Here are the must-have features that I was looking for in my selection: Web-based program easy to use (for both teachers and students) free (and not just free to try, but totally free) fun for … [Read more...]