Looking for Real Life Data?

Teachers often say they want to relate math to real life, using real data.  However, they rarely know where to find applicable data for students to use.  This blog entry shares details about an excellent online data source. The best part is that it is free!

Restructuring Your Teaching Style Mid-Career

As the common core standards take root in schools across the United States, many teachers find themselves faced with a mid-career teaching style change.  The blog entry about components of a successful teaching style discusses some positive aspects a teacher could focus on to find success.

Control in a Classroom

Are teachers or students ultimately in the most control of a class's learning?  This blog entry explores the validity of teachers being paid based on student performance.  It addresses aspects of students ultimately having the power to learn and to exert power over a teacher by bombing or passing a test.  Interesting food for thought. Be sure to check it out!

Is Your Classroom Too Warm?

What is the best temperature for a classroom?  It seems that my students are always too warm or too cold and they keep trying to open the windows.  In an old building, it is a big issue.  Wearing layers is the best remedy, but how warm should it be for optimal learning? To read more about the best temperature in a classroom click here.

Get Smarter During the Summer - Tips to Avoid Summer Learning Loss

Want to encourage your children or students to get smarter during the summer?  Then follow these simple tips this summer.  Keeping reading and writing skills up over the summer is easy to do and fun as well!

Is the iPad worth buying for a long-term school investment?

Wondering if investing in iPad technology is a good or bad idea for your school?  Many people debate whether or not the iPad will still be around in a few years.  As such, investing in this type of technology remains up in the air for many school districts.  Read this article to learn more about a study addressing the popularity of the iPad in 2015.

Impact of Wireless Technology on Classroom Teaching

Have you reflected about the future of education if wireless devices such as the iPad are used instead of textbooks? The impact could change how schools do business, from storage changes to daily classroom management. Read more about the impact of wireless technology on education here.

Teacher Group on Facebook

From now until the end of May, join the Teacher Tidbits group on Facebook.  After May, the group will become a closed group so teachers can network and talk in private without the peeping eyes of their students.  It is a great way to have a world-wide teacher's lounge, full of all sorts of teaching advice and networking.  You never know who you might meet!

Using a Blog as a Classroom Tool

Do you love to blog? Across the country more teachers are actively incorporating blogging into their classroom projects.  They have students reflect on main concepts and provide educational feedback to each other.  To learn more specifics related to blogging I would suggest reading "Using Blogs and Blogging in Education."  Do you use blogging in your classroom?

Fixing No Child Left Behind and its Impact on Parents and Students

Are you interested in the proposed changes to the No Child Left Behind Act?  The changes will require communication between the school and parents as well as students.  The shift from being test centered to creating competent graduates is the primary change in NCLB.  To read more about how the proposed changes will affect you, visit "Fixing No Child Left Behind Requires Parent and Student Commitment."