Author: MiddleWeb

11/18/2013

Teaching Visual Literacy

Kevin Hodgson tells how he helps students learn to read and interpret diagrams, maps, and infographics “packed with numbers and statistics and images.”

Articles / Relationships & Trust

11/17/2013

Can Teachers and Students Be Friends?

Teachers should be friendly with students but avoid adult-style friendships, say Larry Ferlazzo & Rick Wormeli in this excerpt from Classroom Management Q&A.

Book Reviews / Tablets in the Classroom

11/15/2013

Teaching with Tablets: Integrating tablets with effective instruction

Teaching with Tablets, says reviewer Joy Kirr, is a brief, useful guide from Frey, Fisher & Gonzalez describing how to leverage the increasing availability of tablets and iPads by tying their use to best instructional practices.

Book Reviews / STEM

11/14/2013

STEM Lesson Essentials: Integrating Science, Tech, Engineering, & Math

Starting out in STEM? The authors provide practical and engaging activities to help novice & experienced teachers along the path and provide school leaders without a STEM background the information they need to help guide program development.

Best Practices / Book Reviews

11/14/2013

Turning Best Practices into Daily Practices: Simple Strategies

Beninghof’s book of best practices is rich with examples of how to increase student participation, focus attention & strengthen memory, says Linda Biondi.

Articles / Media Literacy

11/13/2013

STEAM & Media Literacy

Media literacy consultant Frank W. Baker considers some of the ways that media arts intersect with STEM and present STEAM learning opportunities.

Book Reviews / Mentor Texts / Nonfiction

11/11/2013

Finding the Heart of Nonfiction: 7 Essential Tools with Mentor Texts

Heard helps teachers consider the potential of mentor texts and the creativity that nonfiction writing skills can encourage, says reviewer Kevin Hodgson.