One of the first things I tell my student teachers is, “Don’t be their friend.” This is one lesson that new teachers have a tough time learning. We all want to be connected with the students. We want them to trust us and want to see us as their friend, but it’s important to create […]
Hello everybody, I want to share with you what I’ve done this year with YouTube. When I give lectures, I use Powerpoint, moving from slide to slide as I speak. The students copy down the notes from the slide, and these notes become what they study with for the test. I don’t use the book […]
I’ve been asked a lot about dealing with students who are being disruptive in class. I always tell them that there are different levels of disruption. The more serious disruptions need to be handled immediately with the student being sent out of class to the office. The more common disruptions, however, can be, and should […]
When I started out as a teacher, I was thrown into a classroom, given a teachers version of the text, and left alone. That first year was tough. I learned so much through trial and error. I could have used some of the advice I found recently searching the blogging world. I thought I’d share […]