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Cool Cat Teacher, Vicki Davis, Offers Advice to New Teachers

Cool Cat Teacher, Vicki Davis, Offers Advice to New Teachers

Recently, I sent a request to some top blogging teachers asking them the question: What is the best advice you can give a new teacher? Today I received a response from Vicki Davis from Cool Cat Teacher. Vicki’s blog has won the 2008 Edublog Award for Best Teacher Blog, among many others. Her advice to […]

10 Ways To Get Student Respect – whatedsaid.wordpress.com – Today’s Power Post

10 Ways To Get Student Respect  – whatedsaid.wordpress.com – Today’s Power Post

One of the most important words in any classroom is RESPECT. A lot of teachers demand it from their students, but often times don’t get it. That’s when they begin to get frustrated and lose their patience with the students. One of the best lessons for new teachers to learn is how to get respect […]

Pizza Pages by TeacherTipster.com – Today’s Power Post

Pizza Pages by TeacherTipster.com – Today’s Power Post

Hey everybody, One of the main problems that a teacher has to deal with is what to do when a student finishes an activity early. Students who are not busy doing something will often find something to do that you don’t want them to do, like distract the other students. Dustin from TeacherTipster.com has come […]

5 Blog Posts That Every New Teacher Should Read

5 Blog Posts That Every New Teacher Should Read

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 […]