5 Minutes tips

https://twitter.com/marctaylor17

I recently found a new twitter account from an educator in Tennessee, Marc Taylor. Although he is interested in science, he often posts about general education tips and news. Taylor recently posted a link to twenty tips when you have five minutes left in class. The tips are simple and would work in any class. Most of the tips involve writing down questions and saving them for the class. The tips offer an opportunity for the teacher to have an easy class opener the next day. Tip #8 caught my eye when I saw Twitter. With technology taking over, twitter is a great and easy way to get students involved in learning. It can be as simple as, "Tweet one fact you learned in class today." The teacher can create a class # to ensure every student contributes. Taylor also tweets out a lot of links to new scientific research being done around the world.

Marc Taylor @marctaylor17 · Mar 27

20 tips for when you have 5 minutes left in a lesson.... - Innovate My School http://ln.is/innovatemyschool.com/5UiNc …

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"Homework Hassles"

http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/homeworktips/homeworktips002.shtml

The "green light" strategy for having students get their homework done is a great plan. It can work in any grade level for any subject. By giving students a few minutes at the end of class to do some of the first few problems, it allows you as the teacher to walk around and assist any student who may be having trouble. For high school students, this may help eliminate the "I didn't have time between work and extra curricular," excuse. In a history class, I would allow my students to work together and quiz each other on definitions, people, places, events, etc.

Cheryl Costello: Twitter

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Tweeter Cheryl Costello seems to focus a lot on technology in the classroom. In the last few hours, 3/16/15 at approximately 8:30pm, Cheryl has posted six tweets about technology. The tweets give links to more resources. My favorite tweet from today leads to a great visual about technology today. The visual gives many different ways that technology can be, and will be used in education up to the year 2020. The cloud will be beneficial in any class I teach in the future. It will give students the opportunity to start work in the classroom on one device and finish it at home, on another device with great ease,

Cheryl Costello @cherylcostello · 2h2 hours ago

A Beautiful Visual on How Technology Is Transforming 21st Century Education #edtech http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2015/03/a-beautiful-visual-on-how-technology-is.html …

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Keeping in Touch

http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/responsiveclassroom/responsiveclassroom017.shtml

Communicating with a student's parents can be one of the most beneficial actions taken by a teacher, to ensure that learning is happening in school and at home. Often times, a phone call from a teacher is in response to negative behavior or sub-par grades in class. Carol Davis and Alice Yang give teachers ideas on how to successfully and effectively speak with parents about student progress. Phone calls should be made more then just when there is an issue int he classroom. If a student has made a significant stride in their education, it is worth it to reach out to the parents. While many of the tips, like the "exit pass: 'today i feel proud that I...'", seemed directed towards elementary level classes there were some stated that could be potentially be used in a high school classroom, like a weekly newsletter about what is happening in the classroom. If the parents are involved in their child's education, it is likely that conversations will be brought up about things in the newsletters -- "What happened to Nixon after the Watergate Scandal?" or "How far did you get on your Prezi project that is due next week?" The main objective of the enhanced teacher to parent communication is to create educational participation between students and their parents.

History Education: the hier

https://twitter.com/thenhier

The Twitter account History Education gives a lot of opportunities for conferences and advise about teaching history and tips for students to find sources and how to write sources analysis'. The account links teachers, students, and historians.

History Education @thenhier · Feb 16

Using visual arts to teach historical empathy: new blog by Katherine Joyce on Picasso and Spanish Civil War http://thenhier.ca/en/content/feeling-emotions-war-developing-historical-empathy-through-visual-arts …

Blogs are shared to show different types of teaching methods, in order to teach new material.

What Students think about using iPads in School

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/02/what-students-think-about-using-ipads-in-school/

Technology in moving into schools faster and faster. The types of technology are ever changing. Students are starting to stray away from the typical notebook and pencil in class and moving to iPads. Many students like that using the iPad gives them the opportunity to hand in homework on certain apps. Everything is right in the palm of the student's hand -- notes, homework, syllabus, etc. Although there may be glitches in the technology, most students are interested in using the iPads. The immense amount of apps in the app store, can be used in a variety of classes. History classes could use the iPad to create projects, such as timelines, iMovies, etc. Students may also use iPads to keep notes organized as well. Student Anthony Mainiero, on the other hand, would rather have class be more fun and wouldn't mind straying away from the iPads to go on more field trips.

Rap is Education

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From Rap Music to Deep Learning Across the Curriculum

Mike Lombardo's video about rapping and its relationship to literature opened my eyes to a new way to educating students. It is safe to say, more people are becoming interested in rap music and its uses of specific grammatical techniques. I am constantly going back to implementing live performances in my future history classes. Have the students create and recite a piece of poetry in a flipped classroom environment. I could give each student a topic to teach the class about and their poetry will help them develop a sense of ways to use/create different types of literature in their learning. Someone so famous for spitting out the most intense songs, some more than others, is being used to show that rap can help students learn, not only in English classes.