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Jong Yun Baek From Marietta, GA - 6 Tips to Help You Become an Innovative Educator
Classrooms are ever-evolving. As time and innovation gradually changes the manner in which the present students learn and adjust to new ideas, the best instructors are the ones who think outside the normal case.
By Scott Huish4 years ago in Education
3 Ways to Strengthen Your Skills as an Educator
One of the greatest things about education is that the learning process is never over, because there is always something to learn and new ways to do it. It isn't limited to only school or college-aged students. No matter what your age, your place in life or how many years of education you have there is something for everyone. For educators, this rings especially true. In the world of education, change is constant and it's absolutely necessary to keep up. This not only ensures that you stay relevant as an educator, but that you're able to deliver a quality education to your students as well. With so much of today's educational programming taking place online, learning and growing is more convenient and flexible than ever. Here are three ways to work with all that's available, while also strengthening both your skills as an educator and the bond you have with your students.
By Robert Cordray4 years ago in Education
New Ways
This is new to me and with everything going on in this world it just made it harder to do the simple things. I couldn't even do my job the way that I am used to. I teach children with autism and it's not easy doing this job with my students because I can't be there to actually help them. Doing this through a computer is not the way to teach them. They need one on one/ face to face interactions. Yes, I can see them and talk to them through the computer....but it's not the same thing. They are in their own environment and they have so man distractions in their own home. They also do not always have the most involved parents while they are doing online learning. So, this makes helping them with their work....just a little ore challenging.
By Kristin Parsley4 years ago in Education
The Burden of the Back
When we’re younger and unencumbered by social structures and what they deem acceptable, our curiosity is often met by some action that elicits further exploration. Imagine: you’re six years old, walking on the sidewalk, careful to not step on any of the cracks, because we all know what happens if you step on a crack. And your attention now directs itself to a weed growing in between the gap of the sidewalk. And mind you, this weed is accompanied by a particularly outstanding dandelion, so anything that you were doing before now becomes moot. When you bend down to take a closer look at your subject, you notice nature’s way of carefully placing the petals in a certain arrangement that you are now committed to detailing in your next art class project. As you’re now bending down on the pavement with your eyes fixed on this dandelion, your mind is elsewhere: your teacher is going to be so proud when she sees that you drew the most beautiful and realistic dandelion she has ever seen in her whole entire life. In dreamily thinking about your success, something breaks the fixation of your eyes as it crosses your visual path: an ant. It doesn’t seem to have much direction, and you wonder which place the ant lives. You scramble around looking for other ants. Where are its friends? Friends...friends...ant friends. You’re really racking your mind here, but you can’t seem to find any other ants. This would have been a much simpler task if you had an ant farm like your teacher. The the ant could just join other ants and make cool tunnels together. Now you’re thinking about how cool ants are and everything you learned about them in class that day.
By Mya Michele4 years ago in Education
Sean Castle | Interactive Teaching & Learning
Sean Castle is a Head Teacher Teaching and Learning in this blog he is sharing sensible effective teaching strategy Interactive teaching is one among the simplest methods of teaching which involves the classroom with yours for learning actively. This innovative teaching strategy features a high impact on the training of a category . Interactive participation helps the teacher to involve with students throughout the teaching which makes the training easier & interesting.
By Sean Castle4 years ago in Education
Play!
Don't children come to school and just play all day? How do they learn if all they do is play? The answer is yes, children come to school on a daily basis to play and learn. While many of you only see your children playing, we preschool teachers see beyond the play and see you children develop skills that they hadn't before, acquire interests that encourage their development, and so much more. Children learn best during well thought out and planned learning activities that include the children playing. The children can play freely and still learn. Though you may be doubting that statement, it is true. Playing freely can help develop children's social and emotional development through various forms of play. This is where our job as a preschool teacher comes into action. In order for your child's learning experience through play to be effective, it is important that we preschool teachers encourage our children through playing in the classroom, encourage peer interaction, initiate the play, ask open ended questions, and even take the time to play with the children. Implementing these skills into your child's play encourages them to play and learn, and also gives preschool teachers the opportunity to learn more about the students.
By Samantha Dominguez4 years ago in Education
Teacher Mental Health
Mental health is a hot topic, and one that is brought up for many professions. It’s only been touched on with teachers and how we are affected. It’s more directed at teaching with compassion, trauma-informed teaching, and other areas relating to the students and how we should reach them. It isn’t so much directed at our mental health and wellbeing. And we need help too. We are always on in the classroom, and we don’t get to take breaks as other professions do. We don’t get to decompress like others. We don’t always have access to the support or understanding that is needed to function well.
By Gay Writing Quill4 years ago in Education
Early Childhood Education Experience
My Experience as an Early Childhood Educator As a preschool director and early educator of 12 years, I have had the pleasure to work with children ages 6 weeks to age 5. Children are such intelligent, curious individuals that sometimes it makes me wonder how I can possibly enhance their developmental needs.
By Samantha Dominguez4 years ago in Education