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October 15, 2014
What Are Teachers’ Rights and Risks on Social Media?
Scott McLeod talks with Vicki Davis about teacher’s rights and legal issues to consider when using social media. In this episode of Every Classroom Matters, Scott reminds us educators should be aware that teachers are representatives of their employers and legallydo not have a right to privacy even in their lives outside of school. If this sounds extreme, take a listen so you canunderstand the legal aspects of a teachers using social media.
October 14, 2014
Heart’s Cry to Great Teachers: Bring You
Don’t ask your students to be you. You are not creating mini-me’s. That is not your goal.
The average teacher thinks about talking cessation – thesuperior teachercares about inspiring the next generation.
Aimlesspeople are Columbus kind of people — when they set sail, they don’t know where they are going. When they get there, they don’t know where they are. When they get back, they have no idea where they’ve been. (heard from a Brian Tracey recording)
Be purposeful. Know where you’re heading. Ce...
October 13, 2014
How to Connect Your Classroom: Case Study with Andrew Cohen of @Brainscape
Start-ups are good for our country. Most students don’t know what they are. I want to infuse a start-up mentality in my classroomas I help studentsunderstand innovation. Creation is good. Inventing is hard. If you’re an independent thinker: hire yourself and create a start-up. Recently my ninth gradersconnected via Google Hangout with the CEO of Brainscape, Andrew Cohen.
What is Brainscape?
Brainscape is a scientifically-based flashcardtoolthat lets students learn fasterthan traditional flashca...
October 10, 2014
6 Ways to Motivate Teachers: Be the Hope
If you haveone technology helpingkids learn morethan anything else, would you care forit? You bet you would. You’d lock it away. You’d polish it. You’d make sure no one messed with it. You’d take good care of it.
Well you have that one thing. Study after study shows that one thing is teachers.Besides the paycheck and the staff meeting “thanks for all you do” — do you take care of them?
A game my childhood friends and I played comes to mind. We had this “merry go round spinny thing” (as we calle...
October 9, 2014
BAMMY 2014 – Best Talk Show Host Vicki Davis [Video]
Being a teacher is pretty thankless but if a kind note every comes you way, it just means so much. Very grateful. I will treasure this one and aspire to be helpful and encouraging to an incredible profession who needs to again glimpse their own nobility in the mirror.
BAM Radio Network has gone from 67,000 visitors a month to over 600,000 visitors a month just in the past year. That 600,000 is largely educators.Every Classroom Mattershas been part of this network for 18 months and over 10...
October 4, 2014
Lisa Durff: Happy (Reverse April Fools) Birthday to a Servant Leader Among Us
Lisa Durff is an educator who helps others and frequently volunteers for online education causes.Lisa isa kind-hearted servant-leader with a birthdayon April 1. (The joke is on me — I logged into Google Plus and it said her birthday was today October 5– Google Plus is wrong somehow. I’m still not taking this down because she’s amazing – so why not just say thank you anyway — reverse April Fools Joke)
You’llnoticeLisa’s name on theEvery Classroom Matters’show notes. If you email me, she’ll prob...
October 3, 2014
Finding the Best Teaching Apps, Tools and Resources with @kathyschrock
Super-helpful educator Kathy Schrock discusses the importance of curation. Kathy was trained as a librarian who has been curating sources since 1995. She found thatpeople used her pages for assessment tools and appsthe most on her website, which is chock full of curated sources. If you are curating resources, this is a must listen.
Our guest today, Kathy Schrock, has been curating teaching resources for almost two decades. In this segment she shares insights, resources and advice for smart cur...
October 2, 2014
How Simulation Games Can Teach Complex Subjects
How can higher-ed and high school students interact in online spaces and both learn? Dr.Jeff Stanzler uses simulations to engage high school and college students in a powerful study of geo-politics. Dr. Stanzler has seen students develop empathy for the very real people who are embroiled in geo-political conflicts around the world. Host Vicki Davis’ students participate in his Arab-Israeli Conflict Simulations every September – December. Let’s learn more about how simulations work.
September 30, 2014
6 Reading Comprehension Problems and What to Do About Them
High school history has a tremendous obstacle to learning — getting students enthusiastic about reading difficult texts. When I teach World History to my 9th graders, I have come up with a list of 6 common challenges I face when trying teach reading comprehension. Here’s a glimpse into how I meet these 6 challenges and help my students win!
Note from Vicki Davis: WhenI find great products,I see if there is a fantastic teacher who is using the product every day to write the post. Actively Learn...
September 29, 2014
Win Grants and Promote Safe Driving with #CelebrateMyDrive
Car crasheshave beenthe number one killer of our teenagers for more than 30 years. With cell phones, distracted driving is causing even more deaths! Join #celebratemydrive topromote driving safetyand win GRANTS(they are giving ten (10) – $100,000 grants AND ninety (90) – $25,000 grants!).
Jointhe State Farm 2014 Celebrate My Drive Programby registering your school by October 7. After October 7 you will have your students and parents take online safe driving pledges as...
