Fireside Learning:  Conversations about Education

Class activities and teaching practices (58)

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Anna Billings

Attention Restoration Theory — Natural Settings Help Brain Fatigue

Interesting scientific back-up for how and why natural outdoor settings are beneficial for us humans — reducing our pent-up stress AND im...

Started by Anna Billings

2 Aug 21
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Laura Gibbs

Censorsing Creativity: Lego decides what you can and cannot do with Lego toys

Just in case you wondered how vigilant corporations are in pursuing their copyrights, consider this case of Lego using legal means to pre...

Started by Laura Gibbs

2 Aug 17
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Laura Gibbs

Remember "Grammar Through Proverbs"...? I finally did it!

Hi everybody! You might remember my plans for a "Grammar Through Proverbs" project for my students from my blog posts this past year. Wel...

Started by Laura Gibbs

2 Aug 9
Reply by Laura Gibbs
Ian Carmichael

EFFECTIVENESS - helps and hampers

Hi all, I was just browsing the OECD feeds the other day, and see they've produced a report on teacher effectiveness (it's listed on the ...

Started by Ian Carmichael

21 Aug 5
Reply by Connie Weber
Mark Pennington

The Reading-Writing Connection

English-language Arts teachers often talk about the reading-writing connection. The say, "Teaching reading and writing strategies concurr...

Started by Mark Pennington

4 Jul 23
Reply by Evy I. Siregar
Laura Gibbs

SUCCESS: What really worked for you this year...?

For many of us, it's the end of the school year... and summer is a great time to reflect on the year's successes! Please take a minute to...

Started by Laura Gibbs

25 Jul 5
Reply by Mark Pennington
Anna Billings

The Role of Creative Imagination in Learning

Spontaneous, quick thinking, problem solving is often attributed to our capacity for creative imagination. Along with this comes the abil...

Started by Anna Billings

0 Jul 4
S Mann

Free Quality Teaching Tools & Resources - Ed Portal

As a teacher, I have spent far too much time collecting decent and quality teaching tools. Today, I working to inform K12 teachers about...

Started by S Mann

0 Jun 25
Or-Tal Kiriati

Games are the new School

I posted this on my blog the other day - but it's really a discussion I am more interested in. Through comments I received I also found o...

Started by Or-Tal Kiriati

0 Jun 18
Andrew

Quaglia Institute: Aspirations

Anyone out there with firsthand experience integrating the Quaglia Institute Aspirations Program into their schools? Pros? Cons? First-ha...

Started by Andrew

6 Jun 5
Reply by Michael J. Corso, Ph.D.

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