Category Archives: classroom
Back-to-School
Every year, back-to-school brings reawakening to its community with new students, teachers, and potential. It’s back to school time again. I don’t mean pre-back-to-school time, as in the two last weeks of August where you are getting your last taste of summer, going to some meetings, and setting up classrooms. Now, we really are back-to-school [...]
Networking, Not Just for Business Anymore
When you think networking, you are picturing men and women in a conference room wearing suits, chatting and exchanging business cards. Well, let me expand your notions of networking to include you and your colleagues. First, the definition…Networking is a socioeconomic activity by which groups of like-minded professionals recognize, create, or act upon opportunities. As [...]
Using Social Media in the Classroom: A Parent’s Perspective
When we went to school, parents were mainly “locked out” of the classroom except for back-to-school nights and parent/teacher conferences. As such, students served as filters between parents and the classroom. Teachers sent notes home through students, and at every dinner table parents would ask, “So, Honey, how was school today?” Then, children would report [...]
Using Social Media in the Classroom: A Teacher’s Perspective
Social media has been a “hot topic” for the past couple of years. Individuals use it to connect with old friends and to communicate their daily lives into cyberspace. More and more companies are using Facebook and Twitter to promote their wares and brands. As a teacher, if you have not already started to use [...]
Education Resolutions for Teachers
Let’s face it. Teaching is tough!!! You start the school year with youthful exuberance and high hopes, but quickly, you are treading water, just barely getting everything done, and many of your plans have fallen short or even off the radar entirely. Winter Break could not have come a day later. During the break, you [...]