http://information-age-education.com Transforming Teaching for the New Millennium Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:27:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Walking down memory lane on the path that leads to my school days, I’m reminiscing about the teachers who remain evergreen in my thoughts even today. Each was as different as the flowers in a garden, but as a collective whole, they added value to my life in more ways ... http://information-age-education.com/whats-your-idea-of-an-ideal-teacher/ Every teacher in their first school year will experience the highs and the lows of the profession. There will be moments when you've really connected with a particular student and all your hard work to be in front of a classroom is rewarded. But there is ... http://information-age-education.com/how-to-avoid-the-first-year-burnout/ Tonight I went to the US Premiere of The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard. It's a fabulous educational video about stuff. It's important to examine where stuff comes from and where it goes and all of the seen and unseen pieces in-between and this video short does a ... http://information-age-education.com/the-story-of-stuff-a-new-video-for-a-new-paradigm/ There are millions of websites... and the number grows daily. It can take time to sort great teaching sites from those that aren't as helpful. Yet, there is a tool to make the job easy. It's called social bookmarking. Watch this helpful YouTube video about the value of del.icio.us, one ... http://information-age-education.com/web-research-made-easy-with-social-bookmarking/ "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" are among the unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence. I'd like to focus on the latter of these inalienable rights, "the pursuit of happiness", and how it relates to schools. Education would serve us better as individuals, a society and a ... http://information-age-education.com/pursing-happiness-%e2%80%a6-and-catching-it/ Dr. Noah St. John has created a way to help you change your life. It's called afformations. It's a method of asking questions that focuses on what you'd like to create. Most people, including teachers and our students, ask lousy questions. Questions such as "Why am I so broke?" and ... http://information-age-education.com/afformations-youtube-video-ask-better-questions-in-your-life/ The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has identified financial literacy as a 21st Century Content area. We as adults need to be financially savvy and we need to impart that money sense to our students and children. Tonight one of my girlfriends, Wendy Sterndale, told me about an awesome book offer ... http://information-age-education.com/suze-orman-supports-financial-literacy-for-women/ We know that kids (and adults) learn in different ways. Why not find or make some songs about your subject? Create some appropriate hand gestures that further support learning. On Pi Day my students had to create a poem or song about Pi using at least 5 facts about the number. ... http://information-age-education.com/multiple-intelligences-and-total-physical-response-in-math/ Teacher Vicki Davis of coolcatblog created this excellent video about technology and the fear that people have around using it. It's hosted on TeacherTube.com, a new educational alternative to YouTube.[avi width="640" height="480"]http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=d9fe611d5a8e90fefdc9[/avi] For more information on the reasons we need to teach technology in the schools, watch the presentation on ... http://information-age-education.com/technology-fear-factor-video/ Standardized tests are a part of our current educational paradigm, regardless of your opinion on their merits. So how can we continue to promote critical thinking in the context of preparing our students for district and state-mandated tests? One idea that I've found really helpful is to focus on teaching test ... http://information-age-education.com/teaching-strategies-standardized-test-practice/