Lesson Planning: One Key to Success
Consistent and quality lesson planning is one of the professional responsibilities that will help you to succeed as teacher in the modern educational environment.
Lesson Planning: One Key to Success
Writing Better Prompts for AI in Education
Many in the educational community have a great deal of fear and concern regarding how ChatGPT and AI in general are used in the classroom by students. I believe that one of the ways that this fear and concern can be alleviated is to start to learn and use ChatGPT for educational tasks and build comfort with this new and growing technology.
Three Components of Digital Feedback
It used to be commonplace for teachers to give written feedback to students on the paper assignments that they turned in. However, as districts moved to digital grade books and student information systems, much of this feedback faded away. While much of this feedback is given to students in other forms, there are common practices among feedback practices. Feedback to students is a critical part of the learning process, as it closes the information processing loop, and it allows students to learn from the mistakes and problems that they make during learning the learning process. Solid and effective feedback must have three major components for it to be useful and effective for students: specific, articulable, and actionable. These three components make feedback given to students on daily assignments and assessments useful to allow them to take corrective action in the learning process.
3 Principals Innovative Teachers Should Practice
Three driving principals that can help teachers to become more creative and build back their passion for the classroom.
Establishing Boundaries for Mental Health in Education | Balance & Well-being
Over the past several years in the educational realm, educators at all levels have started to talk about the need for taking care of their mental health. Mental health is an important aspect of every professional, especially in education because it is a hard job. One way that educators can be proactive in taking care of their mental health is to setup reasonable boundaries for when they work, respond to emails or take work home. This helps to build in balance between work and personal life, but also to setup reasonable expectations for the job that parents and administrator can and should adhere to.
Back to School: A Time for Change
As we as teachers get ready to head back to school for another school year, I find myself reflecting on what worked and what didn’t work in the previous school year. These last couple of weeks of summer break is a time that I use to think about what processes, procedures or practices. This is especially true for classroom policies that are hard or unable to be changed midway through a semester. These are why I try to plan changes for the beginning of the school year.
Efficient School Cloud Drive Organization and File Naming Strategy
Another school year has come and gone. Now that I have time over summer break, I am going to work on organizing my work cloud drive to help bring a bit more order to the chaos that every school year inherently has. Every year I say that I am going to be better about keeping my work cloud drive neat and organized, but then the reality of creating files and assignments on the fly sets in and I just drop files in where I can so that I can move on to something else.
Using ChatGPT to Create Assignment and Project Rubric
Many in the educational community have a great deal of fear and concern regarding how ChatGPT and AI in general are used in the classroom… Read More »Using ChatGPT to Create Assignment and Project Rubric
Leadership Styles
Six leadership styles—Transformational, Delegative, Authoritative, Transactional, Participative, and Servant—are outlined, emphasizing their distinct approaches to change, delegation, vision-building, reward systems, collaborative decision-making, and people-first ethics, respectively. Leaders often blend these styles, with one typically being predominant. Understanding personal leadership style is crucial for leaders, as it influences team dynamics, motivation, and organizational success.
Adding a Drawing Tablet to Improve Grading and Feedback
This past calendar year, I have been working to improve my grading and assessment processes. I want to make these processes transparent, streamlined, and provides… Read More »Adding a Drawing Tablet to Improve Grading and Feedback