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TEACHING TECHNIQUES- Make Learning Fun-Voice OVERS

Teaching Technique -Make Learning FUN using Technology First let me say I have encountered many teachers who think that teachers should NOT try to make learning fun, they believe that learning is and should be laborious. They believe you have to “burn the midnight oil” and you experi… Continue

Added by William Lambert on May 10, 2009 at 8:03am — No Comments

4Teachers-Legacy

Teaching Technique - Legacy BY DEFINITION: Something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past How do you want your students to remember you? If you are walking in a local mall and one of your former students sees you then runs to give you a hug and a thank you, would that make you happy. If you overheard one of your students saying “she is the best teacher I ever had”, How would that make you feel? What if they did not remember yo… Continue

Added by William Lambert on May 10, 2009 at 8:02am — No Comments

Scholarships on-line

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS ARE NOT APPLYING Even if you do not have a college-aged child at home, please share this with someone who does, pass this scholarship information on to anyone and everyone that comes to mind. Though there are a number of companies and organizations that have donated money for scholarship use to African Americans, a great deal of the money is being returned because of a lack of interest. No one is going to knock on our doors and ask if we can… Continue

Added by William Lambert on May 10, 2009 at 8:01am — No Comments

4TEACHERS- TEACH LIFE’S LESSONS lesson 3

TEACH LIFE LESSONS – LESSON 3 WHAT IS A GOOD JOB? I asked my students this question when I taught at Atlanta Technical Institute. The answers I received were $10.00 an hour, $15.00 and hour and $18.00 an hour. The answers were all about an hourly wage that was going to be earned. My reply to my class was this. Item 1: A good job with respect to wage involves the letter K that is regarding salary. Not an hourly wage but rather a yearly wage. 50k, 60k, 90k, meaning… Continue

Added by William Lambert on May 10, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

4TEACHERS- TEACH LIFE’S LESSONS lesson 2

TEACH LIFE’S LESSONS lesson 2 Marketable Skills PLAN B An education is essential. It is a key that opens doors. It tells potential employers that you are trainable and that you can endure and complete assigned tasks. Sadly, it does NOT guarantee employment. (I wish it did) Even a job in today’s world is not enough. There is NO “job security”. It does not exist as it once did. It right to work states (The one in which I reside) you may be fired for no reason. In any state you ca… Continue

Added by William Lambert on May 10, 2009 at 7:58am — No Comments

4Teachers-Teach them Life's Lessons

Teach Life Lessons If your classes are 55 minutes as were mine when I taught, I suggest you use the last 5 minutes to teach Life Lessons. I know you are evaluated on state or national test score results, but our kids need more. (I often wonder what was Bernard Madoff's (he stole millions from his friends) test score or Marshall Applewhite’s ( Heaven’s Gate Suicide cult leader) test score. I would like to suggest that you start with “HOW TO THINK”. This really… Continue

Added by William Lambert on May 10, 2009 at 7:58am — No Comments

Teaching Technique-LET kids teach KIDS

TEACHING TECHNIQUE –Let Kids Teach Kids This techniques works best in high and middle school. The idea is that the instructors introduces and teachers specific concepts and the allows his or her student to teach the same concept to students in a much lower grade. For example, a Biology teacher, after teaching concepts about the heart in animals can create a Biology show where he allows his Biology students to teach the same concepts to seventh grade Life Science Students. This works part… Continue

Added by William Lambert on April 19, 2009 at 9:58am — No Comments

TEACHING TECHNIQUES- My paradigm

My Educational Paradigm My students are my customers. NO! My students are my clients! The word client implies a long time relationship whereas customer may be a one-shot deal. I am a life-long Learner but more importantly I am a LIFE- LONG TEACHER. My students will always be my stude… Continue

Added by William Lambert on April 19, 2009 at 9:56am — No Comments

Teaching Technique-LEGACY

Teaching Technique - Legacy BY DEFINITION: Something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past How do you want your students to remember you? If you are walking in a local mall and one of your former students sees you then runs to give you a hug and a thank you, would that make you happy. If you overheard one of your students saying “she is the best teacher I ever had”, How would that make you feel? What if they did not remember y… Continue

Added by William Lambert on April 19, 2009 at 9:54am — No Comments

Scholarship to college for low income students

Date: Monday, November 17, 2008, 5:23 PM Harvard University Announcement Harvard University announced over the weekend that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition. In making the announcement, Harvard's president Lawrence H. Summers said, "When only ten percent of the students in elite higher education come from families in the lower half of the income distribution, we are not doing enough. We are not doing enough in bringing elite highe… Continue

Added by William Lambert on November 24, 2008 at 8:30am — No Comments

Paradigm

Paradigm- the key to successful teaching What is it? By definition “an example serving as a model; pattern” Every teacher has one; but most teachers don’t realize what their paradigm is. Your paradigm determines how well you do every little teaching task that you do. But first let me give you some examples. Here are some examples of teacher paradigms. “My job is to present the lesson. It’s up to the student to learn the lesson.” “I got mine, you get yours” “I only have 3 more years u… Continue

Added by William Lambert on June 10, 2008 at 9:57am — No Comments

A Teaching technique-Us versus Them

A TEACHING TECHNIQUE- US vs. THEM

It exists everywhere between many different groups, sometimes it exists on the conscious level, sometimes sub-consciously. Consider these groups, tall people vs. short people, bald people vs. people with long hair, Blondes vs. brunettes, and TEAC… Continue

Added by David Rector on May 28, 2008 at 9:37am — No Comments

A Teaching technique-The Cecil B. DeMille approach

In case you are too young to know, Cecil B. Demille was a Legendary Movie director who is known for the most exciting productions in movies. (This was before CGI, special computer effects). This technique works best if you have a digital camera or a video camera. (You can now buy one th… Continue

Added by David Rector on May 28, 2008 at 9:32am — No Comments

A Teaching technique-Make them like your class

Teaching Technique-Make students like your classThe question you obvious have is, HOW? Consider this, if you went bowling for the first time and threw gutter balls every time. After it was over, you would probably say, “I don’t like bowling!” If you played golf for the first time and couldn’t even hit the ball. You just hit dirt and missed the ball every time, you would probably say, “Golf is not right for me!” If you went to archery range for the first time and hit the center of the targ… Continue

Added by David Rector on May 28, 2008 at 9:31am — No Comments

A Teaching technique-The Team

TEACHING TECHNIQUE-THE TEAM The concept of the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy taught me, “What you say is what you get”. Here is the TEAM technique. First, start calling the groups of students you teach classes and call them teams. That is your first period class is a team, the second period a team etc.) You may choose to call them Learning Teams. Let each team choose a motto, a hand shake, a hand sign, a team song, you get the idea. What makes a team? A common goal, of course. But what visual makes… Continue

Added by David Rector on May 28, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

A Teaching technique-The Visitor

TEACHING TECHNIQUE – THE VISITOR All the techniques will not work for all classes. But some are really worth trying. This one really worked for me. I think it worked because it made the students realize I REALLY CARED Here it is. I informed my students that I was taking classes every night (and in the summer) working on my doctorate degree. I explained to them that had I spoken positively about them in each of my classes because I was really proud of them. I told them I talked about them so mu… Continue

Added by David Rector on May 28, 2008 at 9:29am — No Comments

A Teaching technique-Atttitude

A TEACHING TECHNIQUE—ATTITUDE

The first day in my class this is what I said to my students. You are very lucky. Just by luck you have landed in the classroom of the best teacher in the school! I am so smart that intelligence is all over my body. As I walk around the classroom… Continue

Added by David Rector on May 28, 2008 at 9:28am — No Comments

Good Day All

This is my 1st post of many! Continue

Added by Darson Elom on May 22, 2008 at 11:23am — No Comments

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