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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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