Classroom Innovation: 4 New Ideas to Try this Year
With the new school year comes a new opportunity to innovate your classroom. Check out these 4 new ideas I’m trying this year!
How to Get the Most Out of Your Anchor Charts
I conducted a poll on Instagram to gain a little insight into how other teachers are creating and using anchor charts in their classrooms. Creating anchor charts gave me anxiety for the longest time! I knew they were important, I just couldn’t figure out a way to keep them useful for students, easy for me to create and, well, cute. This is how I solved the anchor chart problem!
The Hidden Ways Context Switching Threatens Student Performance
You could argue positive results of context switching, especially if your brain naturally tends to jump steps in a process….. Hello gifted brains! But for the most part, multitasking has more negative results than positive because you’re not fully focused on the task at hand. This means one task never gets the full creation process… just parts of it. Like only getting part of your amazon order and having to wait days for the rest.
7 Simple Ways To Boost Your Imagination
There are lots of ways to stimulate your imagination and you don’t have to be an artist, writer, musician, or inventor to benefit from an imagination boost. Creativity and imagination are essential because they foster new ideas, alternatives, and possibilities that can be used in academics, problem solving, critical thinking, and real life situations.
Instructional Technology Tips for the 21st Century Teacher
Students identified as gifted and talented need extra support in order to succeed in school and beyond. One way to support these students is with instructional technology.
