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Harnessing the Power of AI Tools for Teachers
By: Teacher.org Staff | Apr 11, 2024
For most teachers, the initial reaction to artificial intelligence was horror. After all, if AI was able to write assignments in an instant, or pass standardized exams, the possibilities for students cheating skyrocketed.
But on reflection, AI has more to offer to teachers and students through legitimate educational uses than illicit ones.
The key challenge for teachers today is to identify those uses and ...
7 Steps for Putting the “PH” Back in PHUN in Your Classroom
By: Jon Konen | Aug 27, 2019
Part 2 of 5 … Join us in the second installment of a five-part series that tells the story of how one dedicated principal observed positive change in the classroom when teachers incorporated the principles and philosophy from the popular book, The Wild Card by Hope and Wade King.
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You are the Wild Card: A Summer Guide to Putting the PH Back in Phun!
By: Jon Konen | Aug 26, 2019
Part 1 of 5 … Follow us in a five-part series that tells the story of how one dedicated principal observed positive change in the classroom when teachers incorporated the principles and philosophy from the popular book, The Wild Card by Hope and Wade King.
Pinochle seems to be a dying ...
False Assumptions About What Special Needs Students Can’t Do
By: Mary McLaughlin | Aug 5, 2019
People really just slay me.
I was perusing a Special Education Teachers group page on social media today.
A member posted that a parent questioned one of her research-based Teaching strategies (which we all use).
Say What?
A Teacher had been asked if students with special needs were “able” to do group work.
Wait, what?
Able? ...
Expand Your Tool Box: 5 Behavioral Strategies to Try Out Next Year
By: Jon Konen | Aug 1, 2019
Some of us have new tool boxes with just a few of the latest tools, some of us have large tool boxes that include everything we’ve collected over the years, but in either case, we should all be expanding our tool boxes with both new and old tools with proven ...
How Much Progress Should Be Expected From a Student’s IEP
By: Mary McLaughlin | Jul 30, 2019
The Implications of the Endrew F. Case As Decided By The United States Supreme Court
Get Out Of the Way: School’s Out!
If you close your eyes and open your ears, listening for the sound of it, you just might hear it.
Shhh…
There it is. Low in the distance, you can hear the ...
What Do You Do With a Degree In Special Education?
By: Mary McLaughlin | Jul 11, 2019
You’ve Graduated, Have Student Loans to Pay Off, But Just Don’t Want To Teach… You Still Have a Surprising Number of Options
If I’ve seen it once, I’ve seen it a hundred times.
Students graduate high school with not a single clue what they want to do with their future.
Their parents practically ...
How One Special Education Teacher Found Respite Care for Her Own Special Needs Son During an Emergency
By: Mary McLaughlin | May 28, 2019
My husband and I are feeling pretty lucky right now.
Last Friday, my husband, a 24-year paramedic, had a significant cardiac episode.
Here’s where the luck comes in: he had just finished transporting a patient to the emergency room at a hospital in the Mississippi River Delta region of Missouri.
A long way ...
Helpful, Watchful Eyes Keep Us All In Check
By: Mary McLaughlin | Apr 4, 2019
A Rose By Any Other Name
“What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.” –William Shakespeare
I got married a year ago.
While it’s a big-deal event in one’s life, and it definitely was for Jack and me, we have each been married previously.
We ...
Don’t Leave, We Need You! 8 “Cries” and “Whys” For Not Leaving Teaching
By: Jon Konen | Mar 27, 2019
One random Wednesday in March our staff all wore red to school. It signified red for public education. We talked about “why” we should wear red all day! It made me proud to be part of this one day movement, and many have pledged to continue to promote this cause.
With ...
The Fears Teachers Have: Part 3) What Is Making Professional Educators Flee At Such High Rates? Tales From the Inside of My Chosen Field
By: Mary McLaughlin | Mar 25, 2019
This is the final installment of a three-part series on Teacher Fears, and in it we will explore what’s really ruminating in the hearts and minds of the people in this profession. This exploration will consider the things that teachers are often hesitant to discuss or write about for fear ...