1 - Listen to what others are saying... Being able to speak is important...being able to listen is more
important. If you can truly listen to what others are saying, you will
be able to establish an unlimited amount of strong and long lasting
relationships. Your ability or inability to listen, will most
definitely affect the success, and the number of relationships you will
have in life.
2 - Watch what… Continue
Added by Justin Tarte on September 11, 2010 at 9:28am —
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Last week I was speaking with a colleague of mine, and we were discussing activities we could do during one of our professional
development days. As we discussed potential ideas, we turned our focus
to activities that teachers could employ immediately. We wanted to
avoid activities that would require a lot of time and preparation in an
effort to provide our teachers with several very strong and powerful
strategies they could…
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Added by Justin Tarte on September 11, 2010 at 9:15am —
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It’s really easy to get started blogging – here’s two different ways to get up and running with a quality blog site quickly.
With the start of the new school year many teachers, administrators, and students will be thinking about finally starting that blog they’ve been considering. I promised in last week’s…
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Added by Kelly Walsh on September 7, 2010 at 5:30am —
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On any given day, educators experience the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. How an educator reacts and responds to these highs and
lows can often dictate the overall mood of the day. In my short 6 years
as an educator, I have learned several things as it pertains to
remaining positive, as well as keeping things in perspective when it
comes to my professional and personal life. Educators have an extremely
difficult and…
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Added by Justin Tarte on September 3, 2010 at 6:57pm —
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Most students from across the country have returned to schools refreshed, recharged, and rejuvenated to continue their journey through
the educational process. As students use their summer break to relax
and simply be kids, teachers and administrators utilize their time to
both improve and develop their skills as educators. The summer provides
an excellent opportunity for all educators to refine and enhance their
abilities as…
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Added by Justin Tarte on September 3, 2010 at 6:50pm —
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To prevent good teachers and other public figures from making bad posts,
I have created the following list. I hope it helps!
(Note: multiply the cautious attitude of this list by ten if you an un-tenured teacher.)
1. Thou shalt never publish anything you wouldn’t show your…
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Added by David Mach on August 22, 2010 at 8:00pm —
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According to Indiana University the average American student only studies 3 hours each week. That amounts to 20 minutes a day. A total of 60,000 students responded to this study skills survey. Each year thousands of students enter college thinking they can use high school study habits and easily sail through a college degree. They have a rude awaking when they discover success in college requires a minimum of three to five hours studying each day. Some students say studying the night before…
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Added by Dr. Stephen Jones on August 19, 2010 at 4:33pm —
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My first official working day at school was today...I witnessed ups and downs, heard screams of joy, and whirlpools of pessimism and
discontent. As I thought more about the "happy" people, and the not so
happy people, I decided to concentrate on why the "happy" people were
happy. I soon realized there seemed to be a couple underlying factors
that lead to their happiness / enthusiasm toward the new school year.
I have to…
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Added by Justin Tarte on August 16, 2010 at 4:47pm —
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Last year I approached my building principal about starting a book club. The main goal of the book club was to help teachers grow both personally and
professionally. To my astonishment, not only was my building principal
supportive of my idea, he also provided the book club with the financial
backing to purchase almost one thousand dollars worth of books.
As…
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Added by Justin Tarte on August 9, 2010 at 6:22am —
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Over the last 5 years as an educator, I have learned so much about student motivation and student engagement. Recently, I started reflecting on my current practices and strategies I have used to engage
my students over the years. The program I am with has doubled in size
from roughly 140 students to over 280, so I feel confident these
strategies can, and will work.
1. Don't just care...really…
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Added by Justin Tarte on August 8, 2010 at 5:39am —
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As mentioned in previous posts, I have really tried to utilize my summer to better myself. I wanted to refine my skills as a progressive
educator who is able to meet the needs of students in a meaningful and
influential way. As such, I have concentrated on new ways to integrate
social media and technology into my classroom instruction. All of the
ideas and suggestions I plan on using started out as ideas. In
particular, they…
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Added by Justin Tarte on August 6, 2010 at 8:22pm —
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If you walk into a teacher's lounge, and your goal is to get the teachers really fired up...then ask them how
they feel about merit pay! Teachers across the nation are torn in their
beliefs when it comes to merit pay. For every teacher that supports
merit pay, there is a teacher who firmly disagrees with merit pay.
Educational reform would not be complete without some kind of overhaul
in the way…
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Added by Justin Tarte on August 4, 2010 at 12:06pm —
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dataMetrics Software is pleased to announce that we…
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Added by Kimberly Hulbert on July 14, 2010 at 1:11pm —
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"What are educational standards?
Educational standards help teachers ensure their students have the skills and knowledge they need to be successful by providing clear goals for student learning.
Why do we need educational standards?
We need standards to ensure that all students, no… Continue
Added by Kimberly Hulbert on July 6, 2010 at 10:21am —
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dataMetrics Software is honored to receive the Best in Tech 2010 Award for RTI from Scholastic.
In an…
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Added by Kimberly Hulbert on June 30, 2010 at 1:22pm —
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This is a two-fer, for those who are upgrading from Office 2003 to 2007. Here are the sites that will show you where all your favorite commands have gone in that pesky, confusing ribbon at the top of the
screen.…
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