Video Bytes for Teachers What does a teacher make? Science Experiment: CO2 Is Heavier Than Air; What is the Multiple Intelligence Theory? An Overview of Piaget's Developmental Theory; Teaching English with Games; What Teaching is to Me; Early Literacy Activity: Egg Carton Game
By Kathleen Carpenter
Gazette Editor-in-Chief
January 1, 2008
Teachers.Net rounded up the following education related videos posted on YouTube, hoping our readers find them interesting and helpful.
We also hope that watching the videos linked below will inspire the talented teachers and school administrators within the Teachers.Net community to upload THEIR material to YouTube so we can share it with other educators.
If you post or stumble upon a lesson, science experiment, classroom tour, craft how-to or other relevant material on YouTube, please submit the url (http://) and a brief description of the video's topic to the Teachers.Net Gazette so we can share it in a future issue.
Let's see YOU on YouTube!
1. What does a teacher make??
Poet Taylor Mali's poem, Objection overruled, or You can always go to law school if things don't work out is a response to the question, "What does a teacher make?" Watch Taylor Mali recite his poem with great passion, on YouTube. (3:08)
2. Kid's Science Experiment To Show CO2 Is Heavier Than Air
One reviewer said: Simple, but really cool. Indeed, it's like magic, pouring something you cannot see [onto] a candle to extinguish the fire. Great way to interest some kids in science. (1:09)
3. What Is Multiple Intelligence Theory?
Dr. Howard Gardner explains how he came to develop his theory of Multiple Intelligences. At the end of the video is information about how to access the full interview online. (2:18)
Dr. Howard Gardner chatted with Teachers.Net about his book Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences for the 21st Century (click here for Howard Gardner Chat transcript).
4. Teaching English with Games
Three examples of how to incorporate games into your ESL and EFL classes. (9:50)
5. What Teaching is to Me
A teacher's warmhearted powerpoint tribute to the joy of teaching. (1:37)
6. Egg Carton Game - Early Literacy Activity
An egg carton is the tool in this activity that focuses on initial letter sounds. (1:55)
If you post or stumble upon a lesson, science experiment, classroom tour, craft how-to or other relevant material on YouTube, please submit the url (http://) and a brief description of the video's topic to the Teachers.Net Gazette so we can share it in a future issue.
January, 2008
January, 2008
Cover Story Wrapping the Year with Rap!
A few years ago, Alex was having a hard time teaching Algebra. The students would not pay attention, do their work, or retain a simple math formula. But, he noticed the students could recite every word of a new hip-hop song on the radio....
By Harry & Rosemary Wong Columns
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By Cheryl Sigmon
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Whereas good relationships are important to girls, success is more important to boys....
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Instant Ideas for Busy Teachers Six Easy Resolutions for 2008
These resolutions are a snap to keep and will make your teaching life easier!
By Barbara & Sue Gruber
The Busy Educator The Busy Educator's Monthly Five
Five new websites for educators that are easy to read, simple to use and worthwhile to know
By Marjan Glavac
Ed-Tech Talk Becoming the Technology Leader and the Electronic Janitor?
Do you want to be a technology leader or do you want to be left alone?
By Dr. Rob Reilly Features
From the Teachers.Net Gazette Archive Teachers.Net Chatboard Poll Teacher Classified Ads Help Wanted: Teaching Jobs
Teachers.Net Recommends TIMTIM.com - Free Drawings for Teachers, Students
This month we discovered a new web-based resource for kids, parents and teachers - TIMTIM.com offers more than two thousand cartoon style drawings FREE for teachers....
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Just in time for the Martin Luther King celebration, we present eight MLK lesson plans from the Teachers.Net Lesson Bank
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