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| Teachers.Net Gazette Vol.6 No.7 |
July 2009 |
| Cover Story by Lawrence Meyers |
| Is There Such a Thing as "The Great Teacher"?
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 You can make up all the checklists you want. You can take advice from your mentors. At the end of the day, what lies behind one's teaching style is what matters. A "Great Teacher" is the right teacher at the right time, at the right place. |
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| Harry & Rosemary Wong: Effective Teaching |
| Teachers Are the Difference |
| Now in her sixth year of teaching, Melissa Dunbar has helped her students achieve a pass rate of between 92% - 99% over the years, with her ESL and Economically Disadvantaged students achieving a 100% pass rate this past school year! |
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| Columns |
| » | Writing for Educational Publishers – Inside Secrets Sue Gruber |
| » | Self-Injury In Children Leah Davies |
| » | The School of No Knocks? Todd R. Nelson |
| » | Using Imaging to Move or Change Behavior Marvin Marshall |
| » | The Busy Educator's Monthly Five Marjan Glavac |
| » | Substitute issues: What to Wear & Too Much Love Barbara Pressman |
| » | Student Travel Topics: “Staycations” Expose Students to Other Cultures & Packing for Safety Josette Bonafino |
| » | Making The Case to Parents for Broadening, Not Narrowing, The Curriculum Dorothy Rich |
| » | Red Basket & Problem Solving Forms Rick Morris |
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| Articles |
| » | The No.1 Ladies Detective Series Writer - Interview with Alexander McCall Smith Tim Newlin |
| » | Teachers and Technology: A Field of Dreams? Matt Levinson |
| » | Resources for Teaching Students with Autism Alan Haskvitz |
| » | Applying Bloom’s Taxonomy to Questioning Techniques in the Classroom Panamalai R. Guruprasad |
| » | Tips on Maximizing High School Physics Teaching Stewart E Brekke |
| » | The Most Cost Effective Approach to Improve Teacher Education Edward Strauser |
| » | Merit Pay Problematic, Money Is Not the Ultimate Motivator for Teachers Marion Brady |
| » | Launches an Online Degree in Special Education Drexel University |
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| Features |
| » | Apple Seeds: Inspiring Quotes Barb Stutesman |
| » | Today Is... Daily Commemoration Ron Victoria |
| » | The Lighter Side of Teaching |
| » | Video Bytes; Assume The Position, Lost Generation, Bathtub IV, Walk On - ESPN Video, Funeral, Heal, and At Home with Mrs. Hen
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| » | Teacher Blogs Showcase |
| » | Printable - Sweet Rules for the Classroom |
| » | Featured Lessons, Wisdom from the Chat Achives, and Timely Printables Especially for July! |
| » | Getting and Keeping the Attention of 3 & 4 Year Olds |
| » | Newsdesk: Events & Opportunities for Teachers |
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Marjan Glavac
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The Busy Educator's Monthly Five: July 2009
This month Marjan’s list of sites helps teachers: raise awareness of blindness and Braille, teach literature, work against bullying, and tells us about a rubric-developing site, then tops off the list with info about Artyfactory, a free online workshop for artists of any age.
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by Marjan Glavac
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Each month Marjan Glavac, professional speaker, teacher and co-author of "How To Thrive And Survive In Your Classroom", presents The Busy Educator's Monthly Five -- five websites for educators that are easy to read, simple to use and worthwhile to know about.
Sign up for his free monthly Busy Educator’s Newsletter at:
www.thebusyeducator.com
Follow him on Twitter at : twitter.com/busy_teacher
Here they are,
Marjan's Monthly Five picks:
THE BRAILLE BUG WEBSITE (GR. 3-6)
www.afb.org/braillebug
This site was created to teach sighted children about Braille, and to encourage literacy among all children--sighted and visually impaired. It gives sighted children a chance to learn about the Braille code and how classmates who are blind or visually impaired learn to read and do math.
The Braille Bug reinforces the idea that visually impaired children are more like sighted children than different--they share the same interests, play the same games, read the same books, study the same subjects--which can only help foster a better understanding and acceptance of people with disabilities.
TODAY IN LITERATURE (GR. 9-UNIVERSITY)
www.todayinliterature.com
This is a site that really makes literature come alive. Every time I visit this site I learn things about literature that I never learned in high school and university literature classes.
OPERATION RESPECT DON’T LAUGH AT ME
www.operationrespect.org
The DON’T LAUGH AT ME materials include a curriculum guide, evaluations, CD and video, for both schools and summer camps. The school program consists of two separate curricula; one developed for grades (2-5) and the second developed for grades (6-8). I saw the book and video during a 3 day TRIBES workshop. A great resource for teaching respect and anti-bullying.
RUBISTAR (TEACHERS)
rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but does not have the time to develop them from scratch. It’s very easy to use, intuitive and in no time at all you’ll have a rubric that you can use immediately in the class. Templates are available for the following topics: oral projects, math, multimedia, research and writing, products, art, reading, work skills, science and music.
ARTYFACTORY (GR. 5-12)
www.artyfactory.com
Artyfactory is a free online workshop for artists of any age. It is a growing resource of ideas and techniques designed to improve artistic skills. The workshops are carefully designed to meet classroom needs. The practical side of each workshop is enhanced with appropriate background knowledge of its theme. Each workshop has an interactive quiz or games associated with its theme. All that’s needed to take part are a few basic materials and the will to have a go.
P.S. To learn more about Marjan Glavac's
The Busy Educator's Newsletter, go to:
www.thebusyeducator.com OR e-mail at:
marjan@glavac.com
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About Marjan Glavac...
Marjan Glavac (BA, BEd, MA) is a professional speaker, teacher and author. He is a full time classroom teacher with 25 years teaching experience. He has taught and continues to teach students from the inner city, students with emotional/behavioral disorders, ESL, and IEP students. He is an international speaker and workshop presenter.
Marjan is the author of 3 books: The Busy Educator’s Guide To The World Wide Web 1st Edition, and 2nd Edition, and How To Make A Difference: Inspiring Students To Do Their Best, the creator of one of the Internet’s longest running free teacher monthly newsletters: The Busy Educator’s Newsletter (1998) and co-author of "How To Thrive And Survive In Your Classroom".
Since 1993, Marjan has been involved in dozens of telecommunications projects involving students from K-University on every continent of the world. His K-8 students have also participated in e-mail, travel buddy, research projects and polishing mirrors for the NASA Starshine project. He and his classes have been filmed by TVO and Global's Kids-TV; featured in all local media - newspapers, TV, radio, as well as nationally in Reader's Digest, Toronto Star, Globe & Mail, Today's Parent, Home and Educational Computing and internationally on WGN and NPR radio, websites and dozens of student newspapers worldwide.
Marjan is currently a gr.6 home room teacher at Wilfrid Jury Public School in London, Ontario, Canada where he resides with his wife and two children. For more information about Marjan Glavac, his books, keynotes, training and seminars, visit him at his site at http://www.thebusyeducator.com
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Marjan Glavac Columns on Teachers.Net...
- Marilyn Western's Technology Tips For Classroom Teachers, Interactive Activities For French/Spanish/German/Welsh Teachers And Learners, Deafblind Info: Minnesota's Deafblindness Resource, Thinkport (Teachers And Parents), and The Los Angeles County Museum Of Art "Collections Online" (June 09)
- College Prep Physics, Ap Physics B, The Art Window (Gr. 4-12), World History And Geography (Gr. 9-12), and The Thoreau Reader (Teachers) (May 09)
- Iloveschools.Com, Real English Online, Classroom Displays And Bulletin Boards K-8, Pbs Parents: Struggling To Learn (Parents And Teachers), Reach Every Child (K-12) (Apr. 09)
- Ultrabug Cliposcope, World Myths & Legends In Art Minneapolis Institute Of Arts, The Tree: A Graphic Organizer For Expository Paragraphs And Summaries, Trading Around The World, and Where In The World And What In The World Is Money? (Mar. 09)
- The Artist's Toolkit: Visual Elements And Principles, The Fin, Fur And Feather Bureau Of Investigation, Calliope, Muse Of Eloquence, Teachers Without Borders, Shedd Educational Adventures (Sea) John G. Shedd Aquarium (Feb. 09)
- Brainsarefun, Ariel's Homepage, Scott L. Waldman's Technology Workshop, Learn To Write...Free Tracing Paper, Marie's Free Spelling Course (Jan. 09)
- Make hand washing fun & effectiveness; Native American arts exhibit online; The Teacher List; English for Spanish speakers; Test your brain with an online police artist drawing device (Dec. 08)
- Literacy Volunteer Connection, Computer Science & Business Education Site, How Stuff Works, Postcards From America, Monetary Mania Social Studies Web Adventure (Nov. 08)
- www Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources, Biomedia, Schoolweb.se, Anacleta's Spanish & World Language/Culture Links, Behind The Name (Oct. 08)
- Addressing learning difficulties; Teacher resource; All things Science; Games and writing skills help; Secondary level English lesson plans (Sept. 08)
- Speaking Of Speech.Com, Flying Turtle Science And Technology Exploring, and more (Aug. 08)
- Human Space Flight, Genetic Science Learning Center, and more (July 08)
- web-based Ghost Towns, games, topical tutorials, and more (May 08)
- Writing, Genealogy, Soil, and more (April 08)
- Miscellaneous Sites (Mar. 08)
- Art Sites (Feb. 08)
- Miscellaneous Sites (Jan. 08)
- Back to School Sites (Aug. 03)
- Language Arts Sites Part 3 (July 03)
- Language Arts Sites Part 2 (June 03)
- Language Arts Sites Part 1 (May 03)
- English As a Second Language (ESL) Sites (Apr. 03)
- Art Sites (Mar. 03)
- College and University Sites (Feb. 03)
- Sites for School Principals and High School Teachers (Jan. 03)
- Sites For Grades 7 to 8 (Dec. 02)
- Sites For Grades 4 to 8 (Nov. 02)
- Primary Sites Grades Pre-K to 3 (Oct. 02)
- Primary Sites Grades Pre-K to 3 (Sept. 02)
- Back to School (Aug. 02)
- Sites For Beginning Teachers Part 2 (Jult 02)
- Sites For Beginning Teachers Part 1 (June 02)
- Theme Sites Part 2 (May 02)
- Theme Sites Part 1 (Apr. 02)
- Lesson Planning Sites Part 6 (Mar. 02)
- Lesson Planning Sites Part 5 (Feb. 02)
- Lesson Planning Sites Part 4 (Jan. 02)
- Lesson Planning Sites Part 3 (Dec. 01)
- Five For Lesson Planning (pt 2) (Nov. 01)
- Five For Lesson Planning (Sept. 01)
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