How can a student, searching the web to learn something new, know if they have located credible information? Kathy Schrock, a featured speaker at DA's FETC 2020 offers some advice.
Like its predecessors, the 2019 Transportation Answer Book from LRP Publications uses a question-and-answer format to discuss common transportation-related issues such as eligibility for transportation services, method and means of transportation, pickup and delivery of students, personnel issues, behavior management, discipline, and safety issues.
Augmented reality and virtual reality tools enable students to interact with content in ways that traditional tools such as textbooks and videos cannot provide, says STEAM teacher Rachelle Dene Poth.
In the future, expect science fairs and STEM nights to continue to move toward project-based problem-solving. As technology evolves and global communication grows, educators may begin to incorporate virtual exchange into their programs.
Image is the true blockbuster element of your K-12 leadership brand, says guest columnist Trish Rubin, a marketing instructor at Baruch College in New York and the author of BrandED: Tell Your Story, Build Relationships, and Empower Learning.
When teacher Carol Behel surveyed parents of her elementary school English language learners, an overwhelming majority said they didn't know how to help their children with reading or math assignments.
Being a librarian is a labor of love, even if it means getting into "good trouble" for standing up for students' choice, right to read and access to technology in libraries, says K.C. Boyd, a featured speaker at DA's FETC in January and a library media specialist at Jefferson Middle School Academy in Washington, D.C.
An LGBT-inclusive curriculum shouldn't stand out as a separate subject in history, sex education or any other class. Educators will best engage students by blending LGBTQ history into the general flow of instruction.
