Archive for April, 2007

Assign-a-Day

Monday, April 30th, 2007

Check out this free online calendar which your students can view. This is a great way to keep up to date with your students and their assignments.

How to Improve Your Public Speaking Skills

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

Whether you still get nervous in front of the class, or you’re helping your students prepare for a speech, this list will provide you with 5 powerful tips for delivering a killer presentation.

How to Build a Cardboard Castle

Friday, April 27th, 2007

Leave it to lifehacker to track down this awesome how-to. Want to be the coolest teacher or parent on the block? Try building this cardboard castle out of refrigerator boxes. Score!

Student Earns College Degree in One Year’s Time!

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

Read this amazing story about a girl who accomplished a 4-year work load in just 1 year!

Spanish Bilingual Resources

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

Looking for curriculum that combines English and Spanish? Houghton Mifflin has an amazing list of resources for the bilingual classroom.

Earth Day Games

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

Get your class interested in Earth Day by providing relevent activities, such as online games and crafts. Click here to see a few examples:

New Teacher?

Friday, April 13th, 2007

This is a great site full of survival tips for the new professional- from financial to moral advice. Read all about how you can make the best out of your first year here:

Becoming (and Remaining) a Good Teacher

Friday, April 13th, 2007

I found this and thought it was just a really nice page. Read on these qualities about what makes a teacher a teacher…and why.

PowerPoint Tips for High Schools

Friday, April 13th, 2007

Here are some pointers for use of PowerPoint tools, from Crabby’s Tips for High School Teachers.

Classroom Jobs for Children

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

Here are some tips for classes K-8 on how they can help around the classroom. It establishes a sense of responsibility (and also keeps you from doing all of the work!)