Oct 3, 2019 | Learning Games, Best Practices
Walk into most elementary classrooms, and you will probably find learning centers strategically placed in the environment. Why learning centers? They are set up to reinforce concepts and skills, engage students in collaboration, as well as provide them with a sense of...
Sep 18, 2019 | New Features
Change can, at times, be a challenge especially if we’ve become used to doing things a certain way or using a specific program or tool for years. But change can also lead to a “reinvigoration” of strategies and techniques we’ve grown accustomed to. Remember the first...
Aug 14, 2019 | Best Practices, New Features
“Have you started planning yet?” This is a common question heard on many a school campus about this time of year. Yet, planning for the new school year involves more than laying out the units and lessons for the year. Planning also involves the strategies that will be...
Jul 31, 2019 | Best Practices
The summer is quickly coming to an end, and this means professional development days! The excitement of setting up your classrooms, designing your reading corner (Thank you, Pinterest!), color-coding your lesson plans by subject (oh, that could just be me), and making...
Jun 24, 2019 | Business tool
“Collaboration divides the task and multiplies the success.” With the right attitude, motivation, and tools, members of a company can discuss matters that affect and produce growth, increase productivity while fostering unity, and measure success. How has your company...
May 16, 2019 | Best Practices, New Features
Choose the best answer to the following question: On a Wednesday afternoon, a math teacher asks his class of 6th graders, “Who wants to play a game?” What is the most likely response from the class of students? A few students raise their hands while the rest of the...
May 13, 2019 | Best Practices, New Features
Can you correctly complete the following sentence? ____ sentences have ____ that students need to fill in with the correct _____. Correct answer: Cloze sentences have blanks that students need to fill in with the correct answers. Cloze activities can be applied to a...