Edblog: Game On: Teaching Middle Schoolers How to Think Like History Detectives by Sandhya Nankani
In the previous post, Using Video Gaming Technology to Teach US History, Christopher Czajka, Senior Director of the LAB @ Thirteen, highlighted the positive benefits of digital history games such as Mission U.S. to harness student learning:
“These benefits include greater gains in subject knowledge and critical thinking skills, positive teacher reactions, and more classroom emphasis on analytical work rather than textbook activities.”
Edblog: Making Mathematics Come Alive in STEM and Beyond! by Alfred Posamentier
It is time we take a step back and consider another way that one of America’s most tested subjects – mathematics – can be more effectively taught and produce better student achievement. Let’s take just one example that demonstrates how the subject can be enlivened and brought into context with other related subjects.
Edblog: The Critical Role of Parents in Education by Alfred Posamentier
President Barack Obama has often mentioned in his speeches that the role of parents is of paramount importance for our overall educational programs. We at Mercy College have established a Parent Center to serve the borough of the Bronx and simultaneously serve as a paradigm for the rest of the city and beyond as a way to prepare and engage parents as genuine partners in the education of our youth.
Edblog: Mobile Devices in the Classroom by Melissa Walter and Karen Schmid
“iPod, Podcasts and Apps: Oh My!”: The presentation is motivated by a recent grant received by the three Long Island BOCES and NYIT in collaboration with 11 public schools and 8 non-public schools to enhance the use of technology to support the ELA skills of English Language Learners (ELL) and students with disabilities.
Edblog: Learning Math from the Masters by Gary Rubinstein
The subjects most like math, to me, are art and music. Though these subjects are viewed very differently in schools today with math getting all the attention and the arts getting squeezed out, the things they have in common are what makes math a worthwhile pursuit.
Edblog: The Write Angle for Teaching Math by Patrick Honner
Finding ways to get students to write about mathematics has played a pivotal role in my development and growth as a math teacher. Mathematical writing challenges students to express their ideas clearly and efficiently; it forces students to stop thinking of mathematics as merely equations and answers; and it opens up a new and unexpected dialogue between math teacher and student.