This is a guest post by Jessica Parsons, a teacher with the Habitudes. “[People] love to wonder and that is the seed of science. “ – Ralph Waldo Emerson Ok, so I’m not trying to overdo it by using Emerson quotes each time I guest post, but they summarize the topic so perfectly! My 7th… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Guest Post
Three Ways to Avoid New Teacher Burnout
Tessa Hardiman is the author of Surviving and Thriving: 21 Tips for First Year Teachers. You can find out more about the online community for first year teachers by visiting the website: Surviving Your First Year. When I was in college, my professors warned my classmates and me about teacher burnout. They quoted the haunting… Continue Reading
12 Days of Dreaming: Student Edition
GUEST POST – BRETT CLARK This past December I ran a series on Education Dreamer called The 12 Days of Dreaming. Over a course of three weeks I posted twelve different blogs by guest blogger/educators who wrote about their dreams for education. I wanted to take this idea to the next level. So, I talked… Continue Reading
Three Ways to Create a Digital Classroom Library for Your Students
Walk into an English teacher’s classroom, and you might be able to guess how long they’ve been there. Take a look at the classroom library. It takes time to collect hundreds of books for your kids to read, and veteran teachers have worked for years to amass those giant collections. Luckily, modern technology gives us… Continue Reading
Using the Habitude of Imagination as a Springboard for Writing
Suzanne Barton is a “Teacher with Habitudes.” Suzanne, a fifth grade Language Arts teacher at Woodward Academy, has a passion for helping her students become powerful 21st century communicators who are motivated to move beyond their own “small” worlds to touch the lives of others in a positive way. After reading Angela’s book Habitudes last… Continue Reading
Building Self-Awareness in the First Five Days
Jessica Parsons is a “Teacher with Habitudes.” Jessica Parsons, a 7th grade Life science teacher, uses strategies and brain-based learning approaches to connect student interest to the core content. She strives to make science fun, engaging and relevant, while challenging students to think critically and make connections between the content and their everyday life experience. Ralph… Continue Reading
How the Online Education System Helps the Students
Much of president’s Obama’s past and present election platform has been based on the importance of the importance of the education system and how it was the key for the US to rise as the undisputed world leader that it was. And you may or may not have rooted for him but the importance of… Continue Reading
Securing the hearts of our students
Nicole Padoan is Teacher with Habitudes. Lets find out how Nicole uses lessons from Habitudes in her class. I was so grateful for not having planned a lesson for the Monday following a trip to work with Angela Maiers and her thinking around the “Habitudes.” I was traveling back from Boston with her words percolating… Continue Reading
Genius is (wonderfully) messy!
Debbie Stephens is a “Teacher of the Habitudes.” Debbie is a sixth grade teacher of reading and social studies at Woodward Academy. She is a lifelong learner and is passionate about using the Habitudes in her classroom to enable her students to become active learners. Her goal every day is to encourage her students to tinker… Continue Reading
Your Assignment – To Matter… – guest post by @chattyprof
As a long-time Communication Studies professor, who teaches Interpersonal Communication, I have understandably devoured Angela Maiers’ You Matter message. I had the good fortune to first interact with Angela during Jodi Okun’s #CollegeCash chat, when I asked her how this message can apply to the college crowd. I watched Angela’s TEDxTalk and felt that You… Continue Reading
This Week’s #PTchat: Raising Student Self-Esteem w/ Angela Maiers
This was originally posted on eFaceToday. I am inviting you to join us at their weekly chat coming Wednesday night, 9/19 at 9EDT/6PST. #YouMatter - These two words hold so much power and potential in supporting kids in today’s world. School students come to us with unlimited potential and oftentimes all it takes is for them to feel a… Continue Reading
Promoting Student Engagement ~ Make Your Mark
This is a guest post by Eric Williams, Superintendent York County School Division. Follow Eric on Twitter. Too often educators adopt a content coverage mentality to prepare students for high-stakes tests. They try to cram a ton of facts into students’ heads without engaging students in deeper, longer-lasting learning. International Dot Day and the Choose2Matter movement are… Continue Reading
