Remove Education Remove Elementary Remove Facebook Remove Knowledge Base
article thumbnail

How to Build Your PLN

Ask a Tech Teacher

’ You might even understand the purpose of a PLN–to provide educators with a collaborative learning environment–but think you don’t need one, or staff development provided by your school is all you can handle. You reach out through Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, G+, forums, and discussion boards. What is a PLN.

How To 150
article thumbnail

ETA hand2mind Unveils Daily Math Fluency at 2018 NCSM/NCTM Conferences

techlearning

Developed by elementary math expert Brittany Goerig, Daily Math Fluency activities are designed using visual models and manipulatives to support classroom math curriculum without cutting into instructional time. She spent 17 years in the classroom as an elementary math teacher. per grade level.

article thumbnail

Applying Past Knowledge: Making the Invisible, Visible

techlearning

Giving students lifeworthy experiences helps them build or construct that knowledge base for later use. I just commented on a Facebook post from a kindergarten teacher who said she used lima beans to help her students learn about plant parts. I replied that I used the same activity with my junior students in Biology II!