Tweet Last week I talked about how we can shift the negative paradigm of blank page syndrome to being a positive one, with Inspiration® 9 and Webspiration Classroom™ service, that encourages critical thinking, creative development and organization while beginning the writing process, organizing class materials, studying or taking notes. Yet sometimes students need more support Read more »
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Shift the Paradigm of Blank Page Syndrome
February 1st, 2011
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Tweet Blank page syndrome is a term used to describe a type of writer’s block. You know the signs: staring at a piece of paper or computer screen with no inspiration or ideas of what to write, therefore, leaving the page blank. Many students experience blank page syndrome when they begin writing. They struggle to Read more »
Discover Easy Ways to Help ADD and ADHD Students Stay Organized
January 18th, 2011
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Tweet Do you know kids that are bright and inquisitive, but struggle with assignments and homework? Do they take hours to get through a homework assignment that looks as though it should be accomplished in under an hour? This was my daughter when she was young, plus caring, kind, happy and creative attributes. For years Read more »
Discover Ways to Showcase Dyslexic Talents
January 11th, 2011
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Tweet In grade school, I struggled to read, misinterpreted letter combinations and reversed numbers. Throughout my education, I discovered how to tailor my efforts to learn in different ways to accommodate my dyslexia, a learning disability that results in difficulties with reading, spelling, writing and word pronunciation. I am among the nearly 20 percent of Read more »
How Can We Improve Students’ Motivation to Learn?
December 28th, 2010
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Tweet There has been a lot of news reports lately about how students’ test scores in the United States are not meeting the overall performance level of their international peers. In the past year, Australia, Britain, China and South Korea have all launched national initiatives for educational improvements1, while we continue to fall behind them Read more »
How Do We Encourage Students to be Advocates of Their Own Learning?
December 21st, 2010
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Tweet I often ponder and worry that students are not prepared and engaged to learn in school and are not prepared to be continuous learners. I personally believe that in order to be productive, highly-functioning citizens, we need to prepare our youth to be life-long learners with a thirst for knowledge, continuous personal development and Read more »
Among the P21 Skills, Are We Teaching Students the Skills of Learning?
December 14th, 2010
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Tweet Educators today are faced with the daunting task of wearing many hats in and outside their classrooms. Yet, the monumental task is teaching the basic skills and building blocks of reading, writing, analyzing, synthesizing and researching while instilling in students the desire to ask questions and then seek out their own answers. This is Read more »
Anchor Students’ Learning Before Winter Break
December 7th, 2010
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Tweet Winter break is just two weeks away for many school districts. From now until the bell rings in mid-December, you may find your students restless and daydreaming about sleeping in, playing in the snow or enjoying a homework-free couple of weeks. Educators often say that the biggest challenge at this time of the year Read more »
How the Brain Creates Meaning
November 30th, 2010
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Tweet Visual thinking helps students understand new concepts and retain knowledge, but what’s the brain function behind visual learning? How does visual information help a student’s brain create meaning and knowledge? Recently I watched a speech by Tom Wujec at a TED conference in February 2009 discussing this exact process.1 In the first six minutes, Read more »
