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SOM Turns Tutorials on Their Ear

SOMWant to dip your toe into the "flipped classroom" water without a big investment or learning curve? A free online tool that records actions on one's computer is winning fans among educators. Screencast-O-Matic, which allows users to create narrated videos of the actions that appear on their computer screens, is being hailed by some as the next level of digital learning.

Because Screencast-O-Matic allows the user to record up to 15 minutes of every action performed on his/her computer, complete with audio narration and visual effects, absent students can receive personalized versions of missed lessons. The recordings can be saved in mp4 format and shared in any number of ways, including email.

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Tips For Building Relationships Inside...

Before school starts, it is important that you, as the early childhood professional, teacher/leader, begin building relationships. There are many things you are probably already doing, but this new year, start thinking outside the box on new ways to build relationships not only...

What Families Need and Want

When we looked at the last article, What Children Need and Want from a classroom, it made me think about what families of children need and want from their classroom and the teacher. If you are teaching young children, this could very well be the first time families are leaving their child. Each family is entrusting...

20 Fun Ideas to Partner With Families

We know that today is different than last year at this time. I am going to share with you ideas to partner with families right now during the pandemic but also, when things get back to “normal”, as we know they will, ideas for cultivating that relationship.

Right now, families just need support. Teachers need support also. We all need to work together and be kind and realize we are each doing everything...

Simple Strategies: What Can I do to...

I think that all teachers have amazing and engaging teaching strategies that we use with the students in our classroom. It’s almost like we are born with creativity and ways to help children and reach families. Creativity is a large part of developing engaging teaching strategies. Having the background of how children grow and develop and what their background knowledge is, is also important to know and...

Totally Terrific Transitions

Think about a classroom, any classroom. When you think of this room, what do you see? What do you hear? If it is your own classroom, you know these sights and sounds by heart, but if you are visiting a new classroom, you may have a lot to learn. As children are welcomed into a new classroom, they have procedures, routines, expectations, and transitions to learn. As teachers set up their daily schedules, they...

The Mayflower Barn: A Reading Passage...

 
 
What Became of the Mayflower?

Ever wonder what...

Teaching Students to Agree to Disagree

A recent political campaign ad went viral, in which two Utah gubernatorial candidates created a video together. “We can debate without degrading each other,” said one of the candidates.

The creative ad, at least in my eyes, was a refreshing change from the intensely volatile culture we have created around political issues and just about anything that we disagree. The gesture demonstrated that two individuals from opposing parties, with opposite ideologies, can intelligently debate...

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