Whether you as a teacher realize it or not, you are the best model of behavior in your classroom. A large part of your proactive behavior plans should include your own behavior you demonstrate to the students every day.

Ever wonder if you and your students could create your own TV news show? Would you like to have announcements and school/class information available to students all class long? Would you like to avoid those students who were absent constantly asking you, "What did we do in class yesterday?"  It isn't only possible to do, but with a few pieces of equipment, it's easy to set up and run.

It's parent-teacher conference time! Some are positive experiences where teachers are able to make great connections with parents. And yet other meetings are foretold by apprehension and met with strife. Over the years, you will encounter the gamut of positive and negative experiences, and everything in between. However, there are strategies you can use to make the best of any situation.

Setting up small learning groups, or communities, in your class requires planning, not just in your instruction, but also in the physical space of your room.

Here's a way to introduce the structure "used to" to your ESL students.  1  Find or draw on the board a picture of someone who looks like they could have just won some money.  A photo from a magazine of someone driving an expensive car, or sitting in a luxurious room, for example, would work well.

Theoretical cosmologists spend much of their time perfecting what is now known as the 'Big Bang' theory.  This concept originates from ideas percolating in the minds of scientists, theologians and astronomers down through the ages.  However, much of what they consider as proof for the 'Big Bang' is dependent upon uncontrolled experimentation that is molded to meet their expectations.

In 1905, Albert Einstein published 'On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies' now known as Special Relativity; this theory revolutionized geometry, math, physics, science and the classical perspective of the universe as understood since Newton's time.  However, were there intrinsic errors in this theory?

Science has reached an enormous impasse.  From biology to physics, astronomy to genetics, the scientific community is reaching the limits of understanding which often presage a complete rethinking of long-accepted theories.  So characteristic of this new apex of modern arrogance is the inability to comprehend the obvious in physics: That we don't know what we are talking about.

An interesting article detailing the history of distance education and online learning. Distance education has afforded generations of students the opportunity pursue their educational goals outside of the traditional school system...

'Will I remember what I have studied?' is a fear that haunts many students. Not any more. With these five simple tricks, you can remember easily...