Teachers Pay Teachers

As all teachers know, it is not always fun to try and create a brand new lesson plan. There is a website I recently found called Teachers Pay Teachers. This is an awesome resource for teachers to find lesson plans. Teachers post their own lesson plans to the website and can decide to let people download them for free or to sell them for a small price. This way, you can make a little money for the lesson plans you've created! There are lesson plans for all subjects and ages that you can either download for free or pay a small price for. Have fun searching for new, exciting lessons for your kiddos!

Quietube!

Ever use YouTube videos to enhance your lessons? Ever worry about the ads or videos that could show up and distract your students from what you are wanting them to watch? Do you not use YouTube videos because of these distractions? There's a new website called Quietube. Add it to your bookmarks and click on it while showing the YouTube video and it will block all these distractions for you. (There are pictures to illustrate this below) It is a great tool to use, especially in the classroom!

 Go to the video on YouTube, click the Quietube bookmark and voila! This is what you get:

"Great Back to School Challenge": Raising Money for America's Classrooms and Schools

I borrowed this article from another blog. The "Educational Technology Guy" tells how much America's teachers spend out-of-pocket on school supplies for their classrooms. The amount is astonishing. It really makes you think about the character and dedication of teachers.

During September, two organizations are teaming up to raise money for a different school or classroom each day that do not have the funds they need.

Check out the full article below:

Great Back to School Challenge looks to raise money for classrooms

United States Math Compared to Other Countries

The video below examines the differences in the way math is taught in the United States and the way math is taught in other countries. Even though the United States spends far more money on math education than these other countries, our students are consistently farther behind in their math skills when compared with other countries. The TIMSS study discovered that there are huge differences between the instructional strategies between the United States and the highest scoring countries in Mathematics.

Teachers Are Heroes Infographic

The graphic below is full of statistics of teachers today. It is extremely eye opening and will make you look at the education field and teachers in a new light.


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