by Jenna Smith | Arts Education and Integration, General Education Topics
Many young students aren’t big fans of history. I know I wasn’t when I was in elementary school. Unlike reading and math, some students don’t see the point in studying historical events that happened in the past. They haven’t yet learned the saying “history repeats...
by Jenna Smith | General Education Topics
By now you have probably heard about the Common Core State Standards learning model. If you have somehow been living in educator darkness, it is a means to standardize language arts and mathematics lessons across the country so that students will have expected...
by Jenna Smith | STEAM and Technology in the Classroom
When we think of teachers, we think of classrooms, instructions, lesson plans, etc. But a teacher is so much more than a mere presenter of information. A true teacher aims to inspire and motivate, to provide students with a better life through learning and education,...
by Jenna Smith | General Education Topics
Sure, students are coming back to school and may be naturally motivated by a new school year, but here are some great thoughts and ideas of how to keep that going throughout. ~EMP Every student learns a little bit differently. As a teacher you are well versed in...
by Jenna Smith | Arts Education and Integration, STEAM and Technology in the Classroom
Many teachers support both arts and tech integration. However, they don’t realize the two subjects can be integrated together. They become trapped thinking arts integration is analog and tech integration is digital; the former is fingerpainting, making music and...
