The Science of Classroom Design

The Science of Classroom Design 

This infographic has a look at the various things that you can do in your classroom.

Some of the things that are discussed are:

classroom space, use of colour, light and digital spaces.

Click here to download the original jpg

Choosing a Venue for Your Training Program Infographic

Choosing a Venue for Your Training Program Infographic

So often we do not have enough time to organize our space correctly

and we end up looking for a place that is convenient.

Here is a great infographic that covers the steps you need to think of.

Remember who the audience is for the training session

How many people need to be trained, and how soon the training needs to be completed. 

Consider if your location has the capacity to hold the event, 

Does the facilities match the needs of the training program. 

and 

if there’s a networking component to the event. (This is so often overlooked!)

It’s also important to know if there will be interruptions for the 

program participants and if the content is confidential. 

Excellent!

Flipping you classroom

Flipping you classroom

This is a really great video about flipping you classroom.

Imagine a learning space where homework is cleverly disguised 

as thinking and collaborating and your students can use the 

learning tools that they like to use the best. 

See how teachers have been "flipping" their classroom instruction 

and transforming the role of the teacher and the learner.

Excellent Video!!

The book below is a 7 page followup on the above video.

Excellent!!

Click to download the original pdf (2.2 MB)

Rethink Teacher time

Rethink Teacher time

This is a great infographic that shows how to rethink professional learning 

and restucturing the school day to make learning more effective for all.

These are the three recommnedations from 15 teachers to help with this.

These are really greast ideas!

Download the original file below (3MB)

Simple countdown timer

Simple countdown timer

This is a great countdown timer.

It has a simple timer (10 seconds to 5 hours) with alert sounds

The clock displays real time as well and you can display the

clock and timer together.

Very cool!

Kahoot online quizzes and surveys

Kahoot online quizzes and surveys 

Last week I saw a demonstration of Kahoot.

This is truly amazing!!

I have subsequently created my own quiz and used it to train teachers.

It  is a service for delivering online quizzes and surveys to your learners.

You can create a quiz or survey that your students respond to through 

any device that has a web browser (iPad, Android device, Chromebook). 

Your Kahoot questions can include pictures and videos.

The learners then go online and type in the randomly generated code

and participate.

BRILLIANT and it is FREE!!

6 Different lined paper for class

6 Different lined paper for class

I am always looking for different lined paper.

Click on the link below to download 6 different lined paper

that you can use in class.

Perfect to use on your data projector and do handwriting!

9 Events of instruction

9 Events of instruction

Considering that this was designed in 1965, it is really still worthwhile!!

Very Good!!

Calmness Counter

Calmness Counter

This incredible tool measures the actual noise level of your classroom 

and displays it on a gauge from green to red. It’s a great way to visually 

show pupils what level they’re working at compared to your expectations. 

You can adjust the sensitivity of the tool to suit the activity for example:

working in silence or large groups.

Brilliant!!

Bouncy Balls

Bouncy Balls

Bouncy Balls shows students the volume of the noise in your classroom by 

displaying a set of colorful bouncing balls. The higher the decibel level goes, 

the higher and more frequently the balls on the screen bounce. 

To use Bouncy Balls simply go to the website, click "begin bouncing," 

and then click the microphone icon to allow the site to access your 

computer's microphone.

Very Cool!!

Of course it a boys' school we try and see how high the balls can go ... :-)

Class Charts

Class Charts

Although I have posted this before, there has been some great improvements!!

Class Charts is a free website that lets teachers manage their classroom 

seating charts online and add additional information about their students.

Seating charts are an essential tool of any good teacher . They allow

them to organise students into appropriate learning groups as well as 

help to minimise behaviour issues. With Class Charts you can also 

choose to include and display key data such as SEN or reading age 

which can be used to position pupils in the classroom, whatever your 

classroom setup.  

The seating plans you create in Class Charts can also be used collaboratively 

with colleagues to track and analyse student behaviour over time. 

The software lets you track both positive and negative points for good/bad

 behaviour as well as generate behaviour reports.

Very good!!

How to Create Social Media Guidelines for Your School

How to Create Social Media Guidelines for Your School

This is a very useful guide.  There are 7 different steps that you 

can use in your school to assist you in setting this up.

Top Ten Tips for Teaching with New Media

Top Ten Tips for Teaching with New Media

This is a very useful classroom Guide.

It helps you to make the most of the latest technologies and 

gives you innovative ways to use them during the school year.

Full of succinct and practical ways to prepare students for 

21st-century success, this guide will help you deliver the 

relevant and meaningful education all students deserve. 

Very good!!

Ten Tips for Classroom Management book

Ten Tips for Classroom Management book

Learn how to improve student engagement and build a positive climate for 

learning and discipline for grades K-12.

We've all heard this about students: "If they are engaged, they are managed." 

And this is absolutely the truth. But we still need rules, routines, trust, and 

student ownership to make a classroom run smoothly and effectively. This guide will 

address those practical aspects of managing a classroom, with suggestions and 

resources appropriate for grades K-12.

Very good!!

21st Century Teaching

21st Century Teaching

iTALC

iTALC

iTALC is a free classroom management software which enables teachers to
view and control computers in their labs and interact with students.
It supports Linux and Windows and it even can be used
in mixed environments transparently.

AWESOME!!!!