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Online Education Blog – LetGoLearn.comWednesday, February 13, 2008Alternate Materials: Engaging the Reluctant ReaderWhen it comes down to it, whether our kids are reading "the classics" or Sports Illustrated for Kids shouldn't be our greatest concern. Really, the question is whether they are reading at all. And if we can find materials to engage them, they will!Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 08:32 PM. Filed under: Reading • Instruction • Administrators • Teachers • Home School • Special Education • Experts • Anne-Evan Williams, Dir. Of Educational Development, Let’s Go Learn • Tuesday, January 22, 2008Speaking Out Against Graduation ExamsEducators and school board members alike are speaking out against the proposed graduation exam requirements in Pennsylvania. With the number of benchmark assessments on the rise across the country, there are many who feel that assessments are the only way to hold both teachers and students accountable for their learning. But in Pennsylvania, they disagree.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 01:11 PM. Filed under: Reading • Math • Assessments • Administrators • Teachers • Special Education • Experts • Anne-Evan Williams, Dir. Of Educational Development, Let’s Go Learn • Thursday, December 13, 2007Calculators in the ClassroomSince the invention of the calculator forty years ago, educators have debated the value of such tools in the classroom.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 12:55 PM. Filed under: Math • Instruction • Administrators • Teachers • Home School • Special Education • Experts • Anne-Evan Williams, Dir. Of Educational Development, Let’s Go Learn • Thursday, December 06, 2007Building our Children’s BrainsCarol S. Dweck identifies two different mindsets in students: the fixed mindset, which believes that success stems from ability, and the growth mindset, which believes success comes from growth. Dweck's research has shown that students who are spoken to with a growth mindset are the students for whom growth is more likely, and success greater.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 02:33 PM. Filed under: Reading • Math • Instruction • Administrators • Teachers • Home School • Special Education • Experts • Anne-Evan Williams, Dir. Of Educational Development, Let’s Go Learn • Thursday, November 29, 2007Another Vote against Oral Reading MeasuresTeachers have long used oral reading measures as a standard of reading assessment. Meanwhile, opponents have launched a variety of criticisms, pointing to the social stigma associated with reading out loud and claiming too great a focus on "sounding right." But new research from the University of Maryland presents fresh, concrete data against oral reading measures and in favor of silent reading comprehension in student assessment.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 07:26 PM. Filed under: Reading • Assessments • Administrators • Teachers • Special Education • Experts • Anne-Evan Williams, Dir. Of Educational Development, Let’s Go Learn • Tuesday, November 20, 2007Never Underestimate the Importance of Informal AssessmentDocumenting student reading behavior has always been a challenge, and with the stress now on formal reading assessments, it's important to remember that reading is a distinctly personal process--and to remember that we're not teaching reading; we're teaching children.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 05:39 AM. Filed under: Reading • Assessments • Teachers • Home School • Special Education • Experts • Anne-Evan Williams, Dir. Of Educational Development, Let’s Go Learn • Thursday, November 15, 2007Problem Solving: More than Meets the EyeMath teachers have long struggled to find methods to help students focus not just on getting the right answers, but on how to solve problems. In fact, problem-solving skills are becoming more and more of a hot topic in math instruction. So how exactly do you teach a child to think through the elements of solving any given problem?Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 05:28 AM. Filed under: Math • Instruction • Teachers • Home School • Special Education • Experts • Anne-Evan Williams, Dir. Of Educational Development, Let’s Go Learn • Tuesday, October 23, 2007Are Students Inheriting a Fear of Math?Math anxiety is a common problem. It's a large part of the reason students fail to take important upper-level math courses. But maybe talking to our students about their math fears isn't all we need to be doing. Maybe some of that fear is inherited, passed down from parents with their own math anxieties. Maybe it's time for the schools to address the math anxieties of the parents as well.Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 11:37 AM. Filed under: Math • Instruction • Administrators • Teachers • Home School • Special Education • Experts • Anne-Evan Williams, Dir. Of Educational Development, Let’s Go Learn • Tuesday, October 02, 2007Good Educational Technology: What Does That Mean?Hardware, software, professional development. All make up what we refer to as educational technology. But is one component more important than another? Is one more often ignored? What does it mean for schools to have "good educational technology"?Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 03:47 PM. Filed under: Educational Technology • Administrators • Teachers • Experts • Anne-Evan Williams, Dir. Of Educational Development, Let’s Go Learn • Tuesday, September 25, 2007Preschoolers on the ComputerA common question for most parents is, "When is my child old enough?" We wonder when our children are old enough for potty training, for a "big" bed, for any number of first steps. But in a time when technology seems to rule our home lives as well as our work lives, many parents are stopping to ask, "When is my child old enough to use the computer?"Posted by Anne-Evan Williams at 03:45 PM. Filed under: Instruction • Educational Technology • Teachers • Home School • Special Education • Experts • Anne-Evan Williams, Dir. Of Educational Development, Let’s Go Learn •
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