Deb Norton Tech

1990 It's a well know fact that I have been teaching for 20+ years and I always tell people that one of the best parts of my job is that I rarely teach the same way twice and that the pedagogy and teaching styles are constantly changing.  (And thankfully the fashion has changed as well!) Students have also changed quite a bit from when I first started teaching in 1990!  Today's students have more of a voice in the classroom, they are digital natives and they are greater producers of content than students from the past. There are many things that we can do to better meet the needs of this new generation of learners.   Here is a list of some of them: #1 Objectives Everyday we post the objectives for our lessons.  We make sure to incorporate the objective naturally into our lesson and help students to understand the purpose for their learning.  Here is the ultimate way to post objectives in the classroom.  I need to do this! #2 - GAFE - ...

Let me introduce you to a programming site called Scratch . Intuitive and Creative Students will Thrive With Scratch Resources shared in this video: scratch.mit.edu http://scratch.mit.edu/educators/ Here are a few more things to know about Scratch : There are guidelines that students must follow when in the community: When exploring, a person can choose what type of Scratch they are searching for: The Scratched Community has free lesson plans for teachers to use: Thank you to Intel's Teachers Engage for sponsoring this video! Bonus: A Scary Story About Coding: When I was in college, I had to take a computer programming class. In this class, collaborating and sharing code was looked at as cheating.  We were expected to do all of the coding on our own.  I remember going into the basement of our business education building where there was a lab of about 15 computers (the kind with the green screen!)  and a dot printer. ...