excerpt from Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center
- Teaching is even more rewarding than you imagined. It is also more exhausting. Rest when you can and take time for yourself each and every day. You will be a better teacher (and human being) for it.
- Take the time…
25 Ways to Obtain Children’s Attention in a School Setting
I found this on Stumble Upon!
25 Ways to Obtain Children’s Attention in a School Setting
By Leah Davies, M.Ed.
There are countless times when educators need their students’ undivided attention. The following methods are best taught during the first weeks of school. These ideas can assist teachers in providing an ordered and safe learning environment for everyone.
Queens-born urban artist Nick Georgiou creates organic sculptures out of old newspapers, and then deposits them in random locations around the city. “Books and newspapers are becoming artifacts of the 21st century,” he explains. “My work is not only about the decline of the printed word in today’s society but its rebirth as art.” We’re dying to come across one of his creatures in person, but in the meantime we’ll have to satisfy ourselves with the cool images of his work after the jump.
About me
My thoughts feelings and ideas towards art and teaching. The hope is to mark my growth and hone in on what I truly feel toward these two areas of life (art/teaching) that take up a significant amount of my time and thought.
