High-Impact Teaching Strategies for the 'XYZ' Era of EducationDescription |
A whole new force of technology has entered education--PowerPoint, smart boards, MP3s, and the internet have brought stunning changes to all levels of learning in schools across the country. As teachers, the challenge is not the technology, but understanding how that technology has shaped and prepared students. Transforming your instruction into high impact teaching not only captivates and engages these new learners but improves academic results, classroom behavior, and student attitudes. Incorporate these proven strategies and reconnect with the realities of today's classroom. |
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- Defines specific generations of individuals currently in the classroom and provides an introduction to the unique dynamics created by their combination.
- Addresses the need for teachers to adjust their teaching strategies to meet the needs of their learners.
- Offers 26 (A-Z) High-Impact Strategies, which are divided into seven sections: In General; The Connection; The Big Picture; Focus on Classroom Management; In Practice; Next Step; and Your Ideas.
- Offers a series of High-Impact Lessons from real teachers in real classrooms with real students, covering all 26 strategies across the grade levels and content areas.
- Includes 10 stories that can be used in the classroom as analogies, metaphors, or examples.
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Section One Understanding the Dynamics of the 'XYZ' Era of Education Section Two High-Impact ABC Strategies Contents A = Acknowledgment B = Being Open C = Crest of the Wave D = Directions E = Entertainment F = Frames G = Getting Responses H = High-Quality Responses I = Involve, Don't Tell J = Jump Up K = Keen Visuals L = Labels M = Music N = Novelty O = Ownership P = Pause Q = Questions R = Revolutions S = Socialization T = Tiers U = Uniquely Memorable V = Vocal Italics W = Walk Away X = X-Ray Vision Y = Yesterday Lives! Z = Zones of Instruction Lesson 1: The Presence of Chlorophyll in Leaves Lesson 2: Natural Resources Lesson 3: Using Question Marks Appropriately Lesson 4: Know Your State Lesson 5: Sentence Types Lesson 6: ABCs on the Move Lesson 7: Photo Journal Review Lesson 8: Native American Legends Lesson 9: Animals in the Ocean Lesson 10: Plotting Points on the Coordinate Grid Lesson 11: American History Time Lines Lesson 12: Can You Dig It? Lesson 13: Review Baseball Lesson 14: Docent of Your Own Museum-Understanding the Visual Arts in Relation to History and Culture Lesson 15: Carrying Capacity of a Landscape A Final Thought Section Three Lessons in the Language of Learning Appendix Stories The Strawberry The Traveler The Animal School The White Horse The Castle Wall The Two Seeds The 1958 World Series The Caterpillars The Bicycle References Index |
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A whole new force of technology has entered education; PowerPoint, interactive white boards, MP3s, and the Internet bring stunning changes to all levels of learning in schools across the country. As teachers, the challenge is not the technology, but understanding how that technology has shaped and prepared this generation of students, the digital natives. Transforming your instruction into high impact teaching not only captivates and engages these new learners but improves academic results, classroom behavior, and student attitudes. High-Impact Teaching Strategies for the 'XYZ' Era of Education will help you incorporate these proven strategies into lessons to meet the demands of today's classroom. Ignite student learning and enhance your instruction with the help of Rich Allen: - Identify specific generations of learners currently in your classroom and learn how digital natives change the unique dynamics in our schools.
- Adapt your teaching strategies to captivate the interest of every student.
- Incorporate 26 (A-Z) High-Impact Strategies, which are divided into seven sections: In General; The Connection; The Big Picture; Focus on Classroom Management; In Practice; Next Step; and Your Ideas.
- Implement High-Impact Lessons from real teachers used with real students, covering all 26 strategies across the grade levels and content areas.
- Include 10 model classroom stories in your instruction as analogies, metaphors, or examples to foster student learning.
What Educators are Saying “Every educator needs to read this book. It successfully provides teachers with a recipe that can be used in any classroom, any content, [and] any grade-level to teach people. Teaching is an art, and the author masterfully unlocks the secrets of a successful teacher.” - Cheryl K. Dick, elementary school teacher, Nixa R-II School District, Nixa, MO “The connection of each strategy [in High Impact Teaching Strategies] to the world children live in today enabled me to better understand why we need to change the way we think about the instruction we deliver. These high impact-teaching strategies are both useful and relevant to the challenges educators and students face each day.”
- Tracy S. Hendrix, academic coach, Carnesville Elementary School, Carnesville, GA |
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Author |
| Dr. Rich Allen is a highly regarded educator and master trainer, with a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology. His cognitive learning theory research, which provided understanding on how the brain receives, processes, stores, and recalls information, forms the basis for his radical approach to teaching, presenting and facilitating. In 25 years of taking his ideas around the world, he has changed the lives of thousands of educators and executives, by giving them practical new presentation and teaching techniques that massively increase personal effectiveness. Rich is a much sought after keynote speaker at international education conferences and leads workshops for school districts all over the world. He is a regular speaker at the Brain Expo, leads an annual course for student teachers in the UK and works with schools and school districts in the US, Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Russia. A former high school math and drama teacher, Rich was a Director and Lead Facilitator for SuperCamp, a 10-day accelerated learning program for teens, before focusing on teaching brain-based learning strategies to adults. He is the author of a number of best-selling education books including: Impact Teaching and Green Light Classrooms. |
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Reader Review(s) |
“Every educator needs to read this book. It successfully provides teachers with a recipe that can be used in any classroom, any content, [and] any grade-level to teach people. Teaching is an art, and the author masterfully unlocks the secrets of a successful teacher.” - Cheryl K. Dick, elementary school teacher, Nixa R-II School District, Nixa, MO “The connection of each strategy [in High Impact Teaching Strategies] to the world children live in today enabled me to better understand why we need to change the way we think about the instruction we deliver. These high impact-teaching strategies are both useful and relevant to the challenges educators and students face each day.”
- Tracy S. Hendrix, academic coach, Carnesville Elementary School, Carnesville, GA |
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