Learning Collective for an Elementary Teacher

      RSS feeds are a great resource to improve the atmosphere and vibe of your classroom. RSS feeds bring together heaps of knowledge or you that will enhance the learning of your students if applied. I was connected with and enjoyed Terry Heicks' article titled 50 Ways to Teach Understanding (you can read more! Click on the link below). This article helped me to better understand testing and gauging the learning of students. I have always been concerned about how I was going to make sure my students learning was on the right track without making them go "test crazy"! This article gave me different ideas including incorporating material into games and testing that way. This is fun for students but also gives the teacher a peek into student learning. Another article that I became interested in was Secrets for Creating an Amazing Classroom Makerspace. This article piqued my interest immediately. I love hands-on learning and I know that students learn better when they are ...

      PLN is short for a connected group of professional learners of any field. PLN groups collaborate on a specific area of learning - in my case it would be Elementary Education. Or, further down the road I might want to dive into everything about reading with lower elementary students, I could connect with others that have the same passion thus creating a network! PLN groups share the same passions, they exchange the very best tips and tricks that they have seen work as well as inspire others in the group to try new things. As an aspiring teacher and future member of various PLN's, I hope to gain wisdom from teachers that have gone before me in my specific field. I hope to harvest information about the following things. I want to learn how to address and incorporate real life practices such as recycling, communication skills, motor skills and independent discovery into my classroom. I also want to learn how to incorporate as much hands-on learning into my classroom as ...