Educational blogs

Educational Blog

It all started when our technology professor told us that our assignment would be an educational blog. The blog would help us promote our careers later on.
As special educators, everyone of  my colleagues, the masters students started working feverishly on his/ her blog doing their best. The results were astonishing, a set of great educational blogs that would be so helpful for special educators.

These blogs have amazing ideas. All you need to do is to click the links below and enjoy a great experience and unique ideas.

1. https://leplaisirdemaths.blogspot.com

2. Rasha Koleilat

https://dyscalculiafun.blogspot.com/

3.Sahar Hamzah

www.saharhamzahspgeometry.blogspot.com

4. www.childrenwithsuperpowers.blogspot.com

5. Perla Bitar
surmonterladyslexie.blogspot.com

6. Roubina Margossian
www.autismbyroubina.blogspot.com

7. Ramonda Samya:
www.learningbeyondautism.blogspot.com

8. Eman Shehadeh

inclusionbyemanshehadeh.blogspot.com

GO CREATIVE!!!

Using the old teaching methods and tools with the 21st century learners is not effective anymore. Upgrading the teaching process and the tools we use  is a must. To do this, you need new tools.
 Below you will find  three  of the many  21st century web tools that will  help you enhance the teaching/learning process..Go creative!
When  teaching is fun, learning will be fun too....

1. Scratchhttps://scratch.mit.edu/about



2. Storybird https://storybird.com/challenges/create-quick-picture-book/

It helps students make their own stories, different genres, and use illustrations needed. This tool is easy to use. Teachers and students can use this tool to make the writing process an enjoyable experience.


I used this tool in my classroom and I encouraged my students to use it in order to write their own stories. It made the writing process (which they considered a burden) an interesting process.



3. toondoo.comhttp://www.toondoo.com/

This is an easy tool to create cartoons or comic strips. It makes writing very interesting.




N.B: The videos up are downloaded from youtube.

CREATIVE,CRITICAL THINKERS

What are the 4Cs in the classroom?

In order to stay updated with  the requirements of the 21st century, you need to communicate effectively, collaborate, think critically and creatively. Educators have to plan with a different approach where the learning process include better forms of communication and collaboration. Using  well-organized and well planned group work in the classroom will produce more creative and critical thinkers.

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What Do You Know About Gifted Students?

This info-graphic template -presented in English and French- represents the most important characteristics of the talented student. It  is prepared by me using "Easel.ly" with the help of Lara Abou Hamdan and Gina Diab (The French version) at the  "The Lebanese University", Faculty of Education; major (Special Education).
It is supervised by Dr. Rima Malek. (Technology professor).

The English version:

The French version

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If You Want to Teach Them, Love Them

Dear teachers,

In this world, many kids are mistreated or abused at home.  All they need is love. I can hear you say, "As a teacher, my job is to teach them, not to love them or spoil them".
I understand, but I disagree.
Go back in time to your childhood, when you were students just like them. Didn't you need your teachers to believe in you.

Kids need to feel loved, appreciated and above all they need to feel that we  believe in them. Yes, BELIEVE IN THEM.
Their self-esteem is badly affected by their  ENVIRONMENT. Parents either care more about their kids' performance at school and their grades more than their well being,  or they are too busy to care at all.

Decades ago, many parents were convinced that a successful person is the one who gets  his degree from one the best universities around the world,  ignoring different kinds of intelligence, their kids" individuality, or even other life skills they need to acquire to be successful and productive.

Our job as teachers is to encourage these kids and motivate them to do their best and to reach their full potential overcoming all the obstacles they face..
We need to help them BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES.

Regards,
 English teacher
Bader Shehayeb

Who said teaching has to be boring? Watch this video to teach your students parts of speech through fun.

Story in a Video!!!

 

Story Board....This video story is prepared by me. Lara abou Hamdan prepared the illustrations.

These are the objectives I prepared below can be very beneficial. You can use this video in your classrooms with different objectives according to the grade level. Feel free to customize it according to your students' needs and interests.

Objectives:
 By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:


Grade 1: 

• retell the story
• predict a solution for the story
• prepare the characters out of dough

Material needed: Dough

Grade 2: 

• role play the story
• arrange the events in order
• predict the solution

Grade 3: 

• match pictures to story events
• write a new solution for the probem
• describe the main character 

Material needed:   1. pictures of the events
                                2. slips of papers that have the events written on

Grade 4: 

• complete the story map
• interview the main character
• add events to the story

 Material needed: Story map




Grade 5 :

• write a new ending for the story
• write a letter to the main character
• complete  the story map

  Material needed: 
1.Handouts ( letter format, new ending, story map)

The handouts can be found ready online (below) or prepared by the teacher.