Pedagogy

=**Pedagogy **=

Alfie Kohn videos on:
 * positive reinforcement
 * punishment
 * control
 * Homework

Alfie Kohn vs. Dwight Schrute
 * I don't think I need to expand on why this is amusing...

[|The Individual Education Plan]
 * The Ontario Ministry of Education document on IEPs

Ontario Association for Mathematic Education
 * This page has tips and resources as well as news about math and math teachers in Ontario

Top ten Accommodations for all types of learners
 * These accommodations may help many students in your class. Many of the strategies will work with students with and without learning disabilities

Survive and Thrive
 * This is a program for beginning teachers which I would be interested in learning more about

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Dan Meyer speaks about how 'math class needs a makeover'
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This video talks about teaching students using things they know and removing good questions from the textbook and making use of them rather than just following the textbook

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mindbites
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This site has many videos presenting math and science topics in interesting ways

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Amazing Abacus' used in other parts of the world
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This video is really interesting because it shows how math is taught differently in different countries
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">It also shows us that students who use math manipulatives can still make use of them in their heads during tests

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Alan November speaks about who owns the learning in schools]
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This is an interesting view on how students are leaning in schools

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Solvr]
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This tool has students post and respond in steps to problems online
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This tool is under the pedagogical tab to emphasize that there are many methods of bringing technology and learning, as well as community together

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Rick Lavoie]
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Videos can be purchased from this site by Rick Lavoie, who emphasizes the stresses students with learning disabilities face daily and what to avoid or try to do to help these students learn

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Key people to help support students with special learning needs]
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Excerpt from the Thrive and Survive website outlining the key people who can help a new teacher support students with special learning needs

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Gifted students in the classroom]
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Tips for Teachers from ETFO about gifted students in the classroom and how to help them succeed