Contemporary Teaching

As times change with respect to technology, culture, and learners, teachers adapt with their approaches to instruction. Here are three categories to consider if things feel a little stale:

1. On-the-Spot Scaffolding (Alber, edutopia.org)

"Scrambling in the moment to figure out what students need when they just don't get it is one of the exciting challenges of teaching."

• Sentence Starters
• Image/Short Film Clip
• Talk Time Over a Guided Question

2. VIDEO: Reteach and Enrich (edutopia.org) 

• Formative Assessments
• Differentiation
• Collaboration (Students and Teachers)

3. 53 Ways to Check for Understanding (edutopia.org). 

A sampling:

• Summary Poems
• Question Stems
• Muddy Moments
• Anticipation Guides
• Tagxedo

BONUS REDUX: The Valley Harvester teaching videos 

• Differentiation
• Formative Assessment
• Content Planning