Bringing Magic into the Classroom: Tim Rylands at TEDx

Tim Rylands, an education explorer talks about how the word teacher is too one-sided. He focused on important of making the class room more vibrant place for children to take education to next level and help broaden the children's minds.
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Re-engineering high school: India Gregory at TEDxCharlotteED

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India Gregory is a senior honors student at the School of Math, Engineering, Technology, & Science at Olympic Community of Schools in Charlotte, NC. In her talk, she helps us connect the dots between project-based learning, student engagement, and academic success. 



2.STEM teachers sit down! Socrates is dead: Tom Dubick at TEDxCharlotteED

Tom Dubick teaches applied math and science to middle and high school students at Charlotte Latin School. He also sits on the LEGO Education Advisory Panel. In his talk, Tom describes about how effective STEM education programs are engaging, inquiry-based, and academically rigorous. He also points out the importance of the teacher serving as a facilitator instead of the "sage on the stage."

This Is What Happens When A Kid Leaves Traditional Education

Logan Laplante is a 13 year-old boy who was taken out of the education system to be home schooled instead. Not only was he home schooled, but Logan had the ability to tailor his education to his interests and also his style of learning, something traditional education does not offer. As Logan has mentioned, when he grows up he wants to be happy and healthy. At a TEDx talk in 2013, he discussed how hacking his education is helping him achieve that goal.

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School & Experts Put Genius Boy In Special Ed. Now He’s Free & On Track For Nobel Prize

A young genius whose IQ is said said to be  higher than Albert Einstein, is on his way to possibly winning a Nobel Prize after dropping out of elementary school and his special ed programs. From a young age, Jacob Barnett was very interested in Math and Physics. Numbers were his passion and he was getting bored of early grades of elementary school as they did not come close to challenging him. Finally, his parents made the decision to take him out of public school and special ed programs regardless of the fact doctors had diagnosed him with ASD.

 “For a parent, it’s terrifying to fly against the advice of the professionals. But I knew in my heart that if Jake stayed in special ed, he would slip away.” Jacob’s mother.

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38 Effective Strategies for Classroom Management

How to Motivate Your Students and Get Them to Listen to You 

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This article gives 38 effective strategies for classroom management. These 

strategies may not be what you are used to and may require changes on your 

part. While there is no perfect method for eliminating all challenging 

behaviors, these are the strategies that I endorse and believe in as being the 

most effective for creating a positive classroom climate, based on my own 

experiences and research. Some of these strategies are more practical for 

elementary age classrooms, but many of these strategies can be used for all 

students from preschool to high school.

If you cannot get a student to follow rules, complete work, or be kind to 

other students after you have consistently implemented the strategies in this 

article, talk to your school team (administrators, guidance counselor, etc.) to 

determine what else can be done to help this student. The school team may 

need to meet with the child’s parents and additional strategies may need to 

be put in place like an individualized behavior plan and/or support from 

professionals like the guidance counselor, school psychologist, or principal.

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