Altering Education Podcast Episode 10
“What’s Next in the Classroom” December 28, 2012 Welcome to the last Podcast of 2012. Altering education is a Podcast that promotes the use of technology in the classroom with ideas for teachers,...
View ArticleBroadway helping Newtown with a Show
A wonderful event to help the community of Newtown will include performers from Broadway helping with a show. Broadway producer Van Dean and composer Brett Boles, who are both from Newtown, will...
View ArticleAltering Education Podcast Episode 11 – Change the Way You Think!
The podcast is off to a new year! This week on the podcast the hosts discuss how teachers, parents and students who want to be on the cutting edge education can use technology to help provide more...
View ArticleHelping Teens Manage Stress
A recent article on helping teens manage stress provided some concrete tips for helping high school students from becoming overwhelmed by the pressures that they face. Author Kelsey Sheehy of US News...
View ArticleAltering Education Podcast Episode 12 – Stress and Zombies
Podcast Episode 12 – Stress and Zombies With Kate Nitzken, Joel Fink and Matt Nitzken Altering Education is a place to discuss important topics that face educators, administrators, parents and...
View ArticleEducation is the ticket for Middle Class Success
Education is the ticket to middle class success according to Michael A. MacDowell , President of Misericordia University in Dallas, Pa. In an article published in Education News, he states that the...
View ArticleTesting Integrity Symposium Results: The Truth about Cheating
An important document called Testing Integrity Symposium Results provides information about the variations in test results and how the results are affected by reporting allegations of cheating. All...
View ArticleUsing the “Cloud” Might Compromise Student Security
You might not have thought of it but using the “cloud” in your coursework might compromise student security. Many schools have paid internet providers for large-volume email services for the last...
View ArticleReaders Theater Strategy for Speaking and Listening
Readers Theater is the perfect strategy to help teachers improve speaking and listening in the classroom. If you are a language arts teacher, you may not have tried this method to help students...
View ArticleVGo helps Schools Reach Sick Students
All teachers have experienced the problem of keeping sick students on track as they miss school. Now VGo might be the answer to help schools reach sick students. VGo, a white chess-pawn-shaped robot...
View ArticleKeep Calm and Carry On with Online Curriculum
Keep calm and carry online with classroom curriculum preparation. What is the craze with the phrase “Keep Calm and Carry On”, and how does it apply to our work with students as we create online...
View ArticlePodcast 13 – Fearless Technology
The Altering Education team discusses technology and issues that will help teachers, administrators and parents be fearless and safe as they use the internet. Making the Grade 1) Internet security...
View Article9/11 Memorial Museum will House Memories in High-Tech
The 9/11 Memorial Museum will house memories in high-tech. In a recent preview attended by The Verge, the 9/11 Memorial Museum will open with its first exhibit: a multimedia collage meant to capture...
View ArticleProject Based Learning is about Cooperation
Project Based Learning is primarily about teaching cooperation. In a recent article from Education News, entitled,” What Happened to Project Based Learning?” the author discusses the difficulties...
View ArticlePodcast 14 – Teaching Teens in the Know
“Teaching Teens in the Know” This week on the podcast the team discusses the latest technology tools and concepts to help teachers understanding some of the issues facing our teens including Facebook,...
View ArticleMiranda Warning for Students
In a recent court ruling about reading Miranda warning for students, Kentucky students must be given Miranda warnings — students now have right to remain silent and to have a lawyer. This also...
View ArticleTeaching Outdoors with Amazing Results
Any teacher who has reached the season of spring wonders about the possibility of teaching outdoors. Those of us who have made this choice realize that you can teach outdoors with amazing results....
View Article2013 Teacher of the Year is all about Engineering
This past Thursday the Department of Education announced the 2013 Teacher of the Year. This year the Teacher of the Year is all about science and Engineering coursework. Jeff Charbonneau from Zillah...
View ArticleTeacher Pay is Victim to the Recession
There’s no doubt that the recession has had a negative impact on teacher pay. In a recent study by the National Council on Teacher Quality the results demonstrated that while the methods districts...
View ArticleLarry Page’s Vision of technology can motivate Students
Larry Page’s vision of technology can help teachers to motivate students to become the game changers of the future. Page, Google Inc. Chief Executive, did not sell Google technology in his Google I/O...
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