Category Archives: Good ideas and discussion

Lately I’ve been reading many different resources about class management, working with AD/HDs & OCD’s, and parenting the strong-willed kids. To put things on the practical perspectives, I was reminded of many incidents of failed cases of managing kids. To … Continue reading →

What kind of students falls on the top priority list when teachers plan for teaching? What is our primary goal for teaching students? In the highest priority, do we want to produce the high-caliber super smart students, attend to the … Continue reading →

Heard in the news the following stories. I am wondering about the liability issues. A baker refuses to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple because he doesn’t believe in gay marriage. He was threatened to be sued. Another … Continue reading →

Professor (P): “Now you have started teaching lessons and working with students; let me ask you which learning theories you truly believe in.” Student Teacher (ST): “Hmmm…. I’ll need to think about the learning theories a little further.” P: “Check … Continue reading →

The Portfolio, especially electronic portfolio has been popular while the Web development tools advanced and became readily available for the general public. In our program, we always encourage students to develop good portfolios for their future careers. Here are some … Continue reading →

During this past semester, I required my students to work in small teams to generate bi-weekly newsletters for our class. The newsletters are at least four pages long. Students became creative to explore possible contents, including what they had learned … Continue reading →

As the semester is drawing to a closure, we are starting to plan for the new semester. For this coming fall semester, I’ll be working with a group of Internship I students. We will spend first several meetings on campus … Continue reading →

One of the most exciting and challenging part of the junior practicum for the teaching professionals will be the full-time teaching. My students were assigned a topic for the unit teaching. They will create ten connected lessons within the unit … Continue reading →

When I give advice to young people about priorities, I always consider three things as the most important in order: safety, health, and accomplishments. Safety is the number one concern in any event. With the ever increasing incidents of public … Continue reading →