Teacher's Curriculum Institute

I made the following interactive timeline for those attending the webinar on Wednesday, Sept. 7th (3:30 – 4:30 PST) on Getting Started with the ISN.  This interactive timeline was super-easy to make using the website, http://timetoast.com.  The site is free and allows you/students to create interactive timelines that can be viewed as linear or as [...]

A common challenge shared among teachers at all levels: “I want my students to pair up in class, but it eats into my instructional time, and sometimes, my students don’t make good choices for a partner. Is there a better way?” The answer is a resounding yes! Many teachers familiar with TCI materials use the [...]

Many of us at TCI are former teachers. We know what the daily classroom life of a teacher can be and how nice it is when you feel appreciated. Some of us took a step back to reflect about our teaching days and our favorite teacher appreciation moments. Bert: ”My favorite gifts have always been student [...]

Impossibly, my oldest daughter will begin middle school next year. We are fortunate to live in a Bay Area community not unlike Lake Wobegon where all the children are high achieving (and schools are great, parents are involved, etc). All three of our middle schools offer a Laptop Program. Enrolled students use their laptops in [...]

Think e-learning is better naturally? Interaction is more than click, drag, paste. It’s still found in meaningful instruction. Try our TCI programs out for 30 days-free.  We use the tech, but in a meaningful way!  Visit http://info.teachtci.com/trial/ today! By Brian_ThomasTCI | View this Toon at ToonDoo | Create your own Toon

Here are three great websites to use when having your students conduct writing assignments in the content area. http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp  This website is so simple it’s insane.  Let’s say you are going to have your students create a fictional article that might appear in a newspaper.  Students would use the writing process to draft and edit the [...]

Many social studies teachers ask their students to watch the State of the Union address. It is an important civic function that, unfortunately, many do not exercise. TCI would like to encourage students to become active listeners during President Obama’s speech to the nation on January 25th. To help, teachers can use this activity sheet.  [...]

Teachers love to talk about the Interactive Student Notebook. In my experience, nothing generates more conversation than the simple question, “How do you grade the notebook?” So we thought that having a PureGenius contest on the Interactive Student Notebook would be a perfect way to kick off 2011. Teachers can enter their ideas for a [...]

  Consider the launch dates for the most widely used social media sites in the past ten years.  We begin in 2001 with the launch of Wikipedia, which became a destination site for many students as they research topics.  Of course the challenges would come because of how posts can be edited by the audience [...]