4 Digital Safeguards For Modern Teachers
I started my teaching career in 2002. Our world and the digital landscape have changed dramatically since then. Navigating this new landscape can be challenging […]
10 Mistakes New Teachers Make (And How To Avoid Them)
If you’re anything like me, you gained a great deal of academic knowledge about your content area in college and very little actual knowledge about getting students […]
5 Steps That Took Me From “I Hate Teaching” To “I Love Teaching”
See if you can relate “IÂ regret choosing this profession! I wish IÂ was still back in college! I just want to go live at home and […]
Work from Anywhere, And Touch Other Lives by Teaching English Online
People get into teaching for a variety of reasons, but two of the biggest are the ability it gives you to personally connect with students […]
What To Do When You Hate Teaching
Disillusionment is common to most of us involved in the teaching profession. We all deal with it at one point or another. But what do […]
10 Years of Teaching: How Do I Keep My Students Engaged?
Five years ago, I wrote a series of seven articles called “Questions That Will Save Your Career†that still remain among the most visited articles […]
10 Design Changes I Did To My WordPress Blog This Month
If you haven’t stopped by the actual website for So You Want To Teach? in a few months, er weeks, er days, er hours, you may […]
Three Years of So You Want To Teach?
I am leaving tomorrow after school to go to the annual Texas Music Educators Association clinic/convention in San Antonio. I’m not taking my laptop with […]
Thank You For A Great Year!
Over 10,000 of the visits to SYWTT this year came from nine sources. The top three alone actually sent me over 6,200 visitors. This is […]
The Best of SYWTT 2009
Over the past (almost) three years of blogging, I have learned a lot more about myself, teaching, blogging, WordPress, CSS, HTML, and social media than […]
85+ Cool Sites I Found In October Via Twitter
I have been getting more and more into sharing information via Twitter recently. With 1,300 RSS subscribers, and only 850 Twitter followers, I know that […]
10 Free Ed-Tech Resources to Implement in the Classroom
This article is by Karen Schweitzer, the About.com Guide to Business School. Since it was published in 2009, 5 of the original 15 sites have gone away. It’s now […]
The Power of Potential: 19 Educational Uses for Google Wave
I got my Google Wave invitation the day the first set of invites came out. Today on Twitter, a friend asked me if Google Wave […]
Google Wave Will Revolutionize Online Classroom Instruction
Today is the day. Thousands of new users will be presented with the opportunity to get their hands on Google Wave. What is Google Wave? […]
20 Ways I Really Use My iPhone To Teach Band Class
On the day that the iPhone 3G was released, I rushed out to the local AT&T Store to pick up my very own. I was […]