Teaching+Tips

Post here useful tips for teaching, grading, classroom management

useful tips for managing lots of grading, geared toward middle School but great for all levels || [|Edutopia blog on grading] ||
 * managing grading:
 * Nice Educational Leadership article about the purpose of homework || [|5 Hallmarks of good homework] ||
 * Making multiple choice tests the start of learning || [|expanding multiple choice assessments] ||

articles about prof development ||  ||
 * teacher training:
 * 12st century teacher training || http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/03/30/training-teachers-for-21st-century-classrooms.aspx ||


 * Helping students motivate themselves || http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2011/04/05/tln_ferlazzo_2.html?tkn=OSCCI%2BWTyxX9HE1IyMmxOzEY%2FZoE8NfF0zYP&cmp=clp-sb-ascd ||
 * Can you make a bad employee better? || http://www.bnet.com/blog/evil-hr-lady/can-you-make-a-bad-employee-or-boss-better/1781 ||
 * How to make your employees miserable || http://www.bnet.com/blog/evil-hr-lady/are-you-trying-to-make-your-employees-8217-lives-miserable/735?tag=content;drawer-container ||
 * how to get a work policy changed || http://www.bnet.com/blog/evil-hr-lady/5-steps-to-get-a-work-policy-changed/1143?tag=content;drawer-container ||
 * managing meetings || http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/handling-disruptive-colleagues-in-meetings/32339 ||
 * managing meetings || http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/handling-disruptive-colleagues-in-meetings/32339 ||