Teachers Changing the Game

Teachers Changing the Game
Author: Mike Franklin
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2020-04-29
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ISBN:

If you believe in Positive Teaching, being a Champion for our young people, Leading or Coaching with Passion, this book is a MUST! This high-octane book will reinvigorate your passion for the greatest job and responsibility on earth while while teaching tactics for success. Prepare to be Supercharged with electric inspiration and motivation while Learning Proven Strategies to: Form Amazingly Strong and Trusting Student Relationships Motivate and Ignite Students, Teachers and Leaders to be their very BEST Build Incredible School Culture Strengthen Classroom and Team Bonds See what Schools, Teachers, and Celebrities are buzzing about: "A Must Read! We are fortunate that Mike is now sharing his positive and insightful thoughts in this book. The knowledge he shares echoes many of the principles we use with our Ravens to make us better: supporting one another, having each other's backs and being part of something bigger than yourself. Enjoy this entertaining and important book." -Kevin Byrne Executive Vice President Baltimore Ravens "This book is a MUST READ! It is useful, practical and an absolute Game-Changer. I've known Mike since childhood, so I've known for decades what you will find out quickly upon reading this book: he is a man of high character, unparalleled servant-hood, and has a deep passion for helping students, teachers coaches and schools." -Alan Stein Jr. Keynote Performance Speaker and Best Selling Author "An amazing book that hits on so many points and issues that will help teachers and coaches in their relationships with students. I've used many of Mike's techniques in my own coaching experiences. This book is a MUST Read." -Jim Riggleman Major League Baseball Manager of the Washington Nationals, Cubs, Mariners and Padres. Mike shares his insight, motivation and tactics that have led him to numerous accolades at the District, State, and College levels. These selfless strategies have also led to many Coaching Championships but most importantly...the strategies shared will lead to strong, authentic and engaging student, teacher and administrative relationships.

EDrenaline Rush

EDrenaline Rush
Author: John Meehan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2019-06-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9781949595383

What if going to school captured the thrills and excitement of a theme park? Just imagine what your classroom would be like if the activities inside elicited the same sense of fun and exhilaration as a roller coaster! How much more engaged would your students be if your curriculum were filled with the same mystery and mastery they found in an escape room full of puzzles and surprising twists? School should be fun! In EDrenaline Rush, John Meehan pulls back the curtain on what it takes to create thrilling learning experiences in your classroom. Packed with lesson planning tips, instructional design ideas, and plug-and-play teaching resources, EDrenaline Rush will challenge you to think differently and equip you to push your pedagogy to incredible limits. Create classrooms where students willingly step outside of their comfort zones and boldly dare to attempt the impossible. "Packed with practical tips and great writing that will have you coming back for more of his dynamic, rigorous approach to classroom teaching." --Alexis Wiggins, teacher and author of The Best Class You Never Taught "This is a must-buy and should be a must-implement for anyone who wants to create positive change in their schools." --Michael Matera, teacher and author of eXPlore Like a Pirate "Every classroom can be filled with 'student-centered edrenaline, ' and after reading EDrenaline Rush you will be motivated to make it happen." --Scott Rocco, EdD, Hamilton Township (NJ) School District Superintendent and co-author of 140 Twitter Tips for Educators and Hacking Google for Education "EDrenaline Rush is the ultimate surprise and delight!" --Monica Cornetti, CEO of Sententia Gamification, GamiCon Gamemaster

The Game of School: Why We All Play It, How it Hurts Kids, and What It Will Take to Change It

The Game of School: Why We All Play It, How it Hurts Kids, and What It Will Take to Change It
Author: Robert L. Fried
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005-04-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781119143598

WHY PLAY THE HIGH STAKES GAME OF SCHOOL? "In this must-read book, Robert Fried shows us that playing the game of school day after day is an intolerable waste of time, and while we are told it will lead to a decent paying job, it actually stupefies us for life's challenges—including being a decent citizen. He shows why we simply cannot keep doing this to our intellectually feisty youngsters, or to their teachers. Fried has it right in theory and detail, and he shows us, in his lively, poignant, often funny stories from the field, how teachers, parents, and, yes, kids, too, can begin to change this dreadful and unnecessary game." —DEBORAH MEIER, founding principal and director, New Ventures, Mission Hill School "This critically important book plumbs the depths of productive vs. unproductive learning and finds a seemingly normal, yet insidious, 'game' at its core. Our schools' failure to engage young minds is explained through vivid portraits of teachers who buck the trend. Fried is not a nihilist who sees only the dark side. Far from it. He has the courage to describe the Game of School such that readers can accept the metaphor as a tool without which educational reform will continue to be ineffectual." —SEYMOUR B. SARASON, professor of psychology emeritus, Yale University and author of And What Do You Mean by Learning?

Teachers Who Change Lives

Teachers Who Change Lives
Author: Andrew Metcalfe
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
Total Pages: 1
Release: 2007-09-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0522851754

Most of us can recall teachers who changed our lives, teachers who arrived to teach us what we needed to know just when we needed to know it. The amazing thing about such people is they change us so that we become ourselves. It's as if they have a magical ability to know us better than we know ourselves. How does this happen? Where does the power of great teaching come from? In Teachers Who Change Lives, leading Australian educationists Andrew Metcalfe and Ann Game cast new light on the processes of teaching and learning. The authors argue that outstanding teachers do not mould students by pushing them towards the achievement of externally based measurements of excellence (the 'perfect TER score or bust' model), but instead encourage them to reach their full potential by teaching them to follow their passions and interests. In interviews, some of Australia's most respected names-including Stephanie Alexander, Dawn Casey, Greg Chappell, Betty Churcher, Helen Garner, Shane Gould and Michael Kirby-reveal the significant classroom experiences and influential teachers that helped shape their futures. A book for parents of school-age children, for teachers and those interested in becoming teachers, and for all those who remember how teachers changed their lives.

Game Changer!

Game Changer!
Author: Donalyn Miller
Publisher: Scholastic Professional
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781338310597

Miller and Sharp provide the game-changing tools and information teachers and administrators need to dramatically increase children's access to and engagement with books.

Changing the Game for Generation Alpha

Changing the Game for Generation Alpha
Author: Valora Washington
Publisher: Redleaf Press
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1605547271

“Generation Alpha” applies to children born between 2011 and 2025. They will be raised in smaller and constantly evolving families, digital natives, more tech-savvy than previous generations, globally-connected, diverse, and will live and interact with many more generations. Because of these differences, the next generation and the nation is transforming in ways that adults have never experienced before. Valora Washington invites you to consider how to advocate for and influence the trajectories of this next generation. Raising Generation Alpha Kids looks at how this generation of young children presents new opportunities and challenges, and supports and informs the two principal groups of adults in children’s lives—their families and early childhood educators.

Game Changers

Game Changers
Author: Monica Genta
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2018-10-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9780464758235

Quack Attacks. Family Feud. The Big Green Computing Machine. What do these seemingly meaningless statements have to do with education? Everything! Come discover how changing the way students respond to YOU can revolutionize your classroom. These innovative teaching strategies, based are outside the box, but add whimsy and motivation to your environment. Most importantly, these ideas work and are bound to change the way the game is played in your classroom.

Changing Kids' Games

Changing Kids' Games
Author: G. S. Don Morris
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Total Pages: 147
Release: 1999
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780880116916

The first edition of Changing Kids' Games broke new ground-it changed attitudes about physical education by showing teachers how to modify games to suit all children's developmental needs. Kids love it. Teachers know it works. Now, the new edition of this cutting-edge guide keeps its basic approach while providing updated content to meet the needs of today's physical education classes.This expertly illustrated, easy-to-follow book helps you select, plan, modify, present, and evaluate movement games to fit your purposes, values, teaching styles, and resources. But most important, it helps you meet the needs, abilities, and interests of your players-especially children ages 5-13.This valuable resource presents a wealth of games, all of which use movement as either the primary ingredient or motivator. The book shows you how to- recognize when it would be useful to modify a game,- customize any game to suit any group or kid in almost any situation,- develop game creation into a 3-step process that anyone can do,- create games that teach specific skills, and- teach sports by analyzing the skills needed.Changing Kids' Games includes 20 tables that readers can use to simplify the process of games analysis and modification. It also describes 5 tools you can use to help students learn to modify games.Part One outlines step-by-step procedures for modifying games and shows how to involve others in games-changing efforts. It also presents the Games for Understanding approach, which uses game strategy analysis to motivate kids to master required skills. This part includes practice games that illustrate how to develop the Games for Understanding method.Part Two offers 39 more games and possible variations of those games. Many new games are included in the categories of adventure games, academic games, international games, and old favorites.Changing Kids' Games offers you surefire ways to modify or develop any activity to make physical education fun and meaningful for all your students.

Contemporary Developments in Games Teaching

Contemporary Developments in Games Teaching
Author: Richard Light
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2013-09-05
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135101434

The teaching of games is a central component of any physical education or youth sport programme. Contemporary Developments in Games Teaching brings together leading international researchers and practitioners in physical education and sports coaching to examine new approaches in games teaching and team sport coaching that are player/student-centred and inquiry-based. The book aims to bridge the gap between research and practice by exploring contemporary games teaching from pedagogical, policy and research perspectives. It offers interesting new commentary and research data on well-established models such as Teaching Games for Understanding (TFfU), Game Sense, Play Practice and the Games Concept Approach (GCA), as well as introducing innovative and exciting approaches emerging in East Asia, including Singapore and Japan. Representing the most up-to-date survey of new work in contemporary games teaching around the world, this book is invaluable reading for any student, researcher, in-service teacher or sports coach with an interest in games teaching or physical education.