Career & Technical Ed
Posts by Rachelle Dené Poth
Leadership
The Importance of Being a Mentor and Having a Mentor
Mentoring is a very important part of what we “engage” in as educators. Whether we serve as a mentor to a colleague or a student, or perhaps we seek out a mentor to help us with challenges or simply to have a system of support in our personal and professional lives, it has a tremendous impact. Whether or not we even realize it at times, we are all serving as a mentor to someone.
The Future of Tech and Work
Teaching Students about AI
Artificial intelligence is used so much in our everyday lives, we need to make sure that our students understand its impact and potential for the future of work and learning.
Future of Learning
Looking Back: Versatile Tools That Made a Difference
As part of her yearly practice, and ongoing reflection, Rachelle Dene Poth likes to look back over the year and the changes that she have made in her class, the tools used and what helped her to provide a more diverse and engaging learning experience for my students.
EdTech
Going Global with Virtual Field Trips
Why use AR and VR? These tools enable educators to provide powerful opportunities for students to do more than learn through videos or photos.
SEL & Mindset
Collaboration: Bringing Students Together to Promote Learning
Collaborative learning is not something new, teachers have been using this method in classrooms for many years. However, over the years, the types of activities and different tools available have changed the outlook. This post offers strategies to help.
EdTech
Innovation: Creating and Learning in AR, VR
As a long-standing fan of technology and the endless possibilities, any time I learn about a new tool, I either immediately create an account and try to figure it out on my own or I learn just enough about it to get my students started working on something.
Equity & Access
Working with Special Needs Students: What Do All Teachers Need to Know?
All teachers need to be invested in providing for all students. We also need to make sure that the families have access to the information and resources they need in order to provide support at home as well. By setting up a means of communicating with our colleagues, the families, and continuing to look for and share resources, it becomes easier to facilitate the best possible learning opportunities for all students.
Equity & Access
Promoting Family Engagement: 5 Ways to Foster Meaningful Connection
There are many strategies that schools can use to keep families informed and involved. The key is to find the way to not only make an initial connection and build the “family to school” partnership but to engage families and continue to collaborate and grow together.
Personalized Learning
Personalized Learning Experiences: Why? And How?
There are many ways to provide personalized learning experiences within a classroom through a mixture of technology and simply shifting the focus of some traditional instructional methods and activities. Here are a few ways to get started.
Personalized Learning
Why We All Need Mentors and How to Make it Happen
By: Rachelle Dene Poth. What are some of the qualities that they had which made them a good mentor and why? For me, I felt comfortable talking with my mentor, being open to the feedback that I would receive, and I knew that my mentor was available to support me when I needed.