Tessa Cordes

What I learned: I learned a lot during my 7-week placement in the Early Education Center. Here are a couple of the biggest things I...

Today we heard from Dr. Culbertson. She is a certified Youth Mental Health First Aide Instructor. As a class we looked at our role as...

Mrs. Chomas visited Grove City College today to talk with our class about Least Restrictive Environment (LRE). It was a pleasure to have...

This semester I completed a 25 hour field at Sharpsville Elementary School observing and teaching in one of their learning support...

Addressing Disruptive and Noncompliant Behaviors (Part 2): Behavioral Interventions As talked about in part one a clear behavior...

IRIS Center is "The IRIS Center is a national center dedicated to improving education outcomes for all children, especially those with...

As technology plays an increasingly large role in classrooms it is important that teachers know what features can aid students with...

I watched a 50 minute webinar about UDL, here is my summary of the presentation. Don Johnston Webinar, led by Joan McAlpin and Dr....

I got to participate in my first Twitter Chat tonight. I participated with #ellchat. We talked about what schools were doing in terms of...

Take Away #1: “It might be less convenient at first for teachers and students (and parents) to learn about and embrace the disabled...

Take Away #1: “Often kids are ‘parked’ in front of technology as a passive solitary experience, but I hope people start to see the...

UNIT 13: PROMOTE DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP AND POSITIVE ONLINE BEHAVIOR As the digital world grows and more and more students are spending...

UNIT 12: FACILITATE GROUP WORK Collaborative learning activities are a powerful teaching tool and help give students a voice. The "Share"...

UNIT 11: CAPTIVATE YOUR CLASS WITH VIDEO Videos can be very helpful to visually engage students and teach them about a topic. YouTube is...

UNIT 10: BUILD INTERACTIVE LESSONS Google Slides can be used by teachers to create presentations. It can also be used by students to make...

UNIT 9: TEACH STUDENTS ONLINE SKILLS Students need to understand how to properly search for and find reliable material. The three 'search...

UNIT 8: MEASURE, UNDERSTAND, AND SHARE STUDENT GROWTH Teachers can use Google Sheets to organize and calculate students grades. They can...

UNIT 7: BRING STUDENT WORK ONLINE Google Classroom allows teachers to create assignments and grade them and also to add students and...

UNIT 6: BRING MEETINGS ONLINE Google Calendar can also help with meetings, by sharing a meeting calendar. The coordinator can see who is...

UNIT 5: ORGANIZE ACTIVITIES FOR YOURSELF AND OTHERS Educators have a lot to keep track of from, projects, meetings, extracurricular...