Twitter: Week 9

@weareteachers

One of the resources I found on twitter was from @weareteachers. They posted an article "The Teacher's Quick Guide to Pinterest." This site allows users to "pin" any information they have on an interactive "bulletin board." It is a very similar site to Delicious. This article makes it easy for teachers to get started using Pinterest. The reason that this site is useful to teachers is that it can provide many ready made lesson plans made by other teachers.  The only "bad" thing about Pinterest is that it's an "invite-only," however you can sign-up and request for an invite and after that you can start pinning.

@teachersnet


I read an interesting article linked from @teachersnet. This article was titled "Teach Anger Management – Five Ways to Help Students Deal With Anger Constructively." Many times we think that because we are not dealing with SPED students that we will not encounter students who are emotional. My very first year teaching I had a student who would become very violent when he was angry. Being a first -year teacher, I was shocked and did not know the best strategies on how to deal with this behavior in the classroom. As teachers, it is difficult to deal with these issues in the classroom because we do not know the best ways to help students. This article is great for any student, teacher, parent, or individual who wants to learn how to help students deal with these emotions. The following are five tips in which to help:


1. Teach students the difference between primary and secondary emotions
2. Help students recognize physical manifestations of anger
3. Teach students positive self-talk
4. Tell students to own their emotions
5. Teach students to keep their power