what are the advantages and the disadvantages of using stick pupeets in teaching?
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stick puppets can be highly modified via color, material shape and sizes, vs sock puppets which kind of look like a sock.  but when the kids go nuts, socks don;t hurt as much, a stick puppet can give you a nasty whack.
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Ball and stick is more useful in displaying molecular/VSEPR geometry. Lewis diagrams are more useful in lone electron pair location and determining charges.
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Children learn in spite of their teachers....The first thing I was taught at teacher training. \n\ndrilling is fine provided you understand what you are learning. The multiplication tables are a good example of this. We used to memorise those tables like a poem. Did it help? Yes becasue they provided us with quick answers when dealing with more complex issues. \n\nThe fact is that there are some things you just need to know. You can either make the effort to remember it (and there are lots of techniques for that) or you can look it up in a book every time you need to know.
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Well we studied the use of PODS in my secondary reading class for credentialing. And basically it is when students are grouped in either teacher designated or student led groups with their tables facing one another, yet still have the accessibility to facing the front. \n\nThe benefits of this method are with group work, each pod can work on in class activities together in a cooperative way, and each member of the group can be assigned a role, such as group leader  who can monitor and keep track of the group discussions and activities, and the roles can be switched per week. It allows students to be accountable to each other for learning the material, since the teacher can assign points to each pod for good behavior and finishing the activities on time, and getting their homework done on time too. It fosters reliance on the other students to be accountable for their work so they can receive these incentives from the teacher. \n\nThe teacher then opens up opportunities for social and cognitive development for the students because student interaction is encouraged. The teacher benefits from this method because not only is she/he able to deliver the instruction to the students in teacher centered lecture activities, but also the students can clarify the concepts and instructions of the teacher amongst their own groups. Dependence on the other students creates a sort of community within the classroom and allows students to be respectful of the learning that goes on with the other members in their class.
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One great disadvantage is that you can't hold a conversation with the internet.  If you are using a site that lets you hear the word as you learn it, that is good.\n\nAn advantage is that if you don't have any other means to learn English, the internet has several resources or this, and many of them are free.
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I think the advantages are \nA) You can spend more time with your kid. This means you bild a better bond with them.\nB) You know if they missbehaved at school.\nC) you know what their weekness is by heart.\nD) He/She is never behind or ahead.\n\nI think the Disadvantages are\nA) You wont get good text books.\nB) It will be good to have a school to name whene getting a job.\nC) Your child will get the education as he or she deserves.\nD) You can say "My kids on honer role!!!"\n\nyou may not want to listen to me... Im only 12...
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try these:\n\nhttp://www.teacher.scholastic.com/\nOn this web page, you can find free tools and resources for the classroom such as: Lesson plans, teaching strategies, and many other tools.\n\nhttp://funschool.com\nOn this website you can find printables for coloring, stickers, and a section about origami.  Children can play crossword puzzles and word searches.\n\nhttp://www.lessonplans.com\nThis website provides lesson plans from various teachers in many different content areas.  It also provides free books and information about students with special needs.
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They are a few of MANY strategies teachers use to facilitate learning.\n\nI can talk about frying eggs all day.  I can have my students read and write about it.  We can watch a video about it.  Then, I can let the students fry eggs.\n\nReplace "frying eggs" with many other tasks -- swimming, photography, powerpoint, changing the oil in a car, conducting scientific experiements, etc -- the activity adds to the potential learning.\n\nGet it?
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Advantages: kids can learn at their own pace, instructor can customize lesson for child's ability, less repitition of material, don't have to buy clothes to keep up with everyone else\n\nDisadvantages: less social interaction, no opportunities for sports, etc.
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Hard question if your time is limited...\n\nThe Economics of Staying in School.... Human Resources and Development Canada. The presentation and video is geared towards older kids, but is well done and applicable in any middle years classroom.\n\nIdea... you can use any type of video... even a cartoon, and have the students count a particular word or action. Have different groups of students look for different words/actions. Then use these to work their knowledge of algorithms. (I realize that this is not what you are asking for, but a sub should be able to handle it).\n\nCheck with your librarian... there are lists and lists of good videos that you can access for free. Manitoba Education has loads of them. Career education areas tend to spotlight careers using math, science, and technology.\n\nIf you use problem solving as a focus in your class, maybe a movie on chess... Bobby Fischer, etc.\n\nOh... Bill Nye is always a good choice...
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I can make a fun interactive penguin computer program for you (i need to make an activity for my class by Monday, myself)  I'll need to know if your students can use the mouse or access the computer in an alternative method.  Also, what are their ages and abilities and should it be more instructional, more fun, or equally both?  Also, what platform does your computer use? windows xp, OSX, etc.\nIt will be a powerpoint file, but you don't need powerpoint to be able to play it. let me know!
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You may want to host an "ethic festival" for the school. It could be open to all the families or to the community. If you have access to a gym or cafeteria, each culture could have a table or area where they can display artwork, native dress, flags, crafts, writings, food samplings, etc. If there is a stage area, some groups may want to showcase  dance or music demonstrations. I have seen this done at the high school level and it was very successful.
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I have a wooden one in my classroom that has lasted several years of constant touching by teenagers.  It is harder to tangle the lines on this one than on the metal one I used to have.
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look the spanks is good every time as the spanks give the students  an alarm to avoid doing wronge\nfor me i use it in my calss but most times with girls as the talk 2 much at class
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stick_figure here is a start
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Do demonstrations! For volume, for example, you can show a cone has a third the volume of a cylinder with the same radius by pouring water from a cone to the cylinder. Most students guess that the volumes are about the same and it's a demonstration that sticks in their minds. \n\nAnything outside of the classroom is great (if you can do that). Interactive stuff is always good. Get them to estimate the area of the basketball court or other playing surface. Or figure out how many people you could fill your classroom with if they were all lined up lying down.
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The best and most overlooked way to improve classroom education of any kind is to introduce the use of boardgames. I have taught for over ten years all over the world, and only when I use boardgames do students voluntarily insist on extending their classes for two, three, even four hours. Not only that but they then show the most rapid improvement.\nCheck out the following websites for some useful background info.\n\nhttp://www.rpg.net/sites/edu/1-1.html\n\nhttp://www.rpg.net/sites/edu/1-2.html\n\nhttp://subscriptions.fasfind.com/wwwtools/m/208.cfm\n\nhttp://www.gama.org/uploads/nS/XX/nSXX7lbqv9r-V1glq3UvQg/GinEBrochure1.pdf\n\nGive it a try and you will be amazed. At least you will be helping to break the monopoly that the big textbook publishers have over the education industry.