TLC Ninja Teachers

Allie Thrower threw out her reading logs, and now her students love reading. Yours can, too! To learn more, visit her episode at go.tlc.ninja/thrower.

Sissie Lola shares how the Next Generation Science Standards can drive the learning in your maker space. To learn more, visit her episode at go.tlc.ninja/lola.

Shapegrams are a fun and easy way to help students become proficient at digital drawing and learn other skills, too. Tony Vincent lets us in on how to use them in your classroom. To learn more, visit our website at go.tlc.ninja/vincent.

Veronica Alvarez arrived in the U.S. when she was seven and began her school career as an English learner. She shares her experience with us and encourages us to think about how we are inadvertently limiting opportunities for many deserving students who have not been reclassified as fluent in English. For more information, visit her episode on our website at go.tlc.ninja/alvarez.

Think emojis are just for texting? Jen Fischer and Suzanne Crowley will make you think again. To learn more, visit their episode on our website at go.tlc.ninja/emoji.

Teresa Ozoa explains that Genius Hour is beneficial for all students, not just the high achievers, and that it helps them become comfortable formulating their own questions, finding the answers to those questions, and developing self-confidence. For more information and a great list of resources, visit her episode on our website at go.tlc.ninja/ozoa.

Blogging with students is about so much more than writing. It empowers students of all ages. Linda Yollis explains why, shares resources so you can get started, and invites you to join the Student Blogging Challenge, which starts this week. To learn more, visit her episode at go.tlc.ninja/yollis.

Cori Orlando believes that when you know better, you should do better. For her, that meant ditching her behavior chart for more student-centered behavior management. You can do it, too! To learn more, visit her episode on our website at https://go.tlc.ninja/orlando

True STEM education requires more than traditional text books can give us. Jennifer Stimpson shares ideas and resources to help you up your STEM teaching game. To learn more, visit her episode on our website at go.tlc.ninja/stimpson Theme music: Coffee by Cambo is licensed under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

Whether they are reading or creating them, comics are a wonderful addition to any student's learning. Matt Smith tells us why. To learn more or access the resources mentioned in this episode, visit our website at go.tlc.ninja/smith.

NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is an empowering approach to creative writing and its benefits are enormous for all students, from those who are just beginning to write in kindergarten to high school seniors. Laura Bradley tells all. To learn more, visit her episode on our website at go.tlc.ninja/bradley.

Keep is Google's note taking app, and if you haven't used it before - or even if you have - Kat is about to blow you away with all the different ways you can use it with your students and to make your #teacherlife better. To learn more, visit Kat's episode on our website at https://go.tlc.ninja/goyette-keep.

Heidi Samuelson strives to deepen math learning for elementary students from around the globe by connecting them through social media to share ideas and solutions to word problems and puzzles. Anyone can join! To learn more, visit her episode on our website at go.tlc.ninja/samuelson

Creativity is often the hardest of the four Cs for teachers to implement into their lessons. Jonathan Almerido comes to their rescue with curated lessons and more! To learn more, visit Jonathan's episode on our website at go.tlc.ninja/almerido.

Teaching kids to build circuit is easier - and less expensive - than you think. Colleen Fried lets us in on how it's done. To learn more, visit her episode on our website: go.tlc.ninja/fried