With students working from home we face many challenges. The biggest challenge – motivation. How do we keep our young people engaged? How do we keep them on task and learning?

How do we solve this problem? Using our teacher superpower – encouragement. 

We are all here to work together! This edition of Classroom Connections aims to inspire you in creating impactful and interactive ways of teaching. Not to mention giving teachers a hand with some free downloadable activities.

The Importance of Monotasking

For a while now we have had a focus on being able to multitask and complete several activities at the same time. We have been taught how to use different tools, create programs and use multiple devices to complete as many tasks as we can. However, studies have shown that multitasking can have a negative impact upon productivity.

Therefore, should we be learning the ability to do just one thing at a time? 

Featured blogs

Easing the Transition Into Emergency Remote Teaching 

The online communities that have blossomed over the last few weeks are amazing. They provide us with new spaces in which to connect with educators in the same boat and share our struggles, ideas and triumphs.

11 Hilarious Memes for Teachers

This year has been quite the rollercoaster and if you are anything like me – you need a laugh. So our team at Mighty Minds got together to find the best 11 teaching memes.

Because teachers need encouragement too! 

Resources

Earn a QCE credit using our Careers workbook

Steps to the Future is based upon the QCAA Career Education Short Course Syllabus (2018), and it is designed specifically to support students in their journey towards work or further education and training after school. The workbook steps students through the process of finding work, setting goals for the future and identifying their strengths and weaknesses in order to build the ideal career pathway.

Diagnostic tests

Trying to gauge where your students are up to?

Our Literacy and Numeracy diagnostic tests for years 3 – 12 are online and for Term 2 are reduced to only $2 a student per test.

Our testing provides a deep insight to your students current position with an analysis of essential literacy and numeracy skills.

✔️ ANALYSIS OF ESSENTIAL LITERACY & NUMERACY SKILLS
Understand how well your students grasp core concepts and pinpoint their strengths and weaknesses.

✔️ ITEM ANALYSIS
Review specific items that students struggle with to identify knowledge and techniques.

✔️ INDIVIDUAL STUDENT REPORTS
Each student receives feedback about their performance, as well as suggestions for how to improve.

Exciting Upcoming Resources

Skills for Work is Coming to Mighty Minds – 4 QCE credits and more!

Mighty Minds has been working behind the scenes to bring to schools our Skills for Work program. Resources that have been created to cover the requirements of the Certificate II in Skills for Work and Vocational Pathways. Our online program is easy-to-use and provides students will the opportunity to obtain 4 credits AND their literacy and numeracy tick towards their QCE. Want more information? Contact us today! If you are a student and you are interested in this program, we recommend you speak to your school before contacting Mighty Minds.

Free Resources

Maths Rules! 

Sometimes having a reminder on the wall can provide students with the prompt they need to answer the question! Our A3 Maths Rules poster includes measurement, trigonometry, orders of operations and index laws!

 Engaged Thinking

 Research shows that students who begin a lesson with high levels of thinking will maintain this thinking throughout the lesson. This week we have included 5 brain teasers to start your lessons off with a bang!