Simona JohnesSimona Johnes is the visionary being the creation of our project. Johnes spent much of her career in the classroom working with students. And, after many years in the classroom, Johnes became a principal.
While Johnes enjoyed her new role, she never lost her passion for working with students and helping them succeed.
After a lot of thought, she decided to pursue creating a next generation curriculum to prepare high school students for future success. She left her position as a principal and developed her teaching portal.
Johnes used her years of experience in the classroom to guide in her creating an ideal curriculum that would help set students up for success in the 21st century. Understanding the growing importance of science and technology led Johnes to develop a curriculum rooted in their subjects. She also used her knowledge that students are more likely to be engaged in reading and writing tasks when they are of interest to them and have some relevance to connect each scientific concept with improving literacy skills.
Johnes worked to create a curriculum to help high school students build their literacy skills as they engage in learning and exploring scientific theories.
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Virtual Reality creates a unique learning experience that engages and stimulates multiple senses. With VR, students are no longer observers of the subject material — they can now become part of it by virtually exploring underwater with whales in 3D graphics or becoming a whale itself through sight, touch, hearing and even smell! This immersive … Read more
Recently, a colleague of mine asked me to help her choose free software for a smartboard. I decided to help and during the study of software, I realized how difficult it is to choose the right one because of the huge variety. But, I did not stop my search and took it as a challenge. … Read more
As an experienced teacher, I have learned to implement rules for classroom discussion among my students. Without having rules in place, I am allowing my students to be disorganized with a lot of disruption. Therefore, I try to introduce simple rules for my students to follow when they would like to have classroom discussions with … Read more
Test anxiety affects students of all ages. Even those who earn straight As can have so many problems when it comes to test time that they flunk their exams and lower their GPAs. As an educator, you need to know how to deal with test anxiety and how to make your students relax. You never … Read more
The education world today looks quite different than it did in the past because so many classes now meet online. Online teachers cannot rely on chalkboards and whiteboards the way standard teachers have because they need to connect with students through the web. Whether you teach younger students, high school students, or even those in … Read more
With technology on the rise, I decided to find vocabulary games online for my students to have fun playing and learn the meaning of different words. Physical games are still very entertaining, but children tend to love playing online games on their computers, laptops, or tablets. One of the main reasons why online games are … Read more
Once upon a time, there was a teacher (me) who was eager to use new gadgets at the lessons… Well, no kidding, you know how much I love different technological stuff. That’s why I bought my first documentary camera when I was still working as a teacher at school. Now I practically don’t teach lessons … Read more
As a teacher with many years of experience teaching students with all types of learning styles, I have come to the conclusion that math is one of the trickiest subjects to teach. Some students understand it quickly, while others need lots of time. However, I have learned that students catch on quicker if you use … Read more
Teaching middle school can be……well, interesting. Middle schoolers can be a lot of fun. They’re at the age that you can joke around and also start having some serious conversations. However, middle schoolers can also be challenging to teach at times. They like to socialize and may not always be so interested in what you’re … Read more
As a teacher with several years of experience, I wanted to write about something that is not talked about much, which is a convenient way to manage your time and information used in the classroom. It is very difficult in the first few years of teaching to learn how to manage a large amount of … Read more
