Our 7/30/12 webinar for new teachers (and teachers new to the middle grades) was a great success! Of course we captured this comment near the end of the session, from presenter Rick Wormeli:

“MiddleWeb is one of the greatest tools we have!”

Here’s the webinar archive link – it’s on the Blackboard/Elluminate Live platform. Here’s a transcript of the chat stream.

You’ll find information about the discussion leaders below – along with handouts, webinar slides and more!

To keep up with future MiddleWeb events, watch the MiddleWeb News section of MiddleWeb SmartBrief.

The Webinar

When: Monday, July 30 at 3 p.m. EDT (Noon Pacific).

What: MiddleWeb’s Free Webinar for New Middle Grades Teachers (and experienced teachers new to grades 4-8)

Who: Our presenters included:

• Former Disney TOY and sought-after middle grades teaching expert Rick Wormeli, author of Meet Me in the Middle and Day One & Beyond: Practical Matters for New Middle-Level Teachers.

• Blogger (TweenTeacher, Edutopia) and 8th grade E/LA teacher Heather Wolpert-Gawron, author of ‘Tween Crayons & Curfews: Tips for Middle School Teachers.

• Education Week contributor Elizabeth Stein, special education teacher and new-teacher mentor, nationally certified in Literacy, with teaching experience across the grades 4-8 spectrum. Elizabeth is also a MiddleWeb blogger, at Two Teachers in the Room.

Our session was moderated by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, CEO of Powerful Learning Practice and co-author of The Connected Educator: Leading and Learning in a Digital Age.

Sponsors: Stenhouse Publishing, Eye on Education, Powerful Learning Practice LLC

Webinar Handouts and Slides

Webinar Content
Slides shown during webinar
Edited transcript of our webinar chat stream

Elizabeth Stein
Downloads
Classroom Procedures & Management (.ppt – all her slides)
Review of two Rick Wormeli books (for teachers transitioning to MS)

Heather Wolpert-Gawron
Downloads
HWG-Learning Styles_Multiple Intelligences (PDF – chart from her book)
HWG-Oral-Conference-Feedback (.doc)
HWG-Teach the Teacher Project (.doc)
HWG-Problem Statement handout (.doc)

Rick Wormeli
Large collection of teaching tip videos
Movin’ Up to the Middle (Ed Leadership article)
Fundamentals of Middle Grades Teaching (here at our site!)

Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
Links
Day in the Life of a Connected Educator
Twitter Guide for Teachers
Free Webinar: Project-Based Learning

MiddleWeb
Our New Teacher 911 resources page!

If you have any questions, please get in touch: ask.middleweb@gmail.com