Featured Teaching Channel Videos

Featured Teaching Channel Videos


Part of a new editorial partnership, this page features a weekly selection from the Teaching Channel, a nonprofit organization that provides high-quality videos on inspiring and effective teaching practices. Watch and share with colleagues.


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A Florida teacher explains that giving quiet students a guide sheet and responsibilities during discussions can encourage them to participate.

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14:28

12 O'Quad High: Trigonometry in Flight

Two math teachers provide an interactive lesson on trigonometric functions, allowing students to use their trigonometry, science, and engineering knowledge to solve real-world scenarios.

4:39

Using Video to Improve Practice

Richard Hart, a teacher and reporter specializing in media technology, offers tips on using video to capture what happens in the classroom and improve instructional practice.

1:21

Your Shining Moment

Here's a classroom routine that builds upon previous successes of students. Allowing students to point out their own achievements, says 9th grade teacher Paige Price, can help them continue on a path to improved performance.

8:29

Collaborating to Design and Build Stable Structures

A 12th grade teacher in Marrero, La., demonstrates how she challenges her students to think like engineers by having them build a structurally sound bridge to support textbooks. The lesson integrates engineering processes, teamwork, and WebQuest technology.

6:29

Higher Order Questions: A Path to Deeper Learning

In this middle school literature lesson, which aligns with the English/language arts common-core standards, students use textual evidence to support an analysis of the book they’re reading and develop higher-order questions to push their thinking.

1:28

Sharing Common Core Language With Students

Second grade teacher Jinny Kim explains how she tries to elevate her students' vocabulary by substituting "college talk" for commonly used phrases in the classroom.

1:28

One Teacher's Secret to Success

A kindergarten teacher in Oakland, Calif., shares her insights on helping students become better learners. One key quality she mentions: Empathy.

2:02

Building Science Vocabulary

A high school teacher in Marrero, La., demonstrates how she helps her students expand on their existing knowledge by assimilating new words.

7:00

Analyzing Texts: 'Text Talk Time'

In this video, a 5th grade teacher in Bellevue, Wash., shows the strategies she uses to help students analyze texts in small and large discussion groups.

6:28

Follow the Digital Trail

A library media specialist in Omaha, Neb., demonstrates a clever lesson designed to teach young students about their digital footprints. The lesson integrates online safety with communication and contextual reading skills.

6:23

Common Core Lesson: Theme, Symbolism & Allusion

A 7th grade language arts teacher in Chelmsford, Mass., demonstrates how she teaches themes, symbolism, and allusions in Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea using the Common Core State Standards.

10:14

Keep it or Junk it: A Student-Run Lesson

See how four 5th grade students run a class lesson on the Jamestown settlement while their teacher helps to facilitate.

1:15

Grading with the Common Core

An 11th grade teacher in Mountain View, Calif., demonstrates how she has changed her grading practices in response to the Common Core State Standards.

2:26

Improving Participation With Talk Moves

See how a 4th grade teacher in Renton, Wash., improves participation in her classroom using Talk Moves, a method designed to encourage collaboration among students.

7:20

Reasoning About Division

Check out how this math teacher builds her students' reasoning skills to help them gain a better understanding of division.

7:25

Socratic Seminars: Patience & Practice

Watch how a teacher utilizes the Socratic seminar method in a classroom discussion on poetic language versus prose.

2:17

Assess and Plan With Exit Tickets

In this video, a 3rd grade teacher in Renton, Wash., demonstrates the use of exit tickets to assess student learning and to help plan future lessons.

2:26

Sharing Common Core Language With Students

Build an open and engaging classroom environment by talking about the Common Core State Standards with your students. Here are a few ways to let your students know the goals of the common-standards initiative, and how you will be teaching to it.

5:42

Using Video to Improve Practice: Do It Yourself!

See how one teacher uses a Flipcam to record herself teaching and reflect on her personal growth.

5:49

Arguing the Pros and Cons of Teen Driving

Collaborative discussions are a big part of the Common Core. In this video, a teacher leads small- and large-group collaborative discussions in the classroom on the topic of teen driving.

10:11

Reading Like a Historian

By turning students into history investigators, teachers help them develop critical thinking skills and increase student engagement.

5:46

Learning From Mistakes

Discover a new classroom routine to help clarify concepts. This 8th grade math class uses a quick warm-up to clarify certain math concepts and get students in the right framework for the lesson to come.

13:24

A Real-World Geometry Project

Take the biggest (and the smallest) table challenge: This whole-class geometry lesson gives students a new perspective on area and perimeter. Covers the practice and content standards under the Common Core.

1:41

Vocabulary Paint Chips

Add a little color to vocabulary lessons: This video shows how teachers can use paint chips as visual aides to help students better understand difficult words. Applies to Common Core standards on determining the meanings of unknown and multiple-meaning words.

16:24

When a Lesson Goes Wrong

Lesson plans sometimes fail. It happens to all teachers. But how can teachers quickly modify lesson plans for the next class? This video offers some tips, using a high school English class as an example.

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