The AES CTE Blog
The latest ideas, tips, and trends for CTE, career readiness, business education, and computer applications teachers.
Chris Zook is a contributing author to the AES blog. He enjoys everything about online marketing, data science, user experience, and corgis.
Classroom Management | Teaching Strategies
By:
Chris Zook
January 1st, 2020
Classrooms are changing. That change can come from a new generation of teachers, emerging technologies, student behaviors, or a combination of factors. As a result, teachers’ classroom management strategies have changed as well. If your classroom management techniques fall behind the times, you'll have a daily struggle to keep your students engaged. Check out the eight best classroom management strategies that’ll help you govern your classroom and teach your students in 2020.
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Business Education | Cengage SAM
By:
Chris Zook
December 26th, 2019
We hear from hundreds of business education teachers every school year. Many of them are looking for ways to answer one major question — “How can I get my students MOS certified?” A lot of these teachers gravitate toward Skills Assessment Manager (SAM) by Cengage. However, Cengage SAM isn’t a great fit for everyone!
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Download this free eBook to learn the Do's & Dont's of Student Engagement.
By:
Chris Zook
December 10th, 2019
As a career readiness curriculum developer, we often hear from teachers who have questions about a variety of topics they are required to teach.
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By:
Chris Zook
December 1st, 2019
Teacher burnout is one of the biggest problems facing the American education system today.
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By:
Chris Zook
November 21st, 2019
We've noticed an increased need for digital health science curriculum resources in medical assisting classroom across the country.
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Textbooks | Textbook Alternatives
By:
Chris Zook
October 31st, 2019
Textbooks are the #1 teaching tool used in the United States today. They’re timeless. They’re trusted. They’re the status quo. Because of this, a lot of teachers choose to stick with textbooks for all of their teaching needs. After all, if they worked for the previous generations, they’ll work for this generation too, right? Maybe! That’s a solid line of logic that teachers and administrators regularly consider. But they’re also antiquated, expensive, and out-of-date the minute they’re published.
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