WOW! Adding Pizzazz to Teaching and Learning
Education WOW \'wau\ n: a striking success: hit;  Interj: used to express strong feeling (as pleasure or surprise) Learn how to make school experiences so outstanding that students, parents, and colleagues say WOW!Discover the exciting concept of using WOWs in schools.Learn from real-life WOW stories.Get tips for WOWs that greatly improve lesson plans.Understand how WOWs mirror brain-based research on learning.Unleash creativity  add WOWs to your teaching and learning.Involve parents in WOW experiences.WOW your faculty and staff. I will never cover rules the first day of school again! Catching students with a WOW the first day was amazing and powerful.  Ruth Angert, high school teacher, FL We quickly hooked all teachers by asking them to create ways to hook students on the first day with a WOW they could share with their parents. We will absolutely bring in WOWs for other things throughout the year.   Peggy Hollis, elementary principal, GA [Experiencing a WOW] was a morale booster for the entire staff. We began validating each others attempt to do something in the classroom that was different. It was fun. We kept saying WOW! to one another.   Cheryl Wood, Administrator of Instruction, FL [Creating a WOW] was the nicest thing Ive done in 30 years. Every kid was involved  even some of the academically challenged kids. All learning styles were engaged.  Joe Sullivan, high school teacher, NJ