Tag: Essential

These are simple prompts that a teacher who has really thought through the course should be able to answer.

Use Google Docs to collaborate with your colleagues on joint lesson plans or to create shared calendars for cross-classroom activities.

The need to belong, the desire to be understood, and the instinct to understand are universal human emotions that mean everything.

Dear first-year me: Don’t forget to take time to be patient and really listen–to students and colleagues, but also your own mind…

The changing uses of technology require that teachers adapt their methods of instruction to support student-directed learning.

What is problem-based learning? An approach to learning where the identification, analysis, and solving of problems drives student learning.

The real problem with multiple-choice questions isn’t assessment design as much as it is function and tone–and these things matter.

Perhaps it’s time to explore a radical but common sense notion: maybe we don’t understand how reading comprehension develops over time.