Alternatives To ‘How Was School?”
“What did you learn in school today?” It’s easy to resort to cliches when talking to kids about school. Here are some alternatives.
“What did you learn in school today?” It’s easy to resort to cliches when talking to kids about school. Here are some alternatives.
This is a quick list of the tools and resources I’ve cobbled together over the years to get as close as I can to the vision of learning I have for them.
Why is teacher-parent communication essential? How can learning experiences be designed that require that interaction?
What kinds of questions to ask students support what they’ve learned remotely and enhance their ability to apply it?
From screencasting tools to content hubs to streaming and whiteboard collaboration, here are the best remote teaching tools we could find.
In light of the access of modern technology, schools can evolve while simultaneously growing closer to the people they serve.
The following digital tools to build vocabulary include reference tools, word clouds, games and review, word walls, and virtual field trips.
A VPN connection encrypts and protects students’ internet traffic from interceptors who may want to steal passwords.
Practicing critical thinking at home–in their ‘native environment’–is a useful strategy to build their cognitive muscles.
Recognizing parents’ challenges can turn things around for a troubled family and transform child’s behavior and performance at school.
Parents with degrees are 1.8 times as likely to teach them how to write their first name and 2.8 times more likely to read to them daily.
Whether students are working on a laptop or desktop, it’s important to have a designated space for learning for them to complete schoolwork.