Exactly How Technology Can Make Reading Better
Let me be clear: I prefer physical books with soft covers. This is not about sentimentality. Rather, this is about how technology can make reading better.
From COVID-19 to social media in the classroom, we explore the topics that are (or were) trending in education today.
Let me be clear: I prefer physical books with soft covers. This is not about sentimentality. Rather, this is about how technology can make reading better.
Rediscovering the human elements of teaching and learning is among the most powerful strategies for improving teacher morale.
Social learning is essential to create future-ready students adept at self-organized learning, knowledge sharing, and working with teams.
Amazon has 800-word reviews on exercise machines, but the best we can do to evaluate the quality of learning is to ‘hear’ a school is ‘good.’
Who gets to say you’re doing a good job as a teacher? When you go to bed at night, whose approval are you really looking for?
Problem-solving and critical thinking are both skills and habits that allow students to apply and transfer academic knowledge into the real-world.
If schools serve students and students are deeply embedded in the fabric of communities, how can we serve those students without knowing those communities?
Public education isn’t naturally built for innovation. Here are some of the barriers that are reducing innovation in schools.
Here are 30 ways to use Google search in the classroom to help improve students’ ability to self-direct the digital research search process.
By deciding what stays & what goes in the near-future classroom, what’s worth understanding & what’s not, teachers have quite a bit of power.
Some teachers still have trouble showing vulnerability–especially if they feel unable to keep up with the incredible demands of teaching.
Getting students to ‘think about their future’ turns into a lecture about bills and ‘life’; we project our insecurities and failures on them.