(I’m republishing posts on my My All-Time Favorite Posts list. This one appeared in 2023. You can see them all here) jarmoluk / Pixabay “Accelerating learning” is the buzzword these days in education, and I’ve written and shared a lot about it (see THE BEST RESOURCES ABOUT ACCELERATED LEARNING). I recently read a…
A couple of months ago, I joined TikTok (yes, I know, great timing 🙂 ). So far, I’ve uploaded about twenty-five very short teaching-related videos. They’re super-easy to create and share. They aren’t as slickly produced as most of my thirty YouTube videos on instruction, but some educators might find them helpful. I plan…
Eight years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2021. Also, check out…
A month ago, at one of the schools I serve in East New York, I found myself in a challenging situation that highlighted the misconceptions surrounding the role of school mental health professionals. A teacher, visibly frustrated, approached me after struggling with a student in her class. Despite my three counseling sessions with the student,…
geralt / Pixabay At least, for now, I’m going to make this a weekly feature which will highlight additions to THE BEST NEW – & FREE – ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS THAT COULD BE USED IN THE CLASSROOM. Here are the latest: FIVE WAYS TO MAKE CHATGPT YOUR TIME-SAVING AI ASSISTANT is from TechNotes. I’m…
geralt / Pixabay As most people know, “exit interviews” are typically done in companies when a worker is leaving and an employer can gain feedback about they felt about working their and learn their reasons for leaving. Though I use the same term, I turn its meaning on its head for voluntary exit interviews…
(I’m republishing posts on my My All-Time Favorite Posts list. This one appeared in 2023. You can see them all here) I sent this tweet a couple of days ago: These last three years have been the most challenging of my teaching career – even more challenging than my first year. How common of…
It’s been four years since George Floyd’s murder, and I’ve shared many related resources at GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED FOUR YEARS AGO ON MAY 25TH – HERE ARE TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES. Here are some videos from today that I’m adding to that list: It’s been four years since George Floyd’s murder, and…
Human resources training materials to use for providing hr training programs. HR training materials for human resources deps for their own training. The post Human Resources Training Materials – 7 Popular Topics for Getting Started appeared first on Symonds Research. Human resources training materials to use for providing hr training programs. HR training materials for…
(I’m republishing posts on my My All-Time Favorite Posts list. This one appeared in 2022. You can see them all here) Pexels / Pixabay The Ikea Effect (see Video: “How the ‘IKEA effect’ can motivate people to work [& learn] harder” ) – basically, we are more invested in something if we feel…