“Kids love it. Works great and is loud enough with a room of 24 students.” “Kids love it. Works great and is loud enough with a room of 24 students.” Deals & Shopping, School Supplies We Are Teachers
The benefits are far-reaching. The benefits are far-reaching. Career Advice, Buzzwords, Language Immersion, World Language We Are Teachers
Merio / Pixabay When we study The Arts in my IB Theory of Knowledge class, we spend some time discussing if we can separate an artist’s work from their personal behavior. I had some of those lesson materials on Nearpod, but our district decided not to renew our subscription this year. So, I decided…
Ten years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “Ed Tech Digest” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps. You might also be interested in checking…
As students make their way back to college and campus demonstrations about the Israel-Hamas war resume, the central conflict isn’t likely to be student to student, but between the right to freedom of speech and the right to freedom from hostile environments. Whether it’s possible for both to exist on college campuses this fall remains…
This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on August 8, 2022 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! I probably shouldn’t admit this, but when I was just beginning my teaching career, I had one clear goal on the first day of class: scare the living…
OwlishArts / Pixabay Yesterday, I shared some writing prompts based on former President Obama’s speech at the Democratic Party Convention. Here are a couple based on Vice-President Harris’ speech tonight: Writing Prompt: Vice President Kamala Harris said., ‘Our mother taught us not to complain about injustice, but do something about it.’ Do you agree…
You just finished a mini-lesson in your Spanish immersion classroom about writing personal narratives. After class and partner brainstorming, most students have selected a topic and are ready to write, but Jake goes to his table, looks at the blank page in his notebook, and with a crumpled brow begins to scribble frantically across the…
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is sharing new resources for educators, school administrators, coaches, and others who work with kids and teens to better understand the risks of online child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) and help them stay safe online. For the first time, Know2Protect, DHS’s national public awareness campaign to…
CHICAGO — At this week’s Democratic National Convention, I spoke to left-leaning students about their biggest concerns with higher education: high tuition costs and access. The conversations were a departure from what young conservatives told me was their top issue at last month’s Republican National Convention: free speech. That said, amid nationwide crackdowns on campus…