Textbooks Do Not Update for the News
Design Lessons to Include Current Events This morning a teacher in New York texted me excited about finding a website that uses real data to allow people to track the fire spreading each day. This week I was working with a college student using the math program ALEKS....Add a $: Context Matters
Add Context to Lessons Context is not one of the 4 C’s but it should be. When designing lessons I ask myself “why would the STUDENTS care about this?” What context can they relate to? How does the context answer the question “when will I ever...Creating Customizable ELA Units for Free Using Commonlit.org by @bartonkeeler
Customized English/Language Arts Units with CommonLit.org A Guest Post by Barton Keeler So I have two daughters (grades 7 and 9) who are homeschooled by my wife who has a variety of other Independent Study students on her caseload. She, my wife, is tasked with the...Create a What Do You Notice Google Sheets
Use Google Sheets to Guide Class Analysis Every week the New York Times is providing a graph for teachers to use with their students. Using this free activity you can easily include ANALYZE into your lesson plans. The problem with a class discussion can be that not...Paperless is not a Pedagogy
When we say paperless we do not say kids. We do not say learning. We do not say student engagement. For sure we do not say student engagement. Conversations around going paperless miss the focus of why we even teach in the first place. What is good for learning?...
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