8 Ted Talks for Teachers to Watch (Before You Start Lesson Planning)
8 of the best Ted Talks teachers should watch for motivation, inspiration, and ideas to develop student passions and interest in learning.
Rethinking Routine in the Secondary Classroom
What kind of habits or routines do you traditionally establish in your classrooms? How linked are these with the big picture success you envision for your learners? In this session,...
Standards-based Grading Implementation: shifting from grades to growth
Standards-based grading implementation has never been as important as it is when teaching digitally. The research and suggestions in this post will help you set a course of action to making your students’ grades mean something real.
10 Savvy Tech Tools to Help you Teach from a Digital Distance
As we dive head-first into distance and virtual learning, tech tools for teaching have gone from being a luxury, and sometimes a nuisance, to being absolutely necessary for helping students...
Teaching ELA Remotely: 10 inspiring ideas for digital instruction
Teachers all over are trying to navigate teaching ELA remotely, and this post is full of inspiring, innovative ideas for digital instruction. ('10 Inspiring Ideas for Digital Instruction': you can...
The (wicked-tricky) Case for Social Media in the Secondary Classroom
Communicating online involves reading, writing, using your own voice, and listening to those of others. As secondary ELA teachers, this is *definitely* our department!
Creating Podcasts in the Classroom: 8 reasons podcasts deserve a place in your ELA class (and in your life!)
Listening and creating podcasts in the classroom lead to critical reading and writing growth, and both deserve a place in your ELA classroom. When it comes to creating podcasts in...
Escape into Learning: using ‘escape rooms’ in ELA
If I could have one wish in my classroom, it would be for my writers to approach their essays the way they do their video games. Gamers will die a...
Getting Started with Persuasive Pitches in ELA
Not all of our students will go on to be entrepreneurs. But that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t learn to think like them... *winks* We live in an entrepreneurially-minded world, where...
The Silent Debate: getting quiet as a strategy for speaking up
Teaching argument in the high school classroom is pretty much a ‘must,’ right? Somewhere between core learning standards in academics and an increasing need for critical thinking and problem-solving in...
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