8 Reasons Why Podcasts Deserve a Place in Your ELA Classroom (and in your life!)
When it comes to using podcasts in the classroom, I can see where you’re skeptical. What the heck *is* a podcast even, and How the heck am I supposed to align...
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...
What it means to ‘make’ writing + 3 strategies for getting started
As a writing teacher, I'm sure your students write a lot, right? But how often do you give them time to 'make' their writing? How often do you let them...
What I Do Matters: using photo essays to teach arguments
According to Holly Clark and Tanya Avrith, who offer up 10 characteristics of today's learners in their text, The Google-Infused Classroom, it's pretty standard practice for our students to speak...
3 Ways to spark conversation in the modern classroom
It’s been roughly 30 years since Stephen Covey wrote The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and it’s still, hands down, one of the most relevant reads of our time....
From passion to purpose: getting started with student-led projects
In a recent post, I talked about why our students are learning without us these days, and how it has a lot to do with an imbalanced emphasis of cognitive...
Using Twitter to Empower Classroom Learning
So there I was, thirty sets of eyes on me, fumbling awkwardly at my computer, trying desperately to get the school’s video announcements going before my class went into technological mutiny....
Lending a ‘Hand’: Using Lenses to Narrow Essay Focus
Quarter 1 has a lot to do with getting your students acquainted with global issues, filling the "blank slate"--so to speak—with those basics that’ll lay the groundwork for deeper research later....
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