10 Tech-Savvy Tech Tools to Help you Teach from a Digital Distance
For plenty of schools, the act of using of technology can be summed up in a few verbs: block, filter, confiscate. Yet in allowing smart phone in hand, our students...
10 Inspiring Ideas for Digital Instruction
('10 Inspiring Ideas for Digital Instruction': you can watch the full Facebook Live featuring all these ideas and more by clicking HERE.) Are you wearing your digital hard helmet (?!)...
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!
We Can’t Pour from an Empty Cup: mental health is for teachers, too
If you've ever flown on an airplane, you know well the following 'in-the-event-of-an-emergency' directive by heart: 'Please secure your own oxygen mask first before assisting others.' --Flight Attendant (preferably one...
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...
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 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...
Truth or Triumph: why the classic ‘debate’ activity deserves an update
Just as you can count on fireworks on the 4th of July or leftovers on Boxing Day, you can expect a good ol' fashioned debate in the high school classroom....
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....
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