cuncon / Pixabay I have a lot of posts about learning games – both online and in the physical classroom. And I have quite a few about dealing with virtual learning . This one is a combination that will list the online games I’m using the most with my English Language Learner students in my English and History classes (feel free to add your own!): Pictionary with Whiteboard.fi is always a winner.
8 Million Have Slipped Into Poverty Since May as Federal Aid Has Dried Up is a depressing NY Times article today. Economic stress has been found to have a huge negative effect on student academic achievement (see The Best Places To Learn What Impact A Teacher (& Outside Factors) Have On Student Achievement ). One of many reasons it has that kind of impact is the stress on “cognitive” or “mental”
Wokandapix / Pixabay I have over 2,100 frequently revised and updated “Best” lists on just about every subject imaginable, and you can find them listed three different ways in three different places (see Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists ). I’m starting to publish a series where each day I will highlight the “Best” lists in a separate category. Today, it’s on Instructiona
TheAngryTeddy / Pixabay NPR has announced its third annual podcast challenge for middle and high school students. Whether or not you want to encourage your students to participate, one great thing about the contest is that they provide excellent resources for teachers (and students) who want to include podcasting in any lessons. This year, they’ve also added a contest specifically for college stu
Every year since StoryCorps began it in 2015 , I’ve shared about their project, The Great Thanksgiving Listen: The Great Thanksgiving Listen is a national movement that empowers young people—and people of all ages—to create an oral history of the contemporary United States by recording an interview with an elder, mentor, friend, or someone they admire. You can learn all about it here , as well as
I’ve begun posting my end-of-the-year “Best” lists for 2020, and will be adding links to each one in this post. There should be close to thirty by the time I’m done! You can see all the mid-year lists at ALL 2020 MID-YEAR “BEST” LISTS IN ONE PLACE! and all previous annual lists at All My “Annual” Best List Collections. Here’s what I’ve shared so far this year: THE BEST THIRTY-FIVE WEB 2.0 APPLICA
mohamed_hassan / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Teachers unions in 3 large Sacramento districts want schools closed until at least January is from The Sacramento Bee. As Covid-19 Closes Schools, the
