“We ‘Can Lower Expectations & Still Have High Standards’ in Hybrid Teaching”We ‘Can Lower Expectations & Still Have High Standards’ in Hybrid Teaching is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Four educators make recommendations for effective hybrid teaching, including how to use “stations.” Here are some excerpts:
This Is One Of The Best Pieces I’ve Read On School Reopening, Especially If You Have Gotten As Irritated As I Have By Op-Eds Written By Many Doctors On The TopicInside a Long, Messy Year of Reopening Schools by Rachel M. Cohen is clearly one of the best pieces I’ve seen written about school reopening. She really engages with the research – lots of it – and, most importantly, brings a dose of reality to the discussion. You have to really wonder how many schools these doctors who write op-eds calling for their opening have really visited – especially ones
Research Studies Of The WeekI often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” of some of them each week or every other week as a regular feature . By the way, you mig
March 25th Is “International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade” – Here Are Teaching Resourcescaption id=”attachment_96317″ align=”aligncenter” width=”1280″] Engin_Akyurt / Pixabay[/caption] The United Nations has declared March 25th to be the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. You might be interested in USEFUL RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF BRINGING ENSLAVED AFRICANS TO AMERICA .
Tuesday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopeningsgeralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : ‘An essential service’: Inside Biden’s struggle to meet his school reopening promises is from The Washington Post. Los Angeles Schools Remain Closed and Families Wonder: How Much Longer? is from The NY Times. L.A. Unified sets target of late April for reopening middle and high schools is
Classroom Instruction Resources Of The WeekEach week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here. Of course, this is a crazy time for “classroom” instruction…. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES ON INSTRUCTION IN 2020 – PART TWO . Here are this week’s picks: March Vocabulary Challenge is from The NY Times Learning Network: How many
Monday’s Must-Read Articles On School ReopeningsClker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : As schools reopen, should they change how they approach academics? Here are trends to watch is from The Seattle Times. California teacher shortages could make reopening schools for in-person instruction difficult is from Ed Source.
‘Virtual, Hybrid, & Concurrent Are Three Words I Never Expected to Use’is the headline of my latest Education Week column, the seventh in a nine-part series. Four educators write what they’ve learned about hybrid teaching, such as not being afraid to quickly change a lesson when it isn’t working. Here are some excerpts:
Ed Tech DigestTen years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps. You might also be interested in THE BEST ED TECH RESOURCES OF 2020 – PART TWO , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . Here are this we
St. Patrick’s Day Is On March 17th – Here Are Teaching & Learning ResourcesAnnCarter / Pixabay St. Patrick’s Day is on March 17th. You might be interested in The Best Sites For Learning About St. Patrick’s Day (and April Fool’s Day) .
“Bloody Sunday” Happened In Selma On This Day In 1965 – Here Are Teaching & Learning ResourcesOpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay “Bloody Sunday” happened on this day in 1965. You might be interested in The Best Resources For Teaching About Selma . You might also be interested in TERRIBLE NEWS: JOHN LEWIS HAS PASSED – LEARN ABOUT HIS LIFE . Bloody Sunday at Selma, March 7, 1965: pic.twitter.com/IpS9QLJmxl — Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) March 7, 2021 On this day 56 years ago in Selma, Ala.,
The Hindu Festival Of Holi Begins On March 28th – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resourcesmurtaza_ali / Pixabay The colorful Hindu Festival of Holi begins on March 28th and ends the following day. You might be interested in The Best Sites To Learn About The Hindu Festival of Holi .
