Wednesday’s Must-Read Articles & Must-Watch Videos On School ReopeningsJazella / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING (& SHOWING) WHAT SCHOOLS LOOK LIKE DURING THE PANDEMIC (you might also be interested in SCHOOLS WENT REMOTE A YEAR AGO – HERE ARE MY CHOICES FOR THE BEST PIECES WRITTEN ABOUT SCHOOL REOPENING SINCE THEN): Over 50,000 N.Y.C. public school students will return to classrooms, including in middle and high school. is from The NY Tim
Education Writers Association Announces Finalists & Winners For Ed ReportingThe Education Writers Association has just announced 2020 Category Finalists & Winners for the National Awards for Education Reporting. You can see the names of the finalists and winners at the link. Weirdly, however, you have to click on this icon under each category in order to get to a page that has live links to each article: You can see my posts about previous winners here .
‘We All Have LGBTQ Students, Whether We Know It or Not’is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Three educators provide suggestions to support LGBTQ students, including respecting pronouns & having LGBTQ authors in classroom libraries. Here are some excerpts: I’m adding the series to THE BEST WAYS TO SUPPORT LGBTQ STUDENTS .
Excellent Research Summary On Using Gestures When TeachingI use gestures – and ask students to use them – a lot in my teaching. I’ve shared what I do, and the research backing it, at The Best Resources On Students Using Gestures & Physical Movement To Help With Learning . Today, Scientific American published Students Who Gesture during Learning ‘Grasp’ Concepts Better . It provides an excellent summary of research backing up the use of gestures in educa
Three New Resources For Learning About Different CulturesGDJ / Pixabay Here are new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures : Italian Photographer Shows What Childhood Looks Like In Different Corners Of The World (30 Pics) is from Bored Panda.
Here’s My Tech Set-Up For When We Begin Concurrent Teaching – Let Me Know How I Can Make It BetterClker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay After over a year of full-time distance learning, our high school begins concurrent teaching next week. I’m looking forward to seeing students in-person, though there won’t be many of them – only about thirty percent of our students are coming back two-days-a-week to our physical school, while the rest will remain on Zoom five days each week. Of course, even tho
The Newest TED-Ed Lesson & Video Is On The Socratic Methodgeralt / Pixabay This tool will help improve your critical thinking is the title of the latest TED-Ed video and lesson – it’s on the Socratic Method. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Teaching & Learning Critical Thinking In The Classroom .
Tuesday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopeningsgeralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING (& SHOWING) WHAT SCHOOLS LOOK LIKE DURING THE PANDEMIC (you might also be interested in SCHOOLS WENT REMOTE A YEAR AGO –
