“Pandemic Lessons for a Post-COVID Classroom”Pandemic Lessons for a Post-COVID Classroom is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Five educators share ideas for lessons learned this year that will carry over when they return to “normal” classrooms.
January’s Most Popular PostsAs regular readers know, at the end of each week I share the five most popular posts from the previous seven days. I thought people might find it interesting to see a list of the ten most popular posts from the previous thirty days. You might also be interested in It’s The Thirteenth Anniversary Of This Blog – Here Are The Forty All-Time Most Popular Posts. Not to mention THE TWENTY MOST POPULAR
Here Are Model Lesson Ideas For Our New ELL Support Classgeralt / Pixabay Our school is really trying hard to provide extra support for our English Language Learners during this time of full-time distance learning. My two ELL classes are the only ones in the school meeting five days a week (all others meet three days), and we’re providing those additional classes with no support from our district (even though it is now receiving an unexpected $200 mill
Sunday’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 : CPS, CTU make progress with several tentative agreements, but strike still looms is from The Chicago Sun Times. Placer County teachers unions sound alarm on school reopenings. Will officials listen? is from The Sacramento Bee. Dead Teachers Can’t Teach is from The Nation. California teac
Quote Of The Day – On School DesegregationNew York Schools Are Segregated. Will the Next Mayor Change That? is an article in today’s New York Times, and I think the textbox highlights its key portion. The online article also includes a couple of useful links backing-up that message . I’m adding this post to The Best Resources For Learning About School Desegregation (& Segregation) – Help Me Find More .
Saturday’s Must-Read Articles On School ReopeningsTheAngryTeddy / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : ‘Insanity’: COVID-19 vaccines for teachers, a key to reopening schools, comes down to location – and luck is from USA Today. All aspects of his return-to-school plan are negotiable, Gov. Newsom tells superintendents is from Ed Source. The Impact of Teacher Deaths is from The NY Ti
Infographic: “The 50 Most Visited Websites in the World”Visual Capitalist is an excellent source of infographics, and I’ve shared many in previous posts. However, it wasn’t until today that I learned they give everybody permission to reprint them : Can I use Visual Capitalist’s content without a license? Absolutely – in fact, we allow you to use any original visualizations (.jpg, .png) from our website for free as long as: – You don’t change anything
Four Videos For Teaching About GameStop & The Stock Market3844328 / Pixabay I have been surprised by the level of interest among our students in the GameStop story. Here are some resources to use to help teach about it. I’m adding this post to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR TEACHING & LEARNING ABOUT HOW THE STOCK MARKET WORKS . If anyone wants to understand what's happening with Gamestop, or wants to teach about it, this is the explanation that is worth reading
Most Popular Posts Of The WeekI’m making a change in the content of the regular feature. In addition to sharing the top five posts that have received the most “hits” in the preceding seven days (though they may have originally been published on an earlier date), I will also include the top five posts that have actually appeared in the past week. Often, these are different posts. You might also be interested in IT’S THE THIRTE
Video: “Dr. Fauci joins AFT and NEA for vaccine discussion”This conversation happened yesterday, and seems to me something that just about every teacher is going to have interest in watching….
This Is A Simple Reflection Activity I Used At The End Of The SemesterI’m not suggesting this is any kind of brilliant innovation, but putting the above text on an editable Google Slides presentation for students to complete (along with an invitation to decorate their slide anyway they would like) ended up to
