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Creating An Effective Online Learning Environment
Before the pandemic, if you’d have asked most teachers which skills they wanted to develop more, every one of them would have included technology. It wouldn’t have mattered how proficient those teachers
Click to continue »Creating Calm in a Trauma-Informed Classroom
Their homes have changed. Their parents are worried. Their world has changed. They can’t play with their friends as easily as they used to. People are wearing masks, and some familiar places are now
Click to continue »Creating culturally inclusive classrooms in the echo of #BlackLivesMatter
Over the summer, in addition to the COVID-19 pandemic and all the changes it mandated, another major societal upheaval began: the Black Lives Matter protests across the nation. They began after the May
Click to continue »Teaching during a pandemic: Everything is changing
It’s August now – the month when teachers traditionally decorate their bulletin boards, prepare their lesson plans, and get ready to welcome a new group of students to their classroom. At least that’s
Click to continue »Why can it be so hard to teach students to write?
If you are a teacher who has struggled with teaching your students to write, you’re not alone. The research studies and reports have become relentless over the past couple of decades: Students are having
Click to continue »How to expand students’ vocabulary in different and fun ways
Is stale the best word, or is stagnant better? Is there rain outside, or a deluge? Do you hear noise, or a commotion? And are the differences important? They are, especially in a world where teens text
Click to continue »8 smart resources for teaching online during COVID-19
Distance learning. It even sounds remote, doesn’t it? It’s teaching without all the interpersonal aspects – seeing your classroom full of eager faces; understanding your students enough to know when
Click to continue »How to teach art when you think you aren’t an artist
“Oh, no, I can’t even draw a straight line.” That’s the response many people give when the topic of art comes up. The thing is, art is not about drawing straight lines. And if you need one, you
Click to continue »Students with anxiety and depression: How teachers can help
The statistics tell the story: More students of all ages – from elementary through college – are living with anxiety and depression than ever before, according to the Centers for Disease Control and
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