Tag: classroom
Reading Strategies 2.0
The Reading Strategies Book 2.0 is a new, expansive, extensively researched edition of author Jennifer Serravallo’s trusted literacy guide for teachers. Written with today’s teachers and literacy landscape in mind, the skill progressions that...
Retooling from the Classroom to the Workplace
When COVID-19 began to spread, businesses and schools had to suddenly shift to remote ways of working and learning. This uncovered a major problem. Most businesses and classrooms weren’t prepared to offer a fully...
Taking Teaching beyond the Classroom
Over the last year, we have all learned a lot about using technology to engage and interact with others. Educators have learned, survived, and thrived using a variety of online tools. From collaborative office...
Crafting Motivational Narratives
Language teachers have an attitude problem, but not in the usual sense. If anything, we may care about our work too much. We love language, and we dream of passing this love on to...
Risk-taking
Rumi in the Language Classroom Series Vol 3
See Vol 1 of the series here.
See Vol 2 of the series here.
One of the poems of ‘Masnavi-e-Manavi’ of Rumi depicts how risk-taking can lead to...
Facilitating Sustainable Virtual PD
Whether teachers are instructing entirely online, face-to-face, or in a hybrid capacity, the one constant this school year will be instructional technology.
Even in a classroom setting, health guidelines will dictate that students not sit...
Without Active Listening, Students Fall on Deaf Ears
Rumi in the Language Classroom Series Vol 2
See Vol 1 of the series here.
See Vol 3 of the series here.
One of the Rumi’s poems in ‘Masnavi-e-Manavi’ tells a story of a deaf man who...
Best Practices for the Virtual Classroom
Online language courses are growing in popularity because they are easy to incorporate into busy schedules, and this is especially true of business English programs.
So, if you’re a business trainer, it’s likely that...
The Art of Teaching
“Our students aren’t creative,” claimed one of the language teachers in the professional development workshop. The other participating teachers nodded in agreement.
“How do you know?” asked the workshop facilitator.
The teacher hesitated. “Well,” she...
Making Learning Come to Life
“Ultimately, the outcome of maker education and educational makerspaces leads to determination, independence, and creative problem solving, and an authentic preparation for the real world through simulating real-world challenges. In short,...