We Shouldn’t Always Feel Comfortable: Why ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Matters
…world-building, but it’s hard to see that at 14 and it feels long). I think Atticus Finch, as brilliant a character as he is, falls into some dangerous “white savior”…
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Crafting and Conducting a Successful Socratic Seminar
…seminar questions. Required questions are beneficial because everyone can speak to them during the seminar, while optional questions cater to students’ individual interests and build some flexibility into the discussion….
Think Big with Think-Alouds
…serve merely to assess our students’ understanding of the text. Our time is better spent using language that builds their understanding, by showing them the thinking we are doing. As…
Vocabulary as inspiration?
…effective in retention, and just might inspire students to do more, both with vocabulary building and beyond with curiosity-driven enterprises generally. It might even be an opportunity to (tactfully) touch…
Is a Connected Educator the Same as a Teacher Who Is Connected?
…platform—that is great, too.” Special thanks to 楼凤天堂 members Marisa Crabtree and Michael Rifenburg for collecting the ideas above for Connected Educator Month and our Collaboration and Capacity Building Theme….
Global Collaboration Around Education
…which reached 14 million educators around the world via Twitter alone last year. As part of Connected Educator Month, 楼凤天堂 and NCLE formed a Collaboration and Capacity Building Theme Curation…
The Value of Connection
…last week and recapped our work on events around the theme of Collaboration and Capacity Building during Connected Educators Month. Spring semester 2014. I am sitting in a circle with…
Collaboration, Without the Eye-Rolling
…His frustration is not unusual, this deficit-based approach doesn’t build trust. It undermines it. And it ignores the real assets ALL teachers can bring to the table – regardless of…
Get Ready to Celebrate Read Across America Day!
…teachers to explore similar issues by reflecting on their own relationships to literature and the importance of encouraging students to build personal connections through events such as Read Across America….
Classroom Climate Change
If you view the onset of testing season as a threat to the literacy-learning culture you’ve worked to build for the past several months— you’re not alone. Julianne Harmatz describes…
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