Voice of Witness: Bring the Power of Oral History to Your Classroom 23Sep2018 by Jennifer Gonzalez The need for these books goes beyond curriculum: Reading these stories will make our students better humans.
Note-taking: A Research Roundup 9Sep2018 by Jennifer Gonzalez A summary of 8 best practices in note-taking, straight from the research.
Deeper Class Discussions with the TQE Method 26Aug2018 by Jennifer Gonzalez Want your students to have rich, complex conversations about the texts they read? This method leads to the kinds of classroom discussions you thought only happened in college.
A Look Inside a Teacher Fellowship Program 12Aug2018 by Jennifer Gonzalez Imagine a professional development scenario where you are given funding, choice, and time to collaborate with others in your specialty area who energize and inspire you.
Build a Collaborative Classroom with Microsoft Teams 5Aug2018 by Jennifer Gonzalez This seamless platform streamlines your teaching workflow and creates a space for more robust collaboration between your students.
A Step-by-Step Plan for Teaching Narrative Writing 29Jul2018 by Jennifer Gonzalez The ability to tell a good story is one of the things that makes human beings extraordinary. Here’s the process I used to teach my own students how to do it.
Quality-Check Your Tech: 6 Strategies 15Jul2018 by Jennifer Gonzalez Is your tech tool doing the work you think it is? Or could it actually be widening the same gaps you’re trying to close?
Improving the Way We Teach About Slavery 17Jun2018 by Jennifer Gonzalez American Slavery is a difficult topic to teach, and for decades, we haven’t been doing a very good job of teaching it. Learn how the Teaching Hard History framework aims to change that.
Noticing the Good Stuff: A Suggested Practice 10Jun2018 by Sherri Spelic We’re aware of the benefits of positive reinforcement for students, but when it comes to our own practice, how actively do we acknowledge our wins as teachers?
