How Dialogue Journals Build Teacher-Student Relationships 21Aug2016 by Jennifer Gonzalez Dialogue journals are a powerful tool for building trust with your students. Learn how they work.
16 Ideas for Student Projects Using Google Docs, Slides, and Forms 31Jul2016 by Jennifer Gonzalez Your students probably already use these tools to write papers or create presentations, but they could be doing other projects you may not have thought of.
9 Tips for Engaging Your English Class with Pop Culture 29May2016 by Jay Meadows I have the greatest success in engaging students when I make deliberate connections between my students’ most popular interests and the “stuff” of my class.
Building Relationships with Students Through Books 8May2016 by Shelby Denhof Talking about and sharing books has become an integral part of my daily interactions with students and a pivotal part of relationship-building with them.
Student-Made E-Books: A Beautiful Way to Demonstrate Learning 10Apr2016 by Jennifer Gonzalez Need a fresh idea for the end of a unit? Instead of writing a paper or doing presentations, have students create PDF e-books they can enjoy and share for years.
BoomWriter: A Fun Twist on Collaborative Writing 28Feb2016 by Jennifer Gonzalez Take a look at BoomWriter, a collaborative writing tool that will bring more experimentation, craftsmanship, and fun to your writing instruction.
A Collection of Resources for Teaching Social Justice 14Feb2016 by Jennifer Gonzalez Want your students to actively engage in addressing inequality? Explore this annotated bibliography of resources for teaching students about social justice.
A Step-by-Step Plan for Teaching Argumentative Writing 7Feb2016 by Jennifer Gonzalez The art of persuasion is an essential life skill. It also happens to be part of the required curriculum for many, many teachers. In this post, I’ll share my method for teaching argumentative writing.
Back to Basics: A Review of Mike Schmoker’s “Focus” 5Nov2015 by Kristy Louden Simple is NOT a trending concept in education. But I think there is a place for simplicity and tradition in education, and Mike Schmoker agrees.
