The Big List of Class Discussion Strategies 15Oct2015 by Jennifer Gonzalez Here they are: 17 formats for structuring a class discussion to make it more engaging, more organized, more equitable, and more academically challenging.
Icebreakers that Rock 23Jul2015 by Jennifer Gonzalez Too many icebreakers require students to take massive social risks with people they barely know. Or they don’t really help students get to know each other. Or they are just plain cheesy. Here are three that are actually good.
Dogfooding: How Often Do You Do Your Own Assignments? 10Jun2015 by Jennifer Gonzalez It’s time to add dogfooding — the practice of using your own product as a consumer in order to find and fix the bugs — to our own teaching practice.
Meet the Single Point Rubric 4Feb2015 by Jennifer Gonzalez The practice of using single point rubrics is slowly but surely catching on. Try one for yourself and let us see it!
How We Pronounce Student Names, and Why it Matters 14Apr2014 by Jennifer Gonzalez Mutilating someone’s name is a tiny act of bigotry. Whether you intend to or not, what you’re communicating is this: Your name is different. Foreign. Weird. It’s not worth my time to get it right.
Students Sitting Around Too Much? Try Chat Stations. 24Oct2013 by Jennifer Gonzalez Your new favorite teaching strategy: This pared-down version of learning stations keeps the movement, interactivity and variety while minimizing the prep work.
Find Your Marigold: The One Essential Rule for New Teachers 29Aug2013 by Jennifer Gonzalez Advice is available everywhere you look, and some of it is very good. But a lot of those tips won’t work if you fail to follow this one essential rule.
