Back To School Social-Emotional Basics: Relationship, Rhythm, Release
As our elementary students head back to school in person, in this very new way, there will be many emotions stirred up in them. Alarm. Frustration. Worry. Excitement. And this will be mirrored by what we, as adults, may also be experiencing. For our teachers, on top of what they will be emotionally experiencing themselves, they are being called to be the caring leaders that guide our students to a place where they can learn together.
The Challenge Of Global Learning In Public Education
In high-stakes testing environments prevalent in many formal learning institutions, the focus is on standards and standard-mastery. ‘Globalization’ is a haughty kind of ‘pie in the sky’ idea thought about only when watching one of the “Shift Happens” videos on YouTube, or daydreaming on the drive home from a challenging day in the classroom where there is time to honestly reflect on—in solitude—the kind of education teachers can only dream they could provide students.
Exactly How Technology Can Make Reading Better
Through apps with social components, readers can be connected through texts. Reading groups, reading contests, reasons for reading, book suggestions, building social credibility for the process of reading, and more are possible when reading is, at least on some level, a social act.
Why Public Schools Should Continue To Use Remote Learning
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The Definition Of Synchronous Learning
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Creating Students Who Solve Problems
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The Benefits Of Using Technology In Learning
While technology opens new horizons for education at home, adapting to this is more challenging. What are the pros and cons of remote teaching technology? Education is one of the sectors hardest hit by the COVID-19 lockdown with social distancing measures meaning schools could be closed for the foreseeable future. However, thanks to technology, teachers […]
Are You Prepared For The Future Of Social Learning?
Social Learning: A Way of Life With the Internet exploding with information resources and tools for learning, teachers can be facilitators of information with a greater emphasis on explanation and critical thinking as opposed to the dissemination source. Formal learning systems have in some cases been slower to adopt this model, rightfully concerned with the […]
The Long-Term Effects Of Remote Learning May Not Be All Bad
Because of COVID-19, school cafeterias, gyms, and playgrounds across the country sit silent. Ungraded papers and textbooks collect dust, and halls that once rang with student laughter are empty. And in the hope that the pandemic does not squash the ability to learn and grow all together, educators are implementing an entirely new style of […]
4 Ways We Can Avoid Workplace Burnout
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