How to improve your English with YouGlish I’m sure you know how to use different methods to hear how a word is pronounced in English.
Author: Ann S. Michaelsen
Author and school leader. Write about engaging students in learning with technology
Explore 7 Climate Change Solutions
In this lesson, students will use a jigsaw activity to learn about some of the most effective strategies and technologies that can help head off
The Ultimate Plagiarism Guide: How to Detect and Prevent It
When the emphasis is on prevention We talk about it all the time in school it seems. How to detect plagiarism. Every learning management system
The value of adding technology to language learning
Expanding Pedagogical Capacity by Rethinking Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition This article is found in the TESL Canada Journal /revue volume 36. 2019. As the
How to motivate students,
Based on an article from “The Hechinger Report”, by Jill Barshay. This is based on this study published September 2021. Pathways to Student Motivation: A
Engaging Short Stories in Spanish for Elementary, Middle, and High School Students
This is a website I found that offers short stories in Spanish. They aim to teach important lessons about family, identity, courage, and more. You
Five paths of student engagement
In this book by Andy Hargreaves and Dennis Shirley, we get advice on how to approve student engagement. When reading about this topic I was
Engagement and Connection Through Opportunity
What the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Taught Us About Teachers and Teaching Andy Hargreaves, University of Ottawa This article is found in the report Children and
Teachers’ attitudes towards the children in their classrooms
Three school roles for students Student, receptive learner, and active learner. This article is based on a research paper: Review of Educational Research Fall 1983, Vol 53, No. 3,
By fall should every student have an individual learning plan?
I just read this article by By: Michael B. Horn. By fall, every child should have an individualized learning plan. My question is; should they? Post-Covid
How to Tap Memory Systems to Deepen Learning
Memorization can get a bad rap in education debates, conjuring images of mindless repetition or a “drill and kill” pedagogy. After all, why memorize something
“Rethinking assessment in a digital time.”
“For exams, is using the internet considered cheating?” I wrote this article published by KQED in 2012. That was the year the Ministry of Education
Does the Use of Learning Management Systems Improve Student Learning Outcomes?
What is Hypermedia and does it Improve Student Learning Outcomes? These are actually two different questions that both are of interest to me. Does the
Teaching the greatest commencement speeches of all time
According to CNN From Obama to Steve Jobs: I have earlier shared great commencement speeches. See this lesson plan. Now I would like to share
50 crazy ideas to change education
I just read this article by Terry Heick. Although it is influenced by an American way of thinking school, at least that is my opinion,