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Oct 21, 2014

Managing Writing Assignments

Help your students develop their writing skills with techniques that are aligned to standards, but still feel relevant to students.

Stephanie Abbott

Jul 17, 2014

Required Student Interaction and Online Courses

Live chat, class discussion boards, email, webinars, and virtual field trips are all samples of online course interactions that have become staples over the past 10 years. Are they all needed for online student success? Or is it primarily the frequency and/or the application of a substantial grade percentage that needs to be changed to existing modes of online interactions between students and instructors?

Shane Dennison

Mar 18, 2014

Last Minute Assessment Tips

If your state’s assessment season hasn’t kicked off yet, it’s about to.

Scott Sterling

Mar 05, 2014

Technology Saves Time Grading

No teacher has ever said grading papers is the best part of the job. I’ve seen English teachers cite that as the reason they left the profession.

Scott Sterling

Feb 25, 2014

Resources for a Virtual Field Trip

Let’s be honest: field trips may be worthwhile, but they’re incredibly stressful for teachers and chaperones.

Scott Sterling

Nov 05, 2013

4 Great TED Talks to Share With Your Students

By now, you’re familiar with TED talks and their format. TED, which stands for Tech, Entertainment, and Design, has grown to be a leading source of informative, short (10-15 minutes) lectures from people with “ideas worth spreading”.

Scott Sterling

Oct 10, 2013

Teacher Challenges

As discussed in my previous blog, Common Core standards, and related assessments coming down the pike have become a political tug of war. How will this tug of war affect teachers and what are some of the challenges they are facing with the Common Core?

Shane Dennison

Jul 23, 2013

Tips for Adjusting to a Block Schedule

Block scheduling, to me, is the original disruptive educational strategy. Long before flipped learning and other non-traditional ways to organize classroom pursuits, schools and districts were trying to figure out ways to squeeze the most learning into blocks of time that, either by law or by human stamina, could simply not grow.

Scott Sterling