TEACHING TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD USING ARCHAEOLOGY STATIONS
You want me to use archaeological tools to read a book? Wait, what? So you want me to underline with a scalpel, highlight with a chalk brush, write margin notes with an obsidian stone [...]
38 DISTANCE LEARNING TOOLS AND LESSON IDEAS FOR THE ENGLISH CLASSROOM
ClasscraftClassroom gamification at its best. This is an incredible platform which allows teachers to draw from a set of premade worlds and create assignment quests for students to complete. As students advance through the tasks [...]
ACTION RESEARCH: WHAT MOTIVATES STUDENTS TO WRITE?
During my first semester as a new high school English teacher I quickly realized that many students disliked writing and often had trouble getting started. Sometimes, I would simply receive no work from students [...]
DEFINING LITERACY IN A WORLD OF FAKE NEWS
What is literacy? Literacy, in its most basic form, is defined as “the ability to read and write” according to dictionary.com. A secondary definition, and the one more widely used today, is “competence or [...]
HOW TO START AN ONLINE BUSINESS IN ONE DAY
(TEN EASY STEPS...) Step One: Decide what you will sell. Will you sell services, goods that you purchase or goods that you make? Step Two: Decide where you will sell. Will you sell on [...]
MY ROUTE TO GAINING WEB DEVELOPMENT SKILLS
(4-YEAR UNIVERSITY, BOOTCAMP OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE) It is not easy going back to school once you hit a certain age, however more and more people are going back to earn professional certifications or finish [...]