Breaking Down Project Based Learning and its Benefits
Before we talk about project based learning, let’s talk about food. It’s past noon and you skipped breakfast. Your stomach is growling. You crave something substantial. Which would be more ...
Exploring Virtual Field Trips – and Why They’re Here to Stay
In a virtual world, there are few places you can’t go. That became clear at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic when students in schools across the world entered virtual ...
Avoid These Pitfalls When Teaching Neurodivergent Students
Our classrooms aren’t just diverse; they’re neurodiverse, too. About one in five children in the U.S. are affected by learning and attention issues – or neurodivergences – that can make ...
6 Common Learning Barriers (And How to Overcome Them)
Learning barriers can feel like swallowing an elephant – there’s so much to take in, you get lost wondering where to start. Other times, they’re like watching paint dry – ...
Authentic Learning: Lessons that Last a Lifetime
Which would make the most effective lesson: learning what an engineer does by reading a book, or by solving an actual engineering problem? The former is what we typically expect ...
The Benefits of Curriculum Mapping
Are students actually learning what you’re teaching? How long does it really take to work through a unit of trigonometry? What knowledge and skills have students mastered, and what are ...