Shaking up Shakespeare: Digital Tools for Digital Students
Many students dread reading Shakespeare because they think his works have nothing to do with their 21st century interests.
Learning Styles
Reinventing Education, Serving Humanity
When thinking about what schools of the future will look like, it’s hard to imagine them without grades, exams, or even subjects.
Finnish Education Design: How to Bring Joy to Learning
From shorter school days to an increased amount of teacher autonomy, the Finnish educational system has many innovative strategies to offer.
Science Fairs: The Missing Piece of the Education Puzzle
I have always been interested in building things from scratch, so when I first heard about my school's science fair club, I signed up immediately.
No Brainer: AI in the Classroom
Many AI products impact and improve our daily lives. These AI technologies and products may be beneficial to the teachers in the classroom.
Starting a Rubik’s Cube Club
Are you interested in improving student engagement with your ELL students? Here’s an idea that I tried at my elementary school that was both fun and successful—a Rubik’s Cube club.
How Technology Improved Student Achievement in My Art Class
Disciplinary problems were high, student achievement was low, and so was my patience. I knew I couldn’t do this again the following year, so I decided to change my approach.
Encouraging Creativity in Lesson Plans
It can be incredibly easy to treat lesson planning like a checklist. Objective: check. Standards: check. Activity: check. Education experts say there is a better way.
Learning with Podcasts
Podcasts are increasingly popular: one-third of Americans say they’ve listened to one in the past month. This emerging technology could play a key role in the K–12 classroom.
Sit. Stay. Read: How Dogs Can Help Improve Literacy
One of the best literacy teachers Jane Swire knows is her dog, Blizzard. She and Blizzard visit the local library once a week during the school year as part of a reading program.