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Protagonists: Anna Gonzales
Read More: Protagonists: Anna Gonzales“…when a kid references something that another kid said in a previous class — that just shows, to me, that a kid deeply respects the humanity and intellect…
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Can Introverts Learn through Active Learning?
Read More: Can Introverts Learn through Active Learning?Active learning, at least at first, benefits extroverts more than introverts. What can we do about it?
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Office Hours with Natalie Nixon
Read More: Office Hours with Natalie NixonAn interview with Natalie Nixon, creativity wunderkind.
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Use Some Logic Today
Read More: Use Some Logic TodayArguing that the commonly upheld binary between logic and emotion is false, Eugenia Cheng suggests that we would all communicate clearly if we actively integrated both.
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Protagonists: Ghassan Gammoh
Read More: Protagonists: Ghassan Gammoh“All the magic is in the classroom.” I really agree — it’s the best place to be in a school. I was always thinking that I wanted to…
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Push Out Paraphrase
Read More: Push Out ParaphraseParaphrasing, by Bergman’s definition, is a retelling of what a student has just said in similar, perhaps clearer, words. He notes, though, that in such moments paraphrase a…
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Favoritism, Fun, and the Future of Learning
Read More: Favoritism, Fun, and the Future of LearningAs teachers, we’re taught not to play favorites, but that’s a difficult task. There are good reasons why.
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Social Presence in the Online Classroom
Read More: Social Presence in the Online ClassroomEveryone’s afraid of Zoom fatigue these days. Lowenthal and Dunlop ask their students how to make social presence possible online.
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Protagonists: Kendall O’Connor-Tappan
Read More: Protagonists: Kendall O’Connor-Tappan“The teacher who stands out in my mind is Ms. Hall, my Art and Art History teacher for all four years of high school. I don’t think I…
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Discussion through the Digital Humanities, Creativity Protocols, and the Neuroscience of Trust
Read More: Discussion through the Digital Humanities, Creativity Protocols, and the Neuroscience of TrustThis week, we feel challenged by Paul Zak’s work on trust in the workplace, Leyla Alipour’s protocols for boosting student creativity, and NYU press’s forays into online discourse…