In Part 1 of our blog series, we examined ten key executive functioning skills and why they are critical to improving academic achievement. Today, we focus on how to bolster students’ executive functioning skills and explore strategies to leverage Chrome browser features to support them. These tools are more than productivity hacks; just like when … read more »
Imagine a teacher starts a lesson with this prompt: You have 10 minutes for your warm-up. The instructions are in Google Classroom. You’re going to open the link to the primary source article, read the first two sections, and then, in a new Google Doc, please write a three-sentence summary of the author’s main argument. … read more »
The Achievery, a completely free digital learning platform created by AT&T, brings together entertainment and education in a way that truly engages K-12 students and reshapes how they learn! This innovative digital space connects your students to exciting educational content through captivating stories and videos that naturally weave in meaningful learning experiences. What It Offers … read more »
With spooky season upon us, our lessons tend to turn towards texts and themes that evoke trepidation and terror in the minds of our students. We structure our yearly lessons so that Macbeth and The Crucible line up with October. We highlight the works of Poe and Shelley for a moment, but as soon as … read more »
When we talk about educational equity, we often focus on access to technology, culturally responsive curriculum, or closing achievement gaps. But there’s another, quieter equity issue that sits beneath all of those: students’ background knowledge. Every text a student reads, every math problem they solve, and every science concept they encounter draws on an invisible … read more »
World Food Day, observed on October 16, offers educators a meaningful opportunity to help students explore the connections between food, culture, and empathy. While food is a shared experience across all cultures, access, traditions, and meaning vary widely around the world. Bringing stories about food into the classroom helps students learn to see beyond their … read more »
Do you like Cats? Not the cute little fuzzballs that curl in your lap and purr as you read your favorite book, but the 1981, Andrew Lloyd Webber, fourth-longest-running-musical-masterpiece-performed-entirely-in-song Cats. If your answer is no, bear with me and don’t go anywhere. But if your answer is yes, then I’m sure you know that Cats … read more »
You probably already know that Canva (reviewed here) can create stunning visuals in minutes, but what if it could also generate interactive activities without you having to learn how to code? It’s now possible with their AI code generator, Canva Code. Canva Code makes it easy to transform your content into custom games, activities, and … read more »
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~Maya Angelou Ahh…it is the joyous, wonderful time of the year where teachers are running wild, preparing their classroom for the next group of minds waiting to discover their full … read more »
Digital citizenship has come into greater focus for educators over the years as misinformation has begun to dominate social media news feeds. According to a 2024 fact sheet from Pew Research Center, more than 54% of American adults receive their news from social media outlets, and we know this number is much higher for younger … read more »