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Let’s finally address the elephant in the classroom. It’s been a few months since ChatGPT has been thrust at us, and if you’re anything like me, you panicked about how to tell if your student’s essay was their own or hot off the AI press. I certainly read up a great deal on this, saw…
Do you recommend the use of study guides or annotations for difficult texts? By difficult texts I mean novels, plays, poems, and non-fiction. While guides and annotations can be useful, they also tend to limit a reader's involvement with the text. They do so by prescribing particular approaches or interpretations, and this tends to generate…
Are you bothered by that thin film of dust on your worktable or desk? Doesn't it always reappear two days after your weekly dusting spree? And isn't this weekly dusting spree a deeply annoying thing at times? There is an easy solution to ease this annoyance. I'm not selling you a service or recommending an…
There is eco-friendly wrapping paper now, but are we really frugal with how we use these? We still tend to overuse and waste wrapping paper. In other words, we don't seem to be mindful users of eco-friendly products. What we have is a mindset problem. Because something is eco-friendly, it doesn't follow that we can…
If you--like many--are wondering how to come up with homework assignments that challenge students on their terms, here's a really simple tip: go with open-ended prompts or questions. This is of course an old trick. It has been tried, tested, and is highly recommended. This, however, does not mean that there are no "bad open-ended…
Not all of us want a thoroughly sorted and organized work desk. Sure, the benefits and pleasures of working from an immaculately organized desk can be numerous, but let's not shame those who find "clutter" stimulating. In fact, what one sees as a careless dispersal of things might be just the type of arrangement someone…
Do you learn better when you are busy doing something besides focusing exclusively on the material? Are you good at sports and/or physical activities? Do you enjoy building models and other tactical tasks? Do you like taking things apart to see how they work? If you answered yes to one or more of the above…
Really enjoyed reading this wonderful blog post that talks about ways for parents, teachers and administrators to cultivate habit of reading and writing among students. The research results are clear! It is apparent that children raised in an environment that promotes literacy become better readers and significantly perform better in school compared to children who…
Do you often find yourself doodling and drawing study material? Do you find lectures boring but love watching videos? Are you able to quickly grasp charts, graphs, and diagrams? If you answered yes to one or more of the above questions, you are a visual learner. Visual Learning Style You are someone who processes and…
When it gets difficult and you find yourself growing restive, remember that you became a teacher because you believed you could be a noble human, a noble professional. Allow that idea to regulate your actions, to guide you. You may not always live up to the standards, but making the effort to do so is…
The educational vista has transformed so dramatically since the pandemic began, and now, we are all facing change yet again. We are gingerly stepping back into classrooms. While I have certainly enjoyed some aspects of at-home learning and teaching, which has not been an entirely novel experience for me even before the pandemic began, I…
Are you too busy to focus on your blogging? Do you find it tedious and sapping to have to open the Notes app on your phone to list ideas and points? Sure, it's a very useful app, but if your work requires you to use your phone quite a bit, then it is quite difficult…
Critical reading is an activity in which the reader exercises their judgment about what they are reading; they refuse to take anything they read at face value. Critical readers evaluate and analyze what they have read. In an academic sense, being a critical reader means advancing one’s understanding of a text, rather than dismissing it…
A common complaint I hear from students and parents alike is that students get distracted too easily. To elaborate, there is a feeling that students--and indeed, adults--are surrounded by distractions. It is true that the ability to focus or concentrate is being endangered. However, there are things--simple things--we can do to reclaim our ability (and…