What if we could keep a seamless record of students’ ideas and thoughts about a classroom activity that actually enhanced and deepened the learning experience? There is a tool for this: Twitter...
As an educator for over twenty years, I’ve witnessed numerous initiatives to improve the quality of education. With the introduction of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), I think we...
In the 21st century, technology has changed the ways in which we communicate and go about our lives. Very few educators would disagree with the notion that technology has dramatically changed the...
I am often asked about helping struggling and reluctant readers. They are tons of them out there in our classrooms.
According to NAEP data, over 60% of our students are not proficient...
As literacy educators, we know that school is very different than our experience as teenage students in the 1980s.
Try these tips to modernize your literacy education for modern students'...
Using many teaching modalities, especially visualization, has been linked to greater comprehension in learning and reading.
Graphic organizers are important and effective pedagogical tools for...
It was almost 20 years ago that I attended a National Endowment for the Humanities program for teaching Shakespeare through performance as an inner city high school teacher. It was at this institute...
Literacy and education expert Dr. Katherine McKnight shares the reading proficiency challenges in schools and strategies for differentiating textbooks.
Since iPads are are relatively easy to use and don't have a significant demand on fine motor schools, they are becoming increasing popular for instruction of our students with special needs. ...
When I was a students, I pounded out papers on an electric typewriter. When I started teaching, the web wasn’t an instant resource. I taught students about note cards and bibliography cards...
