Helping Educators Become Culturally Connected!
There’s always that one teacher who excels in your department. They get the best scores on student standardized tests. Most students that take their course can’t stop complimenting this teacher. They get nominated for all kinds of school awards. You want to know what they are doing in their classroom that is so effective and […] Read more…
My first exposure to special needs in the educational setting happened with Helen Keller. We all know her powerful story with Anne Sullivan. I know she was an advocate for special needs, education and so much more. However, one day, while I was scrolling social media, I read that she also supported eugenics. My mind […] Read more…
Teachers get limited time to work wonders. We are stretched from lesson plans, differentiation, unit guide plans, parent emails, individualized education plans and I haven’t even mentioned where the magic happens: teaching students. In order for us to balance everything that is required of us, it’s important that educators consistently engage in learning better pedagogy […] Read more…
On March 13, 2020, each teacher was required to attend an emergency staff meeting in my high school. At the meeting, teachers were told to prepare for e-learning, utilize Google Classroom if they have never used it, and take all of their textbooks home with them because we might not have access to our classrooms […] Read more…
During these uncertain times, teachers have many things to complain about. From sparse attendance to migraines from staring at computers, the list can seem endless. However, one major complaint is engagement and communication. How do you keep students engaged when they are not physically present in your classrooms with your dynamic teacher personalities? How do […] Read more…
Presenting Content Like it’s Not 1999 History can be heavily lecture-based. The stories are rich with fascinating details, insight, consequences, and heroics. I think so because I loved history so much I majored in it. However, that same deep interest in the subject might not transfer to students who are fascinated with building technology, focused […] Read more…
I can access millions of images, articles, videos, and content with a few strokes of my keyboard. Teachers and students have access to so much information that it can be overwhelming. Too much technology, too many applications, too many forms of content can make a student or a teacher feel lost. However, through careful reflection […] Read more…
Can you count how many tech tools you have been introduced to in the past few years and have used only once or not at all? I can count more than twenty. Some of them, I don’t even remember the names but just the visual platform. Day by day, districts are paying for technology tools […] Read more…
I distinctly remember my 10th grade English teacher telling us how to use Google to search for proper citations. Looking at him nodding and pretending to know what Google was is one of the funniest memories I have of high school. Fast forward two decades and Google is everywhere. How I function daily as an […] Read more…
Did I know what SEO was? Nope. Did I know what batch creating was? Nope. Did I have a direction for a niche or an aesthetic? Nope. Sometimes there are too many questions and too many roads to follow to find answers. Plus, one is not sure which route is shorter, scenic or a less […] Read more…