Have you been considering using digital storytelling as either a teaching method or a learning strategy for your students? This website offers many options for telling stories, making presentations, creating videos, and more. Although the choices are all free, some links offer more without an upgrade than others. See for yourself here:
Using different strategies to encourage more participation from a high number of students helps educators obtain better results to instruction. Using wait time certainly can help achieve that goal, especially in consideration of different ways to see it. This particular strategy can be adapted to fit teacher style or to meet particular student needs. Check it out here:
Challenging our thinking and choosing our battles are both things we often say to ourselves as educators. This video clip regarding a conflict between a teacher and a student gives us an outsider view of how our reactions to students can shut the door on future learning. Use this video as a springboard for self-reflection:
The results of the longest ever study of adult development are reviewed in this week’s clip, source of the quote “loneliness kills.” The Harvard study began in 1941 with choosing teenagers from different walks of life, and continues today. Half-way through, you’ll hear about the significance of relationships in health, brain longevity, and life.
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