The world of artificial intelligence is constantly advancing and changing the education landscape. The time is now to learn what this new technology can do for us as teachers and how to embrace it. This…
Browsing Category#DistanceLearningTpT
EDUCATION AND CHATGPT
The world of artificial intelligence is constantly advancing and changing the education landscape. The time is now to learn what this new technology can do for us as teachers and how to embrace it. ChatGPT…
Teaching Gun Rights in the Age of BRUEN
Think about the Second Amendment. What comes to mind? I think about something other than the constitutional language of the Second Amendment but about the connotative connections. I think about the layered nature of the…
Alternatives to Essays and concerns over ChatGPT
As educators, we constantly look for ways to engage our students. We want to provide students with meaningful and relevant activities to help them understand and engage with the material. In today’s classrooms, our students…
The Importance of Teaching Maus
The McMinn County School Board recently made headlines when they voted to remove Maus from the eighth-grade curriculum. At a recent school board meeting, opponents of the book’s removal spilled into an overflow room. The…
“Wait, what page are we on?” A Lesson on Literary Studies in the Secondary ELA Classroom
Teaching whole novels or pieces of drama can be intimidating no matter the age or reading level of our students. Whether we’re reading a novel as a class or allowing student choice for independent reading,…
FROM ROE TO DOBBS
Abortion presents a profound moral question, and the Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each state from regulating or prohibiting abortion. This decision overrules Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania v. Casey….
The Unsettling Relevance of HBO’s Euphoria in Today’s Schools
I’m not sure if you’ve heard the buzz surrounding HBO’s Euphoria, but I’m currently obsessed with it. As I watched the pilot episode, I found myself fighting a kind of internal battle where one part…
How to Engage Adult Learners in the Post-Secondary Classroom
Student engagement in the classroom is at the forefront of most discussions and professional development. And for good reason. But what does engagement mean, exactly? And how can that apply to post-secondary learning institutions such…
How to Prepare and Plan for a New Course
Preparing and planning a new course can be overwhelming, stressful, and sometimes even intimidating. This is true for veteran instructors, but even more so for new or first-year instructors (part-time and full-time faculty). I’ve been…