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…
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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…
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…
“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,…
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…
Tips and Tricks for Distance Learning
Preparing for distance learning can feel overwhelming and seem impossibly complex, but it doesn’t have to be. I, along with every other instructor across the globe, am tasked with creating and delivering instruction completely online,…
How to Get Your Students to Remember More of What They Learn
THIS WEEK I HAVE A GUEST BLOGGER! I HOPE YOU FIND THIS BLOG POST AS INTERESTING AS I DO! As teachers, we are in the business of making memories. We need our students to remember…
Liberal Arts are Essential.
I am so glad you are here! If you haven’t discovered by now, I am deeply passionate about teaching and helping teachers like you to excite and encourage your students in thinking critically about the…
Liberal is not a dirty word.
The Liberal Arts are for people who can’t hack it in the real world. The Liberal Arts are all about touchy-feely things like emotions and feelings. I already took Literature in high school, why would…