by adminhead | Nov 13, 2020 | French language learning
I teach French to kids and adults. Teaching kids is easy; formulaic. Find a text, teach the content, and pull out reading, writing, speaking, and grammar to help develop their second language. Adults aren’t so simple. Adults are eager to capture the unique...
by Laura Head | Nov 6, 2020 | remote learning
A good teacher rule of thumb is to have your classroom rules come from your students. It empowers them to know that they’re the ones who curated the classroom culture, and increases their awareness of how they should behave. In the first week of school every...
by Laura Head | Nov 3, 2020 | remote learning
Getting student buy-in is a fundamental step to uncovering the inspired learner within. The most well-known way to do this is to create a classroom community built upon empowerment, validation, and belonging. In the classroom, there are countless ways to do this:...
by adminhead | Nov 1, 2020 | remote learning
In a traditional classroom setting, we as teachers present a new idea to students, and then send them off to grapple with it so that they can reach their own understanding. This student-centered time may look like a collection of voices finding patterns in common...
by adminhead | Nov 1, 2020 | remote learning
It’s a common practice in remote learning to have students put themselves on mute while a teacher presents the lesson. If learners have an idea or question, they un-mute to share, and then reactivate the default setting. Personally, I’m not a fan. In the classroom...
