As a teacher, you know firsthand that students often respond to experiential and interactive learning methods, not to mention they often remember these lessons more vividly. Regurgitating information from a textbook might be today’s prevailing academic model, but you understand …
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Shakespeare Lives! Making the Bard Relevant to Your Millennial Students
In “Home-Thoughts, from Abroad,” Victorian poet Robert Browning declares wistfully, “Oh, to be in England / Now that April’s there . . .” Well, it’s April again, and this month would be an especially great time to be in England since …
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Spring Cleaning Your Lesson Plans
The term “spring cleaning” often evokes the image of a jam-packed closet, filled with items that have accumulated over time and that may or may not still be useful. Spring cleaning usually isn’t associated with lesson plans, but it’s a …
Making the Most of a Missed Day: What to Do When You Need a Substitute Teacher
While the teacher is out, the students are still in class ready to learn. Your absence does not automatically mean that the students have to watch a video or do busy work to fill the day. Follow these tips to …
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March’s Teacher’s Corner: Blended Learning
In the olden days—really not that long ago—technology in the classroom was an intercom connection with the office and a 16mm projector that showed black-and-white documentaries. When film strip projectors arrived on the scene, they represented real innovation; a film strip machine …
February’s Teacher’s Corner: Surviving the Last Stretch of February
According to poet T. S. Eliot, the “cruelest month” is April, but teachers, I’m sure, would disagree. Anybody who’s herding a group of tired-out kids through the post-winter break curriculum knows that it’s not April that’s really a challenge. It’s February, the …
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January’s Teacher’s Corner Column: Homework – The Great Debate
The philosophy of education in the U.S. is always subject to disagreement and controversy, but everyone can agree on this: It’s never, ever static. The dynamics in education often seem like those of a pendulum swinging back and forth, from …
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December’s Teacher’s Corner Column: Are We Expecting Too Much, Too Soon?
Teacher’s Corner is a monthly newsletter from eNotes just for teachers. In it, experienced educator and eNotes contributor Susan Hurn shares her tips, tricks, and insight into the world of teaching. Check out this month’s Teacher’s Corner column below, or sign …
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