One of the most important things for our students is to make every one of them feel visible in the classroom and to give them a voice. I will definitely make sure that this is reflected in my syllabus. Thank […]
I would like my students to better recognize patterns that exist across content. Too often students see each unit as separate, and they forget they can apply prior knowledge to problem solving. In the past, I a […]
I have been working on growth mindset and grit (persistence and resilience) in my classroom for years now. It is a subject of great interest. I consider growth mindset to be the way we think and grit to be w […]
Antoinette, I love the idea of a Cyber Cafe. I have a discussion forum, even in my face-to-face classes in which students can post questions (one forum is dedicated to content, and the other is dedicated to […]
I, too, have been working on motivation, mindset, and grit in my classroom for a long time. I think it is hard to know how to approach these subjects without implying that our students don’t have these traits. T […]
In both the readings and the discussions, the piece that resonated with me the most was engaged learning. How can we make a learner feel engaged in the classroom, with each other, and in the outside world? I […]
