Posts Tagged ‘lesson’
31 lessons I teach my students that aren’t in the curriculum
Never, ever ask a woman if she is pregnant. Old people look weird but have lots and lots of good stuff to say. “I’m sorry. I made a mistake. I won’t do that again,” is always the best first response to any trouble you may be in. The people who make their dreams come true…
Read MoreI have a simple, inexpensive, highly effective means of improving learning for all students: Make things fun.
The makers of the dancing traffic light get it. It works because it is fun, and fun always increases attention, engagement, effort, and performance. Fun. It’s a word that is tragically absent from teaching today. Of all the strategies that teachers could do to be more effective, making the school day more fun for their…
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