128: When You Get Nothing But Crickets
You ask your group a question, and you get nothing back. What’s up with that? In this episode, we’ll talk...
For teachers: Homework: Adjective Suffixes
-ing, -ous, -able, -ive, -ful… Intermediate Are Suffixes confusED, or are they confusING? Do they make students feel stressED, or...
129: Let's Make Better Slideshows
A lot of you are out there giving lectures, presentations, and workshops, and your slideshows need work. These seven tips...
Subordinating conjunctions
(See also Coordinating Conjunctions) A subordinating conjunction joins a subordinate (dependent) clause to a main (independent) clause: + Here are...
47: Black Girls and School: We Can Do Better
Are we meeting the needs of black girls in our schools? In this interview with author Monique Morris, we talk...
EduTip 10: Use music to buffer "silent" activities.
True silence is almost impossible to achieve in the classroom, and extraneous noises can be distracting. Adding background music creates...