Like most pre-pandemic high school teachers, I had an admittedly hard time managing cell phones in my classroom. And now students are supposed to sit in front of a computer screen all day and learn?
Granted, most of my assignments were done through Google Classroom anyway, but how do you get teens to focus every single day when they have the WORLD at their fingertips? Continue reading “Using YouTube for Technology-Based Teaching”
Despite no longer teaching, when Gov. Cuomo announced that NYS school buildings would remain closed for the rest of this academic year, it broke my heart. I can’t imagine just leaving my classroom one Friday and then, kind of out of nowhere, not returning. I had months of preparation to deal with my resignation last year, and it was still unbelievably difficult.
This new era of social distancing means a lot (two words) of you are working from home. Which probably means you’re doing more typing than talking. Plus social media has taken on a whole new level of popularity.
Even if you’re not working, I bet within the past 24 hours you have composed an email, or posted a status, or captioned a picture, or sent out a text… And that, my friend, is also why YOU should want to become a better writer.
While any point during the school year has its highs and lows, I’m a firm believer in these winter months being the most challenging. It’s pitch-black the second you leave the building, Spring Break is so far away, your established routines suddenly feel boring, and school spirit is sucked dry now that Homecoming seems like it was decades ago.
Don’t worry – I’m here to help.
When I wrote the first version of this topic, my husband – lovingly – rolled his eyes and said, “Why would anyone choose to read about reading?” Granted, this was coming from someone whose favorite book is My Side of the Mountain because it’s one of the five books he’s ever read, but I posted it anyway. And am so glad I did.