Creativity is the key to keeping the current generation engaged in the classroom. “Today’s students have so many more distractions—buzzes and beeps from their cellphones letting them constantly know ...

Think of your lesson as a story and your lesson plan as its script. And remember that a good plan considers the people involved in the lesson, not just the activities Lesson plans are useful not just ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What introductory activities are you planning to do, or have done already, with students to begin this highly unusual new school year (specifically—first day, first ...

The first day of class is important no matter the modality, level of learners we are working with, or how many first days an instructor may have had. Each course is different, and it can still cause ...

For most of my 14 years of teaching, I’ve assigned “bell work” while attending to beginning-of-class duties. For longer than I care to admit, my bell ringers were bad. These mini-assignments were well ...