The world of artificial intelligence is constantly advancing and changing the education landscape. The time is now to learn what this new technology can do for us as teachers and how to embrace it. This…
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EDUCATION AND CHATGPT
The world of artificial intelligence is constantly advancing and changing the education landscape. The time is now to learn what this new technology can do for us as teachers and how to embrace it. ChatGPT…
EDUCATION AND CHATGPT
The world of artificial intelligence is constantly advancing and changing the education landscape. The time is now to learn what this new technology can do for us as teachers and how to embrace it. ChatGPT…
Teaching Gun Rights in the Age of BRUEN
Think about the Second Amendment. What comes to mind? I think about something other than the constitutional language of the Second Amendment but about the connotative connections. I think about the layered nature of the…
HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND FIRST-YEAR UNIVERSITY TEACHER TIPS PART ONE
Being an adjunct or part-time instructor is hard. But being a first-year adjunct (during a pandemic, nonetheless!) is a whole other level of hard. Teacher burnout is a real thing and having been a new…
How the Socratic Method Can Transform Your Classroom & Spark Meaningful Discussions through dialectics.
When it comes to teaching, the Socratic Method has been used for centuries to foster dialectical discussions and help students gain an understanding of a concept. It’s a powerful tool that can be used in…
Celebrating Mother Earth (and Your Love) This Valentine’s Day
It’s another Valentine’s Day, and you may be finding yourself perplexed as to what to get your crunchy, earthy Valentine that will not only say “I love you” but “I love the planet” too. Deciding…
Alternatives to Essays and concerns over ChatGPT
As educators, we constantly look for ways to engage our students. We want to provide students with meaningful and relevant activities to help them understand and engage with the material. In today’s classrooms, our students…
The Importance of Teaching Maus
The McMinn County School Board recently made headlines when they voted to remove Maus from the eighth-grade curriculum. At a recent school board meeting, opponents of the book’s removal spilled into an overflow room. The…
“Wait, what page are we on?” A Lesson on Literary Studies in the Secondary ELA Classroom
Teaching whole novels or pieces of drama can be intimidating no matter the age or reading level of our students. Whether we’re reading a novel as a class or allowing student choice for independent reading,…