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No One Really Cared About Shakespeare’s Work When He Died, So His Friends Did THIS
No One Really Cared About Shakespeare’s Work When He Died, So His Friends Did THIS
I never knew that Shakespeare’s work wasn’t really that popular when he died. As explained on a recent Annotated podcast,…
Teachers Need to Watch this Video About Stress and Learning–For Themselves and For Their Students
Teachers Need to Watch this Video About Stress and Learning–For Themselves and For Their Students
This video about stress and the brain should be required viewing for all teachers. As you watch it, think about…
These Books Be Like: What You ‘Stairing’ At?
These Books Be Like: What You ‘Stairing’ At?
I don’t know how they did it, but every school needs stairs like these. (Though, perhaps with a wider variety…
Language is Always Susceptible to Bias. That Includes Algorithms.
Language is Always Susceptible to Bias. That Includes Algorithms.
All this digital stuff is comprised of software. And software is comprised of languages. That means, just like human languages,…
Lady Chatterly’s Lover: The Book That Keeps on Giving
Lady Chatterly’s Lover: The Book That Keeps on Giving
When I taught 9th grade English, a student approached me one day very shyly. He was already an avid reader,…
Literacy Nerds: Stop Now. Look at this Visualization of Name Misspelling
Literacy Nerds: Stop Now. Look at this Visualization of Name Misspelling
I am at peace with my misspellings, and have had a fair share of gaffes. But to see how thousands…
Mathnet Reruns is What the STEM World Needs Right Now, So Here
Mathnet Reruns is What the STEM World Needs Right Now, So Here
Back when the WWE was the WWF, I watched a PBS show called Square One with the excitement of witnessing Macho…
Knife Meets Life: Jamie Oliver Made a Video with Philosopher Alain de Botton and it Cooks
Knife Meets Life: Jamie Oliver Made a Video with Philosopher Alain de Botton and it Cooks
When I majored in philosophy as an undergraduate, I couldn’t have explained then what drew me to the subject. I…
Poetry Just Might Be the Remedy for Reluctant Readers
Poetry Just Might Be the Remedy for Reluctant Readers
Author Jason Reynolds argues magnificently for using poetry as the gateway drug into reading. If you know a child is…
Don’t Judge: I Bought My Son These Pencils and He Loves Writing With Them
Don’t Judge: I Bought My Son These Pencils and He Loves Writing With Them
Do whatever it takes to help your child become a reader and a writer. That’s what I say. So when…
Forget Audible. HiBooks is Like Netflix for Audiobook Lovers
Forget Audible. HiBooks is Like Netflix for Audiobook Lovers
UPDATE: HiBooks has since changed their pricing model and I canceled my service. Still, they are worth keeping an eye…
What a Squirrel in City Hall Park Teaches Us about Learning
What a Squirrel in City Hall Park Teaches Us about Learning
I recently asked my education students to conduct a Learning Walk. It goes like this: They have 45 minutes to…
Get Out the Fun-Tak! PBS Made Literary Travel Posters
Get Out the Fun-Tak! PBS Made Literary Travel Posters
You know what they say about reading taking you places. Well, when PBS held their Great American Read event this…
Let’s Not Confuse Annotations and Marginalia
Let’s Not Confuse Annotations and Marginalia
Observing a middle school English class recently, I was struck by how mechanical annotating one’s reading had become. I do…
Posthumanism for the Holidays
Posthumanism for the Holidays
This is by far one of the more intriguing, timely, and applicable digital research method books I have read in…
“High School Training Ground,” by Malcolm London
“High School Training Ground,” by Malcolm London
Check out this Chicago poet’s powerful commentary on the reality of high school, a training ground for the injustices all…