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270: Try a March Madness Poetry Bracket
Today, lets talk about March Madness, and how to harness all that awesome enthusiasm to get your students excited about poetry. Last year I worked with Melissa Alter Smith from #teachlivingpoets to c
269: Teaching Research to Digital Natives
Remember when research projects involved stacks of books and notecards? Yeah, me too. But we all know research has changed. I recently finished a couple of pedagogy books for English teachers - one by
268: Try These Google Translate Tools in Class
Welcome to the Thursday edition of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast, a podcast for English teachers in search of creative teaching strategies. Whether youre new to the show or a long-time listene
267: So your Students aren't Doing the Reading? Here's Help.
Today on the podcast, were sitting down with Amanda Cardenas to talk about a very big question. A huge question, really. What can teachers do when students arent doing the reading? And is reading
266: Summer PD that Delivers
Welcome to the Thursday edition of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast, a podcast for English teachers in search of creative teaching strategies. Whether youre new to the show or a long-time listene
265: Teaching Conversation in a Polarized World (The Elective Series Begins)
Lately Ive been thinking a lot about electives. Electives I want to design, like one about Youtube creation and one about Taylor Swift, and the amazing electives teachers in our community are desig
264: Launch Tiny Podcasts (don't be intimidated)
Welcome to the Thursday edition of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast, a podcast for English teachers in search of creative teaching strategies. Whether youre new to the show or a long-time listene
263: Let's Reimagine the "Teacher Work Room"
Ahh, the hum of fluorescent lighting. The slightly stained carpeting. The copier that is almost-if-not-already-out-of-paper. The dirty coffee cups. It's no secret that at many schools, the common teac
262: Let Students Design Escape Rooms
This week, I want to suggest you let your students design an escape room. Escape rooms are, in the iconic words of Zoolander, so hot right now. And they have been for years. Students love them! Who wo
261: Skill Practice that Isn't Boring: Grammar Edition
So you want your students to get better at something, but drill-and-kill is clearly not the answer. Been there, done that, didn't like it. So what's a creative teacher to do? Today I'm going to pull