KRLemmons African American experience, history, instruction, lesson plans, primary sources, research, resources, teaching

Teaching Civil Rights with DocsTeach — Education Updates

DocsTeach, the online tool for teaching with documents from the National Archives, is full of primary sources and tools for teaching about civil rights. For instance, you could do the following photograph analysis challenge with your students: This photo is cropped to reveal only this young girl’s face. Look for context clues and try to…

Teaching Civil Rights with DocsTeach — Education Updates
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Changing The Game: Using Minecraft to Address 21st-Century Learning For Student With Autism — Brave In The Attempt

This post was originally a guest post for EdSurge. Power of Play Renowned philosophers and educators throughout history, including Plato, Comenius, Locke, Rousseau, Froebel, Piaget, and Papert, have lauded the power of play in teaching, especially for young learners. Modern research continues to demonstrate that playful learning, especially when digital and multi-modal, improves educational outcomes. It’s baffling that I still have to […]

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Podcast in school — Connected Teaching and Learning

Making podcasts to share your learning I have read many posts on how students learn more when they teach others. And in our school that is done a lot. Students get assignments, find interesting questions, research, and present to the rest of the class. And this is a good way to learn, both for teachers […]

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Blog Post: Technology and Teaching

In today’s tech-focused world, we often fixate on the biggest technologies. But this often misses some of the most impactful and powerful low-tech solutions to improving teaching and learning. Read this article by Thomas Arnett and let me know what you think. Source: Can digital also mean low-tech? Yes, and it can enhance teaching – […]

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