Hybrid teaching, a blend of in-person and online instruction, offers a versatile and effective approach to education in today's digital age. Adapting to this model requires careful planning, flexibili...
Reaffirming the core of hybrid learning: pedagogy before technology
As hybrid learning models continue to shape the future of education, striking the right balance between technology and pedagogy has become crucial. This approach ensures that technological tools enhan...
Five Big Wow Moments From Bett 2023
After the past few years of remote gathering, it was an incredible experience to be at BETT 2023 with K-12 educators in-person discussing their learning goals and challenges, demonstrating the CYPHER ...
5 Strategies to Boost Your Student’s Confidence in the Online Classroom
Throughout much of 2020 and beyond, online learning became the norm in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. While most schools across the country are back to in-person instruction, there are still some fac...
6 Most effective reteaching strategies for the post-pandemic classroom
Over the last two years, there have been a lot of discussions regarding the impact of school closures and transitioning learning environments. This is especially true for learning loss in the aftermat...
5 Interesting ways to teach soft skills to online students
Students don’t go to school just to learn long division and the purpose of mitochondria —they also learn vital soft skills that serve them well as adults for the rest of their lives. However, teaching...
6 Creative back-to-school activities for teachers
Even during the summer, educators are always thinking about returning to school, particularly when it comes to back-to-school activities. Learning never stops, whether engaged in professional developm...
5 Activities to teach your students how to spot fake news
How to spot fake news? These two words have trended in the last decade as a way of describing news and information that is false. It is not as simple as that, though. Other words like misinformation, ...
10 Ways to provide differentiation in professional development for teachers
Student generations come and go, and the needs of today's students aren’t the same as they were ten years ago. Similarly, there has to be a differentiation in professional development for teachers if ...
What are the benefits of interdisciplinary teaching?
Education is and has always been the field that autoregulates in order to provide students the tools to live, adapt, contribute, develop and create better outcomes for themselves and generations to co...
8 Strategies for increasing student self-efficacy in online education
Teachers want their students to be confident in their ability to reach their goals. The concept that best describes this confidence is student self-efficacy. Students with higher levels of self-effica...
How to manage slow-working students in your classroom
Students experience learning differently. Some may be able or willing to solve tasks on time, but others may struggle to do so. Teachers will always have students who can’t finish tasks in due time, f...
Our favorite teacher memes for 2021
Dear fellow teachers, For the past two years, I have been writing open letters that are meant to be fun and empathetic at the same time for welcoming the new year on a positive note. 2021 has continue...
3 Before Me: A Teaching method that boosts student independence
Most parents and educators strive to find the right balance in education between the ability to cooperate and independence. Both are essential at school and in life. As social beings, we must learn to...
Best practices for a great school-community collaboration
Previously, we discussed why building school-community partnerships is important and how it benefits students and teachers alike. In a nutshell, the most significant advantage is providing real-life e...
5 Ways to mix education and entertainment in the classroom
A version of this post was originally published in FutureScot, on October 5, 2021. Life is all about learning, no matter how young or old you are. If you close your eyes for a second and think back to...