World History
Believe it or not I have yet to meet my students, but will finally do so tomorrow and Wednesday (and yes I am excited). We spend the first day getting to know each other (no rules, threats of state/national exams) as I believe relationships are the most important thing in my class (yes, even more important than technology!). On the second day I will ask the kids to get in groups and decide why we should study history. When we are done we will start the John Green clip above at :30 and run it for 2 minutes as it is the best answer I have every heard about why to study history. Below is a new film by Keith Hughes on what he tells his students. After all of that then I will finally talk about what we will be learning and the structure of the course.
- Flipped Video Collections For World History
If you are looking for videos to use in your World History class, here are mine. They are pretty simple and straight to the point and made with Screencastomatic (here's how). Here is another set (I wish I knew the name, but it's...
- First Week Map Exercise
Every year about now I start wondering what I want to do the first week of school. On the first day I actually spend most of the time just getting to know my students and perhaps giving them a small overview of the class. But on the second class...
- Book Recommendation: How We Learn By Benedict Carey
There aren't many books about teaching that truly excite me, but I just finished reading a book that every educator should read. How We Lean: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens by Benedict Carey details several techniques...
- What To Do The First Day Of School
I am almost laughing this as my summer school students finished on the 5th of August when some of you were already heading back to school for teacher work days. Unfortunately in Virginia, for both parties, business reigns supreme and so we have...
- Digital Study Buddies To Improve Retention
Too many kids do not study for tests and still more think studying is just filling out a study guide. Sure you could argue that our students have become desensitized to them due to the incredible number they take, but I try to get them to get into groups...
World History
Why Study History?
Believe it or not I have yet to meet my students, but will finally do so tomorrow and Wednesday (and yes I am excited). We spend the first day getting to know each other (no rules, threats of state/national exams) as I believe relationships are the most important thing in my class (yes, even more important than technology!). On the second day I will ask the kids to get in groups and decide why we should study history. When we are done we will start the John Green clip above at :30 and run it for 2 minutes as it is the best answer I have every heard about why to study history. Below is a new film by Keith Hughes on what he tells his students. After all of that then I will finally talk about what we will be learning and the structure of the course.
- Flipped Video Collections For World History
If you are looking for videos to use in your World History class, here are mine. They are pretty simple and straight to the point and made with Screencastomatic (here's how). Here is another set (I wish I knew the name, but it's...
- First Week Map Exercise
Every year about now I start wondering what I want to do the first week of school. On the first day I actually spend most of the time just getting to know my students and perhaps giving them a small overview of the class. But on the second class...
- Book Recommendation: How We Learn By Benedict Carey
There aren't many books about teaching that truly excite me, but I just finished reading a book that every educator should read. How We Lean: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens by Benedict Carey details several techniques...
- What To Do The First Day Of School
I am almost laughing this as my summer school students finished on the 5th of August when some of you were already heading back to school for teacher work days. Unfortunately in Virginia, for both parties, business reigns supreme and so we have...
- Digital Study Buddies To Improve Retention
Too many kids do not study for tests and still more think studying is just filling out a study guide. Sure you could argue that our students have become desensitized to them due to the incredible number they take, but I try to get them to get into groups...