One of my brightest AP English lit students turned to me the other day before a Socratic seminar on Wuthering Heights and said, “You are really trying my set today.” Apparently, my challenge to her quick and superficial analysis of Heathcliff’s character did not sit well. To be fair, she was kidding. To be brutally…
I never had teaching down as a career but after being in retail over a decade I found that I liked helping people too much and the job restricted how much help I could give. I did not plan on becoming a tutor but knew I wanted to help people so when a job came…
The Edinburgh Academy is an independent day school in the heart of central Scotland. They are a 1:1 iPad school and are in their fourth academic year of their deployment project. This content has been re-posted with permission by Martin Willis, Apple Distinguished Educator, Showbie Champion, and Head of e-Learning at The Edinburgh Academy, who’s been leading…
Technology rollouts can be tricky. Sometimes what one school wants would cause a disaster at another. To implement a smooth transition to technology, consider the following ideas. Ask Teachers What Will Help If the technology you’re considering won’t help teachers in the classroom, it will be a waste. Start by talking to your teachers. What…
Jennifer Sanders, a first grade teacher at Merritt Elementary School, an Apple Distinguished School in Elk City Oklahoma, has been using Showbie in her classroom for several years. She recently talked with the Showbie team about why she loves teaching and how her mom (also a teacher!) inspired her early on. Jennifer Sanders, Showbie Champion Showbie:…
Showbie allows teachers to enhance the way that they teach. One such way is using Showbie in conjunction with content creation app, ShowMe, to create a flipped classroom. What is a Flipped Classroom? Take a moment and think back to when you were in school. Picture your teacher standing at the front of the room…
