When was the last time you heard someone talk seriously about digital literacy? I’d guess it’s been a while. And honestly, I think I know why. As Lankshear and Knobel (2011) pointed out over a decade ...

As the school year comes to a close, it’s time to celebrate the hard work, achievements, and unique contributions of each student in your classroom. End-of-year awards are a fantastic way to recognize ...

History does not have to be dry facts and events. AI chatbots can turn units into conversations students want to have. History opens up when students can interview the past. A chatbot lets them ...

In its recommendations on AI ethics, the U.S. Department of Education pointed to a February 2024 proposal from NIST researchers to build on the “long-standing concepts” set out in the 1979 Belmont ...

This school year AI will have a strong presence in classrooms. I know the landscape isn’t perfect yet. There are valid concerns, ethical questions, and school AI policies that still feel scrambled.

This guide grew out of real conversations with teachers. Many of you have shared stories about experimenting with AI tools in your classrooms, trying to make lesson planning easier, or looking for ...

TPACK is one of my favorite frameworks for thinking about educational technology integration, and I have used it often in workshops with teachers. TPACK highlights the role and agency of teachers in ...

Thanksgiving is a wonderful opportunity to incorporate stories, language, and creativity into the classroom or at home. Beyond the traditions of family gatherings and shared meals, the holiday also ...

I’ve always thought of language teaching as both an art and a craft. My own journey started in Morocco, where I spent nine years teaching English as a Foreign Language in a variety of schools: public, ...

An abstract is essentially a brief summary of your paper, neatly capturing key points like your research rationale, the methods you used, and your results and findings. It sits right at the top of ...

In today’s post, I discuss a key teaching and learning strategy known as Think-Pair-Share (TPS). More specifically, I will cover what recent research says about the effectiveness and use of TPS, delve ...

Back when I was in the classroom, I used avatars regularly in my language teaching. One of my favorite activities was to have students work in groups to create character diaries or role-plays using ...