August 2017 #NCTEchat: Starting the Year with Our Village
Join our NCTE Lead Ambassadors and members of #NCTEvillage tomorrow, Sunday, August 20, at 8 p.m. ET for a Twitter conversation …
Teaching ELA Students Active Citizenship
Advocacy has many benefits, including educational ones. In his 2005 English Journal article “Walking the Talk: Creating Engaged Citizens in …
Online Classes or Traditional? Why Not a Blend?
Online courses have become popular in today’s colleges. They offer several advantages over traditional classes, but they also have shortcomings …
“Fostering Culturally Relevant Literacy Instruction”
“Names are Powerful”. Jenna Fournel recently unpacked the article “Fostering Culturally Relevant Literacy Instruction: Lessons from a Native Hawaiian Classroom” …
Writing a la mode
There’s been an interesting discussion amongst NCTE members in the Teaching and Learning Forum this week. It began with an …
Collaboration, Without the Eye-Rolling
There’s a growing body of research out there that shows collaborative time for professional learning is critical to school improvement. …
10 Classroom Activities to Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Spend the days leading up to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, on January 19, with classroom resources focused on Dr. …
Use Your Words
Kimberly Feldman wrote in the NCTE Connected Community Education Policy Forum “Teachers often feel powerless and demoralized in the face …
Get Ready for the Read-In
In that strange way that new years tend to begin, this one is off to a running start already which …
The Value of Connection
The following blog post grew out of comments NCTE member Michael Rifenburg shared during the online conversation you can view below. The …