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Strategies to Reduce Plagiarism and Increase Engagement

Plagiarism: scourge of the writing class and bane of teachers’ existence.

Author: Brent Warner

Asking the Right Questions: Research in and for the Classroom

As teachers, we routinely come across challenges in our classrooms and respond by trying out new approaches.

Author: Antonella Valeo

4 Critical Strategies for Teaching Multilingual Learners

Recently, #MLLCHAT on Twitter had a dynamic discussion based on a new book by authors Andrea Honigsfeld, Maria Dove, Audrey Cohen, and Carrie McDermott Goldman entitled From Equity Insights to Action: Critical Strategies for Teaching Multilingual Learners.

Author: Judie Haynes

Lesson Plans for Educators—Minecraft: Education Edition

This month, we dig back into the world of Minecraft to explore Minecraft: Education Edition (Minecraft: EE).

Author: Jeff Kuhn

STEM and ELT: 7 Science Reading Strategies

There is growing interest in how to teach English learners (ELs) science in the general education classroom especially because science contains a lot of reading and academic language.

Author: Darlyne de Haan

Self-Care for Writing Teachers

The COVID-19 pandemic seems to have played tricks on my sense of time, and, with that, my usual self-care routines.

Author: Betsy Gilliland

Cultivating Belonging in the Classroom: 2 Practical Activities

As someone who researches identity and belonging, I have spent many hours talking to people about how they feel about their place in school and society and how they position themselves in relation to others.

Author: Naashia Mohamed

4 Android Features That Can Help ELs

Last month, we talked about how English learners (ELs) can use a number of features built into the iPhone to help them on their language learning journey.

Author: Brent Warner

10 Dead Ideas in Professional Development

Because October ushers in the Day of the Dead celebration, it seems fitting to take a moment to honor some of the cherished ancestors of modern-day professional development (PD). 

Author: Laura Baecher

4 Ways Teachers of ELs Differ From Reading Teachers

“Are you teaching them to read?” asked the custodian as she unlocked the door to my classroom.

Author: Barbara Gottschalk

6 Strategies to Balance the Use of L1 and English in the ESL Classroom

During a recent Twitter chat, a teacher of multilingual learners (MLLs) wrote that she was struggling with a class of fifth and sixth graders who persisted in speaking their home language (Spanish) in class.

Author: Judie Haynes

Exploring the World of Walking Simulators: Using Games as Narrative Text

In this month’s blog, I wanted to dive into the genre of video games commonly referred to as “walking simulators.”

Author: Jeff Kuhn

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