Month: April 2018

April 30, 2018 / / Teaching

I started my collection of teaching books as a preservice teacher and it keeps growing. The following is a list of books on teaching that have been recommended to me. Let’s bring together the best books on teaching we have read and want educators to read!

April 24, 2018 / / Teaching

How can we attain the state of flow in the classroom? What kind of activities should the students be involved be such that they do not want to stop working? As a learner, flow is when I am focused on my task, to the point that I do not care about the time because I am having so much fun doing what I am doing.

April 22, 2018 / / Book Thoughts
April 18, 2018 / / Teaching

What can we learn from technology that will make history more engaging for the students? Taking inspiration from the digital fiction, The Silent History, I present here some ways in which we can be inspired by technology, allowing for differentiation and a new connection to the content.

April 11, 2018 / / Teaching

Self-care ideas for preservice teachers: the habits I want to ensure I have when I am a student teacher. Routine, community and affirmations because at some point of time during our teaching degrees, we have all heard how hard student teaching is — building lesson plans, getting to know a set of students, and more.

April 1, 2018 / / Bullet Journal

The beginning of April for me is the beginning of my third bullet journal (bujo). I have come to savour the days when I am finishing up a journal and on the verge of starting a new one. I plan in advance yet for some reason, I am not able to start working on the next one till it is going to be in use.