Open educational resources (OERs) can save you valuable time and energy in creating teaching materials. They’re freely available for use in the classroom, and you can modify and adjust them to suit your students. OERs can also make it easier to diversify and personalize your curriculum, facilitating innovative teaching styles like flipped learning. But how […]
As a seasoned teacher, I’ve seen a lot of tools come and go, but few have landed with the kind of buzz and uncertainty that surrounds AI. One moment, you’re exploring a chatbot that can summarize a novel in seconds, and the next, you’re questioning whether a student’s essay was written by them at all. […]
Tests are a common part of school and college life, whether that’s in class or as part of a formal exam season. For many people, however, they can be a worrying experience. In a 2022 survey of United States college students, 89% reported exam-related stress. Test pressure and anxiety can lead to emotional and physical […]
Planning effective lessons takes time — time that most educators and homeschooling parents simply don’t have. Whether you’re juggling diverse learning levels in a single classroom or building a curriculum from scratch at your kitchen table, the pressure to create engaging, standards-aligned content can feel overwhelming. Add in limited budgets and an ever-growing list of […]
Today’s educational landscape is awash with technology, and it can feel overwhelming deciding what could work for your classroom or institution. When your focus is on helping students to learn more and make meaningful progress, it’s important to find ways that technology can genuinely support their achievement rather than just fulfill a checkbox exercise. In […]
AI technology is rarely out of the news these days. From chatbots to image generators, we now have a wide range of tools at our fingertips, many of which have useful applications in education. One of the key ways AI can make educators’ lives easier is by helping deliver fully personalized learning that can motivate, engage, […]