Fresh Ideas for Teaching

Keeping students engaged in learning is one of the most important and difficult tasks a teacher faces. In the past few years, school districts have seen a major uptick in students being more distracted, disengaged, and avoiding work. We recently got a chance to talk with literacy expert/author Kelly Gallagher to discuss why students aren’t engaged, the implications and impact that has on students and teachers, and what sort of things we can do to keep students engaged in learning.

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STEM fairs are an amazing way to keep your students engaged and excited. We recently got a chance to talk with Dr. Heather Domjan, Associate Professor at the University of Houston and the Executive Director of the Science and Engineering Fair of Houston. In the podcast she shares her passion for STEM literacy, her experience in STEM education, and provides tips to start your own STEM fair.

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World Language teachers are encouraged to use authentic resources in their classrooms. However, many of us have not had authentic resources as part of our own learning or teaching experience. What are some of the first steps we can take to be successful in using authentic resources in the world language classroom? In the final Part 3 of the series Rich Sayers and Sarah Diczok-Vajtay provide suggestions for what to do after students have worked with the authentic resource.

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World Language teachers are encouraged to use authentic resources in their classrooms. However, many of us have not had authentic resources as part of our own learning or teaching experience. What are some of the first steps we can take to be successful in using authentic resources in the world language classroom? In Part 2 of this three-part series Rich Sayers and Sarah Diczok-Vajtay dig deeper and look at how to best support students as they interact with the authentic resources.

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World Language teachers are encouraged to use authentic resources in their classrooms. However, many of us have not had authentic resources as part of our own learning or teaching experience. What are some of the first steps we can take to be successful in using authentic resources in the world language classroom? Part 1 of this three-part series explores practical tips to get our students ready.

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Visit Savvas.com today to learn more about our award-winning K-12 programs and to request curriculum samples for your school or district.