Schools worldwide are focusing their efforts on influencing their students to make the world a better place. For example, by promoting volunteering and fundraising events. To further help their community, students must be aware of the significant effect their actions have on the planet’s well-being. For this, Sustainability has to be taught from an early […]
Teaching Strategies & Resources
Five Tips for Teaching Online Learning
COVID-19 has forced teachers to become Zoom Wizards and GoogleMeet Masters…or at least they’re trying. Teaching online, especially with younger students, is no easy feat. If you are nervous and worried about the effectiveness of teaching remotely, know that you are far from alone. 94% of teachers shifted to remote instruction during school closures and […]
How to Foster Creativity in the Virtual Classroom
Zoom Zombies We’ve all performed our best zombie walk while trudging into our early morning in-person classes. Yet, we would slowly regain our liveliness throughout the day as we saw our friends and favorite teachers. However, today, eLearning has become the new norm. Staring at a computer screen for hours makes a zombie out of […]
Ways to Build a Strong Virtual Classroom
Do you want to know how to build a better virtual classroom? It can be difficult to engage with students on virtual calls when we are accustomed to in person learning. Teachers are still adjusting to online features, while students are not engaged in the classroom. There is hope as here are a few ways […]
How to Lead Your Elementary Students Through the Engineering Design Process
Do you find it difficult to introduce a confusing process to elementary students? The engineering design process is difficult to introduce to elementary students due to its complexity. Here are a few ways that the engineering design process can be introduced to elementary students. Photo by Daria Nepriakhina The Design Process Steps The engineering design […]
4 Must-Have STEM Technologies
As experts forecast computer science and engineering skills as crucial to the future workforce, K–12 schools should be rapidly implementing STEM programs in order to prepare their students to be the leaders of tomorrow. Schools have found many different solutions to shouldering the responsibility of passing on STEM skills to their students. However, despite these […]
