by Heather MacCorkle | Jul 26, 2020 | Education, Essays, Learning, Life, Teaching
Has Anyone Thought about the “Bio Break”? There isn’t going to be a bike monologue to go with this post. Since I’m curious, I am asking readers: Do you actually like the bike monologues or should I skip them? In today’s post, I pose a practical question that has been...
by Heather MacCorkle | Jul 24, 2020 | Education, Essays, Learning, Life, Teaching
Today’s bike monologue video is my second attempt to create the video today. The first time around, I went down a rabbit hole about not intending to assault feminism and defend the literary canon of dead white males. Feel free to contact me if you would like to hear...
by Heather MacCorkle | Jul 21, 2020 | Education, Essays, Learning, Teaching
Bike Monologue 1 Today, I used 5 miles of my 20-mile bike ride to record a video of my thoughts about curriculum and instruction at this time. I’m calling it the first “bike monologue.” It’s an experiment, which is an aspect of learning to teach and teaching to learn...
by Heather MacCorkle | Jul 10, 2020 | Education, Essays, Learning, Teaching
During this crisis, we need to remind ourselves of the true purpose of education. Some aspects of this post might be unpopular. I apologize in advance. Why Do Schools Close for So Long? Please, teachers everywhere, do not wince. It’s a good question. According to PBS,...
by Heather MacCorkle | Jun 9, 2020 | Education, Essays, Teaching
As I write this, I am struggling with the notion that next year I have to teach the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee for the first time. Therefore, I am using my blog to create a question paper, to write to learn about why I feel so hesitant. Why am I...
by Heather MacCorkle | Jun 2, 2020 | Education, Essays, Learning, Life, Teaching
Image Credit: Posted by Michelle Argo Parker, an AP® Literature teacher in Minneapolis One of Mrs. Parker’s students created this peaceful protest message using apropos quotes from Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man. This is why I, and thousands of my colleagues, teach...
