by Heather MacCorkle | Sep 1, 2013 | Education, Learning, Teaching
This video talks about the current state of education in the United States today and how it has destroyed creativity. Related articles Do schools kill creativity? Sir Ken Robinson: How to escape education’s death valley The case for creative education...
by Heather MacCorkle | Aug 20, 2013 | Education, Learning, Teaching
This is going to be a quick post. There has been a lot going on at work and home, but I wanted to post something to keep this idea going. Here’s an outline of what I would do on day one of teaching the novel. Debrief I would only be able to do this...
by Heather MacCorkle | Aug 12, 2013 | Education, Learning, Teaching
Teachers: Have you ever tried to teach a novel without reading it first? Well, I’m going to try to, but since I’m not teaching at the moment, I will have to pretend. Visualization exercises are always good for lesson planning, right? The...
by Heather MacCorkle | Jun 12, 2013 | Education, Learning, Teaching
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. – Chinese Proverb The other day, during an internal training session, the question arose, “How can we ensure that students are learning all they are supposed...
by Heather MacCorkle | May 17, 2013 | Blogging, Education, Teaching
This blog post is an example of a lesson assignment I would give if I flipped my classroom while we studied The Great Gatsby. After studying the lost generation and other cultural issues related to the novel, we would need to start reading. I believe reading aloud in...
by Heather MacCorkle | May 8, 2013 | Blogging, Education, Learning, Teaching, Writing
They say that Abraham Lincoln had quite a temper. He would dash off letters in his anger and, by the time he had finished, his anger spent, he would think twice about dispatching it and place it on the mantle instead. He would wait until the morning, reevaluate his...
