Lesson Plans

Pull the fall theme into your classroom to teach any subject with these ideas and links.

The best financial literacy courses are from EVERFI. In this post, I share how you can bring financial literacy knowledge to students of all ages.

James Nottingham, creator of the Learning Pit example, shares insights from his fifth grade classroom in the UK and from researchers on how to teach students how to learn by …

In today’s show, Barbara Blackburn shares the concept of rigor in education. We discuss how rigor is not about making things harder for students but about setting high expectations and …

My students are writing a collaborative writing document following the principles I share in my book Reinventing Writing. But now I want to integrate AI feedback. Yesterday I demonstrated how …

Yesterday, the World Economic Forum’s “Global Risks Report 2024” ranked AI-derived misinformation as a top global risk ahead of climate change, war, and economic weakness. NPR reported this morning that …

When we start discussing AI, they don’t know it. Some teachers are curious about how to teach about AI. Maybe this glimpse into the resources and methods I use with …

Substitute teachers, like teachers, are heroes. As I wrote in “There is No Substitute for Great Substitute Teachers,” when we need a substitute, it is rarely planned. I’m so grateful …

I reflect upon my experiences using Voice ChatGPT in the classroom for an experiment. I talk about challenges and the benefits of custom created AI accessible tools that students can …

Whatever your activities for November and Thanksgiving, I’ve got some ideas to inspire gratitude in your classroom. Use it to inspire art or just a change of heart as we …