What does it mean to be an “educated musician?” What should musicians know about music beyond technique on their instrument? What knowledge and skills prepare students for college or lifelong learning as musicians? University Prep Orchestra Teacher Thane Lewis embeds music composition skills in his performing classes to give students a complete view of the subject of music. […]
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How do teachers get the most effective use of limited class time with students? Teachers face many challenges planning a class period. One is the pressure of completing the day’s activities in a short period. They also recognize that students are coming from other subjects or activities. That creates a need to transition into a class period, preparing them for the […]
Read More →In 7th Grade Washington State History, students have traditionally studied each of the major regions of the state and presented them to their peers. This year, WA State History teachers Jay McMillan and Karen Natorp-Anderson wanted a way for students to be able to engage more with the different regions of the state, especially those […]
Read More →Throughout all levels of academic writing, students are challenged to create strong theses. Where do these theses come from? How do you learn to generate a thesis? What makes a better thesis, or one that will lead to a fruitful discussion or analysis, as opposed to one which leads to a dead-end? In Jeff Gans’ The […]
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One of the Language Department’s goals is to increase students’ opportunities to speaking and converse in their target language. To complement their in-class activities, French teacher Holly Woodson has students record themselves speaking improvisationally and post these brief recordings to class-wide discussion threads in Schoology. As opposed to more scripted assignments, in these “vlog (video blog) postings,” students […]
Read More →We used #LoggerPro to analyze whipped cream through the air, found evidence of air resistance! http://t.co/x9UN0t7k4e pic.twitter.com/Kq5x23W6yB — Moses (@RiPhysKin) November 14, 2014
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