Category: Pedagogy
Culturally Responsive Teaching Simply Explained
Culturally responsive teaching (CRT) has gained attention in recent years, largely thanks to Geneva Gay’s…
Design Thinking Simply Explained
Ask any teacher what makes learning meaningful, and you’ll hear words like relevance, curiosity, empathy,…
Mixed Methods Research Simply Explained
In previous posts I shared here and elsewhere, I discussed both qualitative research and quantitative…
Digital Literacy Simply Explained
When was the last time you heard someone talk seriously about digital literacy? I’d guess…
Qualitative Research Simply Explained
A couple of weeks ago, I shared a visual on quantitative research and I was…
Game-based Learning Simply Explained
As part of my Simply Explained series, I’ve been covering a range of student-centered instructional…
Formative Assessment: Types and Tools
Formative assessment plays a central role in effective teaching. It is not something done at…
11 Lessons I learned from 15 Years in EdTech
I first set my feet inside a classroom as a teacher back in 2003, teaching…
SWOT Analysis for Academic Researchers: A Practical Reflection Tool
After writing about the SWOT framework for teachers and exploring how educators can use it…
SWOT Analysis for Teachers: A Practical Framework for Reflection and Growth
SWOT (which stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) is an analytic framework that was…