What if cracks in concrete could fix themselves?
Adults Construction Science TechnologyConcrete is the most widely used construction material in the world. It can be found in swathes of city pavements, bridges that span vast rivers and the tallest skyscrapers on earth.
Using Reflective Mapping To Help Grad Students Understand Their Transferable Skills
Teachers Education Teacher CafeA walk-through of a workshop designed to assist grad students with understanding their own transferable skillsets. This reflective mapping tool will help students gain and recognize confidence in their skills and experiences.
How BYOD Programs Can Fuel Inquiry Learning
Teachers Teacher Cafe Technology"Instead of this just being a technology initiative, it really is an instructional initiative, so all of us from different departments can get on the same page." (Tim Clark, coordinator of instructional technology of Forsyth County Schools in Georgia).
5 Myths About Teaching in a Virtual Classroom
Teachers Education Teacher Cafe TechnologyWith every new method of teaching comes new issues and in turn solutions to those issues. Here are five myths of teaching in a virtual classroom all of which bring new ideas and approaches to learning.
Is Micro-learning The Solution You Need?
Teachers Education Teacher CafeIs bite-sized learning for you? The learning strategy is largely known for quickly closing skill and knowledge gaps. It seems to be an ideal approach for many. What is Micro-learning?
Astronauts Read Popular Kids Books From Space
Teachers Reading Space Teacher CafeTake story time up a notch with your students and kids with this great experience of astronauts reading popular kids books from space.
Optimizing Google Classroom For The Way You Work
Teachers Education Teacher Cafe TechnologyAs education evolves, so do the needs of students and teachers. Google Classroom has updated Classroom to give teachers more control over how they organize everything.
The Big List Of Class Discussions
Teachers Teacher Cafe Listening Speaking15 formats of structuring a class discussion to make it more engaging, more organized, more equitable, and more academically challenging. If you have struggled to find effective ways to develop students' speaking and listening skills, this is your lucky day.
Lessons From a Teacher of the Year
Teachers Family Teacher CafeAs 2018 Georgia Teacher of the Year, John Tibbetts explains sometimes teachers learn from students in unexpected ways and amazing ways. He tells the story of a struggling students who confesses that she was the first person in her family to graduate from high school.
Project Based Learning
Teachers Teacher Cafe EducationProject Based Learning (PBL) prepares students for academic success, personal, and career success, and readies young people to rise to the challenges of their world and the world they will inherit.
Sexism in the English Language
Teachers LGBTQIA Sexuality Teacher CafeInteresting research done into the history of genders in English and vocabulary used to describe them.
Reading Comprehension Strategies For ELL
Teachers Teacher Cafe ReadingComprehension is the goal of, but it can be the most difficult reading skill to master, especially for ELL's. Here are some tips to make sure your strategies areas effective as possible for the learners.
What goes into making a Jamie Oliver TV show? | Behind the Scenes.
Adults Food Photography Visual DesignWe sent a camera out to follow Jamie, Gennaro, and all the crew for an episode of Jamie Cooks Italy, just so you guys can see what it's like.
Free Solo 360 | National Geographic
Adults Photography SportsImmerse yourself in the experience of free solo climbing Yosemite's famous El Capitan alongside Alex Honnold in this breathtaking 360 video.
Woman Lives in a Tiny House
Adults Life Personal Finance WellnessJenna built her Tiny Home with her Partner and they Traveled in it for a year from Alaska to Florida. They ended their partnership.
What's a smartphone made of?
Adults Environment TechnologyAs of 2018, there are around 2.5 billion smartphone users in the world. If we broke open all the newest phones and split them into their component parts, that would produce around 85,000 kg of gold, 875,000 of silver, and 40,000,000 of copper.