Reflecting & Storytelling About Teaching
The last time I wrote here about my 8th grade U.S. history and civics students writing a letter to a politician was February 2020 – just before the pandemic upended traditional teaching practices and almost three years before ChatGPT and its fellow artificial agents… Continue reading
Until recently, I asked students in my 8th grade U.S. history and civics classes to print out and annotate a current events article each week. They would bring in their article and discuss briefly with a partner “enough to retell the story to someone else” on the same days… Continue reading
A recent one-day professional growth workshop epitomized what I hope students will take away from my classes: a sense that their well-informed communication can change the world. The event, Poetic Convergence, was on a Saturday, and it took more than an hour… Continue reading
Sarah Cooper 