Stay in contact with students with Remind. But do so sparingly so you’re not annoying.
School is back in session. This means, invariably, that people are debating whether to ban homework and whether it’s OK for teachers to text their studen...
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Get Your Students to Love the News, #7: News360 helps students collect the news
Today I’m back with a new installment to the “Get Your Students to Love the News,” which I think is slowly becoming a great resource for teachers. Today ...
Get Your Students to Love the News, #5: Vox explains current events step by step
There’s a big new trend happening in the news industry, and it’s called explanatory journalism. Also known as data journalism, it’s the recen...
Yahoo News Digest is sharp and sleek. Students might like it. Here’s why I don’t.
If you’re a loyal Iserotope reader, which I know you are (or want to be), you’ve been following my “Get Your Students to Love the News”...
Get Your Students to Love the News, #3: Newsela meets kids at their reading level
Imagine my joy when I found out about Newsela, a website that modifies the vocabulary and syntax of news articles to match the reading levels of students. I wi...