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Why Historic Places Make Good Teaching Tools

- 2020-11-162020-04-07 - Jenny

School trips, if planned correctly, often include visits to certain historic sites, museums, and galleries. While some students and, unfortunately, some teachers find the experience vexing, it is actually a very good idea to visit…

BOOK CLUB

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark – A Few Thoughts

- 2020-10-122020-04-07 - Jenny

Hamlet is one of those works by Shakespeare that even those that don’t care much for literature have heard of. At the very least, everyone knows the iconic: “To be, or not to be, that…

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The Advantages of Studying over the Holidays

- 2020-09-012020-04-07 - Jenny

If you or your students are like me when I was a teen, there is a good chance you see holidays as, well, holidays. It’s the time you take to unwind, destroy your sleep schedule,…

TEACHING

Competing in the Classroom – Why Is It…

- 2020-08-192020-04-07 - Jenny

Having a safe space and a nurturing environment is important, but classrooms are still filled with competition. Whether it is to present the best essay, the best group project, the finest athletic abilities, or the…

BOOK CLUB

Are We Currently in Orwell’s 1984?

- 2020-07-032020-04-07 - Jenny

George Orwell wrote 1984 as a story set in a dystopian society, where everything is controlled, including the way people speak, the necessary periodical changes to history, the perpetual war, and the surveillance by the…

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The Benefits of Travelling While On School Break

- 2020-06-302020-04-07 - Jenny

You may consider what Americans call a ‘staycation’, or a stay-at-home holiday. There are benefits to this – finally getting around to binging Game of Thrones sans Season 8, attending your garden, paying visits to…

TEACHING

Improving and Maintaining the Students’ Concentration

- 2020-05-112020-04-07 - Jenny

Easily the biggest challenge in an average classroom is keeping the attention of your students and improving their concentration and focus. I say ‘average’, because I’ve had a few colleagues with exceptionally unfortunate schools, students,…

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Are Video-Games Really Good for Learning?

- 2020-04-072020-08-10 - Jenny

The question has been asked again and again and the bottom line is that there are usually two groups in the mix – people who like computer games, Golden nugget included, and those who don’t.…

BOOK CLUB

4 Book Titles High-Schoolers Love

- 2020-03-152020-04-01 - Jenny

Let me start by saying that this is by no means a ‘required reading’ list, though there are a few works of the literature here you will likely find in a syllabus or two. This…

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Top 4 Study Apps Students Should Not Be…

- 2020-02-082020-04-01 - admin

While many people are still pretty old-school (pun intended) when taking down notes, arranging meet-ups for study sessions and jotting down ideas, the technology that is widely available allows us to keep track of our…