Joshua Block Teaching is humbling. One of the best projects submitted by a student this past week used an idea that I initially discouraged. Thankfully I asked August to prove me wrong instead of preventing him from pursuing his alternate approach to the digital story project. Overall the structure of this project seemed to allow students to […]Read Post ›
My 10th graders worked hard this past week researching and designing digital stories that use historic and contemporary evidence to create a guide to revolutions. We jokingly thanked the people of Ukraine in class for taking action at the perfect moment (in terms of the flow of our unit). This is the description of the […]Read Post ›
Thanks to Kira Baker-Doyle for publishing this very sweet profile on her blog and for creating this wonderful project. I am honored. Transformative Teacher Profile #6: Joshua Block
[This post represents the work of a group of educators and education activists who wanted to help educators help students process the verdict in the Jordan Davis murder trial. Many of us wrote from our experiences both in and out of the classroom, and as such, many of us used “I” statements in talking about […]Read Post ›
[Cross-posted on Edutopia] When collaboration goes wrong, it can be toxic for learning and classroom culture. We are all familiar with the scene: a group of students that is supposed to be completing a collaborative project has splintered off into dysfunctional factions. Maybe it’s one student who has sullenly separated her- or himself from the […]Read Post ›
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