Teaching Latin: A Glimpse into my Classroom
Over the last few years, I’ve found a great way to set up my class to maximize retention and fun—all while teaching Latin! What do you do in your classroom?
Learning and Playing with Math
Some key vocabulary that the Greeks gave us about Math; my busy summer schedule; and how teaching, learning, and playing relate.
How (and Why) We Should Stop Multitasking
We kid ourselves when we think we’re multitasking. Studies have now shown that, especially when media are involved, we’re getting less done with our time and wrecking our ability to do deep, creative work in the process. I finally admitted this over the course of the last year and have been detoxing ever since.
Seeing Dragons
Dragon has an intriguing etymology that has to do with sight and traces all the way back to the Homeric epics. Can you stand the sight of a dragon?
Defining and Defending History: Polybius
Polybius asserts that the best training for politics is the study of history. But why does a Greek prisoner-of-war pen a history praising the virtues of his captors? Does he have any other reasons for writing history?
Defining and Defending History: Thucydides
In the second post on the historians defending themselves, Thucydides not only vociferously defends his history, but he attacks inferior historians too! Read more about Thucydides’s definition and defense of history!
Defining and Defending History: Herodotus
Herodotus has been known as the “Father of History” but has also been called the “Father of Lies.” Why did he write his history? Let’s hear from him in his own words.
The Ways We Read: Ruminating
In my final post on reading, I delve into the most formative part of reading, which I call ruminating. I believe this sets our students up for the real work of creative and critical thinking, the ability to contemplate—impressive and elusive but also necessary in this age of Snapchat and the selfie.
The Ways We Read: Reading
This is my third post on regular, vanilla reading. I think it’s important for us to remember that we are models of reading as teachers and parents, and so I give some sobering statistics about the state of reading in America as well. Be the change you wish to see!
The Ways We Read: Scanning
This is the second post on the ways I encourage my students to read. I extend the analogy and we catch some fish.