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What Does Blended Learning Look Like in an AP Class?

Catlin Tucker

In this guest post, Cori Schwarzrock shares her experience using blended learning models in her AP psychology course. I teach AP Psychology, blended and traditional, at a high school in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Cori Schwarzrock is an AP Psychology teacher at Cary-Grove High School in Cary, Il. Not sure where to start?

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Psychology as a school subject - what are the benefits?

Jonathan Firth

This week the annual Scottish Learning Festival took place in Glasgow, and together with five fellow educators I gave a presentation on the value of psychology to younger learners. 1) The study of Psychology is a basic part of understanding reality. 2) Psychology is interesting and motivating. We can do better for our learners.

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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

ED Surge

Even more astonishing, five of my former students decided to become high school history teachers, just like me: Paula Katrina Camaya : a former Chicago Public Schools educator currently teaching civics and humanities at Evanston Township High School (ETHS) in Evanston, Illinois. History class during the 2014-2015 academic year.

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4 Ways to Use ChatGPT to Your Advantage in the Classroom

Leah Cleary

Here are sample commands: Command: DOK Level 1 Explanation + Generate 3 DOK Level 1 Multiple Choice Questions appropriate for sophomore World History students studying Classical Greece. Command: DOK Level 2 Explanation + Generate 3 DOK Level 2 Multiple Choice Questions appropriate for junior US History students studying the Cold War.

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3 Tips to Blend Paper and Digital for Meaningful Lessons

Leah Cleary

I’ve also got four preps, AP World History, Sociology, Psychology, and IB Theory of Knowledge. Economics and World History are fully structured this way. At the start of this school year, I was still assigning everything digitally. I’ll be honest–I have copy limits, and it was just easier on me.

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‘They’re so weary’: Louisiana teachers recover from back-to-back hurricanes during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

She drives over an hour each way to teach world history at LaGrange High School in Lake Charles. In many ways, teachers are frontline mental health workers,” said Betty Lai, a psychology professor at Boston College who researches the mental health impacts of natural disasters on children. This story also appeared in Southerly.