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Peer-led discussions are a key building block
Participating in peer-led discussions allows students to take ownership of their learning and learn the value of collaboration.
Designing your Bitmoji classroom
The Bitmoji classroom is a virtual space to use as a landing page for remote classrooms that includes a cartoon version of the teacher, or a Bitmoji. Using this technology has become a pandemic trend.
Xue Qing Liang, chemistry teacher, New Utrecht HS, Brooklyn
A chemistry teacher at New Utrecht HS in Brooklyn, who is simultaneously teaching in-person and remotely, says technology has presented one of the biggest problems.
Gifts of the garden
Educators at PS 185 in Harlem used the school garden as an outdoor classroom this fall. It helped students’ regulate their moods, develop fine motor skills and boost learning in science and vocabulary.
Evan Losow, remote AP English teacher, Brooklyn Technical HS
When teaching remotely, there is so much educators can't control, says one AP English teacher at Brooklyn Tech HS. It's a challenge to engage students and to gauge their interest.
Six simple strategies to improve learning this year
Enabling private chats with students, Zoom breakout rooms and modeling classwork for students are a few of the strategies teachers can use to improve learning during this challenging time.
Google Classroom: Tips and tools
Google Classroom is easy for novices to use. But it’s also a highly versatile platform. Three New York City teachers share their tips and favorite tools for teaching remotely with this powerful program.
Using memoirs helps students understand the Holocaust
Lisa Berke, an English teacher at Edward R. Murrow HS in Brooklyn, teaches a course on Holocaust literature through the lens of memoir because she believes in its ability to cultivate empathy.
Embracing education informed by trauma
Along with notebooks and pencils, students come to school carrying the weight of anxiety, fear and trauma in their lives. As we grapple with COVID-19, educators say students’ mental health should be the priority.
11th-graders record firsthand accounts of life during a pandemic
Years from now, young people will be able to learn what it was like to be a student during the historic COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 through the firsthand accounts of 11th-graders at the Brooklyn HS of the Arts. Through videos, Andrew Savage’s American...