I took my son to swim lessons last week. Because of the reading and coursework, I had differentiation on my mind and realized how well the instructor differentiated the swim class. I will argue that differentiation is more important in swim lessons than in a classroom. Metaphorical drowning in an undifferentiated lesson is muchContinue reading “Differentiation in swim class”
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The Role of Technology in Language Class
ChatGPT has been in the news. School districts around the world are scrambling to handle a massive shift in education. Students can now use ChatGPT and similar software to instantly produce believable and competently written essays. ChatGPT is not the focus of this post, however. Instead, I want to hone in on simpler translation appsContinue reading “The Role of Technology in Language Class”
What Makes us Human? Catching Fire by Richard Wrangham
A friend recently recommended Catching Fire by Richard Wrangham. In it, he lays out a convincing thesis that cooking and food processing were instrumental to human evolution. The message boils down to humans have big brains because we have small intestines. We can have small intestines because cooked food is more efficiently digested so weContinue reading “What Makes us Human? Catching Fire by Richard Wrangham”
The Keasy Depot 