by Jordan Catapano | Apr 9, 2020 | Effective Strategies
“I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask the fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.” -Eleanor Roosevelt “How long does this paper have to be?” “Is this for homework?” “Will it have to be typed?” “Will this be...
by Jordan Catapano | Apr 6, 2020 | Effective Strategies
“Still, thou art blest, compar’d wi’ me!The present only toucheth thee:But Och! I backward cast my e‘e On prospects drear!An’ forward tho’ I canna see, I guess an’ fear!” -Robert Burns, from “To a Mouse” Teaching is about being there, being physically right there in...
by Jordan Catapano | Apr 2, 2020 | Effective Strategies
“Discussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek truth, but to already possess it.” -Romain Rolland Do you ever feel like you do all the talking? Do you feel like your students tune you out, or are disengaged, or just rely on you to do the thinking...
by Jordan Catapano | Mar 23, 2020 | Effective Strategies
ELearning is new for so many of us, and it won’t be easy navigating this new way of facilitating our student’s education. Many classrooms have been forced to go digital, and while there are many elements of this that may be familiar or exciting, there are also many...
by Jordan Catapano | Mar 16, 2020 | Effective Strategies
“Treat people as though they were what they ought to be, and you will help them become what they are capable of being.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe When some folks think...
by Jordan Catapano | Mar 12, 2020 | Effective Strategies
“Practice makes perfect. After a long time of practicing, our work will become natural, skillful, swift, and steady.” -Bruce Lee When I played soccer as a kid, we had practices three times a week and games on Sunday afternoon. At practices we would warm up, focus...
