By Shakirullah Niazi, Master Trainer at Y-Peer Afghanistan, a social activist, monitoring and evaluator for girls, young women, youth and child rights. He has been a human right defender for the last 6 years, working in regional and international advocacy for girls’ education and prevention of human trafficking, youth capacity […]
Day: October 19, 2022
The Craft of Venetian Mask Manufacturing for the Italian Festival of Carnival – Learn Something Interesting
Masks have been part of Venetian culture since at least the 12th century A.D. as it was in 1162 that the first Carnival festival occured, a city wide celebration which marks the period prior to Lent. Up until 500 years ago, classic Venetian masks were constructed of papier-mâché, a medium […]
I Got Hacked…
Yesterday, I received the following email about my Instagram account At first, I laughed but thought I would check my Instagram account anyway. And it was gone. No username, no email, no phone number. According to Instagram the more than 2,900 posts I have created never existed in the first […]
Sustaining Personal Motivation – TeacherToolkit
Joshua Bellchambers I’m a private mathematics tutor from Essex with experience tutoring privately and for schools. I’m also currently completing a mathematics degree from Loughborough University, and love to play football and write in my spare time! Read more about Joshua Bellchambers How can we turn motivation from a fleeting […]
What is Subitizing in Math? Plus, Fun Ways to Teach and Practice It
Most early math skills are familiar ones we all remember mastering ourselves, like skip counting, addition and subtraction, or greater-than and less-than. But others are skills we picked up along the way, without even knowing there’s a name for it. Subitizing is one of those skills, and the term confuses […]
Cry On The Last Day of School, Too (on Abbott Elementary) – The Jose Vilson
When was the last time you cried at the end of a school year? I’ve done it about five times as a teacher, each moment with its own context. The first time was because I finished my first school year. I poured everything into that set of kids, despite some […]