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273: First Chapter Friday: Nancy Tandon Reads
Welcome to the author spotlight series at Spark Creativity. In this series, youll hear from authors sharing their work directly into your classroom. So sit back and listen in. Today were hearing f
272: You Need to Know about this Short Story
Welcome to the Thursday edition of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast, a podcast for English teachers in search of creative teaching strategies. Whether youre new to the show or a long-time listene
271: #Bookface is Well Worth a Look
You know how we feel here at Spark Creativity about Book PR. Basically it's the best. We're all about bookish posters, displays, podcasts, guest readers, First Chapter Fridays, book trailer Tuesdays,
270: Try a March Madness Poetry Bracket
Today, lets talk about March Madness, and how to harness all that awesome enthusiasm to get your students excited about poetry. Last year I worked with Melissa Alter Smith from #teachlivingpoets to c
269: Teaching Research to Digital Natives
Remember when research projects involved stacks of books and notecards? Yeah, me too. But we all know research has changed. I recently finished a couple of pedagogy books for English teachers - one by
268: Try These Google Translate Tools in Class
Welcome to the Thursday edition of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast, a podcast for English teachers in search of creative teaching strategies. Whether youre new to the show or a long-time listene
267: So your Students aren't Doing the Reading? Here's Help.
Today on the podcast, were sitting down with Amanda Cardenas to talk about a very big question. A huge question, really. What can teachers do when students arent doing the reading? And is reading
266: Summer PD that Delivers
Welcome to the Thursday edition of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast, a podcast for English teachers in search of creative teaching strategies. Whether youre new to the show or a long-time listene
265: Teaching Conversation in a Polarized World (The Elective Series Begins)
Lately Ive been thinking a lot about electives. Electives I want to design, like one about Youtube creation and one about Taylor Swift, and the amazing electives teachers in our community are desig
264: Launch Tiny Podcasts (don't be intimidated)
Welcome to the Thursday edition of The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast, a podcast for English teachers in search of creative teaching strategies. Whether youre new to the show or a long-time listene