This year I stopped making my students jump through the hoops of content consumption, rote learning, and memorization of facts and instead began constructing learning environments that are conducive to fostering the development of skills my students will use as life long learners.
This year, the walls of my classroom became thin and we connected with others around the world.
This year, in our classroom, school became real-life.
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Who I am: A third year high school history teacher at an urban(ish) high school in New Jersey.
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