Category Archives: Good ideas and discussion

Reading about the world’s 50 most innovative companies in the Fast Company Magazine, I would agree that creativity plays a key factor in the success of these companies. But, how can we reach a high level of creativity? Once in … Continue reading →

Educators all over the world currently share the same interest and engage in common topics: How can we address the needs for the full range of diversity of students in the school? These include bilingual eduction, special education, culturally responsive … Continue reading →

Last December, a second-grade teacher from New York got reprimanded for misdemeanor. It was a shock by looking at the title because inappropriate contacts between teachers and students had been popular in the news lately. However, this time it’s different. … Continue reading →

Confucius said that learning does not stop with aging. We ought to keep up with learning as if we were to lose the ample opportunity to learn. I strongly believe that learning is the most crucial way to produce meaning … Continue reading →

There was a joke, saying that a guy got arrested at the airport by loudly greeting his friend, ” Hi, Jack!” Certainly people are overly sensitive to some expressions or actions during the sensitive time and at a sensitive location. … Continue reading →

One of the crucial elements in a given teaching portfolio is teaching philosophy. From what I reviewed in the past, I found many teacher candidates simply search online and find other people’s ideas and incorporate bits and pieces of information … Continue reading →

Can computers help students learn better? Ever since the fashion of computer-assisted instruction emerged in the late 1970’s, people viewed computers as a potential tool to change education, and some even imagined that someday teachers will be replaced by computers. … Continue reading →

“Differentiation in instruction” had become a hot topic recently. Different teachers will interpret it differently. How should we differentiate instruction for students? Here are a couple examples of lesson plan that try to address the differentiated instruction: 1) When student … Continue reading →

This is a silly question to ask: what makes a good lesson? I have many experiences teaching the same lessons to different groups of students in the same semester, using the same strategies/ methods, while getting different results. Some lessons … Continue reading →

When I was a college student in Taiwan, I used to seize whatever opportunities I could get to practice English with foreigners. I would hang out with missioners, foreign travelers, visiting staff/faculty in the university, and also some friends/ relatives … Continue reading →