We’re experimenting with a new kind of video-learning here at TLAC. Keystone Videos—new in TLAC 3.0–are extended videos (most are about 10 minutes long) intended to show a longer arc of a teacher’s lesson where they use multiple techniques in combination. They are not just longer but more complex and nuanced. Our team developed these keystones…
We’re excited to share this fantastic video of Jen Brimming’s English lesson at Marine Academy Plymouth. Jen and her colleagues have been working hard to make their classrooms more energetic and dynamic across the school and have been focusing on adding Turn and Talk and Call and Response into their common methods of participation to support…
Recently I received a note on Twitter from Sean Morrisey, a self-proclaimed data nut, who uses the Reading Reconsidered Curriculum with his fifth graders at Pinehurst Elementary School in Hamburg, NY. In his first year using the curriculum he has some interesting takeaways that I wanted to pass along. Sean started the year with the unit…
A week or so ago I shared on Twitter a really great slide that Ipswich Academy (Ipswich, England) uses to support teachers in helping them implement one of the most important but challenging techniques in the TLAC toolbox. The technique–Habits of Discussion–involves building a set of habits and norms that cause students to listen actively…
We’re incredibly happy to announce that we’re welcoming a new Chief Operating Officer at Team TLAC this morning. Cherry Thompson joins our team today and we couldn’t be more excited! Cherry was most recently Regional Vice President at Teaching Channel, an organization we admire and appreciate. In fact we had the pleasure of working with Cherry…