Category: Social Studies
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Building Capacity in Leaders Through International Exchange
Guest blog by Marie Medina, Program Coordinator of Social Studies in Mansfield ISD. Social Studies teachers can be missing out on opportunities to travel and experiences which can make a big difference in their classroom. How can you help? This summer we have a number of folks who have been accepted to Sphere Summit in…
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The Innovative Classroom: Enhancing Skills through Social Studies Education
Guest blog by Emily R. Jackson, M.Ed. Social Studies Instructional Support Specialist in Mansfield ISD. Ensuring a rigorous classroom experience in social studies through the support of the reading classroom, but not in place of devoted social studies time. We must increase the urgency for our classrooms to produce innovative thinkers. We have always had discussions…
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Unwrap 5 Sweet Ideas to use Google Slides in the Writing Classroom
Guest blog by Autumn Riley, Digital Learning Coach in Mansfield ISD Finding the right tools and strategies to support our students’ writing can be a treat, and what could be sweeter than incorporating the tasty digital tools of Google Slides into our classrooms? Slides might not be your typical go to writing tool, but it…
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Augmented Reality in the Social Studies Classroom
Guest blog by Kim Murphree, Digital Learning Coach in Mansfield ISD. Arthur C. Clarke’s famous quote of “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” was made in 1973, long before what we think of as augmented reality went mainstream, yet AR is a prime example of this statement. While it may seem obvious that…
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A-Z of Classroom Transformation Ideas Part 3
This series of articles is a collaboration from Samantha Miller, Katelynn Fox, Jodi Roper, and myself. In the past, we have featured a transformation here and there and even broken down the steps to successful transformations. But today is one of the biggest posts we have attempted. We are highlighting 26 of the BEST transformations…
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A-Z of Classroom Transformation Ideas Part 2
This series of articles is a collaboration from Samantha Miller, Katelynn Fox, Jodi Roper, and myself. In the past, we have featured a transformation here and there and even broken down the steps to successful transformations. But today is one of the biggest posts we have attempted. We are highlighting 26 of the BEST transformations…
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A-Z of Classroom Transformation Ideas Part 1
This series of articles are a collaboration from Samantha Miller, Katelynn Fox, Jodi Roper, and myself. In the past, we have featured a transformation here and there and even broken down the steps to successful transformations. But today is one of the biggest posts we have attempted. We are highlighting 26 of the BEST transformations…
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Celebrating Leadership Around the World Through Transformation
February means Multicultural Events and celebrating the diverse cultures that make us so unique! Last year, we loved opening up our doors to hear stories and have our parents and community members reading to us and celebrating all the cultures that make up our wonderful community. Although we cannot have visitors, we still want to…
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Getting In a Routine Thinking Style
Guest blog by Robin Sabo, Clear Creek ISD Secondary Social Studies Coordinator. This year’s back to school may be very different from previous years, but some things remain the same. Whether in a physical or virtual classroom, students are in a space with a teacher to learn. To ensure the best learning environment, a teacher…
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Virtual Field Trips
Guest blog by Leslie Drake, Librarian from Martha Reid Leadership Academy in Mansfield ISD. No one could have ever imagined we would be missing our students, co-workers, and our school families. These are unprecedented times and we are looking for ways to assist our students and their new teachers in order to keep some semblance…
Vision in Practice 