Articles by Giancarlo Mena
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Children's pen pals: how to find a safe pen pal for kids and teens
Start with a teacher-led classroom pen pal exchange.
Multicultural education: a practical guide to diversity in the classroom
Multicultural education is an approach to teaching that reflects the cultures, languages and experiences of all students and helps every student understand and respect people who are different from them.
PBL project examples: real project-based learning from global classrooms
A good PBL project starts with a real question, gives students time to investigate and ends with something they make and share with a real audience.
Teacher Collaboration: Approaches That Work and How to Find a Partner Teacher
Teacher collaboration is teachers working together on a shared goal for student learning: planning, teaching, looking at student work and adjusting together.
History Activities: 7 Practical Ideas for Your Classroom
Good history activities ask students to work like historians: look closely at a source, put events in order, ask questions and compare different accounts.
Why students forget what they learn, and how to plan practice
Successful work today does not establish later recall.