Essential Teaching and Learning

                                               Artwork completed on May 30, 2007 by Samantha Naini and Aakruti Patel. Photo (C) Scott Freiberger 2025. By Scott B. Freiberger Education is getting a glow-up! Today, many teachers are ditching dusty chalkboards, embracing innovation, smashing old norms, and making learning fresh and dynamic. Can we keep the momentum going? School has never been this cool! Advanced technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), and online learning platforms are revolutionizing traditional education methods, making learning more accessible, engaging, and personalized (Wang et al., 2024). Here are eight ways AI, digital tools, and online learning platforms are reshaping traditional education. 1.       Personalize...

                                                   (C) 2021 Elia Freiberger By Scott B. Freiberger Let’s face it: This pandemic life predicament has been rife with remonstrance.   If your school year has seemed much like a muddled mixture of deep sea shark cage diving, high-altitude halo jumping, nighttime free-falling in a plastic neon jumpsuit, and hiking New York State’s Devil’s Path in cocoa cotton and dark green denim, you’re not alone.   Suddenly, obtaining access to fitting technology, securing heavy scientific and tremendous technological know-how, as well as setting new schedules has seemed essential.   Not only logging on, but also tuning in free from flat frenzy has been a dire devoir.   How can educators continue to whet students’ appetites for standards-based educational sustenance?   Here are five methods...

 Abstract This au courant, research-based article offers specific program ideas for teachers during this unprecedented time when supporting our ELLs is especially needed. Recommended Citation Freiberger, S. B. (2020). Embracing the New Normal: Infusing Academic Language and Technology to Empower ELLs. Journal of English Learner Education. (11) 1. 1-10 Here is the article link: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=jele Thank you for supporting some of our most vulnerable students.

  (C) 2019 Scott Freiberger       Taipei 101 provides perspective the way schools should consider unobscured learning overviews and curriculum road maps. By Scott B. Freiberger With conflicting connotations and myriad misunderstandings regarding online and blended learning, what should school leaders do to ensure an exceptional academic year?   How could colleagues show concern, continue to collaborate, and coalesce effectively in blended or remote learning environments?   Finally, how do we ensure emotional balance for all while maximizing student achievement?   Here are six steps to consider for instructional success.   1. Plan for Instructional Success First, with the new school year well underway, staff members should have a clear focus, and collaborate to create a safe, welcoming, compassionate environment.   An Understanding by Design (UbD) framework could help guide instruction and the knowledge and skills students ...