How Setting Up Your Space Correctly Benefits Your Lesson
Seating, light, fresh air and sound all shape how a session goes. Research-backed ideas and cheap fixes for teachers, trainers and workshop leaders, from a Prague 7 academy.
We have all been wired to learn through one thing. And no, it’s not an iPad
Up to 65% of what we say in a day is gossip and stories — turns out that's not a bad habit, it's evolution. Here's why your brain literally can't process a lesson the way it processes a story, and what that means for how you teach.
Why I Keep a Pack of Cards on My Desk
When my smartboard remote died mid-lesson, I grabbed the only thing on hand — a deck of cards. What was meant to buy me two minutes turned into one of the most engaged lessons I'd taught that week. The cards stayed on my desk after that.