The Best Podcast Lessons for Elementary Students
We are excited to share our rapidly growing collection of podcasts for elementary students! We’ve heard loud and clear the desire for…
Read MoreUnderstanding the Listening–Reading Connection
Careful listening is a valuable lifelong skill. It helps us learn language, integrate stories from our past, forge human relationships, and succeed…
Read MoreTeacher Perspectives: Keeping Students Engaged in a Blended Classroom
Listenwise Advocate Sebastian Byers teaches middle and high school students in the Union County Public School district in Monroe, North Carolina. He…
Read MorePersonalizing Learning Using Podcast Lessons
There is much discussion in schools currently about the benefits of personalizing learning, though there are varying interpretations of what that means.…
Read MoreSupporting Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) with Listenwise
by guest blogger: Carolina Buitrago, Ed.D. Social emotional learning (SEL) has unquestionably gained a place in the busy spectrum of educators’ priorities.…
Read MoreWebinar Recap: Current Events with an SEL Lens
“The purpose of education is to cultivate thoughtful, informed, competent, creative, and compassionate students who, filled with a sense of wonder and…
Read MorePromoting Civic Engagement with Your Students
Teaching civic engagement increases students’ emotional intelligence and motivates them toward conscientious community action (Bernacki and Jaeger 2008). Research shows students who…
Read MoreTeaching Resources for National Bullying Prevention Month
Did you know that October is National Bullying Prevention Month? It’s a perfect time to focus on creating positive classroom culture. According…
Read MoreUsing Listenwise to Address Common Core Shifts
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) call for several Key Shifts in Language Arts that have implications across the curriculum. Listenwise can…
Read MoreHow Do We Create Better Readers? Teach Listening.
A recent New York Times article, How to Get Your Mind to Read suggests that Americans are not good readers. "Many…
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