#142: Old School Methods Are Making a Comeback

About this episode

The episode discusses the resurgence of traditional teaching methods as a response to the overreach of EdTech during the Covid pandemic.

Traditional teaching techniques, such as cut-and-stick, retrieval practice, handwritten note-taking and many more are seeing a resurgence in popularity as the the dark days of EdTech overreach in the Covid times become a distant, yet haunting, memory. Check out my blog for teachers at https://richardjamesrogers.com/ My 1st book, The Quick Guide to Classroom Management (winner of the Readers' Favorite Bronze Medal for Nonfiction, 2020, is available at https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Guide-Classroom-Management-Teachers-dp-B08VCQPF2L/dp/B08VCQPF2L/ My 2nd book, The Power of Praise, is available at https://www.amazon.com/Power-Praise-Empowering-Students-Pedagogical-ebook/dp/B07WJXG4XJ #richardjamesrogers #teachingtips #edtech

People in this episode

Host: Mr Richard James Rogers

Topics covered

• traditional teaching techniques
• cut-and-stick
• retrieval practice
• handwritten note-taking
• EdTech
• classroom management

Keywords

• teaching techniques
• education
• classroom management
• EdTech
• retrieval practice
• handwritten notes
• cut-and-stick

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Readers' Favorite, Amazon

Products: The Quick Guide to Classroom Management, The Power of Praise

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