Author: Zara Nip Hello, weary traveler. Remote learning has infected schools across the globe like a pandemic. It’s up to you to survive and make it through to June. Best of luck and may the odds be in your favor. Welcome to “Online School v2.0”. Press “enter” to begin. —> enter. —> 21 September 2020.Continue reading “Lesson Learned v2.0”
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Summer HSSP!
Author: Ilina Goyal Привет! Меня зовут Ильина и я люблю суши. (Hi! My name is Ilina and I love sushi.) You can create quaternions using the Cayley-Dickson construction on the set of complex numbers and you can use them to represent geometric transformations in 3D. The first Crusade was called by Pope Urban II toContinue reading “Summer HSSP!”
From Screen to Screen, 8600 Miles Away
Author: Julianne Marc Tamayo Earlier this year, I was scrolling through the web looking for learning opportunities while I was confined to the walls of my home. I wasn’t thinking of anything specific at the time, really. Then, somehow, I found myself attending my first ESP program: Summer HSSP 2021. When I was signing up,Continue reading “From Screen to Screen, 8600 Miles Away”
The best free virtual teaching resources for educators, whether you’re in-person or online
Author: Anna Moss I’m Anna Moss, the founder of Mind the Test. I received my BA in Linguistics from the University of Chicago, and after that, I taught English online for five years while also traveling the world and tutoring test prep. I actually spent two years in Bangkok tutoring kids who wanted to comeContinue reading “The best free virtual teaching resources for educators, whether you’re in-person or online”
My First Spark
By Naisha Srivastava In the middle of the turmoil of online school, I enrolled in Spark 2021, my first ESP program. I was ecstatic, but still apprehensive about my classes and the students there. In just a bunch of one-hour sessions, how much will I learn? Will people have their cameras on? Will I enjoyContinue reading “My First Spark”
Behind the Black Screen: A Silent Struggle
By Rachel Mirin One of the unique struggles of an online program is navigating through the digital sea of communication. To be specific, when everyone has their cameras off. And honestly, I don’t blame them. I also tend to leave my camera off when most people also have theirs off, because I feel self-conscious aboutContinue reading “Behind the Black Screen: A Silent Struggle”
Virtual Plants
By Roopsha D Bandopadhyay I was introduced to MIT’s ESP events through teaching for HSSP over the summer. I was excited by the prospect of teaching anything, literally anything, to high school students who were eager to learn. The same enthusiasm compelled me to teach a sequence course for Spark this spring. Out of theContinue reading “Virtual Plants”
My 50 Cents on Online Teaching
By Nancy Xu I had never imagined that I would be teaching an online class for middle school students before being asked (peer pressured?) to do so by my childhood friend, Hilary, one of the current directors of Spark. It has been more than a year since my last in-person class in high school, andContinue reading “My 50 Cents on Online Teaching”
Teaching in Sequence vs. Teaching Standalone Classes
By Yasmin Sharbaf Editor’s note: For Spark 2021, teachers had the option of teaching a class that met once (a standalone class) or a class that met thrice (a sequence class). During all the time I taught for ESP, I always chose to teach sequence classes (except for Splash where I taught one class asContinue reading “Teaching in Sequence vs. Teaching Standalone Classes”
Invent a Language! – Teaching at Splash 2020
By Sagnik Anupam Originally posted on his blog. The weekend before last, on Saturday, November 14, 2020, I taught the first class of my life. Given that I have always wanted to teach something I am passionate about to a class, I suppose my first class had to happen one day or the other. InContinue reading “Invent a Language! – Teaching at Splash 2020”
The Ripple 