Author: Ekaterina Kostioukhina I am Dr. Ekaterina Kostioukhina, and I teach Space Medicine! Every time I design a lecture, I ask myself these questions: How can I make a one-hour lecture more meaningful for these students who are the future of our next generations? I know I can teach them a lot of information, science, andContinue reading “The New Role of Teachers in The Information Age”
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What to do when life gets hectic and your Splash class student enrollment gets doubled in size at the last minute
Author: Grace Jiang Kate and I sit side by side at the head of a brightly lit, empty classroom, surrounded at all edges by black chalkboards, facing rows of long wooden tables and bright blue plastic chairs. It reminds me of my recitation classrooms. At the tiny, back corner of my mind, thoughts of uncompletedContinue reading “What to do when life gets hectic and your Splash class student enrollment gets doubled in size at the last minute”
Blog for the Ripple: Splash 2021 Teacher Edition!
It came after the Splash, but it’s gonna keep going: The Ripple! ESP is continuing our official blog, so that you can share your amazing experiences taking and teaching classes. ESP (and your students) would love to have blog posts from teachers. Perhaps you can talk about signing up to teach 19 hours of classes,Continue reading “Blog for the Ripple: Splash 2021 Teacher Edition!”
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”
Blog for the Ripple: Summer HSSP 2021 Teacher Edition!
It came after the Splash, but it’s gonna keep going: The Ripple! ESP is continuing our official blog, so that you can share your amazing experiences taking and teaching classes. ESP (and your students) would love to have blog posts from teachers. Perhaps you can talk about signing up to teach 19 hours of classes,Continue reading “Blog for the Ripple: Summer HSSP 2021 Teacher Edition!”
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”
Engaging Virtually: slides, water, and variety
by Athena Capo-Battaglia Creating an engaging class can be difficult, but fortunately many things can help! When making the slides for my course, I tried to keep the slides simple, and included helpful pictures/diagrams/bullet points to accompany what I was saying rather than writing everything on the slide. I, then, put the information in myContinue reading “Engaging Virtually: slides, water, and variety”
The Ripple 