WILL Education Blog - For Teachers

Remember the shock you felt, as a little kid, when you realized your teacher had a life outside the building? NPR's new series explores what some teachers get up to after school. 

One African American filmmaker thinks so. He believes setting aside a time designated to celebrate Black history simply furthers the idea of it being separate from other U.S. history.

Illinois Public Media seeks Illinois residents who were among the service members, refugees, conscientious objectors, and draft resistors with first-hand experiences of the Vietnam conflict at home or abroad as part of our year-long gathering of oral histories and TV and radio reports during this 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.

Congress is discussing ending annual testing requirements. What would schools do without them?

There are two great, free opportunities for teachers who are interested in education, technology, and digital media: #EdCampCU and a free PBS Learning Media Digital Innovators application webinar.

Pens to Lens is more than just a screenplay writing contest for students, the CU Film Society also supports screenwriting in the classroom and has high quality video equipment available for students to check out.

Thinglink is an easy tool to make interactive images with young students.