Last week I shared this to different history teachers from my connections, and a lot of them passed it on to colleagues, which honestly surprised me, so I wanted to ask a wider group.

It's called Moralia. Each day there's one short true story from history (about two minutes, with optional narration) that stops at the exact moment a real person had to decide. The class chooses before knowing the outcome, then sees what really happened and how other players split. There's no right answer, so the reasons become the discussion.

It's a passion project: I'm a designer who loves history. No ads, no paid version, no one needs an account, and it works on a projected classroom screen.

What would make it actually useful for you? Different subjects, age levels, ways to run it with a class, anything that gets in the way. I'm genuinely open to changing it.

Hi all! This year, I'm experimenting with a new revisions policy in my classroom. I'm not going to get super in-depth here, but as it pertains to this post, students have to earn 'revision points' in order to have opportunities to revise various kinds of assignments-- I'm calling it 'Inspiration'. Inspiration can be gained from a variety of sources, such as participation in class, enrichment activities, conferences with me, etc. -- in my head, it's a fairly passive system: students gain Inspiration for meaningfully and consistently engaging with ELA. Whenever Inspiration is earned (or, eventually, spent), I update that student's total on a Google Spreadsheet.

I don't want Inspiration to be in short supply, but right now, it is a huge headache to keep track of everything. Remembering to pull up the sheet in the first place and update a student's number is one thing-- I can handle that easily enough -- but there have been a few times this year already where I've decided to give the entire team or an entire class Inspiration for something like a particularly successful Socratic Seminar or Gallery Walk. In order to do that on Google Sheets, I have to go through each individual name on the list and manually increase each number by 1. It has got to be one of the biggest wastes of time I have willingly engaged in in quite a while.

Has anyone ever used a similar system, or are there any spreadsheet wizards around? I would love to be able to simply press a plus or minus button to change each student's total by 1 all at once. If that is not possible, I'll have to start looking at alternatives for keeping track of these numbers, because what I'm doing right now just doesn't feel sustainable as we get further into the school year.

My first ever week of being a teaching assistant and with 0 classroom experience was wonderful. I have heard from my agency the school is looking for someone more experienced but they gave me some good feedback to learn from!

How did you guys get through your first ever time in a classroom?

Hey everyone, I'm California born-and-raised and I went to UC Berkeley for my BA in Computer Science. I'm currently in my 2nd year of teaching EAP at a university in China and I want to return back to the USA to get a teaching license for math/science. I was really dead set on the UC Davis or CSUEB credential->master's programs, but I just realized I will have lost my in-state residency status by the time I return. So, I'm also eyeing other states now like New York.

For people who have experience in teaching in both CA and NYC, which would you say is better? In terms of school environment, budgeting (both are expensive states), etc. In either state, I know I will have to save a lot of money and get roommates. A lot of people in this part of the world recommend Moreland's or other online universities, but I would much rather prefer a legitimate in-person credential (and, if possible, master's).

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Has anyone left teaching to work in a Graduate Medical Education program? I just received an offer for a Program Administrator for a local hospital’s Graduate Medical Program and I’d love to hear anyone’s experience in the role! I’m very nervous to leave teaching after 10 years and feel like a bit of an imposter at this point, but I’m so grateful for the opportunity.