All articles from Erin Walton

We know the beginning of a new school year can be nerve-racking, but remember, it’s also a chance to...

A new year. A blank page. (Or perhaps a clean whiteboard?) For some, the new year is incredibly insp...

The semester is well and truly underway; bringing highs (student light bulb moments, a surprisingly ...

If our great-grandparents could see how the workplace functions now, they would be agape. Sure, we’r...

Projects take students’ noses out of their workbooks and help them foster writing, speaking, listeni...

When every teacher’s favorite time of year comes around – *eyeroll* – it’s tempting to melt into one...

One of the great things about learning a foreign language is discovering its quirks. Homonyms – word...

Hands up who’s had a class (or a week!) full of students suffering from cabin fever. We thought so. ...

Previously only carried by reporters in press hats, thanks to smartphones, voice recorders are now i...

The classic handout is one of teaching’s most used resources. But what makes a good handout? Here, E...

Teachers usually have a gut feeling about their lessons. (Which may swing between commiserating over...

In education, we often talk about how to challenge our students—but what about ourselves as teachers...