A lot of people have been asking how to repost on TikTok. If you are one of such people, you will learn how to do that in this blog post. Reposting and removing reposts on TikTok is one of the easiest things to do aside from liking and commenting on videos. Some common questions people … Read more
Through the BzzAgent program, I’ve been getting free Kindle copies of publications by The Domino Project. Most recently, I received Read This Before Our Next Meeting: The modern meeting standard for successful organizations by Al Pittampalli. (Anyone can download the digital edition for free until Tuesday, August 9.) The gist of the book is that meetings often hinder rather than help; Pittampalli describes … Read more
I recently attended the open house of a DC-area playgroup based on the Reggio Emilia method, an educational approach for young children that developed in Italy after World War II. At the open house, the playgroup’s founder emphasized the importance of a child’s “third teacher,” his or her environment. (The first and second teachers are parents … Read more
In How to Tutor Your Own Child, I emphasize the educational value of simplicity, silence, and boredom. Along those same lines, I was struck by this quote about the benefits of aloneness from “The Writer as Psychotic,” an article by author Philip Yancey: Brain scans reveal that aloneness is central to the creative impulse; sensory deprivation allows the synaptic loops … Read more
In How to Tutor Your Own Child, I discuss the role that the Internet plays in students’ intellectual development. Though search engines may be an effective tool, I’m concerned about how the Web makes us so quick to Google for answers. Think about the process of discovery that’s lost in Googling. Here’s a non-academic example: Can you … Read more
How do you know if you’re having the appropriate level of involvement when helping your child with schoolwork? I recommend keeping the following points in mind: Don’t do anything for a student that he could be doing himself. Your goal is to build the student’s skill set. He or she should come away from your interactions with … Read more
