It’s tough recommending educational reading to teachers. We are busy people. And although a lot of educational books have merit, sometimes reading 200 pages yields only a handful of usable ideas. There is a ton of educational research out there waiting to impact your classroom, but how do you find the time? I’ve often wished there was a way to access it in a concise and practical way.
That’s why I was excited when I discovered DistillED, a FREE email newsletter by Australian educator Jamie Clark.
Jamie takes educational research and “distills” it down into a five minute FREE email. My favorite thing? He uses highly-visual “one-pagers” to convey information. For anyone like me who had never heard of a “one-pager,” it’s a document that clearly and visually communicates a topic in, you guessed it, one page! I can literally spend just a few minutes and walk away with ready-to-use teaching ideas that are backed up by educational research.
Another great thing? These aren’t feel-good fads or strategies-of-the-week. Each one-pager is a summary of educational research, a specific article or book that’s cited right there on the page, so if you can go straight to the source. Some of the research was published within the last year, and some of it dates back to the 80s. Why? If it works, it works.
That’s why I encourage you to subscribe to the DistillED newsletter.
I don't make this kind of recommendation lightly. The first one-pager I received took me fewer than five minutes to read and had three ideas I wanted to try immediately. Just to be clear: I’m not on the payroll, and I don’t get a cut. It’s just a great resource that I’d like to pass along to my fellow educators.
Click here to subscribe to DistillED.
If you like the free one-pagers, Jamie Clark has published a whole book of them. After reading just a few on his website, I bought the whole book. I’ll even show you my copy.
Each of the page flags are lesson ideas I’ve flagged for later. I don’t exaggerate when I say it is well worth the $20 price tag. But definitely try the newsletter before you buy the book! Here is a link to Teaching One-Pagers by Jamie Clark if you want to read more. (This is an affiliate link.)
Summer is a time for teachers to recharge their minds and rethink their classrooms for the next year. I hope you have a wonderful break, full of excitement, hope, and fresh ideas for the year ahead!
Stay creative,
Zach