Guides for the classroom
Articles with concrete techniques and free tools to apply in your next class. Each guide connects pedagogy, competencies, and tools in one place.
Teaching Practice
How to make class engaging without losing the thread
Concrete techniques for breaking passivity and maintaining pace in the classroom. Activities with movement, surprise and real participation. Without losing control.
How to design an effective class: structure and rhythm
Anatomy of a model class from start to finish. What decisions make the difference and how to create conditions for real learning to occur.
How to teach an online class that actually works
Strategies for maintaining attention and achieving real participation in virtual environments. How to structure each moment with free tools.
How to plan a class step by step
How to plan classes with a clear purpose and aligned activities. A system without rigid templates, with integrated assessment and free tools.
How to integrate AI in the classroom without replacing thinking
How to use artificial intelligence as a pedagogical resource to activate thinking and personalize practice. Free tools for teachers.
How to teach study skills: strategies that work
The most common study techniques don't work. What cognitive science says about learning and how to incorporate these strategies into any subject.
How to teach with storytelling
How to use narrative to teach any content: why stories stick better than data, four formats for the classroom and free tools to start today.
Designing Active Classes
Group work in class: how to make it work
How to structure group work with roles, clear phases and free tools so that participation is distributed among all students.
Flipped classroom: how to implement it step by step
What goes home and what goes to class. How to implement the flipped classroom without students arriving unprepared. Strategies and free tools.
Learning stations: how to design them step by step
How to set up stations where students rotate and work autonomously. Progressive formats, clear roles and free tools for teachers.
Project-Based Learning: PBL step by step
What PBL is, how to design a project in 6 steps, and how to manage each phase with free tools. Concrete strategies for any subject.
How to design a provocation to activate learning
How to open a class with a situation, image or question that generates cognitive disequilibrium and activates the desire to learn. Strategies for teachers.
Teaching Thinking
How to ask good questions in the classroom
Techniques for moving from closed questions to questions that activate thinking. Evidence-based strategies and free tools for teachers.
How to teach argumentation in the classroom
How to teach students to build arguments with evidence, listen to opposing positions and distinguish opinion from fact. Strategies and free tools.
Debate in the classroom: from argument to active listening
How to organize classroom debates that teach students to argue, listen and change their minds. Progressive formats, clear protocols and free tools.
Critical thinking in the classroom: concrete activities
What critical thinking is, why it does not develop on its own and how to teach it with strategies, routines and free tools for any subject.
How to teach active listening: from hearing to understanding
Active listening does not develop on its own. Protocols, routines and free tools for teaching it as an explicit skill in any subject and level.
Soft skills: what they are and how to develop them in class
What soft skills are, why the name is misleading, which are the most important to teach and how to develop them in any subject and level.
Assessing & Giving Feedback
Formative assessment: techniques and free tools
What formative assessment is, how it differs from summative, and how to apply it. Concrete techniques and free digital tools for teachers.
Peer feedback: how to structure it so it works
How to get feedback between students to be specific and useful. Research-based protocols and free tools for teachers.
How to assess a group project fairly
Strategies for combining group and individual grades, clear rubrics and free tools. How to assess group projects without the grade being unfair.
How to create an assessment rubric: step by step
What a rubric is, when to use one and how to design it in 5 steps with concrete examples. A free tool for creating one in minutes, for teachers.
Competency-based assessment: authentic tasks
What it means to assess competencies instead of content, how to design authentic tasks that evidence them and how to grade with free tools.
Motivating & Engaging
How to get quiet students to participate
Strategies to include silent students without forcing them. How to design participation activities for everyone, not just those who raise their hand.
Motivation in the classroom: strategies for the group
What is behind disengagement and 5 concrete strategies with free tools to recover participation and motivation in the classroom.
How to sustain motivation when the novelty wears off
What to do when the excitement of the beginning fades. Research-based strategies to maintain engagement and long-term motivation in the classroom.
Gamification in the classroom: how to apply it with purpose
What educational gamification is, what sets it apart from games, and how to implement it with concrete mechanics and free tools for any subject.
Growth mindset in the classroom: concrete practices
What growth mindset is, why praise given poorly destroys it and how to incorporate daily practices that develop it. For teachers.
How to develop student autonomy step by step
Why many students wait for instructions at every step and how to gradually transfer them responsibility for their own learning. Strategies and tools.
Climate & Community
First classes: how to build classroom culture
The first weeks set the tone for the year. Research-based activities and strategies with free tools for teachers, from day one.
Positive discipline in the classroom: limits without shouting
How to build authority from the relationship, not from fear. Positive discipline strategies with free tools for any educational level.
Classroom conflicts: restorative practices
How to address conflicts between students with restorative practices: dialogue circles, peer mediation and free tools. Repair, don't punish.
Emotional intelligence in the classroom: activities for teachers
What emotional intelligence is and why it matters in education. Concrete activities and free tools for working on it in class, at any level.
Including & Differentiating
How to adapt your class: differentiation without more work
Differentiation and UDL strategies for reaching all students without multiplying the workload. Inclusive activities and free tools for teachers.
Digital citizenship: classroom activities that actually work
How to teach digital citizenship without lecturing or moralizing. Activities with real dilemmas, critical thinking and free tools for teachers.
How to include students with learning support needs
Practical strategies for including students with special educational needs without simplifying the content or multiplying the workload. Free tools.
Learning styles: what the research says
What learning styles are and what the research actually says. Strategies that work for designing classes that reach more students.
ADHD in the classroom: practical strategies for teachers
How to support students with ADHD without needing a diagnosis or special resources. Concrete strategies for managing the environment, attention and behavior.
Autism in the classroom: practical strategies for teachers
How to support students with autism without needing a diagnosis or special resources. Environment, communication and routine strategies for today's classroom.