May 16, 2018 | Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities
By Leah Peterson Have you ever found a lesson that looked interesting and engaging but didn’t have the tech elements you were hoping for? This is the story of how I adapted a lesson from the The Change Agent, a magazine and website for adult learners, to be more...
Dec 4, 2015 | Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities
By Leah Peterson In the Fall 2015 issue of The Change Agent on Celebrations, Calvin Mazy-Franks (p. 28) writes about the lure of overspending for holidays and Angela Hutchinson (p. 29) writes about the impulse to give excessive gifts to please others. November and...
Sep 12, 2014 | Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities
By Leah Peterson I was inspired by the current issue of The Change Agent, “All About Food,” to write up a post with a food theme. There are many different online tools and resources around diet, nutrition, and cooking that can be used to develop lessons that...
Oct 14, 2013 | Inspiration and Ideas, Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities, Opportunities and Resources, Tech Tools, Updates from the Field
By Leah Peterson The Fall issue of The Change Agent is all about the technology in our lives. Our own Steve Quann participated on the editorial board. (Find out about how you can be on a future Change Agent editorial board). In this issue, articles explore the...
Feb 19, 2013 | Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities
By Leah Peterson Tech skills: Basic web browsing Steve is away right now, but I am sure he’d agree that we can’t post about listening activities for English language learners without discussing our very own publication – The Change Agent! In case you...
