Our April 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Julia Phillips' "Disappearing Earth." Become a member of the Now Read This book club by joining our Facebook group, or by signing ...

For your next book club meeting, liven up the conversation with these fun and thought-provoking book club questions For book lovers, there’s nothing more exciting than learning someone has read the ...

Considered a time of remembrance, the May holiday is often marked with parades, events and other special services. It's also ...

Book clubs can be an exciting and intellectual activity to take part in, but what happens if they turn a bit stale? Everyone has experienced the dreaded lull in a conversation at least once in their ...

The #ReadWithJenna book club continues! This month, Jenna Bush Hager picked the heartfelt novel "A Woman is No Man" by Etaf Rum. Taking place in an insular immigrant community during both the 1990s ...

Our October 2020 pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour’s book club with The New York Times, is Paul Tough’s “Helping Children Succeed”, which looks at the unique challenges that children who are ...

Why Are Class Discussions Challenging? There are a variety of reasons that class discussions are challenging. It’s not necessarily just students being “lazy”. There could be a lot of real issues and ...

Participation in a discussion board is among the most common assignments in online courses. We typically ask our students to respond to a reading or a prompt and then reply to several of their ...

The 50-page document was written by a committee of 22 people in April and May and approved by Pope Francis. The opening day of the 15th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops is seen in the ...

People often ask me to name my favorite online teaching tool. My answer is always the same: Hands down, it’s online discussion forums. As a veteran online teacher, I view discussion forums as the meat ...

The Discussion tool can be used to encourage users to share thoughts on course material with both instructors and their peers. Creating forums and topics in Brightspace is an effective way for users ...