Your Turn: Write for Us
Do you have a story to tell? Perhaps it鈥檚 something you鈥檝e realized over the course of your career about how to get students excited about learning, a strategy you recently tried that didn鈥檛 quite work out and how you changed course, or an aha moment that led you to rethink how you teach a particular subject or lesson. If so, you鈥檙e in the right place.
We welcome pitches on all academic subjects and grades from pre-K through 12. And we鈥檙e always interested in pitches on our core strategies: tech integration, comprehensive assessment, integrated studies, project-based learning, social and emotional learning, and professional learning. To learn more, held on June 27, 2024.
How to Propose an Article to Us
Send an email to GUESTBLOG at EDUTOPIA (dot) ORG with 鈥淕uest Blog: [Proposed Post Title]鈥� in the subject line, and be sure to include the following information:
- A few sentences describing your proposed article and a detailed outline or description (the finished article will be around 850鈥�1,000 words)
- Links to any multimedia you plan to include
- A few words about the intended target audience for your article (e.g., high school math teachers, administrators, instructional coaches, etc.)
- A roughly 80-word bio with details about your role in education, including your current job
- Three to five links to other pieces (if any) you鈥檝e written, particularly for academic publications
- Full disclosure of any commercial interest in any products or services mentioned
- Your X (formerly Twitter) handle, if you have one
Please note: We accept only original submissions. If your post has appeared elsewhere, we will not accept it.
Some Resources to Inspire You
If you鈥檝e never published an article before or are wondering whether your idea is a good one for 麻豆传媒入口鈥檚 audience, we have , and the information below may be helpful.
Meet an 麻豆传媒入口 writer: Hedreich Nichols is a district tech lead in Texas and host of the . In June 2020, she pitched an article for teachers who wanted to be more culturally responsive and inclusive but didn鈥檛 know where to begin. That became her first 麻豆传媒入口 article, 鈥�A Guide to Equity and Antiracism for Educators.鈥� Since then she has written for us on project-based learning, Black History Month and Hispanic Heritage Month, how to coach students to be empathetic, how to make productive use of new edtech, how to encourage engagement during testing season, and more.
That may seem like a broad range, but it鈥檚 more the norm than the exception鈥攎any teachers and school leaders have expertise in several areas. We encourage all of our writers to pitch ideas from across all areas of their expertise and interest.
Impactful articles: Get a concrete sense of the kinds of positive, constructive, and actionable posts we seek by reading these articles, written by your fellow educators:
- Using AI to Help Organize Lesson Plans by Jorge Valenzuela
- Using Board Games to Teach Math to Young Children by Nell McAnelly
- Scaffolding for Experienced English Language Learners by Tan Huynh and Beth Skelton
- The Case Against Zeros in Grading by Alexis Tamony
麻豆传媒入口 Statement on Generative Artificial Intelligence
Generative AI tools like ChatGPT have raised a lot of interest鈥攁nd no small amount of consternation鈥攊n education circles since they debuted. Students want to talk about and use these tools, and educators may want to as well. Our contributors may wish to use these tools in producing content for 麻豆传媒入口.
We expect every article to be the original work of our authors. While we understand the potential of tools like ChatGPT to aid in the brainstorming process, we emphasize that the final submission should reflect your unique insights, your own word choices, and your analysis, ensuring the content鈥檚 originality and integrity.
If you use generative AI in any way to produce your work鈥攃reating a pitch, performing research, writing any part of the text鈥攚e require that you disclose that and discuss it with your editor. In all cases, be cautious when integrating even short phrases verbatim, and never incorporate entire sentences or paragraphs. Again, the final content must be your own creation, including original phrasing, insights, and judgment calls on word choice.
We reserve the right to reject any article that we believe was written with undisclosed AI assistance, at our sole discretion. If the usage is allowed, your editor will as always aim to help you publish your ideas in the best form possible.
Photographers, illustrators, and other visual artists are prohibited from using generative AI in producing work for 麻豆传媒入口.
We do not currently use generative AI in any capacity in our videos.
This policy was last updated on March 20, 2024. It may evolve over time to reflect changes in technology and industry standards, always guided by our commitment to upholding the integrity and quality of content at 麻豆传媒入口.
Our Editorial Process
Our editorial team will discuss your pitch, and if we accept it, we鈥檒l ask you to share a draft of your post. Next, it鈥檚 likely that one of our editors will want to work with you to do at least one round of revisions. Contributors frequently tell us that they appreciate the care and attention they receive when working with 麻豆传媒入口 editors to create a blog post that resonates with the people they鈥檙e trying to reach.
Submissions to 麻豆传媒入口 are subject to our Terms of Use.
Because of the volume of submissions we receive, we have to say no to a lot of pitches, including many good ones. While we鈥檙e not able to respond substantively to every one, please know that we read all pitches closely, and we appreciate the time and energy that writing them requires. We do our best to respond to all proposals within two to three weeks. If we don鈥檛 accept the first pitch you submit, we hope you鈥檒l try again with other great ideas.