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Teachers are no strangers to education jargon. From legal acronyms to the names of edtech trends, there seems to be an unending stream of new buzzwords—and accompanying tools—for educators to learn.
But when jargon goes viral, it sometimes gets, shall we say, overused. (If you want to see how extreme the problem can get, check out the giggle-inducing Jargon Generator.) The consequence is teachers tire of hearing the same terminology over and over, and the true meaning of important concepts becomes diluted or lost.
I’ve noticed this happening quite a bit lately. So a couple of weeks ago, I posed a question to my friends on Facebook: Which education buzzwords drive you crazy, and why?
