What Teachers Can Give by Terry Heick It’s better to give than to receive — that holds true for gift-giving and education. In fact, the act of giving isn’t just a matter of ultimately receiving…
Posts By Terry Heick
Where’s The Innovation In Education Coming From?
Where’s The Innovation In Education Coming From? by Terry Heick Innovation matters because it reflects and causes adaptations to a changing world. But while we stomp our feet for innovation in education and innovative teaching…
Teaching Digital Students Non-Digital Things
Teaching Digital Students Non-Digital Things by Terry Heick Ed note: This is a post we’ve edited a couple of times now to both update and clarify its theme, which is why you may recognize it….
Teaching As Hammering With Paintbrushes
100 Words: Teaching As Hammering With Paintbrushes by Terry Heick Okay, so quick 100 words on teaching and creativity. Schools are made of classrooms, classrooms of students. Students are people, and people seek to solve…
Should Teachers Still Care About Windows?
Windows 10 Will Be Free; Should Teachers Care? by Terry Heick “We want people to love Windows on a daily basis.” Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella made their intentions clear at the Windows 10 Live…
Are You A Whole Teacher? A Self-Assessment To Understand
Are You A Whole Teacher? A Self-Assessment To Understand by TeachThought Staff Whole Child Learning is a thing; Whole Teaching should be a thing too, no? Here at TeachThought, Jackie Gerstein’s usergeneratededucation is at the top…
The Genius Hour Design Cycle: A Process For Planning
The Genius Hour Design Cycle: A Process For Planning by Nigel Coutts, thelearnersway.net Ed note: Part 1 of this 2-part series can be seen here; note that some of the language has been slightly revised…
Duolingo For Schools Is Now A Thing
Duolingo For Schools Is Now A Thing by TeachThought Staff From a press release Big Idea: Duolingo Builds On Popularity of World-Beating App, Launches Platform for Schools In 2015, #edtech can go in either direction–mobile to platform,…
Are Schools Prepared For Great Teachers?
Are Schools Prepared For Great Teachers? by Terry Heick In On The Road, Jack Kerouac describes the “purity” of movement–the juxtaposition of a singular here, and a plural everywhere that create a kind of serenity. This is a purity,…
How We Use A Mentoring Model For Disadvantaged Students
How We Use A Mentoring Model For Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Students by Karim Abouelnaga, CEO Practice Makes Perfect I was raised in Long Island City, Queens by immigrant parents who knew very little about the public education…