by Dawn Casey-Rowe, Social Studies & Educational Technology Teacher I fed them edamame. We were having a contest to wrap up the end of unit on Japan. One student informed me he didn’t like vegetables. Was I…
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11 Steps Of Effective Project-Based Learning In A Blended Classroom
In part 1 of this 6-part series, Thomas Stanley looked at an overview of blended learning, specifically the critical interactions of a blended learning model. In part 2, he looked specifically at student-to-student interaction, and the reality of…
4 Keys To Designing A Project-Based Learning Classroom
Traditional American classrooms tend to fit a particular mold: Students face the front of the class where teachers lecture. Students take notes, finish assignments at home, and hope to memorize enough information just long enough…
6 Channels Of 21st Century Learning
At TeachThought, we constantly wrestle with two big questions: How do people learn, and how can they do it better in a constantly evolving context? In pursuit, the theme of “21st century learning” often surfaces,…
What Connected Learning Truly Promotes Might Surprise You
Technology has entered society like a massive, happy storm, and left few things unaffected. It was only a generation ago that technology took the form of cordless phones, cable television, and the soul-deleting wizardry of…
Always Finding A Way For Purpose & Authenticity In Student Work
Always Finding A Way For Purpose & Authenticity In Student Work Some weeks you hear the same message in your head over and over. No, this week’s message wasn’t, “Happy Mothers’ Day.” In fact, I…
Common Core Assessment: When Teaching Gets In The Way Of Reading Comprehension
by Grant Wiggins, Ph.D, Authentic Education Common Core Assessment: When Teaching Gets In The Way Of Reading Comprehension Readers of the blog no doubt know that the title of this post refers to the general discussions taking…
How To Create A Custom Search Engine For Your Students
While many teachers embrace the chaos of digital research (it is the “real world,” after all), for others setting students loose on Google is a recipe for a research project chock-full of Yahoo! Answers and…
10 Brilliant Examples Of Sketch Notes: Notetaking For The 21st Century
Sketch notes–or graphic notes, or whatever other term you like–are one of the single most important developments in note-taking history. Hold on, give me a second to explain. Exactly why they matter has something to…
A Primer In Heutagogy And Self-Directed Learning
Jackie Gerstein’s passionate thinking about learning is some of my favorite to read. She is rarely pulled down by trend or fad, but is unquestionably progressive and forward-thinking in her approaches to learning and thinking…
The Difference Between Instructivism, Constructivism, And Connectivism
We spend so much time in education trying to make things better. Better policies. Better technology. Better standards. Better curriculum. Better instruction. Better assessment. Better response to assessment data. And too with research, teacher collaboration,…
26 Teacher Tools To Create Online Assessments
You teach, which means you need to know what students do and don’t understand. Which means you need to assess. You teach in the 21st century, which means you use the internet and digital tools…
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