What Are Literature Circles?
What Is A Literature Circle? by Terry Heick Literature Circles are a way for students to assume a specific role in the study of something (usually a text). Though almost always associated with the content area of ‘Literature’ or ‘Language…
Technology Is Now As Much A Part Of Learning As Reading & Writing
Technology Is Now As Much A Part Of Learning As Reading & Writing by Terry Heick Today’s technology is the worst technology many students will ever use. This was a useful idea I read recently that helped me see educational…
Free Teaching Materials On Healthy Food Choices For Children
Available: Free Teaching Materials On Healthy Food Choices For Children contributed by Debbie Bookstaber This post is sponsored by Hooray 4 Healthy Curriculum Physical activity and healthy food options are important for children’s brain development, fitness level, and general comfort…
When Students See Themselves As Digital First
Generation ‘Like’: When Students See Themselves As Digital First by Terry Heick Students that have more control than ever over their own identity have, unsurprisingly, lost control of that identity. Coldly, and as a matter of “settings,” they are able…
Good Credit, Bad Credit: 3 Ways Credit Scores Can Affect Students
Good Credit, Bad Credit: 3 Ways Credit Scores Can Affect Students contributed by Jenna Wilson For better or for worse, we live in a credit-driven economy. As such, your credit score is one of the most important numbers connected to…
Helping Students Fail: A Framework
Helping Students Fail: A Framework by Terry Heick Ed note: This post has been updated from a previous publishing As teachers, allowing students to see failure as a negative experience is one of the worst things we can do. Granted,…
How To Teach With The Concept Attainment Model
Teaching With The Concept Attainment Model by TeachThought Staff In 1956, psychologist Jerome Bruner published a book called “A Study of Thinking.” Being a psychologist, Bruner was interested in cognitive processing–how people think, and how those tendencies might be used…