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A Game To Help Students Understand The Maker Learning Process by Dr. Jackie Gerstein My background is in experiential education. One of the strategies used in experiential education is debriefing or reflecting on the…

Actors Theatre Offers Grant And Speaker Opportunities At 2019 Humana Festival Of New American Plays from a press release Louisville, KY – Actors Theatre of Louisville announces two opportunities for theatre professionals and new…

12 Curriculum Planning Tips For Any Grade Level Or Content Area by Terry Heick Learning is really just a growth in awareness. From not knowing to knowing is part of it, but that’s really too simple because it misses all the degrees of…

Help Your Students See Their Gifts: Create A Class Resume contributed by Laurel Schmidt, myedexpert.com Teachers don’t get to set the culture of their school, but they do define the world inside the four walls of their classroom.…

5 Levels Of Student Engagement: A Continuum For Teaching by Terry Heick Years ago, I worked with a school in Kentucky that had adopted Phil Shlechty's "Working on the Work" framework. The idea behind Shlechty's framework is, in…

The Difference Between Education 1.0 & 3.0 contributed by Jackie Gerstein For specific training and professional development around technology integration, contact TeachThought Professional Development to bring Jackie Gerstein…

Discussion: What Are Students Responsible For? by Terry Heick What are you doing to engage the students? How are you making sure they pay attention? What are you doing to make them care? How are you sparking their curiosity?…

The Importance Of Knowledge In Progressive Education by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought Professional Development I recently recorded a podcast that explored differing approaches to the role and importance of knowledge in…

23 Maker Learning Reflection Questions For Thoughtful Students by Dr. Jackie Gerstein & TeachThought Staff To learn from Jackie Gerstein and help begin or improve maker education in your school or classroom, contact TeachThought …

Discuss: 'In Finland, teachers are not inspected' by Terry Heick Non-negotiable. Out of all of my experiences as a classroom teacher in ‘struggling’ American K-12 schools, the term ‘non-negotiable’ sticks with me the most. On…

Data-Driven Teaching? The Unit Isn't Doing You Any Favors by Terry Heick It’s been a great run. We’ve had some great times, and done some cool things we’ll never forget. Like that time in the summer PD where all the department…

10 Pieces Of Advice That Could Save Your Teaching Career by Terry Heick Simple premise, as titled: what sorts of 'things' make teaching unsustainable, and what sort of advice can help teachers reflect on these ideas to mitigate…

20 Classroom Setups That Promote Thinking by TeachThought Staff Can how you set up your classroom impact how students think? If you design learning with physical space and interaction in mind, it absolutely can. Desks are a…

Augmented And Virtual Reality: An Incredible List Of Over 900 Google Expeditions by TeachThought Staff Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality are two tools that, for whatever reason, don't seem to generate the kind of buzz they…

6 Tips For Creating Effective Student Groups by TeachThought Staff Grouping students is easy; creating effective student groups is less so. The following infographic from Mia MacMeekin seeks to provide some ideas to help make…

12 Things That Will Disappear From Classrooms In The Next 12 Years by Terry Heick The classroom is changing because the world is changing. That may not be as true as we'd like it to be--the pace of the change in education lags…

20+ Free Excel Spreadsheet Templates For Teachers by TeachThought Staff Spreadsheets aren't exactly the most progressive, compelling, innovative, or gee-whiz-cool teaching resources around, but the right spreadsheet and template…

Editor's Choice: 50+ Of The Best Educational Toys & Gifts For 2018 by TeachThought Staff Ed note: The following links are affiliate links. You can read more about our affiliate policy here, but the general premise is that we…