The Riddle Of Meaningful iPad Integration
What do educators and learners need from iPad integration? What is tablet ‘workflow’ in an educational context?
Year: 2015
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June 15: TeachThought Exclusive Live Stream Of The Atlantic’s Education Summit
June 15: Exclusive Live Stream Of The Atlantic’s Education Summit by TeachThought Staff TeachThought is excited to be the exclusive streaming partner for today’s The Atlantic’s Education Summit. Summary Two-year olds are entering preschool and learning on iPads. Primary schools are considering the role supportive environments play on students’ learning. Admission to college is a…
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Moving Up? 4 Tips For Managing Your Career As A Teacher
Here are some of the best insights for educators hoping to advance their career, whether in their current district or by relocating.
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5 Mistakes I Made As A New Teacher
Some of the mistakes I made as a new teacher involved taking everything personally and being afraid to make mistakes in the first place!
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Lesson Example: Helping Students Respond To Art In A Museum
Helping Students Respond To Art In A Museum by Steve Berer, musexplore.net In this article, I will present a project to challenge your students to creatively respond to art objects that they find particularly engaging or mysterious. Their task is to try to see those works of art accurately and to develop a relationship with…
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Grant Wiggins, Champion Of Understanding
As an educator, Grant Wiggins was able to deftly balance the trivium of education improvement–thought, research, and tools teachers can use.
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25 Resources For Teaching With Movies And Film
The film section of Tuppence Magazine has put together a list of the 25 best learning resources for film studies available online.
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Making Your Classroom More Like A Playground
Making Your Classroom Work More Like A Playground by TeachThought Staff Should classrooms be more like playgrounds? The playground is a place of whimsy, creativity, cognitive “ease,” and social interaction. It’s accessible, open, and fun. There may be some room for this type of thinking in a classroom, yes? Embedded in this thinking are a lot of the ideas…
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Creating A Fire For Inquiry Starts At The Beginning
If You Want To Create A Fire For Inquiry, Start At The Beginning by Brian Cleary, oldbrainteacher.com If science is inquiry and inquiry is a fire, when does that fire start? When the world talks about STEM education for the most part they talk around elementary teachers rather than to elementary school teachers. This should not…
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The Challenge Of Personalizing Learning In Real-Time
Using real time performance information for planning and monitoring leads to the best alignment of student personalized learning.
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H&R Block Awards $120,000 in Scholarships
H&R Block Budget Challenge Awards Grand Prize Winner $120,000 in Scholarships Properly managing personal finances is critical to success in adulthood, and yet teenagers are woefully under-educated and under-informed when it comes to money matters. In response to this nationwide shortcoming, H&R Block founded Dollars & Sense to provide teens with financial management skills that…
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There’s Value In A Non-Traditional Path To College
There’s Value In A Non-Traditional Path To College by Dawn Casey-Rowe, Teacher & Holder of Student Loan Debt It’s that time of year again–college time. You go to the mailbox. It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for your whole life. The one that parents and teachers tell you will determine the course of your very…
