Education App Spotlight: Contraption Maker
In Contraption Maker, children use hundreds of parts like hamster motors, balls, and conveyor belts to fix broken contraptions.
Year: 2015
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One Teacher In Ten: My Experience As An LGBT Educator
One Teacher In Ten: My Experience As An LGBT Educator by Brett Bigham When I wrote my essay for One Teacher in Ten in the New Millennium I was at a crossroads in my life and career. I was six months into being Oregon’s Teacher of the Year and I was under order from my…
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Twitter With Meaning? 5 Authentic Roles For Twitter In Your School
Twitter With Meaning? 5 Authentic Roles For Twitter In Your School by TeachThought Staff We’ve theorized before that learning through social networks is the future. Twitter in the classroom? This is also an idea we’ve covered in the past. But what about a simple process for schools to use begin using twitter meaningfully? With that question in…
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Survey: Social Media Is Failing To Find Traction In The Classroom
As of 2015, only 13 percent of today’s K-12 teachers had integrated social media into classroom. What are the challenges of social media in education?
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The Basics Of Reflective Teaching: A Slo-Blog Approach
What Are The Basics Of Reflective Teaching? by Beth Leidolf As the school year kicks off, many classes, teachers and students begin with the basics, those building blocks that provide a firm foundation upon which more valuable learning and growing will take place. With that in mind, the #reflectiveteacher community gets back to basics in…
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70 Practical Things Every Teacher Should Know
Having a solid base in theory makes sense but the questions he was getting–“Why did you become a teacher?”–seemed only vaguely useful.
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7 Teachers Explain How Students Show Kindness In The Classroom
It may be uncomfortable for some in the beginning, but kindness lead to happier kids, adults and school culture that focuses on learning.
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Using Post-it® Super Sticky Notes To Promote Critical Thinking
How To Use Post-it® Super Sticky Notes To Promote Critical Thinking by TeachThought Staff How can Post-it® Super Sticky Notes be used to promote critical thinking in the STEM high school classroom? Quite effectively, it turns out–especially if you’re familiar with Concept Attainment as a teaching and learning strategy. The Post-it® Brand recently conducted a…
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Program Invites High School Students To France For 10 Day WWII Immersion
Program Invites High School Students To France For 10 Day WWII Immersion From a press release WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Albert H. Small Student Teacher Institute is providing a fully funded learning experience taking fifteen student-teacher pairs to Normandy, France to tell the story of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. National History Day is…
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3 Lasting Lessons For Teachers From Grant Wiggins
One of Grant Wiggins’ lasting lessons is that in order to transfer their learning, students need to understand “big ideas.”
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Promoting STEM Critical Thinking Using Post-it® Super Sticky Notes
Here are ways teachers can use Post-it notes and other products to promote critical thinking in the classroom.
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Why It’s Important To Learn Students’ Names Quickly
“What’s My Name, Fool?” Why You Must Remember Your Students Now! by Dawn Casey-Rowe Ernie Terrell didn’t get Muhammad Ali’s name right. Terrell repeatedly called Ali by his former name, Cassius Clay, in the days leading up to their 1967 heavyweight fight. He even sang a song using Ali’s birth name on Hollywood Squares, something that…
