Should Colleges Judge Social Media Presence for Admissions?
Without guidance to critically think about digital footprints, persona, and audience, it’s no surprise to see students ‘make mistakes’ on social media.
The Access Model: A 1:1 Framework For Teaching With Technology
The Access Model is a framework to provide guidance to curriculum designers, teachers, etc. in designing 1:1 teaching and learning resources.
6 Tech-Based Poetry Ideas For Students That Hate Poetry
Poetry gets a bad rap for being too dense and pretentious. Try these strategies to help students who hate poetry warm up to its magic.
How To Motivate Students That Struggle
We’re all capable of being brilliant at one task & hopeless at others. Here are tips for how to motivate struggling students.
10 Steps To A Successful School iPad Program
Technology alone won’t have the capacity to improve education unless it’s woven into a holistic vision that meets urgent objectives.
How To Create A No-Zero Policy In Your Classroom
It was because I changed my policy on zeroes mid-year that this student was afforded the opportunity to pass when everything looked bleak.
The Future Is Not Digital & Technology Is Just A Tool
Technology Is Just A Tool by Jennifer Rita Nichols Most educators can agree that the biggest trend in education today has to do with technology integration. As more and more schools find ways to use technology in the classroom and across subject areas, teachers are trying multitudes of techniques for effective integration that promotes student…
Busy But Progressive? 5 Tips For Differentiated Instruction
Busy But Progressive? 5 Tips For Differentiated Instruction by TeachThought Staff A few years ago “differentiation” was the buzzword of choice around local school systems. Teachers were concerned about the time involved in all that specialized education and how would we make our grade books match up with what kids were doing in reality? Such…
A Step-By-Step Plan To Create A BYOD Policy For Schools
If you haven’t noticed lately, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD policy) is kind of a big deal, both in business, technology, and education fields.
7 Questions To Guide Your PBL Implementation Plan
Ideally PBL implementation isn’t isolated from teachers, students, parents and others who will be engage in this pedagogical shift.
How My Students Organize Their Language Arts Binder
How Students Organize Their Language Arts Binders by Terry Heick For many humanities teachers, how you have students organize their class binders–or if you have them keep one at all–says a lot about how you view that content area. Like an architect’s drawing table or a painter’s palette, for a teacher of any humanities course–especially…
Keep It Simple: Do These 4 Things Every Time You Teach
There are unpredictable ways your lesson can trigger a wound. Teachers can reduce those sudden reactions by providing directions in 4 ways.
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