Blogging Your Way To Connected Professional Development
Blogging represents opportunities to start conversations, share professional stories, take a stand, or carve out a professional niche.
Author: TeachThought Staff
TeachThought’s mission is to promote critical thinking and innovation education.
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Transgender Teacher? That’s Me
Within a few days, the superintendent informed the school board of my plan in closed session, and held meetings to create a plan of action.
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Teacher Wish Lists: Because School Supply Shopping Goes Year-Round
Items on a basic back-to-school list don’t change that much each year, so why are school supply lists getting longer?
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The Bare Minimum Of Technology Integration
The Bare Minimum Of Learning Technology by TeachThought Staff What is the bare minimum of learning technology integration in a classroom? Does it depend on nation, grade level, or content area? Socioeconomic status? Culture? Prevailing local technology use? Though many teachers remain against reckless #edtech integration, the conversation is clearly shifting from should technology play a central…
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How To Use Infographics As Multimodal Learning Tools
Using Infographics As Multimodal Learning Tools: A Guide by Sara McGuire, venngage.com People don’t all learn the same way. Teachers know this, and that’s why multimodal learning methods are an essential part of any teacher’s toolkit. Responding to the changing linguistic landscape caused by digital media and communication, many teachers are leveraging the multimodal learning…
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BoomWriter: A Resource For Students Who Think They Hate Writing
BoomWriter is a free platform for group writing that engages students in collaborative projects for all subject areas to help them improve their writing.
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10 Lessons For The Digital Teacher
If you’re a teacher and you’re in any way digital, there are some strategies you might consider to lubricate the interaction between the two.
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T-Shirts For Progressive Teachers: Wear Your Pedagogy
How can a t-shirt promote progressive pedagogy? How can we use t-shirts to help teachers express their beliefs about education?
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Education App Spotlight: Contraption Maker
In Contraption Maker, children use hundreds of parts like hamster motors, balls, and conveyor belts to fix broken contraptions.
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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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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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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.
