Peace Posters: A Collection Of Visuals Designed by Students by TeachThought Staff The modern internet–memes, gif animations, and infographics for days, but of cats. What about peace? That’s (something in the universe of) what an educator thought for herself recently when she reflected on the power of the visual world wide web while lamenting the…
Prodigy is a free, adaptive math game that integrates common-core math (grades 1-8) into a fantasy style game that students love playing.
Awareness. Empowerment. Practice. These are the three key ingredients to growing (and maintaining) a creative teacher.
This video does a good job of explaining SAMR in less time than it takes to watch Apple make another $18-billion announcement.
The US Turns To Other Countries For Ed Reform by TeachThought Staff So the United States wants some more ed reform to add to the ed reform already in place, and to do so they’ve created a committee. This committee–the The National Conference of State Legislatures–is seeking to “improve education.” That this is vague and…
Teaching Mindfulness In Elementary School From a press release MADISON, Wis. — Over the course of 12 weeks, twice a week, the prekindergarten students learned their ABCs. Attention, breath and body, caring practice — clearly not the standard letters of the alphabet. Rather, these 4- and 5-year-olds in the Madison Metropolitan School District were part…
Even the most effective person can stumble during a teacher observation. Here are a few things to diminish the likelihood of this happening.
An EdTech Primer: Technology Use, Benefits, And Online Safety Tips contributed by Amy Williams Today, many parents can pinpoint one significant difference between their child’s education and our own–technology. Granted, we overhear complaints about Common Core or standardized tests, but the major difference is the influx of technology in education–the internet, computers, apps, and social…
Editing Robert Burns For The 21st Century by Dr. Pauline Mackay, Lecturer in Robert Burns Studies, University of Glasgow Here at the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Robert Burns Studies, we are undertaking a major project to edit Robert Burns’s works for the 21st Century. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and led by Professor…
Microsoft’s Evolution: 8 Windows 10 Changes You Should Care About by TeachThought Staff So the live streamed event from Redmond is over. What do we know about this fall’s Windows 10 release? The big takeaway is a unified experience a cross mobile and desktop, along with a push for voice recognition, and a continued uncertainty…
How to best structure a Personal Passion Project was not something I had thought much about–mainly because I didn’t think students would take the option.
Our Pedagogical Imperative: Making All Learners Feel Competent by Grant Wiggins, Authentic Education I happened to be in Paris the day of the terror attack, and it was a bit unnerving since I was at the American School. Our meeting abruptly ended as heightened security went into immediate effect, and I took the train back to Paris….