4 Simple Ways To Get Started Teaching With Twitter
Twitter provides four techniques (among many others) that teachers can use to enrich their student’s learning.
Author: TeachThought Staff
TeachThought’s mission is to promote critical thinking and innovation education.
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School Makes Me: A Picture Worth Thinking About
There is no need to take one small artifact and jump to conclusions about how awful everything is, but it’s sad no matter how you look at it.
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The App (Seemingly) Designed For Sexting: What Teachers Should Know
In part 1 of this series, we took a look at the definition–and scale–of the sexting craze. The takeaways from that post were simple–sexting is an increasingly common trend among teens and adults alike. Now we’re going to take a look at an app designed–or seemingly designed–to be very, very good at sexting. Snapchat. Snapchat was…
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The Definition Of Sexting
Sexting could be defined as the process of sending any communication that relays sexual desire or intent. It’s not limited to nude images.
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20 Tips To Reduce Student Anxiety
Back in October, we published an article about the importance of holistic teaching. When students are stressed, their capacity for learning is drastically reduced. In psychology, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs explains in part why anxious and depressed students are much more likely to fail. Even if the situation is not catastrophic, a student’s mind and body…
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5 Tips For A Smoother BYOD Transition
In making a BYOD transition, consider defining policies, growing client densities, managing devices, and understanding impacts.
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5 Apps To Promote Student-Centered Learning
All teachers have access to a toolbelt of gadgets that lower anxiety while elevating students’ voices. I think of them as tech sedatives.
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Generation Gap: 10 Things Children Today Will Never Need To Know
While there’s no denying that progress is a wonderful thing, the rate at which the world is changing is creating an environment in which objects that were commonplace to today’s parents will be virtually unheard of when their babies become adults. These are 10 simple things that Generations X and Y took for granted, but…
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How To Use A Google Nexus 7
While Google entered iPad territory a while ago with their Android tablets, it was their recent Asus-manufactured Nexus 7 that was really a shot across the bow of Apple’s mobile market share. Running the stock, unaltered version of Android, the Nexus 7 isn’t filled with visual clutter or other bloatware that can burden non-Nexus devices….
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Better Teaching: Why You Bore Students & What You Can Do About It
Why You Bore Students & What You Can Do About It Preface: You don’t mean to bore students. In fact, sometimes you’re downright interesting–the students are engaged, the buzz in the room is palpable, and even the hesitant students are asking questions. But the fact of the matter is, even the most charismatic and experienced…
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7 Things Schools Of The Future Will Do Well
The ‘next generation’ of successful schools will focus on teaching students as individuals, not as members of a group.
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How Data Mining Can Work In Education [Infographic]
One of the most polarizing trends to emerge from the rapid growth in technology over the last decade or so is the concept of data. The easy part is its accessibility. When things are digital, they’re simple to save, share, analyze, and repackage. This can be either good or bad, depending on what data is…
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