“The Flipped Classroom Turns Around an At-Risk, Failing School” by Greg Green, Principal at Clintondale High School, was originally published on Getting Smart. As a principal of Clintondale High School, I’ve witnessed firsthand the struggles that a school must endure to educate at-risk students. Many of the students at Clintondale are faced with obstacles that hinder their education:…
Web curators are one of my favorite categories of online tools. These tools allow you to collect online resources and put them into meaningful groups which you can then share with others. These are great tools for teachers and students as they allow teachers to remix their curriculums to include web-based resources. They also allow students to…
The fundamentals that define a great teacher don’t differ much whether classes are taught in the online setting or off, but there are certain things that need greater emphasis and gain greater importance when a teacher is working with students who aren’t in a traditional classroom setting. Knowing how to highlight these things to help…
How Transfer Impacts What We Think Students Understand Preface: In collaboration with Grant Wiggins of Understanding by Design and Authentic Education, TeachThought will be bringing you Grant’s industry-leading expertise on understanding, learning frameworks, and curriculum planning. This article originally appeared on Grant’s personal blog. There is some understandable confusion about the goal of transfer. When we…
If you’re a college student looking to supplement your science studies, these apps are some of the best for learning, sharing & researching.
Note: This is part 1. What is the Flipped Classroom? “A reversed teaching model that delivers instruction at home through interactive, teacher-created videos and moves “homework” to the classroom. Moving lectures outside of the classroom allows teachers to spend more 1:1 time with each student. Students have the opportunity to ask questions and work through…
mLearning (Mobile Learning) is becoming increasingly possible to the evolution of technology. Gadgets are getting better, apps are getting smarter, and educators are getting better at figuring out how to transition from sit-and-get to truly mobilized learning. The surge in BYOD’s popularity is as much a testament to this as it is to technology cost. But…
Whether you are looking for a K-12 curriculum or GED study program, this list gives you a look at 50 of the best sources for free eLearning.
Simple Vocabulary by Brainscape is a brilliantly simple language building app with inherent metacognitive components & cloud-based tracking.
While an educational app may be “fun”, there’s a good chance that it is a net detriment to a student’s learning progress.
As data becomes more abundant, and technology continues to evolve, how we consume that data will likely decide if we consume that data. We looked recently at the incredible future of data in education, and the following interactive website furthers on the theme of engaging, interactive visual data. It’s beautiful, and frightening. From infosthetics: “The Internet…
It can be hard to keep up with the ever-growing list of free educational sites out there, much less distinguish which ones will best meet your needs and help you learn skills you really need without shelling out big bucks. New sites are always being launched and even those that have been on the scene…
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