Rethinking Grading In A 21st Century Project-Based Learning Environment
Rethinking grading in project-based learning can support and encourage students by clarifying complexity and rewarding nuance of understanding.
16 Ways To Reduce Your Teacher Workload
Working hard also means being smart. Prioritizing, collaborating, and working with a 'do less' partner can all help you reduce...
Before You Check Their Work, Check Their Well-Being
It's time to shift focus from checking to see if students are completing their remote learning assignments to checking to...
14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education
Competency-Based Education isn't necessarily an example of innovation in higher education, but a shift towards it can lead to more...
What’s A Feedback Loop In Learning? A Definition For Teachers
A feedback loop in learning is a cause-effect sequence where data (often in the form of an ‘event’) is responded...
The Post-App Era: What Is The Next Stage Of Education Technology?
The stages of education technology include a 'post-app' era characterized by blended learning and genuine mobility in communities native to...
The University Of Kentucky’s Coronavirus Reopening Plan For Fall 2020
While there's a long road ahead to recovery, we're curious what the near-future holds for in-person education at K-12 and...
It’s Time To Plan For Struggling Students From The Beginning
If I begin curriculum planning by identifying 'power standards,' where does the differentiation-based-on-assessment-results occur?
22 Remote Learning Tips For Parents Helping At Home
Remote learning tips for parents include focusing on the child's well-being, creating a schedule, providing resources, and making sure work...
Changing Knowledge Demands In Education Means Curriculum Must Change, Too
How schools are designed and what students learn--and why--must be scrutinized with at least as much as enthusiasm as we...
15 Questions Students Can Ask Themselves When Learning New Content
When introducing students to new content, the right questions and language can help disarm uncertainty and encourage students to develop...
The Definition Of Asynchronous Learning
Synchronous learning is like network television while asynchronous learning is like Netflix.
It’s Time To Think Differently About Homeschooling
Saying you've 'seen homeschooling' is like saying you've seen salad or photographs or the internet. Homeschooled in what way? Learning...
A Message From TeachThought Regarding COVID-19
As the Coronavirus has, biologically and socially, so greatly impacted on our planet in just a few short months, keeping...
What Parents Can Do At Home To Help With Reading
Whether parents should 'schedule' reading at home depends on many factors--not the least of which is how you 'frame' reading...
In Defense Of Absolute Literacy
We must speak, and teach our children to speak, a language precise and articulate and lively enough to tell the...
15 Reflection Strategies To Help Students Retain What You Just Taught Them
By asking students to leave a little learning on a chair by the door on the way out of the...
Why Your Students Aren’t Learning: 10 Silent Disruptors Of Academic Performance
Factors that disrupt student academic performance include weak responses to data, work outside of the students' ZPD, and little depth...
