12 Things Every Lesson You Teach Should Have
Every lesson plan should have a clear and compelling–and accessible–role for each student during each moment of the lesson.
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15 Reasons Schools Need Post-Progressive Teaching And Learning
Teachers are guides and coaches and content experts. A ‘post-progressive’ teacher would be empowered, not replaced.
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10 Student Engagement Strategies That Empower Learners
One student engagement strategy is to offer diverse pathways through content–pathways students would have to ‘unlock’ to progress.
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50 Crazy Ideas To Change Education [Updated]
Make any politician voting on legislation have to qualify for that right to vote by spending a certain number of hours in the classroom.
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Reciprocal Teaching: A Definition
Reciprocal teaching is a teacher-guided strategy where small groups of students play specific roles in the comprehension of a text.
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6 Instructional Strategies That Challenge And Support Students
A teaching strategy is anything the teacher does to help students learn. From reciprocal teaching to clarity, here are 6 to get started.
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What Is Necessary For Learning?
Sugata Mitra showed that children could learn complex tasks in the absence of formal training, spurred on by curiosity and peer interest.
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The Definition Of Digital Literacy
“Digital literacy is the ability to interpret and design nuanced communication across fluid digital forms.”
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Why Worrying About Screen Time Might Be The Wrong Approach
While screen time certainly matters, focusing only on time is like developing a literacy program that focuses only on ‘minutes read.’
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10 Things I Wish I Knew My First Year Of Teaching
I learned that my classroom wasn’t *my* classroom. Rather, it was a learning space for children. The classroom belonged to them.
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How Schools Can Respond To The Age Of Information
In the Age of Information, data has moved from singular places (here and there) to infinitely plural realities.
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18 Questions To Ask Students About Their Day Remote Learning
What kinds of questions to ask students support what they’ve learned remotely and enhance their ability to apply it?
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The Definition Of Good Work
Good work is applying your affection, intellect, and specific ‘genius’ on people and places you depend on and that depend on you.
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10 Strategies To Promote Curiosity In Learning
Questions are indicators of engagement and curiosity in learning. Just as usefully, they are evidence for what a student understands.
