What Is Net Neutrality & Why Are You Hearing About It Again?
Net neutrality is, put briefly, the idea that all digital content should be equally accessible by everyone.
Author: Terrell Heick
Founder & Director of TeachThought
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What Might Happen If Robots Replace Teachers
Will robots replace teachers? Eventually. But maybe then teachers can then focus entirely on improving the lives of children.
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What’s A Thematic Unit? A Way To Unify What You Teach
In math, a thematic unit could explore the relationship between math and video games. In Language Arts, it could about the language of social protest.
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Cognitive Transfer: 14 Ways Students Can Transfer Knowledge
Understanding the value of information is the core of transfer. These categories include 14 ways students can transfer knowledge.
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Why The Best Teachers Change Their Minds
If you’re changing your mind—about inquiry, the ideal lesson template, or the best audiences for project-based learning products—that means you’re growing.
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50 Reasons It’s Time For Smartphones In Every Classroom
33. Students can have choice in terms of apps, platforms, social channels, assessment style, and so on. Smartphones can support this.
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What Kind Of Student Should School Produce?
Let us produce a student that asks the right question at the right time with courage that roars, a voice that sings, and empathy for others.
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When Students Study What They Can Still Change
By putting students directly in contact with things they can change, that modern sheen at least removes at least one barrier to learning.
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What Blocky Video Games Can Teach You About Learning
In your lesson design, give students something accessible. Playful. Something that is simple to use simply but complex to use with complexity.
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25 Tips For Teaching With Apps
At first glance, apps, seem more engaging than books. So use them together–have the app front-load the book, or vice-versa.
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‘The Objective’ As Read By Wendell Berry
“I prayed what I saw was only fear & no foretelling, for I saw the last known landscape destroyed for the sake of objective…”
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Manifesto On Building Global Community
The Full Version Of Mark Zuckerberg’s Manifesto On Building Global Community by Terry Heick Mark Zuckerberg’s recent letter to the facebook community (read: everyone), in which he lays out a kind of vision for our collective digital future, is bursting at the seams with ideas worth examining, whether because of their insightfulness or because of the…
