What A Flat Classroom Looks Like
In a flat classroom, is no single authority for information or process, but rather dozens of sources of information and authority.
Author: Terrell Heick
Founder & Director of TeachThought
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Bring On The Golden Age Of Learning Technology
The Golden Age Of Learning Technology by Terry Heick We are approaching the golden age of learning technology. In the same way that film in the 1930s through the 1950s was considered the golden age of Hollywood, and the 1950s and 1960s the golden age of television, teaching and learning with technology will likely hit…
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Kurt Vonnegut Describes The Shape Of A Story
Every story, Vonnegut playfully asserts, can be ‘shaped’ on a Y-axis of Good Fortune & Ill Fortune extended along the X-axis of Time.
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Why Apps Should Replace Textbooks In Your Classroom
Maybe apps can do everything a textbook can, but with the agility to enable sustained personalized instruction.
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State Growth Contribution: Student Growth Percentiles–What?
Does the idea of a Median Student Growth Percentile sound intimidating? No worries, there’s a PowerPoint for that.
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David Foster Wallace On What It Means To Think
“‘Learning how to think’ really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think.”–David Foster Wallace
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How To Reach–And Change–Your Students
Assuming our goal is to make a difference in the lives of others, we might consider the legacy we leave in the minds of students.
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Helping Students Tell Their Story Through Social Media
Human beings are storytellers by nature. Children especially love to hear stories, but aren’t always so keen on telling their own.
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10 Things Every Great School Should Be
Every great school should not be ‘accountable,’ but rather ‘judged’ by the inclinations, tendencies, habits, and behavior of its students.
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What Is Understanding?
Understanding: A Definition by Terry Heick Assessing understanding might be the most complex task an educator or academic institution is tasked with. Unfortunately, professional development gives a lower level of attention to developing quality assessments, training that is rarely commensurate with this complexity. The challenge of assessment is no less than figuring out what a…
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The Illusion Of The Widget
We should be cautious not to view learners as little widgets in an education machine that wheezes and chuffs and spits out educated learners.
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100 Questions That Help Students Think About Thinking
What was your mindset going in to the activity? What do you discover about yourself during the learning process?
