Teaching

What Is A Personal Learning Network? by TeachThought Staff What is a personal learning network, or rather a Personal Learning Network? How about a Professional Learning Network? In the video below, Marc-André Lalande offers a concise,…

27 Ways To Engage Teachers At Your Next Faculty Meeting by TeachThought Staff Engaging teachers at staff meetings matters. The explanation goes something like this: Teachers work hard. While teachers are professionals and…

The Big Problem With Teaching by Terry Heick The typical approach to modern, K-12 pedagogy is to clarify a learning target, plan a learning experience that seems well-suited to ‘cause’ understanding of that target, and then assess…

30 Storytelling Tips For Teachers: How To Capture Your Students' Attention by TeachThought Staff Storytelling has been around as long as humankind. It is one of the most effective ways to communicate an important truth to…

8 Strategies To Make Learning Visual In Your Classroom by TeachThought Staff & Jackie Gerstein, TeachThought PD Facilitator How about some strategies for visual learning? Though the idea of ‘learning styles’ has fallen out…

20 Observable Characteristics Of Effective Teaching by TeachThought Staff What makes an effective teacher? Or more specifically, what observable characteristics might you see and hear? The University of Minnesota offered some…

15 Interesting Ways To Start Class Tomorrow by Terry Heick How should you start class tomorrow? You love teaching, your love your classroom, you love your students (most of them), but you’re tired. This doesn’t mean you’re not…

How To Play The 'Count To Ten' Team-Building Game by TeachThought Staff If you're looking for an example of an easy to use, fun, and fairly quick/zero-prep team-building game that can be used with a wide range of ages from…

10 Ways Data Can Sabotage Your Teaching by Terry Heick For professional development around developing data and assessment, contact us today. How do you use data in your teaching? Or assessment? Functionally, the purpose of…

How I Use Video For Assessment In My Classroom contributed by Steve Wheeler, Learning Innovations Consultant I have always believed that assessment should be primarily for the benefit of the student, not the teacher. I concede…

A Letter Grade Isn’t A Letter Grade: Why We Should Stop Averaging Scores by Terry Heick Quick preface: Any argument rests on premises and terms, and so clarifying those premises and terms and related underlying assumptions is necessary…

Five Simple Strategies That Can Help Any Student Learn contributed by Drs. Donna Wilson and Marcus Conyers Empowered with some basic information about how the mind and brain work during learning, teachers can plan to use some new…

Stop Praising Student Work. Be Specific Instead. contributed by Paul Moss We all know that time demands on teachers seem to be ever-growing. Sometimes I feel I must be working in dog years, so any way to reduce the burden is worth…

How Do You Improve As A Teacher? A Little Bit Every Day by Terry Heick Your work as a teacher is a journey. And it is very much still work, but the metaphor of a journey may be a more accurate representation of its character…

30 Questions Teachers Could Ask At Their Next Job Interview by Terry Heick So you're considering taking a teaching job? Or at least interviewing? What should you be asking to make sure it's a good fit for both you and the…

7 Easy Ways To Assess Without Testing contributed by Steve Wheeler, Learning Innovations Consultant Children don't learn any more or any better because of standardized testing unless there is feedback on how they can improve.…

20 Tips To Promote A Self-Directed Classroom Culture contributed by opencolleges.edu It’s an age-old sayin: "Give a man a fish, and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and feed him for a lifetime.” What separates good…

How To Never Run Out Of New Ideas As A Teacher by Terry Heick As an educator, ideas are everything. If educating, as a verb, was merely a matter of execution, ideas would be less important. In a standardized circumstance for…

12 Back To School Teaching Resources For The Best Year Ever by TeachThought Staff What are the best back to school teaching resources for 2019? Well, it will take us another 12 months to establish that, but we thought we'd get a…

7 Ways To Improve Parental Involvement In The Classroom  contributed by Paul Moss There are so many studies describing the importance and significance of getting parents on board in a child’s learning that I needn’t even cite any,…

5 Ways To Engage Reluctant Learners contributed by Kristina J. Doubet, Ph.D and Jessica A. Hockett, Ph.D. We’ve all been there. Slumped bodies, rolled eyes, defiant words, and off-task behaviors announce (not-so-subtly) that…

Clarifying Your Teaching With Clear Communication contributed by Molly Bruzewski, Ed.S. Ed note: This is part 2 on strategies that promote a team approach to academic achievement and high-performance teaching. Part 1 was Every…

Every Classroom Is A Team And Every Teacher Is A Coach contributed by Molly Bruzewski, Ed.S. This is a 2-part series on strategies for promoting a team approach to academic achievement and high-performance teaching. Strategy 1 for…

6 Messages Every Student Should Hear On The First Day Of School by Terry Heick & Jackie Gerstein Updated July 23, 2018 For specific training and professional development around technology integration, contact TeachThought…