7 Key Characteristics Of Better Learning Feedback
Characteristics of quality learning feedback: being goal-referenced, transparent, actionable, user-friendly, timely, ongoing, and consistent.
Blogging Your Way To Connected Professional Development
Blogging represents opportunities to start conversations, share professional stories, take a stand, or carve out a professional niche.
The Bare Minimum Of Technology Integration
The Bare Minimum Of Learning Technology by TeachThought Staff What is the bare minimum of learning technology integration in a classroom? Does it depend on nation, grade level, or content area? Socioeconomic status? Culture? Prevailing local technology use? Though many teachers remain against reckless #edtech integration, the conversation is clearly shifting from should technology play a central…
How To Use Infographics As Multimodal Learning Tools
Using Infographics As Multimodal Learning Tools: A Guide by Sara McGuire, venngage.com People don’t all learn the same way. Teachers know this, and that’s why multimodal learning methods are an essential part of any teacher’s toolkit. Responding to the changing linguistic landscape caused by digital media and communication, many teachers are leveraging the multimodal learning…
10 Lessons For The Digital Teacher
If you’re a teacher and you’re in any way digital, there are some strategies you might consider to lubricate the interaction between the two.
The Basics Of Reflective Teaching: A Slo-Blog Approach
What Are The Basics Of Reflective Teaching? by Beth Leidolf As the school year kicks off, many classes, teachers and students begin with the basics, those building blocks that provide a firm foundation upon which more valuable learning and growing will take place. With that in mind, the #reflectiveteacher community gets back to basics in…
70 Practical Things Every Teacher Should Know
Having a solid base in theory makes sense but the questions he was getting–“Why did you become a teacher?”–seemed only vaguely useful.
7 Teachers Explain How Students Show Kindness In The Classroom
It may be uncomfortable for some in the beginning, but kindness lead to happier kids, adults and school culture that focuses on learning.
3 Lasting Lessons For Teachers From Grant Wiggins
One of Grant Wiggins’ lasting lessons is that in order to transfer their learning, students need to understand “big ideas.”
Why It’s Important To Learn Students’ Names Quickly
“What’s My Name, Fool?” Why You Must Remember Your Students Now! by Dawn Casey-Rowe Ernie Terrell didn’t get Muhammad Ali’s name right. Terrell repeatedly called Ali by his former name, Cassius Clay, in the days leading up to their 1967 heavyweight fight. He even sang a song using Ali’s birth name on Hollywood Squares, something that…
Less Tech, More Talk: Moving To A Discussion-Based Classroom
Students who are naturally outgoing and comfortable speaking in front of their peers are challenged to listen more and engage with introverted students.
Should Teachers Use Twitter? This Flowchart Says Probably
Should Teachers Use Twitter? This Flowchart Says Probably by TeachThought Staff Should you use twitter? That’s a loaded question with a lot of assumptions. But for digitally-inclined teachers in the 21st century, the answer is increasingly, yes. At least light use of twitter semi-regularly can increase We’ve featured graphics from Sylvia Duckworth in the past. Teachers love…
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