As a teacher, it can be inspiring to look into other classrooms. Whether you’re looking for ideas, or just want to see others engaging in the process of learning without feeling responsible for every single step, being a fly on a classroom wall can be pretty cool–which makes the following panorama of a busy elementary…
Communicate with students today also means encouraging learning dialogue by using forms with which students are comfortable.
Education Phrases & Language That Need To Die by Terry Heick Being in education long enough, you’ll begin to hear certain words and phrases that bother you on some level. Some are obvious—“smart” bothers a lot of educators, and for good reason. Others you’re not sure why they grind your gears, but they do. (I know,…
There are so many things I like about working in education. One of the many is the fresh start feeling teachers and students get throughout the year. The promise of new school supplies in late August says, “This is the year you will be organized! Look at the datebook and fresh notebooks! Yes, you are…
Is this student who argues against packets a hero to rebellious students, or evidence of the challenge of reaching America’s youth?
The standards don’t just suggest novel technology use as a way to ‘engage students’ but rather requires teachers to make complex decisions about that tech.
5 Less Formal Alternatives To Homework Over Summer Break by Kay Bisaillon and TeachThought Staff How many days until your summer break begins? I can tell you, to the minute, without looking. (And this doesn’t make me a bad person.) Now, imagine this: your principal, or Superintendent, or even your school board comes to you in…
16 Learning Strategies To Promoting Grit And Delayed Gratification In Students In psychology, intelligence is not the primary predictor of success. It is the ability to persevere in hardship, persist and learn after failure, and have a resilient spirit in the face of obstacles. Intelligence is a gift that can be developed and nurtured, but…
Critics of the U.S. education system have set out to determine which evaluation method produces data that best captures the way students learn and the way they progress toward classroom goals. Since the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, most educators “agree that we have gone too far in placing too much emphasis on…
No-Zero Policy: Students Don’t See Zeroes The Same Way Adults Do by Heather M. Stocker, TeachThought Intern Many teachers see zeroes as punitive, but teaching 11th Grade English has taught me that the least motivational force on the planet is a zero. Though many teachers would chaff under the prospect of a zero, many students…
Math rap is amazing. This video checks all the boxes you’d ever want, including awkwardness, pop rap, and forced math content.
The best resources for teachers supporting students who think they hate math may not get better than Numberphile .
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