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How Technology Can Be Used To Better Understand Text
The advent of computers and their incredible processing power has meant little to improved comprehension of prose-based text, especially in terms of syntax, semantics, tone, structure, and so on. It...
Students Studying Via Mobile Device Three Times More Likely To Track Progress
Apps may be the new textbook. And mobile devices such as Android smartphones, iPhones, and iPads are the ultimate app actuators. The following infographic from OnlineColleges.net delves into some interesting...
Everything You Need To Know About Social Media In One Picture
Everything You Need To Know About Social Media In One Picture by Terry Heick If you're a TeachThought user, chances are you have no trouble differentiating Twitter, facebook, Instagram, YouTube,...
5 Problems With Technology In Classrooms
5 Problems With Technology In Classrooms by TeachThought Staff The main argument for technology in the classroom is that emerging students should be able to apply classroom concepts to daily...
Getting Started Using Learnist In The Classroom
A tool we've been playing around with recently at TeachThought is called Learnist. Learnist organizes information Into "socially-driven lessons." Reminiscent of MentorMob, Pinterest, and Grockit, Learnist is the latest in...
10 Schools That Have Implemented BYOD Successfully
With budgets tight, many schools are hoping to bring technology into the classroom without having to shell out for a device for each student. A solution for many has been...
25 Ways To Use Twitter In The Classroom By Complexity
25 Ways To Use Twitter In The Classroom By Complexity by TeachThought Staff The following spectrum takes a new approach for using twitter in the classroom. While other posts offer...
A Completely Updated Social Media Cheat-Sheet For Teachers
A Completely Updated Social Media Cheat-Sheet For Teachers by TeachThought Staff What can social media do for you in your classroom? A lot, actually. The use of social media...
How Blogging, Texting, And Twitter Can Help Students Learn
How Blogging, Texting, And Twitter Can Help Students Learn by Heather Edick Back in June, I read an article on the Oxford University Press English Language Teaching blog entitled “Using...
Is This What Dying Will Be Like In 2052?
If you've seen Vanilla Sky, The Matrix, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, or any other number of modern films that explore the difference between virtual and physical worlds, you...
10 Ways Twitter Is Reinventing The College Lecture
Gone is the time when PowerPoint was the most impressive communication technology in the lecture hall. These days, students and professors enjoy the power of Twitter, a tool that allows...
6 Video Games You Can Teach With Tomorrow
6 Video Games You Can Teach With Tomorrow by Terry Heick Realistically, a “with it” teacher can teach almost anything using almost anything. I've been taught trigonometry using a paper...
