Why Students Should Read
Why Students Should Read
by Terry Heick
This post has been updated from a previous post
Lately, there’s something about reading that’s bothering me about how we teach reading and writing.
I’ve written about it before and…
Need A Lift? Here Are 50 Books That Can Make You Happy
Need A Lift? Here Are 50 Books That Make You Happy
by TeachThought Staff
Need some positive thinking? How about some books that make you happy?
While the idea of a book 'making you happy' is obviously a stretch, peace of mind…
6 Questions Every Teacher Needs To Answer In Order To Grow
6 Questions Every Teacher Needs To Answer In Order To Grow
by Terry Heick
Looking for professional development designed specifically for your school or district? Visit TeachThought Professional Development at wegrowteachers.com…
20 Tips For A More Organized Classroom
20 Tips For A More Organized Classroom
by Carrie Wible, opencolleges.edu.au
"It's around here somewhere,” you mumble while desperately rummaging through your desk, the filing cabinet, the book case, the storage compartments, and the…
A Diagram Of 21st Century Pedagogy
A Diagram Of 21st Century Pedagogy
by TeachThought Staff
The modern learner has to sift through a lot of information.
That means higher level thinking skills like analysis and evaluation are necessary just to reduce all the…
How To Be Happy: 25 Things That Happy People Do
25 Things That Happy People Do
by Terry Heick
Is the world changing? Urgently, yes.
What is the relationship between change and that happiness? That's a kind of context for this post.
While not a post purely about pedagogy…
Other Data: 20 Signs You’re Actually Making A Difference As A Teacher
Other Data: 20 Signs You’re Actually Making A Difference As A Teacher
by Saga Briggs, opencolleges.edu.au
You plan. You assess. You network. You collaborate.
You tweet, differentiate, administer literacy probes, scour 504s and…
How To Give Students Specific Feedback That Actually Helps Them Learn
How To Give Students Specific Feedback That Actually Helps Them Learn
contributed by Justin Chando
To tell a student ‘great job’ or ‘this needs work’ is a missed opportunity.
Everyone loves to hear they did a great job. And perhaps…
The Science Of Classroom Design (Graphic)
The Science Of Classroom Design (Graphic)
by TeachThought Staff
There is an art and science to teaching, and certainly to curriculum and assessment. And classroom management. And student engagement. And literally everything else…
The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 124 Teachers Going Gradeless
The TeachThought Podcast Episode 124: Teachers Going Gradeless
by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD
Drew Perkins talks with Arthur Chiaravalli, teacher and editor of Teachers Going Gradeless, about teaching and…
How To Create Learning Playlists In A Textbook World
How To Create Learning Playlists In A Textbook World
by Terry Heick
The idea of playlists became popular with the explosion of iTunes and YouTube in the last decade.
Before music became digital, it was bound by its physical…
16 Books About Learning Every Teacher Should Read
16 Books About Learning Every Teacher Should Read
by TeachThought Staff
In the age of blogging and social media, is there still room for books? Of course there is!
While digital content is handy and accessible, many of the issues…
6 Signs You’re Creating Confident Students
Are You Creating Confident Students?
by Terry Heick
One approach to great teaching is facilitation: decentering yourself. Standing to the side, out of the students' way, and moving to more of a facilitative role of teaching. And…
What Great Teachers Know About Their Students
Creating Student-Centered Learning Profiles: What Great Teachers Know About Their Students
by TeachThought Staff
For Professional Development or consulting around this or other ideas you read about on TeachThought, contact us.…
Why Students Don’t Do Their Homework–And What You Can Do About It
Why Students Don't Do Their Homework--And What You Can Do About It
by Dr. Jennifer Davis Bowman
‘That was homework?’
‘That’s due today?’
‘But... it was the weekend.’
We hear a lot of stuff when students don’t do their…
How Gamification Uncovers Nuance In The Learning Process
How Gamification Uncovers Nuance In The Learning Process
by Terry Heick
Gamification is simply the application of game-like mechanics to non-game 'things.'
The big idea here is to encourage a desired behavior. In this way,…
The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 123 Moving Education From Post-Modern To Metamodern
Drew Perkins talks with writer, educator, and futurist Zak Stein about the past, present, and possible future of education.
Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode:
ZakStein.org
Social Justice and Educational…
4 Characteristics Of Critical Digital Pedagogy
4 Characteristics Of Critical Digital Pedagogy
by TeachThought Staff
"Pedagogy is not just a delivery device for the digital humanities. It should be at the core of what the digital humanities is as an academic discipline."
Jesse Stommel…
How To Deal With A Difficult Parent
How To Deal With A Difficult Parent
by Terry Heick
You'd heard about this parent from other teachers.
That this parent was a handful. Rude. Combative. Aggressive. Even litigious. In response, you worry, if just a little. You…
12 Of The Best Learning Apps For 2018
12 Of The Best Learning Apps For 2018
by TeachThought Staff
Ed note: This post has been sponsored by Kdan Mobile Software America, Inc., who asks us to create a list of our favorite learning apps for 2018, which we've done below.…
A Better List Of Ideas For Project-Based Learning
A Better List Of Ideas For Project-Based Learning
by TeachThought Staff
At TeachThought, we're huge fans of project-based learning.
While there is no magic bullet of practice, program, or framework that automatically produces…
The Power Of Place: How Where Students Live Affects What They Need To Know
The Power Of Place: How Where Students Live Affects What They Need To Know
by Terry Heick
A decent question: Why don't your students remember what you've taught?
A better question: Why don't they understand what you've taught?…
What It Means To Teach
What It Means To 'Teach'
by Terry Heick
What does it mean to "teach"?
I've been meaning to write this post for weeks, but a dozen side projects have kept me from doing so. It started out as an actual academic definition, but…
The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 122 Rescuing Public Education From Reformers
Drew Perkins talks with John Merrow in a repeat appearance about his new book, “Addicted to Reform: A 12-Step Program to Rescue Public Education“
Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode:
The Merrow Report
The…
50 Questions Every Student Should Be Able To Answer Before They Graduate High School
50 Questions Every Student Should Be Able To Answer Before They Graduate High School
by Terry Heick
For professional development on ideas like this--or PBL, inquiry, assessment, literacy, and pretty much anything else related to…
