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Drew Perkins talks with Charlotte Cheng, Curriculum Product Manager at Wonder Workshop, about their design processes to engage and sustain learners. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Wonder Workshop web site, …

20 Strategies To Consistently Get The Best Work From Your Students by Terry Heick Consistently getting the best work from your students Typical strategies for getting the best work from students focus on extrinsic motivation…

50 Ways To Measure Understanding by Terry Heick How do you measure what a student understands? Not give them an assessment, score it, then use that score to imply understanding. Rather, how do you truly 'uncover' what they…

 The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 135 Teaching With Apps In Elementary Drew Perkins talks with Angela French about her work and experience in helping to develop learning apps geared towards elementary learners. Links &…

A Better List Of Ideas For Project-Based Learning by TeachThought Staff This post has been updated with new ideas and clearer formatting At TeachThought, we're huge fans of project-based learning. While there is no magic…

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,…

5 Common Misconceptions About Bloom's Taxonomy by Grant Wiggins & The TeachThought Staff Admit it--you only read the list of the six levels of the Taxonomy, not the whole book that explains each level and the rationale behind the…

A Simple Compound Interest Calculator by TeachThought Staff One of the foundations of financial literacy--or saving and investing, anyway--is understanding the benefits of compound interest. The big picture here is what a child…

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 134 Equity And Authentic PBL Through #HipHopEd Drew Perkins talks with Sam Seidel about his work to improve teaching and learning with the Stanford Design School and through the lens of Hip Hop…

5 Dimensions Of Critical Digital Literacy: A Framework by TeachThought Staff Digital Literacy is increasingly important in an age where many students read as much on screens as they do from books. In fact, the very definition of…

The Library Of Congress Launches Resource To Stream Motion Pictures by TeachThought Staff The Library of Congress announced today that it has digitized hundreds of hours of motion pictures that will be freely available on the newly…

25 Critical Thinking Apps For Extended Student Learning by TeachThought Staff Critical thinking apps aren't the sweet spot of mobile app design. Most of the more popular apps are focused on social media, productivity, or what…

Using The SAMR Model To Frame How To Teach With Apps by TeachThought Staff Not all apps are created equal. Not all teacher planning and instructional design are created equal. Mash the two, and we're beginning to see the…

8 Types Of Imagination by TeachThought Staff Imagination is critical to innovation and learning--but what exactly is it? Dr. Murray Hunter of the University of Malaysia Perlis explains that imagination is, in part, about…

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…

Wendell Berry And ‘The Loss Of The University’ by Terry Heick There are a variety of questions that guide my work at TeachThought, each with their own available inferences and underlying assumptions, among them: What should a…

How To Cite A Tweet: MLA Style by TeachThought Staff How do you cite a tweet MLA Style? First, let's clarify that while it's not exactly an Oxford library and therefore may not be the first place you visit for scholarly…

25 Of The Most Misunderstood Ideas In Education by Terry Heick There's a lot of misunderstanding in education, and that makes sense because it's an 'industry' with tremendous external pressure to change but an extraordinary kind…

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 133 How To Build An Authentic And Entrepreneurial High School Experience Drew Perkins talks with Trace Pickering, Executive Director/Co-Founder of Iowa BIG, about how their program develops…

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…

How To Add Materials To An Assignment In Google Classroom by TeachThought Staff Adding materials to assignments in Google Classroom is simple--basically navigating to the Assignments page, clicking the paperclip icon, then…