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12 Strategies For Creating An Atmosphere Of Problem-Solving In Your Classroom by Paul Moss To remedy the situation, and grow fruitful and happy students within the confines of the syllabus you are bound to, start to fix the…

13 Standards For A Near-Future School by Terry Heick In 2018, an “unconnected classroom”—that is, one without social components, digital media output, authentic and highly visible school-to-school and school-to-community…

10 Specific Ideas To Gamify Your Classroom by Mike Acedo In today’s classroom, educators are constantly required to mold their teaching methods to give students the best opportunity to succeed. It is not only imperative for students to…

Why You Should Care That Kendrick Lamar Just Won A Pulitzer Prize by Terry Heick Kendrick Lamar is now a Pulitzer Prize winner The best rapper alive just won a Pulitzer Prize, and this is a big deal. Not because hip-hop…

12 Ways To Make Sure A Child Feels Loved by Laura LeMaster Did you know the first Saturday of April was Love Our Children Day? Showing love to our students and children is vital to growing and impacting their young minds.…

KOOV Robotics: An All-In-One Solution For Teaching Robotics In The Classroom contributed by KOOV Robotics This content was sponsored and created by KOOV Robotics and Sony Electronics with guidance from the TeachThought editorial…

The Language Of The Maker Movement: 38 Terms For Teachers As the maker movement in culture moves from MacGyver jokes and what Noah did when Allie left him in The Notebook to something with a bit more academic and cognitive credibility,…

A Simple, Open-Ended Assignment: Explain When You're Creative by Danielle Shanley, Director of Curriculum & Instruction for the New Milford Public Schools Below is an assignment recently given to a 10th grade classroom. The…

10 Conversations That Can Start Your Next Project-Based Learning Unit contributed by John Otterstedt Visit TeachThought PD PBL Workshops for PBL workshops & PD from TeachThought In the world of project-based learning, the big…

32 Tips For Building Relationships With Students by TeachThought Staff Building relationships with students isn’t always simple, but it’s crucial to the well-being and academic growth of all students. Part of the reason it’s…

Drew Perkins talks with Mike Hourahine, CEO and Co-Founder of Edio, a PBL and Design Thinking Edtech Platform, about their work and lessons learned that PBL teachers might find useful. Links & Resources Mentioned In This…

Apply For Google For Education Certified Innovator 2018 Program Here by TeachThought Staff This information has been compiled from a press release See our own Professional Development workshops and upcoming…

'Information Flow' As A Litmus Test For Quality Teaching contributed by Lee Carroll, PhD I’ve been thinking about Teacher Appraisals for years when finally it hit me like a flash—why can’t they be simpler? What Are They Worth?…

50 Things You Can Say To Encourage A Child by TeachThought Staff There are many ways to encourage a child, but for students of any age, honest, authentic, and persistent messages from adults that have credibility in their eyes are…

A Useful Framework For Transparency In Education by by TeachThought Staff Transparency in education is important for a variety of reasons. Increasingly teachers are encouraged to work in professional learning communities, data…

26 Sentence Stems For Higher-Level Conversation In The Classroom by Terry Heick Note: You can purchase a similar, classroom-ready version of these stems on printable cards, if you find that useful. Meaningful conversation can make…

Drew Perkins talks with John Ewing, President of Math for America about how they support and grow math and science teachers and how math teaching and learning might be better and much different. Links & Resources Mentioned In…