7 Ways To Improve Parental Involvement In The Classroom
Everyone agrees that parental involvement in student learning is important, and in fact a key factor in their success.
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16 Things I Want To Hear My Students Say
“Ohhh, I get it.” The iconic phrase that teachers value hearing. A sign you’ve moved a student. Something you want to hear your students say.
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Why Parents Don’t Understand How To Help
Families and communities often only recognize the bits and pieces of education they’ve seen before–letter grades, essays, book reports, and report cards.
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5 Ways To Engage Reluctant Learners
While there are no magic bullets, certain principles & strategies can harness the intrinsic motivation that lies at the heart of each learner.
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A Video Walkthrough For Civilization VI Beginners
At TeachThought, we love learning through video games, and Civilization VI is one of our favorite games to learn with and through.
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This Is One Of The Best Games To Teach Social Studies
We’re blown away by Civilization VI’s complexity, scale, and potential as a tool for teaching social studies.
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Revisiting 25 Predictions I Made About The Future Of Education
25 Predictions I Made About The Future Of Education by Terry Heick Originally published Dec 22, 2012 Preface: I talk a lot about the future of learning, and sometimes it’s fun to go back and look to see how off I was about some things while getting lucky and being a little less wrong about…
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Clarifying Your Teaching With Clear Communication
Clarifying Your Teaching With Clear Communication contributed by Molly Bruzewski, Ed.S. Ed note: This is part 2 on strategies that promote a team approach to academic achievement and high-performance teaching. Part 1 was Every Classroom Is A Team And Every Teacher Is A Coach. Strategies 2 and 3 appear below. In the same way that students appreciate…
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Every Classroom Is A Team And Every Teacher Is A Coach
Football programs have an offense, a defense & special teams. Though they’re different, they are on the same team and are in the game to win.
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The Highest Literacy Is Understanding The Value Of A Text
Texts may be chosen based on their success in the classroom, yet students are not taught how to recognize their utility in their lives.
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30 Universal Strategies For Critical Learning
From making an observation and drawing a conclusion to forming and improving a question, here are 27 strategies for critical learning.
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6 New Google Form Features To Make It A Better Tool For Teachers
Akshat Sharma, Product Manager @ Google for Education, gathered 6 improved features they’ve made to Google Forms.
