AlterEgo: A Wearable Technology That Controls Computers With Silent Speech
The wearable technology, ‘AlterEgo’, works by using ‘speech-like’ vibrations as input–the method of interfacing with the computer.
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Why You Should Be Tagging Your Curriculum
Why should you tag your curriculum? Because it makes it easier to skim, search, analyze, evaluate, and use what you use to teach.
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50 Animation Tools And Resources For Digital Learners
Some of the free animation tools here give educators basic histories of animation while others have the animation already and set in motion.
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What Is Really, Truly ‘Best For The Kids’?
What Is Really, Truly ‘Best For The Kids’? by Terry Heick What’s best for the kids. I remember hearing this phrase when I was handed a towering stack of fluency probes that represented about 3-4 hours of “in addition to” work per week. I wasn’t against the idea behind it all (supporting the literacy of…
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13 Standards For A Near-Future School
Artificial Intelligence will be a core part of learning, helping students choose books, assessment forms, learning strategies, and more.
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10 Specific Ideas To Gamify Your Classroom
Gamify your classroom with challenges, feedback, levels, creativity, and rewards to motivate students to learn, and master concepts.
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Why You Should Care That Kendrick Lamar Just Won A Pulitzer Prize
Kendrick Lamar winning the Pulitzer Prize in music is important because of context: race continues to be a wound on the American landscape.
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12 Ways To Make Sure A Child Feels Loved
Our society seemingly focuses less on the importance of simply showing love and more on the expectations children are “supposed to have”.
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KOOV Robotics: A Solution For Teaching Robotics
KOOV Robotics: An All-In-One Solution For Teaching Robotics In The Classroom contributed by KOOV Educator Kit This content was sponsored and created by KOOV Robotics and Sony Electronics with guidance from the TeachThought editorial staff Teaching coding and robotics in the classroom presents challenges for almost any teacher. In today’s technology-driven world, STEAM-focused education helps…
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38 Maker Movement Terms And Definitions For Teachers
As with any niche, there is jargon that may keep things murky for you. Here are 38 examples of the maker movement language.
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A Simple, Open-Ended Assignment: Explain When You’re Creative
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 assignment was inspired by Ken Robinson’s The Element. As you may remember, Ken Robinson defines The Element in the first book you read earlier this…
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10 Conversations That Can Start Your Next Project-Based Learning Unit
If you listen to students and talk to their families, you can often find a wonderful and authentic idea for a project-based learning unit.
