Why Virtual Reality Is So Important For Education
Virtual realities can be designed precisely for human interaction for very specific reasons to create experiences not otherwise possible.
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Viewing Comprehension Strategies: Watching Videos Like You Read A Book
Video is a pedagogical goldmine. What ‘viewing comprehension strategies’ can students use during and after watching videos in class?
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From Explaining To Surviving: 27 Things Teachers Are Good At
From skipping ahead to falling behind to socializing to over-explaining to simply surviving, here are 27 things teachers have to do well.
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50 Alternatives To Lecturing In The Classroom
From Accountable Talk to interactive RAFT Assignments, podcasting to debate, there are countless alternatives to lecturing.
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30 Lessons For Teachers From Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss is gold–whimsical and visually interesting traipses through surreal worlds, and always full of life advice.
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How To Design A 21st Century Assessment
21st century assessment design involves using digital tools, collaborating with others, performance tasks, and more.
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7 Characteristics Of Teachers Who Effectively Use Technology
Teachers who effectively use technology in the classroom have one thing in common: They care more about learning than the tools that cause it.
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The Question Game: A Playful Way To Teach Critical Thinking
What’s The Question Game? A playful way to help students learn to ask the right question at the right time–with a paper cube.
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How We Use A Mentoring Model For Disadvantaged Students
When we started thinking about what a mentoring model for students should look like, we realized student peers should be a part of that.
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Infographic: Which Content Areas Are Most Valuable In Real Life?
Infographic: Which Content Areas Are Most Valuable In Real Life? by TeachThought Staff Which content areas are most valuable in real life? What do students think of your class? Not you or how you teach it, but the content area itself? The utility of various content areas is an understudied idea. We constantly think of…
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Let’s Develop A New Standard For School Security
Let’s Develop A New Standard For School Security contributed by Jeff Green This post has been updated and republished in light of the recent shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida As a former elementary principal and a father, December 14, 2012 had more than a great impact on me. While I was in…
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How Google Apps For Education Can Be Used In Your Classroom
How Can You Use Google Apps For Education In Your Classroom? by TeachThought Staff Like Apple and Microsoft, Google also wants a place in your classroom. See also 14 Of The Best Teaching Apps Google Apps for Education (now Google Workspace for Education) is a free suite of cloud-based tools created by Google to use…
