Generation ‘Like’: When Students See Themselves As Digital First by Terry Heick Students that have more control than ever over their own identity have, unsurprisingly, lost control of that identity. Coldly, and as a matter of “settings,” they are able to dictate when, how, where, and by whom they are seen. Connectivity has closed the…
For better or for worse, we live in a credit-driven economy. Here are ways bad credit scores can affect students.
Helping students fail is about thinking like a scientist, farmer, designer, or CEO–failing gives the data needed to proceed.
Concept Attainment is a ‘backward conceptualizing’ teaching strategy characterized by clarifying concepts by determining ‘conceptual rules.’
Stop Defining Learning By The Technology Used To Make It Happen by Terry Heick Come gather ’round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You’ll be drenched to the bone. If your time to you Is worth savin’ Then you better start swimmin’ Or…
Initially, in your teaching, you may want to practice aiming only for one Understanding per unit to get a feel for the kind of groundwork.
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It’s easy to think that implementing a new technology tool is only about making the technology work, but it is so much more.
“What we need, obviously, is a more intelligent–which is to say, a more accurate–description of the problem.” — Wendell Berry
Student-centered learning puts the needs of the students over the conveniences of planning, policy, and procedure.
Are Early Childhood Educators Teaching Geometry Backwards? by Dennis Pierce Summary: A recent webinar explains why it makes more sense to teach children about three-dimensional figures before they learn about two-dimensional shapes. Traditionally, young children are taught about two-dimensional shapes such as circles, squares, and triangles before they learn about three-dimensional figures such as spheres, cubes,…
Understanding promotes the spontaneous, personal, and creative application of understanding in dynamic physical and digital environments.