Finding Out What Students Are Thinking: Tools To Get Them Talking
We need to understand what students are thinking, what questions they might have, and what their needs are in order to guide our instruction.
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How To Use The Text Reduction Strategy To Improve Reading Comprehension
The Text Reduction Strategy can improve reading comprehension by reducing a text to distill it to its essence: theme, thesis, main ideas.
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‘The Freelancer’s Manifesto’ Is Something Every Student Should Know
If ‘freelancing’ is working for yourself to do things that matter to you, how can you help students develop a vision for this kind of work?
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A Google Chrome Deployment Guide For Schools
Google’s first-party guide for Chrome Deployment should be a first-stop for districts considering Google Chromebooks for their schools.
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Making Thinking Visible: The Story Of A Sketchnoter
Making Thinking Visible: The Story Of A Sketchnoter contributed by Reshan Richards Before I even learned about sketchnoting, Explain Everything was available on the App Store for almost 2 years. I was at a conference for Apple Distinguished Educators and Brad Ovenell-Carter from Vancouver was posting these amazing, visually engaging images on Twitter with the…
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Can You Cultivate Critical Thinking With Infographics?
Can You Cultivate Critical Thinking With Infographics? contributed by Latasha Doyle One of the most difficult aspects of teaching is ensuring that your students are actually evaluating the information, rather than just regurgitating it back to you. Critical thinking skills are incorporated into nearly every lesson plan now, especially with the implementation of Common Core…
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13 iPad Apps That Promote Close Reading
Close-reading is an active process characterized by questioning, adjusting reading rate, judgement thinking, and dozens of other strategies.
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That Dragon, Cancer: The Saddest Game Ever Made
That Dragon, Cancer is an immersive experience that narrates Joel Green’s fight against cancer through poetic, imaginative interaction.
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Why Every Student Should Be A Nerd
Today, nerds have all of the potential. Following and adhering and conforming are currencies less valuable in comparison.
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The Flow Theory In The Classroom: A Primer
If the content is interesting enough, teachers won’t have to work too hard to encourage students to actively engage.
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Everyone Is A Novice With Technology
Technology is ubiquitous, fluid, and a matter of human experience. The crafting of things for our own use is ongoing and ever-evolving.
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How Great Teaching And Learning Grow Under The PBL Umbrella
Growing Great Teaching And Learning Under The PBL Umbrella Framework contributed by Drew Perkins “You mean I have to throw out all the work that I’ve done to refine my teaching over the years?” Our PBL workshop facilitators hear this question, or something similar, with regularity and the answer is, NO! We certainly understand the nervousness…
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