Using Project-Based Learning To Flip Bloom’s Taxonomy For Deeper Learning
A central feature of high quality PBL is the pedagogical relationship between the Driving Question and the “Need to Knows” that stem from it.
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Simple Tips For Teachers Communicating With Parents
Build relationships with parents at the beginning of the school year. This helps develop trust and opens the lines of communication.
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14 Ways To Use Digital Text Annotation In The Classroom
Skim for key vocabulary that seems important, is confusing, or otherwise ‘stands out’ and mark it in a separate color.
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8 Ways Principals Can Show Leadership At The Beginning Of The School Year
Is My School Ready? Strategies For Principals That Lead contributed by Jen Schwanke, Principal for Dublin City Schools For a principal, the a new school year brings anticipation, excitement—and—let’s admit it—an underlying feeling of trepidation. I always look forward to this time of year, but with it comes the telltale butterflies in the stomach each…
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Let Your Students Help You Use Technology In New Ways
Digital tools are versatile and serve many purposes. It just takes creativity, curiosity, and a little bit of a risk in trying something new.
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4 Strategies For Implementing Learning Stations In Your Classroom
One idea is each academic group comes to the teacher in groups of four to six students for direct instruction.
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The First 6 Weeks: Strategies For Getting To Know Your Students
The better we know our students, and the more they know and trust that we know them, the more invested they become in their learning.
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1st Period Or 6th: Teaching The Same Lesson Differently
Students would show up saying they heard “the test was brutal” or didn’t do the homework because they ‘heard’ I didn’t collect it.
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5 Ways To Use Pokemon Go For Critical Learning
How To Use Pokemon Go For Critical Learning by TeachThought Staff So I guess we should discuss this Pokemon thing, huh? While it may well end up being the twenty-teens version of disco halls and parachute pants, for now–as a trend–its urgent and fierce. Last week, I noticed what I assumed to be a small…
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Students Are The New Digital Influencers
It was June. My 8th grade classroom was sweltering with the summer heat and 32 anxious students ready to bolt to graduation.
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Stanford: We Created A Course About Better Classroom Conversation
Stanford launched a short online course designed specifically to help K-12 educators create better classroom conversations among students.
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Might Teachers Work On-Demand In The Future?
On Demand platforms are utilizing technology in a way that the process of hiring is streamlined. What does the future hold for teaching?
