Building A Thinking Classroom Without Technology
The onus isn’t on school budgets or clever technology but rather ourselves–our collective ability to forge truly thinking classrooms.
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40 Flipped Classroom Tools For Teachers And Students
What Are The Best Flipped Classroom Tools For Teachers And Students? by TeachThought Staff The flipped classroom has continued to enjoy momentum years after its introduction, speaking to its flexible nature, and to the need for a real change in thinking in how we think of time and space in education. Technology has been, more…
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9 Ground Rules For Great Principals
The following graphic from weareteachers.org takes a more general approach, but provides 9 clear tips–‘ground rules’–for great principals.
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New App Helps Students Learn To Avoid Non-Consensual Sex
The YES to SEX app helps students avoid non-consensual sex by requiring partners to digitally agree to consent and protection in <25 seconds.
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3 Tips For Teaching Close Reading
3 Tips For Teaching Close Reading by Dan Henderson, Author of That’s Special: A Survival Guide To Teaching Here are some best practices for close reading. Below I’ve included three strategies to support your close reading lesson, and beneath these tips, I have shared a story about a close reading lesson in which a student…
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TeachThought started off as a small teacher blog that I ran to share ELA teaching resources, and has grown into something pretty cool.
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100 Questions That Help Students Think About Thinking
What was your mindset going in to the activity? What do you discover about yourself during the learning process?
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Don’t Be A Teacher Bully
Okay, 100 words on the idea of a “teacher bully”….It’s easier to become one than you’d think. Teaching isn’t easy–stresses your time, patience, and emotional reserves. Some days, it seems certain students want to watch the world burn.But no matter how well-designed learning experiences are, the tone of your interactions with students can deflate a classroom…
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Amazon Is Discounting Kindle To $49
Amazon Discounts Kindle To $49 by TeachThought Staff Amazon boss Jeff Bezos recently announced the next-generation Kindle. Heads up readers – all-new, top of the line Kindle almost ready. 8th generation. Details next week. — Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) April 4, 2016 If you’re an Amazon Prime Member, you can grab the current-gen Kindles at a…
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10 Tips And Strategies To Overcome The Fear Of Public Speaking
Public speaking is about telling some kind of ‘story.’ Never tell a story without making a point, never make a point without a story.
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20 iPad Apps To Teach Elementary Reading
With these 20 apps for elementary reading, children can learn how to write letters, improve phonics fluency, and even write their own books.
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8 Strategies To Improve Executive Brain Functions
What are the executive brain functions and what can you do as an educator to support their development in students in your classroom?
