How To Take Control Over Your Professional Development or ‘The Real World Masters In Education’ by John Otterstedt Every so often, someone would tell me that I should get another degree. The reason was always the same – I would move up the salary guide. I wanted to move up the salary guide, yet at…
Aligned thinking, rich inquiry, authenticity, autonomy, and meaningful assessment are characteristics of project-based learning that works.
Teachers who use technology in their classroom believe that learning through technology may be more natural for students than teachers.
The Culture of Achievement is having a dangerous effect on education, focusing on easily quantifiable & measurable results: test scores.
A Game That’s Actually A Kind Of Hacking Simulator by TeachThought Staff From a press release; Grade Level: 9-12+ A version of a PC game that has players fill the shoes of a computer hacker is being developed for use as a training tool in schools and workplaces. Hacknet was released in August 2015 and has already…
A Great Tool For Planning Global & Collaborative Project-Based Learning by TeachThought Staff From a press release WASHINGTON, DC—January 12, 2016— How do the traits of hummingbirds, geckos, and other animals help scientists design robots? What can bird’s nest soup tell you about Chinese culture? How do images, color and text work together to communicate ideas that can change…
PBL processes have to be embedded in the school culture in ways that strengthen and support the work of teachers and students.
If giving points is the only way to motivate a student to complete an assignment, perhaps we should look more closely at the assignment.
Time for a staff meeting? Need an idea? Something that engages teachers? Shake things up a bit? Start the year off right?
Blogging enables you to write freely about your ideas and thoughts and share them, and use them as a means for personal growth and reflection.
With slides, less is more. Here are some tips for teachers to make better presentations for engaging learning in the classroom.
What’s it like teaching with Genius Hour? Students accustomed to being told what to do, when, and how can feel uneasy without ‘assignments.’