How Minecraft Can Be Used To Create A Video Game
Minecraft creates a digital sandbox for players to create, design, and publish thinking, but it also can be used to create other video games.
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A Visual Cheat Sheet For Education Technology
A Visual Cheat Sheet For Education Technology by TeachThought Staff Keeping up with technology is impossible, even for blogs like Mashable, Engadget, and Techcrunch that do it for a living. Moore’s Law and all. And lately, education has had its share of innovation, whether it’s showing up in your local public school/K-20 classroom or not. Combine the…
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13 Ways Education Could Change In The Next 13 Years
The days of ‘going to school to get a job’ could be slowly replaced by ‘critically learning so that we come to understand what must be done.’
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It’s Time For Personalized Learning In Education
It’s Time For Personalized Learning In Education by Michael Horn, Executive Director of Education at Innosight Institute and co-author of Disrupting Class In March, Tom Loveless, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, took an outdated swipe at the logic behind moving toward a student-centered learning system. He in essence suggested that because the curriculum wars have been decided more or less empirically,…
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10 Ways To Naturally Support Teacher Collaboration In Higher Ed
There’s a great opportunity here to create a database of creative assignments, worksheets, readings, and research instructions.
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4 Tips For Smarter Collaboration With Resource Teachers
Collaboration is not pointless. Simplification of the steps & appropriate curriculum re-arrangement can only be done though collaboration.
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EdTech Doesn’t Hold All The Answers For Struggling Students
EdTech Doesn’t Hold All The Answers For Struggling Students by Sarah Garland, The Hechinger Report In March, technology entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, representatives from big-name companies and philanthropies and some teachers descended on Austin, TX for a conference meant to highlight new solutions to the biggest dilemmas in education. Educational games, apps, data dashboards and social…
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The Difference Between Pedagogy, Andragogy, And Heutagogy
The difference between pedagogy, andragogy, and heutagogy has to do with purposes and roles–being taught or teaching yourself.
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7 Key Characteristics Of Better Learning Feedback
Characteristics of quality learning feedback: being goal-referenced, transparent, actionable, user-friendly, timely, ongoing, and consistent.
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What Close Reading Actually Means
The goal of close reading is to analyze the text and interpret why details–and the text itself–are significant.
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46 Of The Best Free Apps For Teachers
In this list, we focus on digital content that will help you teach more effectively to a wider range of students in compelling & dynamic ways.
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They Put A GoPro On A Balloon That Went To The Stratosphere
They Put A GoPro On A Balloon That Went To The Stratosphere by TeachThought Staff Want to hear an amazing story involving 3D printers, hikers, the atmosphere, and more than a little bit of luck? From the original reddit post: “The whole project took myself and four friends a couple months of planning. We almost canceled…
