A Better Alternative To Grading Student Writing
What Is A Better Alternative To Grading Student Writing? by Terry Heick This is a quick post that just occurred to me while writing about–well, writing about writing. I was brainstorming ways to use technology to help students improve their…
27 Power Verbs to Promote Digital Citizenship
The Basics Of Digital Citizenship: 27 Power Verbs to Guide Children Online by TeachThought Staff How can you promote digital citizenship in students? We’ve offered that the definition of digital citizenship can be thought of as, roughly, “The quality of habits,…
Classroom Of The Future: Shifts To Move Tomorrow’s Learning To Today
What Shifts Will Help Expedite Tomorrow’s Learning To Today? by Terry Heick This post was written in 2014 and updated in 2019 Let’s take a look at this vague idea of the ‘classroom of the future.’ This is all subjective,…
Want To Become A Better Teacher? Try Slowing Down
To Become A Better Teacher, Try Slowing Down by Terry Heick The gift of my fifth year of teaching was patience. Every year something new occurs to me as an educator, and for year five it was the insurmountable scale…
100+ Bloom’s Taxonomy Verbs For Critical Thinking
Bloom’s Taxonomy Verbs For Critical Thinking by TeachThought Staff Bloom’s Taxonomy’s verbs–also known as power verbs or thinking verbs–are extraordinarily powerful instructional planning tools. In fact, in addition to concepts like backward design and power standards, they are one of…
6 Strategies For Teaching With Bloom’s Taxonomy
What Are The Best Strategies For Teaching With Bloom’s Taxonomy? by TeachThought Staff Bloom’s Taxonomy can be a powerful tool to transform teaching and learning. By design, it focuses attention away from content and instruction, and instead emphasizes the ‘cognitive…
Stop Saying Learning Styles Don’t Work
The Truth About Learning Styles by Terry Heick Two myths I continue to see more and more of over the last couple of years involve learning styles and Depth of Knowledge frameworks. The growing consensus seems to be that each…