by Saksham Khosla, LumenEd Across the world, there is a widespread demand for young people to address major issues of global significance through cross-cultural cooperation. While American schools are attempting to keep up with this demand, true global competency cannot be achieved through international exchange programs that less than 1% of young people participate in. In the…
Introducing The TeachThought ‘Diverse Teacher Voices‘ Program by TeachThought Staff The ‘Diverse Teacher Voices’ Program is something we think has a chance to be pretty awesome, if we can just convince teachers to take ownership of it and go. The goal of this (experimental, let’s-see-how-it-goes) program is to help diverse teacher voices share their ideas, experience,…
The Benefits Of Learning Through Field Trips contributed by Steve Berer, musexplore.net If you are going on a field trip, it is important to prepare your students by developing their visual literacy, and by integrating the trip actively into your curriculum. However, important as that is, it is not enough. The museum (and field trip) experience occurs…
Wendell Berry laments his “lack of simple things” in ‘The Want of Peace,’ asking about our collective trade–“selling the world to buy fire.”
We increasingly need the humanities because technology requires us to know what information we need and the kinds of questions we should ask.
18 Simple Ways To Make Your iPad Faster by TeachThought Staff You bought your iPad new three years ago, and now it’s getting a bit long in the tooth. Opening apps can take forever. Sometimes they crash, stop responding, or won’t open to begin with. If you want to extend the life of your little glass…
Acetaminophen Reduces Social Pain? The Physiology Of Bullying by David Palank, Principal at San Miguel School in Washington D.C. Study Abstract Summary Pain, whether caused by physical injury or social rejection, is an inevitable part of life. These two types of pain-physical and social-may rely on some of the same behavioral and neural mechanisms that register pain-related affect….
What technology does what? This edtech chart collects examples of edtech tools in a range of categories for teaching and learning.
Assess the extent to which students, unprompted, use the strategies when reading new text before ‘releasing responsibility.’
Conditional knowledge includes knowing when and why to apply various actions. This is crucial to the ongoing transfer of learning.
Tennessee By Arrested Development (Hip-Hop University) by TeachThought Staff Hip-Hop University: Tennessee By Arrested Development Lyrics Lord I’ve really been real stressedDown and out, losin’ groundAlthough I am black and proudProblems got me pessimistic Brothers and sisters keep messin’ upWhy does it have to be so damn tough?I don’t know where I can goTo let…
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