Failing Forward: 21 Ideas To Help Students Keep Their Momentum
An example of ‘failing forward’: “Your first two drafts didn’t work so well, huh? What can you take from each of them–what’s salvageable?”
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A Learning Typology: 7 Ways We Come To Understand
7 Ways We Come To Understand by Stewart Hase, Heutagogy of Community Practice This typology is an attempt to redefine how we think of learning in the 21st century context. Current definitions of learning focus on performance rather than holistic growth, and on what the learner can do after a learning experience. Gagne is perhaps the most…
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The Daily Routine Of Creativity
In general, the routine for creativity is simple. The most creative go to bed early, and do their creative work earlier in the day.
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If We Treated Star Teachers Like Star Athletes
If We Treated Teachers Like Football Stars by TeachThought Staff What if we treated star teachers the way we treated star athletes? This is, of course, a cultural question; our idols reflect our priorities, and in the United States we tend to celebrate spectacle: athletic performance, musicians, actors, and even “non-celebrity” celebrities. (See reality television.)…
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101 Ways For Teachers To Be More Creative
Creativity can take work to nurture, grow, and develop. Here are some ways teachers can increase the creativity in their classroom.
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YouTube Is Releasing An App For Kids
YouTube for Kids is a child-centered app by Google that curates age-appropriate content for various age ranges.
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Why Social Interaction Is Essential To Learning Math
We seek fluency in the language of math but don’t encourage students to use it in a social way, producing many who are anxious about math.
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How I Learned Differentiation
Time, experience, and others’ wisdom helped me see the real problems in how I learned differentiation.
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31 Sources Of Royalty-Free Images
The collection below represents a starting point to find royalty-free images to design, produce, create, and publish for the authentic PBL.
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Forgetful Teacher, Tech-Addict Teacher & 18 Other Teacher Stereotypes
Humorous teacher stereotypes include the Diet Coke addict, the TMI teacher, the hippie teacher, the overachiever, and the cool teacher.
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Hip-Hop University: War Is My Love by Kendrick Lamar
Hip-Hop University is a new series where we share hip-hop you can teach with. We’ll give you the song and lyrics–the rest is up to you.
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Free Explain Everything Lesson Ideas For Your Classroom
Explain Everything is whiteboard/screen-casting flipped class companion, allowing teachers & students to access content asynchronously.
