Designing Curriculum That Teachers Will Actually Use
What is the purpose of the curriculum? What follows for form, content, process, and who the writers should be?
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The Lesser-Known Benefits Of eLearning For Teachers
What Are The Lesser-Known Benefits Of eLearning For Teachers? contributed by Chris Waldron, TakeLessons.com The relatively recent boom in technology has opened up incredibly valuable resources for teachers and students. One of the most valuable resources currently available is the ability to give and receive academic instruction. We typically think of this technological advancement as a…
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A 6-Step Process For Teaching Argument Analysis
A 6 Step Process For Teaching Argument Analysis by Terry Heick How “basic” this is depends on who your audience is, but this is more of an overview to help students systematically look at an argument piece by piece–and these are the pieces. This is one of the organizers I use as a teacher–there’s a…
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Teaching Google Natives To Value Information
Digital natives–students born into our digital, connected world—have always had Google to bail them out. And maybe that’s okay.
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8 Common Grading Mistakes Most Teachers Should Avoid
Our system of letter grades is a lot of work for teachers and punishes some students. Here are 8 grading mistakes teachers should avoid.
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25 Signs You’re A Modern Teacher In A Modern Classroom
These are odd times we live–and teach–in, the following 25 signs as proof that you’re a modern teacher in a modern classroom.
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The Impact Of A Teacher That Mentors
This is key to revolution in education: to think of teachers as hired to help students do their work, not ours.
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Why All Ed Reform Fails
In ed reform, we train our sights on the wrong targets, hoping to improve curriculum, assessment & schools via plans, policy & standards.
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Digital Learning Is Just Different
Digital learning is different than non-digital learning from the moment an experience starts. It’s not better or worse–just different.
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11 Sample Education BYOT Policies To Help You Create Your Own
There is no single way to implement a BYOT program, so we’ve included 11 widely varying policy styles in this post.
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A Tutorial For Google Docs In The Classroom
If literacy is the foundation of learning, tools that promote its integration can be considered equally foundational. Let’s take a look at Google Docs.
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Apple Didn’t Announce Any Of These Ideas For Your Classroom
15 Of Apple’s Unannounced Innovations In Education by TeachThought Staff Apple’s annual September unveil event has come and gone, and left us with two new pieces of hardware–the Apple Watch, and a 5.5″ iPhone “phablet.” While there were other announcements, including Apple announcing their intention to replace your wallet with your phone with ApplePay, for 21st century…
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