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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16 Common Core Technology Tools–With Examples
There are many tools to help us create opportunities for students to engage in meaningful speaking activities and to improve listening skills.
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Teaching Is The One Thing I Feel Like Every Part Of Me Was Made For
It was this simple: When I was three years old, I decided I wanted to be a teacher because I wanted to be able to draw on a chalkboard.
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Teaching As Product Development [Infographic]
In pushing for “sameness” through standards, measurement, & data, are we continuing a trend of parenting & teaching as “product development”?
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15 Early Education Apps That Are COPPA-Compliant
A Collection Of Early Education Apps That Are COPPA-Compliant by TeachThought Staff & Sponsored by Drawp, a collaboration app for creativity COPPA-Compliance isn’t usually the first thing a teacher–or parent–consider when looking for an app. The “big data” movement started off sinister enough, with app developers quietly requiring extraordinary permissions and access to user files,…
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Planning For Open-Ended Learning
How To Plan For Open-Ended Learning by Grant Wiggins, Authentic Education Over the past few weeks I have received a few interesting queries on Twitter, and Labor Day weekend seems like a nice time to respond to them and reflect on the school year ahead. Two of the questions concern the relationship between inquiry and UbD: Q1: Do…
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Learning Theories: Double-Loop Learning
Double-Loop Learning: An Overview by Steve Wheeler, Associate Professor, Plymouth Institute of Education This is the second in my series of short blog posts on important theories of learning. My plan is to work through the alphabet of psychologists and provide a brief overview of their theories, and how each can be applied to education. In the…
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