Going Google On Your iPad: What To Expect
We know they fight in the marketplace and in court. How do they–Google and Apple–play together on your iPad?
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6 Ways Teachers Respond To Education Technology
6 Ways Teachers Respond To Education Technology by TeachThought Staff The Backstory of the Pencil Metaphor If you’re looking for the 6 ways part–well, hold your horses; first, a little backstory. The pencil metaphor for edtech integration isn’t new. In fact, two years ago, someone else wrote a blog post saying the same thing. Apparently, there is…
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Reflective Teaching: A 30-Day Blogging Challenge For Teachers
Reflective Teaching Questions: A 30-Day Blogging Challenge For Teachers by TeachThought Staff We’ve talked about “reflective teaching” before, and shared ways to be a more reflective teacher as well. Well, through the work of Beth Leidolf and Justine Hughes, September is Reflective Teacher month at TeachThought. Beth and Justine have created a blogging challenge for…
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A Pep Talk For Teachers from Kid President
Kid President gives a pep talk with humorous one-liners, playful editing, and a a direct address to both teachers and students.
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A(n Insufficent) Reading List To Help Students Begin To Grapple With Race
I thought it might be useful to share a reading list that might help students begin to grapple and make sense of race relations in the US.
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3 Shifts To Create A Climate Of Possibility In Your Classroom
How To Create A Climate Of Possibility In Your Classroom by TeachThought Staff In May of last year, Ken Robinson–he of “Is School Killing Creativity?”/TED Talk legend status–gave a brief talk on the idea of contrast, specifically the difference between who we are and how we teach. His general message was that we, as human…
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60 iPad Productivity Apps For Modern, Mobile Teachers
From RSS readers to social readers, this list has to have something that can improve the efficiency of what you do.
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Is It Time For Dumb Goals In Education?
This reductive approach extends to industrialized practices of grouping, scheduling, and packaging of students, curriculum, & performance.
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Let’s Be Honest: Education Technology Has Been Underwhelming So Far
Education Technology Has Been Underwhelming So Far by Terry Heick At one point, email seemed like magic. And here we are, nearly 30 years after its inception, still watching the magic act but numb to what it’s done to communication. It’s hard not to take technology for granted–especially digital technology, a field that makes a…
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“That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.”
Robin Williams in Dead Poet’s Society is the iconic teacher. Student-centered. Affectionate. Disruptive. Wisdom-seeking. Unconventional.
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A Depth Of Knowledge Rubric For Reading, Writing, And Math
Depth of Knowledge frameworks can be useful for planning curriculum, designing assessments, or making judgments about student reading, writing, and math.
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Assessment Design: A Matrix To Assess Your Assessments
Assessment matrixes can be used by teachers to think about rigor when designing assessments to think more clearly about cognitive demand.
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