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.
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.
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…
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.
Is It Time For Dumb Goals In Education?
This reductive approach extends to industrialized practices of grouping, scheduling, and packaging of students, curriculum, & performance.
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…
“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.
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.
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.
Transforming Education Starts In Your Classroom
Want To Transform Education? Start In Your Classroom. by Terry Heick If it’s a standards-based, outcomes-based, institutionally-centered (and nationally participative) game we want, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better combination than Understanding by Design units (i.e., Wiggins) anchored around power standards (e.g., Strong, Silver, Perini, Dufour) that are then delivered through differentiated instruction (i.e.,…
Student-Driven Ed Reform Through Democracy
Student-Driven Ed Reform Achieved Through Democracy by Chris Grouchy One thing is certain in almost every education jurisdiction in North America: macro decisions are made by adults that have been elected. They have the final say in the decisions that will impact thousands of students. These are not menial decisions we’re talking about either—allocating funds through…
The Classroom Cribs Challenge Asks You To Think About Learning Spaces
The Classroom Cribs Challenge Asks You To Think About Learning Spaces by Classroomcribs.com As we look towards the 2014-2015 school year, one question continually jumps out to me as an educator: How do our learning spaces impact our students? As a new English teacher I remember getting into my classroom for the first time. I…
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