The Rigor Of The Common Core by Terry Heick The next time someone tells you the Common Core is about rigor, show them this graphic–2010 Kentucky anchor standards for Middle School English-Language Arts. Complex, yes? There are several misunderstandings about the Common Core standards, and this post isn’t about dispelling them, nor is it to…
What Is COPPA & How Can I Keep Student Data Safe? by Rose de Fremery, Moondrop Entertainment Privacy is a serious concern for everyone, from school administrators to parents. Simply clicking “I Agree” or signing up for a new service can mean that you are consenting to provide a company with a wide range of your…
How Schools Can Respond To The Threat Of Technology contributed by Michael Staton of Inigral As schools try to utilize technology, they need to understand which aspects (or services) of school are likely to be better accomplished through technology. They should “outsource” or embrace technology and allow it to perform functions that were previously delegated…
Like every teacher must translate their knowledge and personality into a kind of “voice” and personality, it’s not much different on twitter.
We know they fight in the marketplace and in court. How do they–Google and Apple–play together on your iPad?
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…
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…
Kid President gives a pep talk with humorous one-liners, playful editing, and a a direct address to both teachers and students.
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.
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…
From RSS readers to social readers, this list has to have something that can improve the efficiency of what you do.
This reductive approach extends to industrialized practices of grouping, scheduling, and packaging of students, curriculum, & performance.