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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 133 How To Build An Authentic And Entrepreneurial High School Experience Drew Perkins talks with Trace Pickering, Executive Director/Co-Founder of Iowa BIG, about how their program develops…

20 Observable Characteristics Of Effective Teaching by TeachThought Staff What makes an effective teacher? Or more specifically, what observable characteristics might you see and hear? The University of Minnesota offered some…

How To Add Materials To An Assignment In Google Classroom by TeachThought Staff Adding materials to assignments in Google Classroom is simple--basically navigating to the Assignments page, clicking the paperclip icon, then…

Is Focusing On Student 'Improvement' The Wrong Approach? by Terry Heick One of the central criticisms of public education should ideally be the effect of public education. Somehow, most discussions around ed reform revolve…

How I Helped My Students Assess Their Own Writing contributed by Peg Grafwallner, M.Ed. As the School Support Teacher/Reading Specialist of a large urban high school, I create, develop, implement and assess lessons with teachers…

15 Interesting Ways To Start Class Tomorrow by Terry Heick How should you start class tomorrow? You love teaching, your love your classroom, you love your students (most of them), but you’re tired. This doesn’t mean you’re not…

Why Being Wrong Is Actually A Good Thing by Terry Heick Being wrong is only ‘bad’ if the consequences of that ‘wrong’ outweigh the benefits (and potential future benefits) of becoming right. David Deutsch wrote about this idea…

How To Play The 'Count To Ten' Team-Building Game by TeachThought Staff If you're looking for an example of an easy to use, fun, and fairly quick/zero-prep team-building game that can be used with a wide range of ages from…

The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 132 How Should We Be Teaching Math? Drew Perkins talks with Dan Meyer about the role of inquiry, practice, and drilling in the teaching of math. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode:…

5 Ideal Traits Of A PBL Teacher by Mike Kaechele, TeachThought PD Facilitator The past few years I have worked with many teachers introducing the components of Project-Based Learning (PBL) and helping them design their own…