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50 Questions Every Student Should Be Able To Answer Before They Graduate High School by Terry Heick For professional development on ideas like this--or PBL, inquiry, assessment, literacy, and pretty much anything else related to…

How To Teach History Through Hamilton contributed by Kevin Cline, Former National History Teacher Of The Year After teaching history for over 13 years, I’ve lost count of the times I’ve heard a student say “History is boring!”  …

20 Collaborative Learning Tips And Strategies For Teachers by Miriam Clifford This post has been updated from a previous post. There is an age old adage that says “two heads are better than one." Consider collaboration in recent…

Grow 18: On July 12, 2018 a great opportunity to attend an interactive learning session on how to effectively differentiate in Project-Based Learning. This article is a taste of the deeper exploration and learning about meeting the…

102 Brain-Based Learning Resources For, Well, Brain-Based Teaching contributed by Sara Bass Researchers in neuroscience, psychology and education are uncovering new information about how brains learn best at an unbelievable pace. We have…

The Simplest Way To Slow The Summer Slide by Terry Heick There's a lot of dialogue right now about the dreaded summer slide. Lots of scary statistics, technology layers, and socioeconomic concerns. Tips, resources, ideas, and…

20 Questions To Reflect On Your Teaching This Year So Next Year Is Better by Terry Heick I don't know how your school year is going and/or 'went' (depending on when you're reading this). Maybe it was amazing. Maybe you think it…

An Alternative To Google Search That Focuses On Privacy by TeachThought Staff DuckDuckGo isn't new--for your web browser or iOS, but recent developments in the digital world are making it increasingly relevant. DuckDuckGo is a…

A Checklist For 21st Century Teachers by TeachThought Staff What are the kind of things a 21st century teacher needs to know and be able to do? What about 21st century students? What education technology works, and what is a waste…

Drew Perkins talks with Carole Basile, Dean of the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University, about how they’re shifting their teacher prep program to produce teachers better suited for the needs of modern schools…

Let The Technology Serve The Curiosity, Not The Other Way Around contributed by Steve Wheeler, Associate Professor in Learning Technology Curiosity killed the cat, but it made each of us who we are today. Without curiosity,…

30 Examples Of Disruption In Your Classroom by Terry Heick This post has been republished from a previous version and is actually intended to supplement the "Cycle of Learning Innovation," which means this is less about analysis and…

6 Tips For Completing Schoolwork On The Go contributed by J Smith Students these days always seem to be on the go, whether that’s because of extracurricular involvement, family and friends, or even in the case of older students in…

The 6 Stages Of A Teaching Career by Terry Heick I've been thinking about this, and there really is a life cycle to teaching. Not every teacher will experience every stage--or every stage to the same degrees, anyway. Some may…

5 Reasons Why PBL May Not Be Working At Your School by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD Is the project-based learning happening, but not working? You’ve read the books, liked and retweeted the tweets, listened to the…

Drew Perkins talks with Peter DeWitt about his work in the area of collaborative leadership, John Hattie's work, and innovating schools. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Peter DeWitt's web site…

The Difference Between Children And Students Recently I wrote for edutopia on the difference between students and learners. As "learning trends" become the basis for full-on institutions of learning (see the Avenues: World School …

3 Knowledge Domains For The 21st-Century Student by TeachThought Staff Thinking in the 21st century is just different. That doesn't mean we're all suddenly omnipotent cyborgs, nor does it mean we've all become mindless social media…