Help Students Respond To Common Core Texts With These Reflective Questions The Common Core Standards represent a shift in the traditional instruction of English-Language Arts in the average American public school K-12 classroom. While there are several differences in the new standards, one of the most interesting (in addition to the expectation of technology integration)…
by Jennifer Rita Nichols It seems so simple, doesn’t it? Designing a creative space in your classroom will promote student creativity. However, many classrooms are far from being labelled as ‘creative spaces’. Schools in general have developed into very industrial places. You can feel the difference as soon you walk into the building. The difference…
Flickr can help students tell digital stories, capture authentic events with images, saving PBL artifacts in a digital portfolio, and more.
Ray Bradbury redirects the attention given to the banning (and burning) of books, and turns it back on culture itself.
Using twitter for learning requires that you use it as an ongoing cultural survey of sorts. Then add Bloom’s Taxonomy for improved outcomes.
Does gender bias inherently affect the way we teach, and therefore short-term and long-term student growth?
Successful ESL teachers understand that relationship between a student and teacher is the most important factor difference for ESL students.
Where Can You Find Free Books Online? eBooks should’ve been a game-changing technology. The idea was simple enough: no longer did you need to travel to the library to wade through rows and stacks and floors and buildings and card catalogs only to wag home only as much as you could carry. Or risk spending…
Digital Media Can Change Learning by TeachThought Staff Digital media is really more powerful than we’re giving it credit for. And it already gets a lot of credit. While “social” media gets all the praise, social media is itself digital, with the digital versions of films, music, magazines, images, and other stuff holding inherent characteristics that…
Technology is a tool, not a learning outcome. Most teachers know this but thwe clarifying examples might be useful.
Mindset matters. Catch, Challenge, and Change is one of many possible strategies for promoting resilience in children and students.
We must be ready to applaud students’ multiple intelligences, and somehow allow them to shine through our lessons, building their confidence.
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