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.
From YouTube to Edutopia–and of course, TeachThought–this post includes 12 timeless project-based learning resources for the classroom.
We have an opportunity to truly customize and build our classrooms in a manner that can help us achieve our goals and reach our students.
Standardization may enable consistent measurement, but it creates a nasty byproduct in the process: a distorted self-image.
Everything I Knew My Second Year Of Teaching My 2nd year of teaching, my head was swimming. I had just gotten back from an ASCD conference–with a Marzano pre-conference and a heavy dose of Understanding by Design, Tomlinson’s ideas on differentiation, and some sessions on literacy. In spite of all of the great information I…
9 Oxymorons In 21st Century Learning Vernacular As 21st century teachers, we have to put up with a lot. Constantly changing expectations. Move academic targets. Constant waves of new technology. Changing sources of professional development. It certainly keeps one day from being the same as the next, but it also creates the opportunity for us to contradict ourselves….
What Are The Most Common Barriers To Success In A Flipped Classroom Model? by Saqib Hussain, Language Teacher In The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Higher Education at the Crossroads (April 15th, 2013), one of the guests, Richard DeMillo, referred to the Benjamin Bloom’s “Two-sigma problem,” claiming that with the move from the “sage on stage” model to…
A Visual Library Of Core Teacher Apps Using the iPad in a 1:1 environment requires not only some ground rules, but a bit of common language. Since every student has their own iPad, and teachers likely do as well, this common tool necessitates some universal understanding: What do we mean by “on-task”? Same screen? Same…
Fai Walker, executive director of Return to Wholeness LLC, is the heart and soul of sustainability & PBL in some of NYC’s public schools.