The Difference Between Learning Strategies And Skills
Teaching tactics unmoored from helping kids become autonomous decision-makers is doomed to fail, even if good tactics become second nature.
10 Tips For Using VoiceThread For Learning
VoiceThread is a digital conversational platform that uses video, audio, or chat to create threaded conversations for learning.
Quick Reference: A Common Core Cheat Sheet
by Kimberly Tyson, Ph.D, learningunlimitedllc.com LearningUnlimited is an excellent resource of pure literacy resources for your school or classroom. To that point, they recently developed the following Common Core Standards cheat sheet that helpfully breaks down the initialisms/acronyms, key terms, and key shifts that the Common Core are bringing to K-12 classrooms in the United…
Sunday Night Teacher: 5 Videos You Can Use Tomorrow In Class
So it’s Sunday night. Maybe you’re looking for some team-building games, or some different ways to start class to shake things up a bit. You know what you’re going to teach tomorrow (probably), but you’re hoping for something to catch your eye and awaken your muse. Not sure about your muse, but the videos below might help awaken…
5 Apps For Note-Taking With An iPad
Here are 5 iPad apps that provide different ways for students to take notes. It all depends on what you want out of the notes you’re taking.
This Autism Simulator Is Horrifying
According the CDC, 1 in 88 children are identified with a form of autism. It is almost fives times as likely in boys than in girls.
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The Best Response Ever To “Show Your Work” In Math [Image]
This cartoon is, by far, the best example we have answering the request to “show your work” in mathematics class.
36 Things Every 21st Century Teacher Should Be Able To Do
From taking screenshots to appreciating memes here are things every 21st century teacher should be able to do.
Google Glass: Your Life Is A Video Game
Google Glass by Mountain View are glasses that function as a heads up display to give you information, record experiences, or share data.
4 Teaching Tips For More Effective Direct Instruction
Editor’s Preface: Direct instruction–whether by whole class lecture, or one on one compulsion isn’t the most progressive style of learning in the world, but it may have a role. Below, Sara Briggs offers teachers four teaching tips for getting more out of direct instruction. Learning can be challenging for a variety of reasons. Students constantly…
The Problem With Rubrics In Learning
The problem with rubrics in learning is that they’re often subjective and their point systems are often arbitrary.
The Fundamentals Of Blended Learning
The following post describes the fundamentals of blended learning, including its definition, popular models, and effective in-class results.
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