20 Blended Learning Apps For iPad
20 Diverse iPad Apps For Blended Learning Blended learning is a potentially powerful way of mixing the power of asynchronous access with face-to-face facilitation and instruction. Blended learning can be defined quite simply–it is a style of education that thoughtfully…
Lessen Plans: A Call For Teachers That Reach
Lessen Plans: A Call For Teachers That Reach by Cory Gomez Five years ago, on the cusp on entering college, I was cautioned by numerous adults about the dangers of the educational field. I would hear: “You’re crazy,” “It is…
The Physiology Of Bullying
Acetaminophen Reduces Social Pain? The Physiology Of Bullying by David Palank, Principal at San Miguel School in Washington D.C. Study Abstract Summary Pain, whether caused by physical injury or social rejection, is an inevitable part of life. These two types of pain-physical and…
What Technology Does What: An #edtech Chart For Teachers
What Technology Does What: An #edtech Chart For Teachers by TeachThought Staff Okay, we’ve had this post half-finished for long enough that some of the apps we had here are no longer relevant, so we figured it was probably time…
Misunderstanding The Gradual Release Of Responsibility Framework
How People Misunderstand The Gradual Release Of Responsibility Framework by Grant Wiggins, Authentic Education Yes, reading strategies–and explicit teaching of them–make a considerable difference, as my previous four blog posts here, here, here, and here make clear. And there is much to like…
Why Students Don’t Always Transfer What They Seem To Understand
Why Don’t Students Always Transfer What They Seem To Understand? by Grant Wiggins, Authentic Education As a follow up on my series on reading, most recently yesterday’s post on reading comprehension with respect to the gradual release of responsibility model, let’s take…
Hip-Hop University: Tennessee By Arrested Development
Tennessee By Arrested Development (Hip-Hop University) by TeachThought Staff Hip-Hop University: Tennessee By Arrested Development Lyrics Lord I’ve really been real stressedDown and out, losin’ groundAlthough I am black and proudProblems got me pessimistic Brothers and sisters keep messin’ upWhy…