Brilliant Is A Wonderfully Simple STEM Online Learning Platform
What Is Brilliant? A Compelling STEM Learning Platform contributed by Brilliant.org Editor’s note: This is not sponsored content. Rather, we are proud to share the tool with teachers as we’ve used it for years with students so when Brilliant contacted…
Deeper Learning: A Definition And A Free Course For Teachers
Deeper Learning: A Definition And A Free Course For Teachers The following is an edited transcript of an interview with Laura McBain and Ryan Gallagher of High-Tech High, a public charter school based in San Diego, on their upcoming MOOC,…
A Watch That Counts From Your Death Backwards
A Watch That Counts From Your Death Backwards by TeachThought Staff Not sure if this is Capitalism doing its thing, or a potentially revolutionary way to look at time. Probably the former, but it gets your attention, yes?
3 Basic Steps For Using Brickflow In The Classroom
3 Basic Steps For Using Brickflow In The Classroom by The Brickflow Team We recently talked about Brickflow–basically gave a general overview of what hashtag-based storytelling was, and how teachers could use it. This post is more of a how-to. Let’s…
The Extraordinary Demands of High-Needs Teaching
The Extraordinary Demands of High-Needs Teaching by Laurel Sturt, Author of Davonte’s Inferno Over a decade ago, I saw an ad on the New York subway for Teaching Fellows and left my design career for a more fulfilling mission, education.…
Analyzing An Author’s Position With Digital Media
TeachThought Curricula: Analyzing An Author’s Position Relevant Content Areas English-Language Arts; Other: World History, Social Studies, Religion Learning Approach Game-Based Learning merged with traditional academic analysis Grade Levels 8-12 (Standards below listed for Grade 8; new texts may need to…
Teacher Profile: Hacking The Elementary Classroom
Teacher Profile: Hacking The Elementary Classroom Michelle Cordy is a 3 and 4th grade elementary school teacher in Canada with some interesting ideas on hacking her classroom. And the influence for these ideas? Literal hackers. Michelle has found inspiration from…