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12 Questions To Ask Your Students On The First Day Of School
What Questions Can You Ask Your Students On The First Day Of School? by Terry Heick The premise here is simple enough, and I’ve written about this kind of thing…
6 Messages Every Student Should Hear On The First Day Of School
6 Messages Every Student Should Hear On The First Day Of School by Terry Heick & Jackie Gerstein For specific training and professional development around technology integration, contact TeachThought Professional Development to bring Jackie Gerstein…
Will You Still Be Teaching Next Year?
Will You Still Be Teaching Next Year? by Terry Heick Are you coming back next year? Teaching, I mean. Will you be back? Not to the same classroom. I don’t…
4 Simple Ideas To Use Technology To Engage Students
Use Technology To Engage Students With These 4 Simple Ideas contributed by Rachelle Dene Poth Summer provides an opportunity to relax, but is also a time to explore new ideas…
The Difference Between Logical Fallacies And Cognitive Biases
What Is The Difference Between Logical Fallacies And Cognitive Biases? by Terry Heick What are logical fallacies and cognitive biases? In short, logical fallacies and cognitive biases are both failures…
8 Ways To Improve How Schools Relate To Communities
8 Things Teachers Can Do To Improve Their Bedside Manner by TeachThought Staff Ed note: Though the word ‘parents’ is used, the premise of the article is really about how…
Innovation Often Means Teaching Against The Grain
Why Innovation Often Means Teaching Against The Grain by TeachThought Staff Recently I came across this interesting article: Shifting from Pedagogy to Heutagogy and whilst espousing all contained within, it…
We Should Teach About Uncomfortable Ideas, Here’s How
We Should Teach About Uncomfortable Ideas, Here’s How How can we identify a democratically ideal set of principles to help us grow a culture of conversation? In my 15 years…
12 Authentic Starting Points For Learning
Learning–real, informal, authentic, and lifelong learning–can ‘begin’ with just about anything. In that way, this is obviously not an exhaustive list. Nor am I implying that these are ‘the best’…
8 Ways To Create A Brain-Friendly Classroom
Create A Brain-Friendly Classroom With These 8 Tips by Judy Willis and TeachThought Staff The idea of a ‘brain-friendly’ classroom isn’t a frequent talking point in education, but maybe it…
9 Indicators Of Authentic Mobile Learning
What Are The Indicators Of Authentic Mobile Learning? by Terry Heick The idea of ‘mobile learning’ used to be exciting and seen as innovative and even central to the learning…
44 Young Adult Dystopian Novels For Teens
What Are The Best Young Adult Dystopian Novels? Many young adults are drawn to dystopian novels because they offer a glimpse into a world that may be possible in the…
20 Questions To Clarify Your Teaching For 2023
How Can You Improve As A Teacher This School Year? Ed note: I wrote this in 2014 and have updated it several times since then, most recently in the summer…
The Difference Between A Good Question And A Bad Question
What’s the definition of a ‘good question’? We often say to one another, ‘That’s a good question,’ by which we usually mean, ‘I don’t know the answer’ or ‘I had…
3 Simple Strategies For Smarter Curriculum Mapping
What Are 3 Simple Strategies For Smarter Curriculum Mapping? by Terry Heick The school year isn’t a series of sprints, but the way you forge your curriculum can make it…
Alan Watts: Don’t Think Too Much
Alan Watts: Don’t Think Too Much Full Transcript “A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So, he loses touch with reality, and lives…