16 Common Core Technology Tools–With Examples
There are many tools to help us create opportunities for students to engage in meaningful speaking activities and to improve listening skills.
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What If Every Teacher Tweeted?
Like every teacher must translate their knowledge and personality into a kind of “voice” and personality, it’s not much different on twitter.
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Reflective Teaching: A 30-Day Blogging Challenge For Teachers
Reflective Teaching Questions: A 30-Day Blogging Challenge For Teachers by TeachThought Staff We’ve talked about “reflective teaching” before, and shared ways to be a more reflective teacher as well. Well, through the work of Beth Leidolf and Justine Hughes, September is Reflective Teacher month at TeachThought. Beth and Justine have created a blogging challenge for…
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3 Shifts To Create A Climate Of Possibility In Your Classroom
How To Create A Climate Of Possibility In Your Classroom by TeachThought Staff In May of last year, Ken Robinson–he of “Is School Killing Creativity?”/TED Talk legend status–gave a brief talk on the idea of contrast, specifically the difference between who we are and how we teach. His general message was that we, as human…
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Transforming Education Starts In Your Classroom
Want To Transform Education? Start In Your Classroom. by Terry Heick If it’s a standards-based, outcomes-based, institutionally-centered (and nationally participative) game we want, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better combination than Understanding by Design units (i.e., Wiggins) anchored around power standards (e.g., Strong, Silver, Perini, Dufour) that are then delivered through differentiated instruction (i.e.,…
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Helping Parents Trust Your School
What Are The Best Resources For Building Parental Engagement? contributed by Alison Anderson, gettingsmart.com Parent engagement has always been a very bright spot on my radar when thinking about keys to success for schools. Lately, it feels important to distinguish between parent engagement and parent involvement. Both are important and something every school should strive…
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24 Entertaining Short Stories For Middle School
Middle school students are an interesting bunch of emerging identities, and a varied assortment of readiness, knowledge, and maturity.
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20 Smart Educators With 1000 Followers Or Less
Who To Follow On Twitter: 20 Smart Educators With 1000 Followers Or Less Normally “who to follow on twitter” posts are full of obvious, preaching to the choir, rich-get-richer accounts–a who’s who of edu-twitter users you probably already follow anyway. In response, we decided to create a different kind of list–people worth following with fewer…
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13 Very Different Tools To Help Students Find Their Voice
Here are 6 different possibilities to help students find their voices, rom those text-based to artistic, dramatic to digital.
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50 Inspiring TED Talks For Teachers
These are the best TED Talks for teachers because they make us laugh, warm our hearts, break down barriers, and inspire us to dig deeper.
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The More I Lecture, The Less I Know If They Understand
The clearer I am about what I am saying and why, the more I may be blind to how unclear, confusing, or unhelpful the lecture is to a novice.
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Are Midterms Really Necessary In A Climate Of Assessment?
Are Midterms Really Necessary In A Climate Of Assessment? by Dawn Casey-Rowe, Social Studies Teacher It’s time for midterms. I hate midterms. They take up so much time–several days of review, a week of administering, and then all the correcting. To top it off, they place students in a high-anxiety environment. I feel like I’m…
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7 Pillars Of Digital Leadership In Education
It is incumbent upon leaders to harness the power of digital technology to create school transparent, meaningful, engaged school cultures.
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How To Start Your Own Blog: A Step-By-Step Guide For Teachers
One of the best education philosophies is collegiality. Without cooperation, teachers can’t remain vibrant members of a class community.
