How To Reach–And Change–Your Students
Assuming our goal is to make a difference in the lives of others, we might consider the legacy we leave in the minds of students.
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7 Characteristics of Great Professional Development
What are the characteristics of great professional development for teachers? It starts with training that actually improves their teaching.
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What Is Understanding?
Understanding: A Definition by Terry Heick Assessing understanding might be the most complex task an educator or academic institution is tasked with. Unfortunately, professional development gives a lower level of attention to developing quality assessments, training that is rarely commensurate with this complexity. The challenge of assessment is no less than figuring out what a…
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100 Questions That Help Students Think About Thinking
What was your mindset going in to the activity? What do you discover about yourself during the learning process?
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STEAM App: Forces & Motion Simulation
The Forces and Motion: Basics STEAM app lets students investigate forces, acceleration, and Newton’s law in an engaging, digital environment.
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The PBL Mindset For Leadership
PBL processes have to be embedded in the school culture in ways that strengthen and support the work of teachers and students.
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7 Pros & Cons Of Teaching With Genius Hour
What’s it like teaching with Genius Hour? Students accustomed to being told what to do, when, and how can feel uneasy without ‘assignments.’
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Critically Examining What You Teach
These are simple prompts that a teacher who has really thought through the course should be able to answer.
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How To Use Essential Questions In Your Lesson Design
Inquiry by design, not mere teacher rhetorical questioning, makes an essential question come to life and go into depth.
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70 Practical Things Every Teacher Should Know
Having a solid base in theory makes sense but the questions he was getting–“Why did you become a teacher?”–seemed only vaguely useful.
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The Benefits Of Having A College Degree
When you consider the wide range financial, social and cultural benefits of a college degree education, it becomes easier to accept the risk of it all.
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How Technology Changed My Social Studies Classroom
How Technology Changed My Social Studies Classroom by Thomas Stanley One of the greatest experiences I have had in teaching World History is to create a blended-learning class that is based on using technology with thematic learning, in-class activities, and world projects. When students can physically and intellectually wrap themselves around a subject doing real-world…
