Free K-2 Earth Environmental Education Curriculum Now Available by TeachThought Staff From a Press Release The Think Earth Environmental Education Foundation, a leading non-profit provider of environmental education for primary and secondary schools, is making its award-winning curriculum available free online. Kindergarten through second grade teachers can now access free Think Earth materials at www.thinkearth.org…
This collection of tools for students to publish what they learn include blogging, infographics, YouTube, podcasts, and more.
Even as a simple observation tool with categories, trending topics, #hashtags, and lists, twitter is flexible enough to be used read-only.
Speaking another language is among the many things that have been made easier with the explosion of the digital universe.
Teaching Is Harder–And More Rewarding–Than Ever by Nellie Mitchell Nostalgia comes pretty effortlessly as we get older, doesn’t it? It is fun to look back with fondness at the things that used to be so cool in school, like the Oregon Trail game, laser disks, and typewriters. Were they effective instruction tools? Maybe not, but they…
Acer announced the latest addition to its Chrome OS family, the Acer Chromebase series, complementing its existing Chromebooks and Chromebox.
What do educators and learners need from iPad integration? What is tablet ‘workflow’ in an educational context?
Create a discovery jar. At the beginning of summer, brainstorm all of the things your child is curious about, then put them in a jar.
The film section of Tuppence Magazine has put together a list of the 25 best learning resources for film studies available online.
How Can School Leaders Can Use Observations More Effectively? by Paul Moss Whilst observations are certainly not the whole picture of a teacher’s skill, they can provide excellent opportunities for teachers to reflect on their practice. If my last article How Your Teacher Observation Can Help You Grow convinced teachers of the benefits of observations,…
What I Really Think About Teacher Effectiveness Ratings by Grant Wiggins, Authentic Education While exploring teacher effectiveness ratings, I went looking for a New York City high school that had the same demographic profile as the struggling high school referenced previously (see here), but had nonetheless earned good ratings for making adequate improvement on their graduation rates and…
by Saksham Khosla, LumenEd Across the world, there is a widespread demand for young people to address major issues of global significance through cross-cultural cooperation. While American schools are attempting to keep up with this demand, true global competency cannot be achieved through international exchange programs that less than 1% of young people participate in. In the…
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