Twitter With Meaning? 5 Authentic Roles For Twitter In Your School by TeachThought Staff We’ve theorized before that learning through social networks is the future. Twitter in the classroom? This is also an idea we’ve covered in the past. But what about a simple process for schools to use begin using twitter meaningfully? With that question in…
Here are ways teachers can use Post-it notes and other products to promote critical thinking in the classroom.
Students who are naturally outgoing and comfortable speaking in front of their peers are challenged to listen more and engage with introverted students.
We Have An Idea About Using Tactile Feedback In The Classroom by TACTonics A student begins a difficult final exam during her first year in college. While she listens to the instructions and worries about her final grade, she detects a gentle nudge sent by her mom. This sensory message reminds her to be confident…
I’m in the middle of “Breakfast of Champions” by Kurt Vonnegut, and I stumbled on a magic secret about teaching I want to share with you.
Planning the Digital Citizenship Summit provided us with insight into how the education world can better promote digital citizenship.
Do we fully understand the long-term effects of science–and if we don’t, how should that change how we “practice science”?
One of the most significant challenges facing formal education in the United States is the chasm separating schools and communities.
If You Want To Create A Fire For Inquiry, Start At The Beginning by Brian Cleary, oldbrainteacher.com If science is inquiry and inquiry is a fire, when does that fire start? When the world talks about STEM education for the most part they talk around elementary teachers rather than to elementary school teachers. This should not…
Deductive Thinking Can Drive Student-Designed Research by Jane Healey, Ph.D. I specialize in an odd subject—research. I teach students to select a subject area, pick a topic, craft a question, design a prospectus, follow through on the plans, adapt to obstacles and “interesting” findings, organize results, and create an appropriate outcome that matches the content and…
We increasingly need the humanities because technology requires us to know what information we need and the kinds of questions we should ask.
Assess the extent to which students, unprompted, use the strategies when reading new text before ‘releasing responsibility.’
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