Tag: Veteran Teacher

You Have To Create Understanding By Design

Grant WigginsJan 26, 2016

To achieve understanding as an educator, you have to help students ‘by design’ come to realizations that they own and appreciate as insightful.

“If giving points is the only way to motivate…

TeachThought StaffJan 12, 2016

If giving points is the only way to motivate a student to complete an assignment, perhaps we should look more closely at…

How To Create & Collaborate In A Sharing Economy

TeachThought StaffDec 19, 2015

How To Create & Collaborate In A Sharing Economy by TeachThought Staff 2015 has been a year ripe with change and watershed…

Critically Examining What You Teach

Grant WigginsDec 6, 2015

These are simple prompts that a teacher who has really thought through the course should be able to answer.

14 Critical Digital Literacy Skills For Learning

Terry HeickNov 22, 2015

The process of adopting new learning domains and materials has exposed the need for new critical digital literacy skills.

Thingiverse: Discover, Make And Share 3D Printer Designs

TeachThought StaffOct 30, 2015

As the world’s largest 3D printing community, Thingiverse encourages everyone to create and remix 3D things, no matter their expertise.

Shifting From Pedagogy To Heutagogy In Education

TeachThought StaffOct 25, 2015

As a self-directed approach to learning, heutagogy is underpinned by the assumptions of two key philosophies: humanism and constructivism.

13 Ways Education Could Change In The Next 13…

Terry HeickOct 20, 2015

The days of ‘going to school to get a job’ could be slowly replaced by ‘critically learning so that we come to…