Why Teachers Need One Another
Who gets to say you're doing a good job as a teacher? When you go to bed at night, whose approval are you really looking for?
Tag: New Teacher
How To Make A Movie Poster: A Template For Students
The benefit of creating movie posters in the classroom is that they require the students to concisely 'capture' a film in order to persuade others.
20 Things You Can Learn In 10 Minutes To Become A Better Teacher
Here are 20 (mostly) simple things you can do (relatively) quickly to become a better teacher.
18 Essential Apps For The Organized Teacher
From grading apps to file sharing and communication tools, the best organization apps for teachers all have one thing in common: They save teachers time.
Why So Many Students Think They Dislike Reading
Reading is personal but we often focus on the mechanics instead of the people and the strategies instead of the living and breathing happening around us.
Drawing Ideas: The Benefits Of Mindmapping For Learning
Drawing Ideas: The Benefits Of Mindmapping For Learning contributed by Andrew Sperl Developing your teaching methods to be more effective is an everyday process for educators around the world. In ...
A Simple Definition For Poetry
A Simple Definition For Poetry by Terry Heick As an English teacher, my students would ask me 'what a poem is' and before I could get two sentences in their ...
Marzano’s 9 Instructional Strategies For Teaching And Learning
Marzano's 9 Instructional Strategies For Teaching And Learning by TeachThought Staff In education, louder than the call for innovation, engagement, thought, or self-direction is the call to be research-based. In ...
50 Ways Google Can Help You Become A Better Teacher
50 Ways Google Can Help You Become A Better Teacher by TeachThought Staff While Apple products are known for their integration in classrooms, increasingly Google is the choice for schools and ...
Snapshots Of Understanding? 10 Smart Tools For Digital Exit Slips
Using these tools, teachers can set up digital exit slips and tickets with varying question types and submit requests to participate via a sharable link.
Why Teaching Is Still The Best Job In The World
7 Reasons Why Teaching Is Still The Best Job In The World by TeachThought Staff This post has been republished from previous publishing Sometimes, good teachers quit. Teaching is an increasingly demanding ...
40 Ways Teachers Can Use Pinterest In The Classroom
40 Ways Teachers Can Use Pinterest In The Classroom by TeachThought Staff and bestcollegesonline.com There are a lot of great technology tools out there for teachers that can make it ...
What Happens When Teachers Start Stepping Out Of Their Comfort Zone
What Happens When Teachers Start Stepping Out Of Their Comfort Zone by TeachThought Staff What happens when, as a teacher, you step out of your comfort zone? We've talked in ...
4 Essential Rules Of 21st-Century Learning
4 Essential Rules Of 21st Century Learning contributed by Jennifer Rita Nichols The term “21st century” has become an integral part of educational thinking and planning for the future. Educators ...
9 Questions To Reflect Critically On Your Own Teaching
9 Questions To Reflect Critically On Your Own Teaching by TeachThought Staff This post has been updated and republished Video your teaching, and see what really happens in your classroom. ...
6 Ways To Support Students Without Internet Access At Home
6 Ways To Support Students Without Internet Access At Home contributed by Maria Winters DiMarco We've discussed five reasons to teach digital literacy in the classroom. In reading Paul's post, ...
What Students Do Better Than Teachers
What Students Do Better Than Teachers by Terry Heick You can ask your students what they’re interested in—what they’re curious about—but that’s not the right question, because they probably don’t ...
4 Things All Project-Based Learning Teachers Should Do
4 Things All Project-Based Learning Teachers Should Do contributed by Lauren Ayer, M.Ed. Gone are the days when students were expected to sit passively at desks while teachers lectured endlessly, ...
