20 Ideas For Students Who Finish Their Work Early
When students finish early, help them by naturally funneling them toward extending and improving the work they’ve already done.
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Authenticity Matters: 12 Ideas To Make Learning ‘Real-World’
From getting feedback from field experts to using project-based learning, here are 12 ideas to make learning more like the ‘real world.’
50 Smart Ideas For Project-Based Learning
The genesis of a great project is the idea itself — we’re providing you with 50 smart ideas for project-based learning in your classroom.
50 Crazy Ideas To Change Education [Updated]
Make any politician voting on legislation have to qualify for that right to vote by spending a certain number of hours in the classroom.
4 Ideas For Motivating Adolescent Male Readers
Since many boys do not read teacher-privileged literary fiction texts at home, many of them classify themselves as non-readers.
Become A Better Teacher: 20 Things You Can Learn In 10 Minutes
This list includes 20 (mostly) simple things you can do (relatively) quickly to become a better teacher in the 21st century.
38 Prompts Merging Reflective Thinking With Bloom’s Taxonomy
We developed a taxonomy to provide a schema of prompts that could be used by students and teachers to hone their reflective thinking skills.
How To Never Run Out Of New Ideas As A Teacher
Just like a great teacher can teach anything, a great learner can learn from almost anything–and teachers are first learners.
42 Fill-in-the-Blank Prompts For Students To Design Their Own Projects
When helping students design projects, I provide these kinds of prompts to help students see how texts, apps, and more can all work together.
12 Smart Ideas To Grade Essays Faster
Grading essays can be extremely time-consuming. Here are 12 smart–and simple–ideas to grade essays faster.
6 Tech-Based Poetry Ideas For Students That Hate Poetry
Poetry gets a bad rap for being too dense and pretentious. Try these strategies to help students who hate poetry warm up to its magic.
4 Simple Ideas To Use Technology To Engage Students
If we want to use technology to engage our students, it should have a purpose and amplify their learning experiences and potential.