50 (Mostly) Simple Ways To Encourage Creativity In The Classroom
Here are 30 ideas to promote creativity in learning, including tapping into multiple intelligences and using emotional connections.
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Failing Forward: 21 Ideas To Help Students Keep Their Momentum
An example of ‘failing forward’: “Your first two drafts didn’t work so well, huh? What can you take from each of them–what’s salvageable?”
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Why Project-Based Learning Is So Popular
Project-based learning is popular because it can function as a frame for everything else that teachers already plan for and want for their classrooms, from improved student engagement to critical thinking,
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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.
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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.’
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
