Becoming Invisible In My Classroom
Becoming Invisible In My Classroom contributed by Jane Healey “She doesn’t do anything. She gets paid to babysit us while we do all the work.” I overheard the middle school ...
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12 Tips For Students To Manage Their Digital Footprints
12 Tips For Students To Manage Their Digital Footprints contributed by Justin Boyle If you've scratched your head over suggestions to manage your 'digital footprint,' you aren't the only one. ...
10 Ways Traditional Classrooms Punish Mistakes In Learning
contributed by Miriam Clifford The greatest mistake I ever made in my education was failing a physics course at Cornell. I opted to take an auto-tutorial class that did not ...
How The Memory Works In Learning
How The Memory Works In Learning contributed by Dr. Judy Willis, M.D., M.Ed. Teachers are the caretakers of the development of students’ highest brain during the years of its most ...
Stop, Practice, Collaborate: The Cycle Of Reflective Teaching
Stop, Practice, Collaborate: The Cycle Of Reflective Teaching contributed by Pete Hall and Alisa Simeral This post has been updated and republished The more reflective you are, the more effective ...
38 Prompts Merging Reflective Thinking With Bloom’s Taxonomy
38 Prompts Merging Reflective Thinking With Bloom's Taxonomy contributed by Peter Pappas My interest in reflective thinking is rooted in a simple but powerful statement by Donald Finkel who wrote ...
Teaching Is Establishing The Need To Know
Teaching Is Establishing The Need To Know by Terry Heick Ed note: This has been updated from a 2014 post by the author The above image comes from a presentation ...
7 Skills Students Will Always Need
7 Skills Students Will Always Need by Jennifer Rita Nichols Ed note: This post has been updated from a 2013 post. As educators, we constantly strive to prepare our students ...
60 Smarter Ways To Use Google Classroom
60 Smarter Ways To Use Google Classroom by Terry Heick Google Classroom is quietly becoming the most powerful tool in education technology. It may lack the visual appeal of iPads, ...
Modern Trends In Education: 50 Different Approaches To Learning
Modern Trends In Education: 50 Different Approaches To Learning contributed by Lisa Chesser, opencolleges.edu.au This post has been updated, slightly revised, and republished from a previous posting Education sprouts in ...
An Efficient Classroom: 6 Factors Of Academic Achievement
6 Factors Of Academic Achievement To Guide Your Teaching by Terry Heick What are the factors of academic achievement? First, a definition for academics in the classroom. An academic classroom is ...
18 Inconvenient Truths About Assessment
18 Inconvenient Truths About Assessment by Terry Heick For in-person professional development from TeachThought on effective assessment (or any other topic your school or district might need), contact us today. ...
What Is The Identity Of Your Classroom?
What Do Students Think Of Your Class? by Terry Heick Google is the company that has become its own verb. Google it. They’re also challenging Apple with their Android mobile ...
8 Of The Most Common Sources Of Formative Assessment Data
8 Common Sources Of Formative Assessment Data contributed by Daniel R. Venables, Founder of Center for Authentic PLCs This post has been updated from previous publishing Teachers look at data for one ...
What Every Teacher Needs In Order To Grow
What Every Teacher Needs In Order To Grow by Terry Heick Teaching can do weird things to you. It can give you purpose and sanctuary, or dissolve both right in ...
6 Powerful Strategies For Deeper Learning In Your Classroom
6 Powerful Strategies For Deeper Learning In Your Classroom contributed by Dr. Monica R. Martinez Ed note: This post has been updated and republished from a 2015 version In the U.S., ...
16 Questions To Help Students Brainstorm Project-Based Learning
16 Questions To Help Students Brainstorm Project-Based Learning by Terry Heick We've written about inquiry-based learning in the past, as well as its mother project-based learning, and its more complex cousin self-directed learning. So ...
50 Ways To Challenge Yourself As A Teacher
50 Ways To Challenge Yourself As Teacher by TeachThought Staff Growing as a teacher is all about challenging yourself--moving out of our comfort zone, trying something new. Here are 50 ideas ...
