How To Use Essential Questions In Your Lesson Design
Inquiry by design, not mere teacher rhetorical questioning, makes an essential question come to life and go into depth.
What Classrooms Can Learn From Reality Shows
What Classrooms Can Learn From Reality Shows by Barry Saide and Kevin Parr Most of our classrooms do not mirror the reality television show ‘The Voice,’ but maybe they should. ‘The Voice’ is a reality TV series in which contestants have blind auditions to see if one of the celebrity music artists pick them…
A Visual Cheat Sheet For Education Technology
A Visual Cheat Sheet For Education Technology by TeachThought Staff Keeping up with technology is impossible, even for blogs like Mashable, Engadget, and Techcrunch that do it for a living. Moore’s Law and all. And lately, education has had its share of innovation, whether it’s showing up in your local public school/K-20 classroom or not. Combine the…
What Close Reading Actually Means
The goal of close reading is to analyze the text and interpret why details–and the text itself–are significant.
46 Of The Best Free Apps For Teachers
In this list, we focus on digital content that will help you teach more effectively to a wider range of students in compelling & dynamic ways.
The Bare Minimum Of Technology Integration
The Bare Minimum Of Learning Technology by TeachThought Staff What is the bare minimum of learning technology integration in a classroom? Does it depend on nation, grade level, or content area? Socioeconomic status? Culture? Prevailing local technology use? Though many teachers remain against reckless #edtech integration, the conversation is clearly shifting from should technology play a central…
10 Lessons For The Digital Teacher
If you’re a teacher and you’re in any way digital, there are some strategies you might consider to lubricate the interaction between the two.
Education App Spotlight: Contraption Maker
In Contraption Maker, children use hundreds of parts like hamster motors, balls, and conveyor belts to fix broken contraptions.
Twitter With Meaning? 5 Authentic Roles For Twitter In Your School
Twitter With Meaning? 5 Authentic Roles For Twitter In Your School by TeachThought Staff We’ve theorized before that learning through social networks is the future. Twitter in the classroom? This is also an idea we’ve covered in the past. But what about a simple process for schools to use begin using twitter meaningfully? With that question in…
The Basics Of Reflective Teaching: A Slo-Blog Approach
What Are The Basics Of Reflective Teaching? by Beth Leidolf As the school year kicks off, many classes, teachers and students begin with the basics, those building blocks that provide a firm foundation upon which more valuable learning and growing will take place. With that in mind, the #reflectiveteacher community gets back to basics in…
70 Practical Things Every Teacher Should Know
Having a solid base in theory makes sense but the questions he was getting–“Why did you become a teacher?”–seemed only vaguely useful.
3 Lasting Lessons For Teachers From Grant Wiggins
One of Grant Wiggins’ lasting lessons is that in order to transfer their learning, students need to understand “big ideas.”
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