I Don’t Keep Teaching Because Of Kids by Paul Barnwell, mindfulstew.org Ask most teachers why they teach, and you’ll hear iterations of the same theme: I want to make a difference in student lives. I love interacting with kids. I have an chance to change their trajectories. I agree with the above, and it certainly…
Web literacy touches on a variety of competencies but allows students to do one essential thing: meaningfully engage on the Internet.
As with any instructional tool, ed tech is critical to increasing rigor in the classroom. Here are 5 ways technology can be used to do so.
Teaching Is Harder–And More Rewarding–Than Ever by Nellie Mitchell Nostalgia comes pretty effortlessly as we get older, doesn’t it? It is fun to look back with fondness at the things that used to be so cool in school, like the Oregon Trail game, laser disks, and typewriters. Were they effective instruction tools? Maybe not, but they…
8 Reasons Why Students Should Still Write Research Papers by Dorothy Mikuska There are plenty of reasons why the research paper is not assigned. They pretty much boil down to: perceived irrelevance of the assignment in light of modern publishing and technology widespread plagiarism teachers buried alive grading 10-page papers from 150 students (that’s 1500 pages…
How Technology Changed My Social Studies Classroom by Thomas Stanley One of the greatest experiences I have had in teaching World History is to create a blended-learning class that is based on using technology with thematic learning, in-class activities, and world projects. When students can physically and intellectually wrap themselves around a subject doing real-world…
What do educators and learners need from iPad integration? What is tablet ‘workflow’ in an educational context?
by Sandra L. Love, Ed.D. The content of this article has been adjusted per the author’s original submission to clarify any confusion that might arise. In today’s classroom, we have moved beyond teaching reading, writing and mathematics through rote memorization. We must push students to dig deeper and ask clear, thoughtful questions so they build the…
In this post we consider the appropriate text complexity to use in order to help students develop text comprehension.
What Does “College Ready” Really Mean, Anyway? by Terry Heick Yesterday, I was talking to my 14 year old daughter yesterday about the kinds of skills that translate to academic success. I also actually used the sterile phrase “academic success.” This was an important distinction, as she’s home-schooled (another term I dislike) and learns through…
33 Graphic Design Tools To Publish Visual Content by TeachThought Staff Digital literacy is, in part, about digital publishing. Digital publishing is, in part, about the writing process–choosing an audience and purpose, drafting content, revising and editing that content, and then sharing it with the world. But digital publishing is also about the right tools…
How Can School Leaders Can Use Observations More Effectively? by Paul Moss Whilst observations are certainly not the whole picture of a teacher’s skill, they can provide excellent opportunities for teachers to reflect on their practice. If my last article How Your Teacher Observation Can Help You Grow convinced teachers of the benefits of observations,…
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