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?”
Why Social Interaction Is Essential To Learning Math
We seek fluency in the language of math but don’t encourage students to use it in a social way, producing many who are anxious about math.
How I Learned Differentiation
Time, experience, and others’ wisdom helped me see the real problems in how I learned differentiation.
The Leap From Decoding To Comprehension
Perhaps it’s time to explore a radical but common sense notion: maybe we don’t understand how reading comprehension develops over time.
Xavier University Adds A MakerBot Innovation Center
The MakerBot Innovation Center is a custom, centralized & scalable 3D printing solution developed to meet the needs of Xavier.
The Brutal Authenticity Of BYOD
BYOD (bring your own device) provides students not just with a device, but apps–and thus pathways–to solve problems.
How I Used Personal Passion Projects In My Classroom
How to best structure a Personal Passion Project was not something I had thought much about–mainly because I didn’t think students would take the option.
Making the Shift To Visual Teaching
Shifting To Visual Teaching by Timothy Gangwer Ed note: This post is a preface to Timothy’s session at the International Conference of Creativity, Thinking & Education, April 18-20, 2015 at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota During a rehearsal of Debussy’s La Mer, Maestro Arturo Toscanini found himself unable to describe to the orchestra the effect he…
#twitterchat: Why Teachers Like Learning Models
Why Do Teachers Like Learning Models? A #twitterchat by TeachThought Staff Recently, #cohort21 hosted a twitter chat on a topic near and dear to our hearts: learning models and frameworks. We have our own ideas about what they’re so important, but this isn’t about us, is it? This being 2014, the #twitterchat conversation, of course,…
Experiential Learning: Hands-On Doesn’t Mean It’s Minds-On
Merely playing the game over and over need not cause understanding and transfer. It takes a deliberate processing of the game experience.
The Difference Between Googling And Inquiry-Based Learning
Search is about finding pieces, knowledge is about knowing the potential value of those pieces.
9 Tips For Smarter Teaching With YouTube
Teaching With Video: 9 Tips For Teaching With YouTube contributed by Marlon Gallano Let’s face it, times have changed. The way we learned in school by sitting at a desk with a book, notebook and pencil are no longer the norm. Textbooks and notebooks are being replaced with tablets. The pencil is being replaced by the stylus. Touchscreen…
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