50 Of The Best Non-Violent Video Games [Updated]
What are the best non-violent video games for children? Well, that depends on how you define ‘violent’ but here are 50 to get you started.
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Are You Teaching Content Or Teaching Thought?
If our curriculum is thinking, if our job is (excuse the convenient phrasing) teaching thought, our goals as educators change.
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Start With You: How To Make Good Teaching More Sustainable
If we truly want a better world, we can’t continue to mirror the worst parts of that world into our classrooms.
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The Trouble With Measuring Understanding
Measuring understanding might be the most complex thing teachers do. Unfortunately, PD gives little attention to making quality assessments.
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18 Inconvenient Truths About Assessment Of Learning
It’s an extraordinary amount of work to design precise and personalized assessments that illuminate pathways forward for individual students.
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The Extraordinary Demands of High-Needs Teaching
Because despite our noble intentions and the fact we’re increasingly called on to perform miracles, we’re teachers, after all, not saints.
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25 Questions To Guide Teaching With Project-Based Learning
Teaching through PBL can benefit greatly from planning ahead. Here are 25 questions to guide teaching with project-based learning.
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6 Strategies For Dealing With ‘Difficult’ Students
From building trust and relationships to cultivating responsibility, here are 6 strategies for working with your most ‘difficult’ students.
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A Model For Teaching Critical Thinking
Like anything else in your classroom, promoting critical thinking skills is a matter of planning, priority, and practice.
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How I Helped My Students Assess Their Own Writing
“It is very obvious that I rushed through the process and did not think out my ideas as well as I could have.”
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12 Questions To Help Students See Themselves As Thinkers
Self-knowledge is formed through metacognition and basic epistemology. Here are 12 questions to help students see themselves as thinkers.v
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7 iPad Apps For A Paperless Classroom
While it sounds sleek, futuristic, easy to organize, and environmentally friendly, the reality is that paperless classrooms aren’t simple.
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Stop, Practice, Collaborate: The Cycle Of Reflective Teaching
The more reflective you are, the more effective you are. Here’s a cheat-sheet: 3 steps we can all take to build our self-reflective habits.
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What Does The Research Say About Learning Through Play?
As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “It is a happy talent to know how to play.”
