Classroom Of The Future: Shifts To Move Tomorrow’s Learning To Today
Shifts to create the classroom of the future include a shift from academic standards to learning networks and single modalities to blended.
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The Most Important Question Every Assessment Should Answer
Whether a formal test or an informal observation, the most important question every assessment should answer is, ‘What now?’
Don’t Teach Kids How To Read, Teach Them Why
Increasingly, books aren’t thought of as entertainment or even as ways to learn; they are thought of in terms of their form: as books.
12 Myths About Project-Based Learning
Among the most pervasive myths about project-based learning is that students ‘doing projects’ equates to students learning through PBL.
30 Universal Strategies For Critical Learning
From making an observation and drawing a conclusion to forming and improving a question, here are 27 strategies for critical learning.
What Great Teachers Know About Their Students
Creating Student-Centered Learning Profiles: What Great Teachers Know About Their Students by TeachThought Staff This is part 2 of our …
4 Stages Of Edtech Integration From A Student Perspective
Mobile technology erodes the traditional classroom. Truly ‘mobile’ learners should disrupt non-flexible curriculum.
What Is The Purpose Of School?
How much of your intelligence, your affection, your skill, and your pride is employed in your work? What are its ecological and social costs?
The Characteristics Of A Highly Effective Learning Environment
In a highly effective learning environment, there are opportunities for students to revisit old thinking while grappling with new ideas.
25 Things Successful Teachers Do Differently
What do successful teachers do? It turns out, quite a bit–and it begins and ends with connecting with students.
Viewing Comprehension Strategies: Watching Videos Like You Read A Book
Due to diverse content, mobile access, and credibility with students, video is a pedagogical goldmine. Are there ‘viewing comprehension strategies’ that students can use to make video even more useful in the classroom?
50 Alternatives To Lecturing In The Classroom
From Accountable Talk to interactive RAFT Assignments, podcasting to debate, there are countless alternatives to lecturing.