Alternatives To Homework: A Chart For Teachers
Homework can be useful to help students learning, but isn’t always the best strategy. Here are alternatives to homework: a chart for teachers.
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50 Reasons It’s Time For Smartphones In Every Classroom
33. Students can have choice in terms of apps, platforms, social channels, assessment style, and so on. Smartphones can support this.
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Shifting From Pedagogy To Heutagogy In Education
As a self-directed approach to learning, heutagogy is underpinned by the assumptions of two key philosophies: humanism and constructivism.
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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.
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10 Back-To-School Tips For Teachers Using Google Docs
Use Google Docs to collaborate with your colleagues on joint lesson plans or to create shared calendars for cross-classroom activities.
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20 Questions Parents Should Ask Teachers About Their Child’s Education
One of the most significant challenges facing formal education in the United States is the chasm separating schools and communities.
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8 Steps To Teacher-Led, Digital PD
Do you want your PD effective, credible with staff, or affordable? Pick two — finding training that fits all 3 is a tremendous challenge.
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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?”
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The Difference Between Technology Use And Technology Integration
Is technology peripheral to the learning activity or essential to its success? Does it deliver information or help students create meaning?
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Teaching Google Natives To Value Information
Digital natives–students born into our digital, connected world—have always had Google to bail them out. And maybe that’s okay.
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Connected Learning: The Power Of Social Learning Models
Connected Learning is an answer to three key shifts as society evolves to a 21st century networked society.
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The Paradox Of The Modern Teacher
23 propositions in an attempt to etch out the paradox of the modern teacher.
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How To Be A More Interesting Teacher
While it’s not your job to be a circus clown, student engagement leads to student growth. Here are 8 ways to be a more interesting teacher.
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Hattie’s Index Of Teaching & Learning Strategies: 39 Effect Sizes In Ascending Order
Hattie’s effect sizes in ascending order are not recommendations, but rather a comprehensive synthesis of a huge amount of data.
