The Collaborative Learning Tools I Use To Motivate Students by Derek von Waldner As many educators know, students often come into a classroom ranging below or above a certain grade level. Even the most experienced of teachers find this disparity challenging. Self-paced and differentiated learning can help strike a balance among student grade levels, but…
BoomWriter is a free platform for group writing that engages students in collaborative projects for all subject areas to help them improve their writing.
How To Use Post-it® Super Sticky Notes To Promote Critical Thinking by TeachThought Staff How can Post-it® Super Sticky Notes be used to promote critical thinking in the STEM high school classroom? Quite effectively, it turns out–especially if you’re familiar with Concept Attainment as a teaching and learning strategy. The Post-it® Brand recently conducted a…
Do we fully understand the long-term effects of science–and if we don’t, how should that change how we “practice science”?
Although the American Association of University Women focuses on all of academia, closing the gender gap in STEM remains a priority.
Speaking another language is among the many things that have been made easier with the explosion of the digital universe.
Teachers can use Google Chrome extensions for almost anything–from finding related resources to sending links to colleagues.
Prodigy is a free, adaptive math game that integrates common-core math (grades 1-8) into a fantasy style game that students love playing.
10 Sample Student Learning Objectives For The Teacher That’s Not So Sure About This Hour Of Code Thing by TeachThought Staff You keep hearing about this hour of code thing, but you’re not a “hacker,” and aren’t real comfortable with teaching what you don’t know. Especially when it relates to technology and its fundamental programming. You…
The presentation from seyfert6 offers ways to get your Edmodo class started, from planning committee meetings to gathering PBL resources.
6 Ways To Find Video Games You Can Teach With by Ryan Schaaf, Assistant Professor of Educational Technology at Notre Dame of Maryland University Many people, whether young or old, male or female, introverted or extroverted, love playing video games. Why is this form of media so enticing for such a wide range of people? The constant…
Because students necessarily create things with digital tools and images, the resulting creative expression is inherently student-centered.
25 Teacher-Created, Free Lesson Plans For K-12 by Natalie Dean, Share My Lesson Share My Lesson is a digital platform where educators can collaborate and share learning resources such as lesson plans, classroom strategies and innovative ideas, at no cost. The site has more than 425,000 free resources with 30,000 aligned to the Common Core State Standards,…
Game-Based Learning Apps: Universe Sandbox App: Universe Sandbox Platform: PC Price: $9.99 on Steam (though they often have sales–put it in on your wishlist and they’ll notify you when it goes on sale) Grade Levels: Ages to 5 to however old you are Content Area: Science, Math, Astronomy What Is It? Technically this isn’t a game, but an actual…