Tag: Terry Heick

In a digital classroom, teachers can become worried that no ‘real learning’ is happening, or that they’ve somehow failed to plan sufficiently.

Problems still surfaced but with a system in place, it was much easier to identify exactly what went wrong and why and communicate it to students.

This is first about how the process of becoming wrong—the sweeping of the arms out in front of you as you search—helps you become right.

Ambition precedes curiosity. Without wanting to advance, learn, change, or grow, curiosity is simply a biological and neurological reaction to stimulus.

It's an extraordinary amount of work to design precise and personalized assessments that illuminate pathways forward for individual students.

In understanding the shift from literacy to digital literacy, it may help to take a look at the underlying assumptions of digital literacy.

The 'giving' of yourself implies that you give your whole self to the act of teaching--that you merge your 'self' and your pedagogy.

Even as apps have fallen in favor, mobility is the new standard. Information, communication, search, and identity—mobility matters in the modern world.

Wisdom is knowing what's worth understanding, understanding the value of ideas, and always placing knowing in the context of not knowing

In rigorous tasks, learners will often need to synthesize data, positions, or theories from multiple sources or perspectives.

"Why should I go to school?" This is a question rarely given serious attention, much less a credible answer that makes sense to children.

Who gets to say you're doing a good job as a teacher? When you go to bed at night, whose approval are you really looking for?

Tone affects how students see themselves and their role in the learning process. The words you use when interacting with students can have a lasting impact.

Why do we create goals and mission statements among the planets and stars, then insist on data and strategies grounded in research and reality?

The need to be rational collides with the enormous complexity and scale of the circumstances teachers face.

While screen time certainly matters, focusing only on time is like developing a literacy program that focuses only on 'minutes read.'

To use the Gradual Release of Responsibility model, students need to see others using it and who better to model it but you?

Here are 20 (mostly) simple things you can do (relatively) quickly to become a better teacher.