Why People Play Video Games
Why People Play Video Games Why We Play Video Games: How Our Desire For Games Shapes Our World was first published in Game Informer magazine and then on gameinformer.com by Ben Reeves Gamers have spent countless hours saving princesses, dodging bullets, and…
20 Observable Characteristics Of Effective Teaching
20 Observable Characteristics Of Effective Teaching by TeachThought Staff What makes an effective teacher? Or more specifically, what observable characteristics might you see and hear? The University of Minnesota offered some observable characteristics of effective teaching which, while focused on…
How To Add Materials To An Assignment In Google Classroom
Adding Materials To An Assignment In Google Classroom by TeachThought Staff Adding materials to assignments in Google Classroom is simple–basically navigating to the Assignments page, clicking the paperclip icon, then choosing the source of the file from the dropdown menu.…
Is Focusing On Student ‘Improvement’ The Wrong Approach?
Is Focusing On Student ‘Improvement’ The Wrong Approach? by Terry Heick One of the central criticisms of public education should ideally be the effect of public education. Somehow, most discussions around ed reform revolve around the bits and pieces of…
How I Helped My Students Assess Their Own Writing
How I Helped My Students Assess Their Own Writing contributed by Peg Grafwallner, M.Ed. As the School Support Teacher/Reading Specialist of a large urban high school, I create, develop, implement and assess lessons with teachers of all content areas. I consider…
15 Interesting Ways To Start Class Tomorrow
15 Interesting Ways To Start Class Tomorrow by Terry Heick How should you start class tomorrow? You love teaching, your love your classroom, you love your students (most of them), but you’re tired. This doesn’t mean you’re not willing to…
5 Ideal Traits Of A Project-Based Learning Teacher
5 Ideal Traits Of A PBL Teacher contributed by Mike Kaechele Over the past few years, I have worked with many teachers, introducing the components of Project-Based Learning (PBL) and helping them design their own projects. Sometimes it has been…