TeachThought Staff – Page 52

Opinion: Charter Schools Fight The McDonaldization Of Education

Education / June 5, 2019

Public charter schools have flexibility to implement more individualized learning models that promote curiosity, inquiry, & critical thinking.

As a student, I got to learn more about the power of ‘gamifying’ something, and what effect it had on learners.

Project-Based Learning protocols offer specific structures that guide groups to collaboratively design and execute projects.

The best teachers innovate outside of prescribed limitations. Here are 8 tips to update your teaching in a 21st century classroom.

Teachers must be provided with the appropriate environment, time, finances, and resources to teach students in this ever-changing society.

Buildings are at the heart of modern human civilization. Here are 5 factors in the education building design of the future.

In short, Google Gradebook is exactly what it sounds like it’d be: a way to view and manage grades within Google Classroom.

Technology / May 23, 2019 / How-To, Math

IXL is a personalized learning platform used by over 400,000 teachers worldwide. Here are 8 ways to use IXL in the classroom.

The teacher isn’t at the front of the room talking. They are everywhere, interacting with students and challenging them to keep pushing.

YouTube offers effortless consumption of millions of videos. In the unsupervised hands of children, this presents a challenge.

Tweets are limited to 280 characters–plenty for a well-written sentence. Ask students to tweet their thesis statements in one sentence.

By using uniform standards and assessment forms, our education system often punishes errors, rather than rewarding risk-taking.