Terrell Heick, Author at TeachThought

14 Messages Every Student Needs To Hear From You

One message every student should hear from you: “The word ‘smart’ doesn’t mean anything so you and I aren’t going to use it anymore.”

What if a teaching strategy improves test scores but stifles creativity and ambition? Is that still a ‘win’?

In a flat classroom, is no single authority for information or process, but rather dozens of sources of information and authority.

The Golden Age Of Learning Technology by Terry Heick We are approaching the golden age of learning technology. In the

Literacy / June 10, 2016 / ela, New Teacher

Every story, Vonnegut playfully asserts, can be ‘shaped’ on a Y-axis of Good Fortune & Ill Fortune extended along the X-axis of Time.

Maybe apps can do everything a textbook can, but with the agility to enable sustained personalized instruction.

Learning / May 30, 2016

Does the idea of a Median Student Growth Percentile sound intimidating? No worries, there’s a PowerPoint for that.

“‘Learning how to think’ really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think.”–David Foster Wallace

Assuming our goal is to make a difference in the lives of others, we might consider the legacy we leave in the minds of students.

Human beings are storytellers by nature. Children especially love to hear stories, but aren’t always so keen on telling their own.

Every great school should not be ‘accountable,’ but rather ‘judged’ by the inclinations, tendencies, habits, and behavior of its students.

Understanding: A Definition by Terry Heick Assessing understanding might be the most complex task an educator or academic institution is