Teaching Google Natives To Value Information
Digital natives–students born into our digital, connected world—have always had Google to bail them out. And maybe that’s okay.
8 Common Grading Mistakes Most Teachers Should Avoid
Our system of letter grades is a lot of work for teachers and punishes some students. Here are 8 grading mistakes teachers should avoid.
16 Common Core Technology Tools–With Examples
There are many tools to help us create opportunities for students to engage in meaningful speaking activities and to improve listening skills.
What If Every Teacher Tweeted?
Like every teacher must translate their knowledge and personality into a kind of “voice” and personality, it’s not much different on twitter.
Reflective Teaching: A 30-Day Blogging Challenge For Teachers
Reflective Teaching Questions: A 30-Day Blogging Challenge For Teachers by TeachThought Staff We’ve talked about “reflective teaching” before, and shared ways to be a more reflective teacher as well. Well, through the work of Beth Leidolf and Justine Hughes, September is Reflective Teacher month at TeachThought. Beth and Justine have created a blogging challenge for…
3 Shifts To Create A Climate Of Possibility In Your Classroom
How To Create A Climate Of Possibility In Your Classroom by TeachThought Staff In May of last year, Ken Robinson–he of “Is School Killing Creativity?”/TED Talk legend status–gave a brief talk on the idea of contrast, specifically the difference between who we are and how we teach. His general message was that we, as human…
Transforming Education Starts In Your Classroom
Want To Transform Education? Start In Your Classroom. by Terry Heick If it’s a standards-based, outcomes-based, institutionally-centered (and nationally participative) game we want, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better combination than Understanding by Design units (i.e., Wiggins) anchored around power standards (e.g., Strong, Silver, Perini, Dufour) that are then delivered through differentiated instruction (i.e.,…
The Best Kind Of Summer Slide: A Summer Bucket List
The Best Kind Of Summer Slide: A Summer Bucket List contributed by Corrine Jacob, alternatetutelage Our family has all but forgotten the ghost of winter past. We are now basking in the glow of this glorious, glorious summer weather. If you’re a homeschooler like me, your mind is currently occupied with scheduling activities so that the…
Helping Parents Trust Your School
What Are The Best Resources For Building Parental Engagement? contributed by Alison Anderson, gettingsmart.com Parent engagement has always been a very bright spot on my radar when thinking about keys to success for schools. Lately, it feels important to distinguish between parent engagement and parent involvement. Both are important and something every school should strive…
How To Be A More Interesting Teacher
While it’s not your job to be a circus clown, student engagement leads to student growth. Here are 8 ways to be a more interesting teacher.
24 Entertaining Short Stories For Middle School
Middle school students are an interesting bunch of emerging identities, and a varied assortment of readiness, knowledge, and maturity.
20 Smart Educators With 1000 Followers Or Less
Who To Follow On Twitter: 20 Smart Educators With 1000 Followers Or Less Normally “who to follow on twitter” posts are full of obvious, preaching to the choir, rich-get-richer accounts–a who’s who of edu-twitter users you probably already follow anyway. In response, we decided to create a different kind of list–people worth following with fewer…
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