YouTube Is Releasing An App For Kids
YouTube for Kids is a child-centered app by Google that curates age-appropriate content for various age ranges.
Teaching African American Students Through Parallel Inquiry
Teaching African American students starts with you. Through critical and parallel inquiry, you can help African American students find their own answers.
The Ingredients Of A Creative Teacher
Awareness. Empowerment. Practice. These are the three key ingredients to growing (and maintaining) a creative teacher.
An EdTech Primer: Technology Use, Benefits, And Online Safety Tips
An EdTech Primer: Technology Use, Benefits, And Online Safety Tips contributed by Amy Williams Today, many parents can pinpoint one significant difference between their child’s education and our own–technology. Granted, we overhear complaints about Common Core or standardized tests, but the major difference is the influx of technology in education–the internet, computers, apps, and social…
20 Ways To Get A Noisy Classroom’s Attention
Stand at the front of the room and say out loud, “Clap once if you hear me, clap twice if you hear me,” while modeling the clap.
Learning Theories: Three Levels Of Information Processing
Three Levels Of Information Processing by Steve Wheeler, Associate Professor, Plymouth Institute of Education This is number 5 in my blog series on major learning theories. My plan is to work through the alphabet of psychologists and provide a brief overview of their theories, and how each can be applied in education. In the last post we…
Even The Medical Industry Is Rethinking Assessment
Assessment In Medicine: Even The Medical Industry Is Rethinking Assessment by TeachThought Staff via press release When health care providers take patients’ perspectives into consideration, patients are more likely to be actively engaged in their treatment and more satisfied with their care. This is called patient-centered care, and it has been the central focus of…
Editor’s Choice: The Best Educational Apps For iPad
What Are The Best Educational Apps For iPad? by TeachThought Staff One way to think of this list (thematically) is as a kind of editor’s choice for TeachThought staff and contributors. Every single one of these apps is special and worth a spot on every iPad in every classroom. The Trends As a staff, we…
9 Tips For Smarter Teaching With YouTube
Teaching With Video: 9 Tips For Teaching With YouTube contributed by Marlon Gallano Let’s face it, times have changed. The way we learned in school by sitting at a desk with a book, notebook and pencil are no longer the norm. Textbooks and notebooks are being replaced with tablets. The pencil is being replaced by the stylus. Touchscreen…
An Example Of A Socratic Discussion With A Student
Here is a simple question that, asked with the right tone, can provide a lifeline to any student in any context.What do you think?
50 Resources For Teaching With iPads
This collection is designed to reflect trends and changes–of the best resources for teaching with the iPad.
Teaching Writing With Technology? Blogging, Blogging, Blogging
Blogging offers a fun, casual and accessible way for students to develop, hone and perfect writing skills without making it seem like work.
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