Veteran Teacher Archives

50 Reasons It’s Time For Smartphones In Every Classroom

33. Students can have choice in terms of apps, platforms, social channels, assessment style, and so on. Smartphones can support this.

Learning / February 6, 2017 / Veteran Teacher

When We Don’t Cultivate Our Most Gifted Students by Brad McDonell When I was in primary school it was recognized

How Does Technology Change Teaching And Learning? by Terry Heick This post was originally published in 2014 and most recently

Consider the ‘collaborative problem-solving’ framework to guide your design of project-based learning or learning in digital networks.

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

Why Curriculum Should Function More Like A Game by Terry Heick In 2016, sandbox video games have changed gaming more

We should be cautious not to view learners as little widgets in an education machine that wheezes and chuffs and spits out educated learners.

Here’s a quick thought for you: Today is an opportunity. Today is your chance. Not some day generally or metaphorically. Today.

Learning / February 27, 2016 / Veteran Teacher

Carl Rogers’ five statements about learning begin with the premise that all learning starts with the student.

Innovative schools connect with the outside world, view students as people, design creative learning spaces & encourage critical thinking.

Truth be told, students are geniuses with technology. Born hackers. And of course they are better than teachers. They’re digital natives.

“Coverage” is ultimately an egocentric delusion, a form of teacher blindness that because we teach it, students will get it & appreciate it.