Terry Heick – Page 13

10 Things I Wish I Knew My First Year Of Teaching

I learned that my classroom wasn’t *my* classroom. Rather, it was a learning space for children. The classroom belonged to them.

In the Age of Information, data has moved from singular places (here and there) to infinitely plural realities.

What kinds of questions to ask students support what they’ve learned remotely and enhance their ability to apply it?

Good work is applying your affection, intellect, and specific ‘genius’ on people and places you depend on and that depend on you.

Letter grades don’t mean what you think they mean. In fact, they can fail to communicate important truths about your child’s learning.

Questions are indicators of engagement and curiosity in learning. Just as usefully, they are evidence for what a student understands.

Anxiety is feeling like your skin is coursing with electricity, which creates this kind of heat over your skin. It smothers you.

Learning channels’ refer to the unique pathways students most naturally–and powerfully–use to develop skills and understanding.