How To Make Twitter A Mainstream Tool For School Improvement by Terry Heick, Using twitter as a learning tool doesn’t require much imagination. Twitter is a microblogging platform that allows people to share and skim a large quantity of ideas in a short period of time. Students can connect with experts, socialize thinking, participate in…
After researching, this stage of the inquiry process is centered around students clarifying both their own thinking.
…Nonetheless, the above framework can help support the teacher in a blended classroom in promoting student motivation
Teachers don’t “give tests,” they “assess.” They don’t “go over it again,” they “remediate.” Simply put, jargon helps us be more specific.
What students should know starts with themselves and moves outwards to a content area. Here are questions students should be able to answer.
Social Media Isn’t Killing Literacy by Terry Heick One of the notable changes in the Common Core academic standards is a shift in literacy instruction from the shoulders of “English-Language Arts” teachers, to all content area teachers. Kylene Beers, known for her enduring work in literacy instruction, shared the image below today on her twitter…
Teaching disruptively helps create learners who ask the right question at the right time for reasons that matter to them.
Education Phrases & Language That Need To Die by Terry Heick Being in education long enough, you’ll begin to hear certain words and phrases that bother you on some level. Some are obvious—“smart” bothers a lot of educators, and for good reason. Others you’re not sure why they grind your gears, but they do. (I know,…
A Message To The Graduating Class Of 2013 You’re graduating, which means school—the formal and academic portion of your learning experience–is over. You’re going to be hit with a lot of questions, either about college or a “job,” mostly from well-intentioned adults trying to make conversation or throw in their two cents. So here’s my…
How we learn is changing in response to a changing environment. 21st century learning is teeming with new ideas for learning pathways.
What Is The Definition Of Global Learning? Globalization. Definitely not a high-interest topic. For every person reading this quick preview, probably 18 more skimmed right past, busy trying to survive right here, right now. This makes sense. Even when it does get attention, it is often bursting with rhetoric and emotion—discussed in tones of enthusiasm…
Adaptive computer-based testing slowly begins to replace one-size-fits-all assessment of academic proficiency.
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