Would You Want Your Child In This Exquisitely-Managed Classroom?

Would You Want Your Child In This Exquisitely-Managed Classroom?

The First Day Of School In A 9th Grade Classroom That Runs Like Clockwork: A Video Of Classroom Management We don’t talk much about classroom management here at TeachThought. (Well, sometimes we do.) First and foremost, our mission is to both think about and enable better ways of learning in highly-connected, 21st century society: critical thinking,…

10 Questions To Help You Become A Better Teacher This School Year

10 Questions To Help You Become A Better Teacher This School Year

What Questions Will Help You Become A Better Teacher This School Year? by Terry Heick 1. Why are my ‘best’ lessons, assessments, and units ‘best’? And how can I share those powerful characteristics across other units, because let’s be honest, not all of your units are created equal? Your project-based learning unit that uses blogging…

Wisr: Quizzes On Twitter By Content Area

Wisr: Quizzes On Twitter By Content Area

Wisr: Quizzes On Twitter By Content Area Twitter for learning is a topic that probably deserves some discussion. In part because it’s an incredibly popular tool that connects people, and connecting people (and ideas) is what learning is about. And also in part because such study can serve as a kind of analogue for existing…

20 Reflective Questions To Help Students Respond To Common Core Texts

20 Reflective Questions To Help Students Respond To Common Core Texts

Help Students Respond To Common Core Texts With These Reflective Questions The Common Core Standards represent a shift in the traditional instruction of English-Language Arts in the average American public school K-12 classroom. While there are several differences in the new standards, one of the most interesting (in addition to the expectation of technology integration)…

3 Common Barriers To Success In A Flipped Classroom Model

What Are The Most Common Barriers To Success In A Flipped Classroom Model? by Saqib Hussain, Language Teacher In The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Higher Education at the Crossroads (April 15th, 2013), one of the guests, Richard DeMillo, referred to the Benjamin Bloom’s “Two-sigma problem,” claiming that with the move from the “sage on stage” model to…

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