36 Things Every 21st Century Teacher Should Be Able To Do
From taking screenshots to appreciating memes here are things every 21st century teacher should be able to do.
4 Tips For Transitioning Your Classroom To Digital Media
4 Tips For Transitioning Your Classroom To Digital Media by Terry Heick For years you’ve taught with physical texts. You may have watched used film, downloaded the occasional computer program, and even brought students up to the smartboard for some dragging and dropping, but for the most part, your classroom has been centered around physical…
What You Should Know About Violence In Video Games
What To Know About Violence In Video Games In 2013, most of the best video games are violent. Dishonored, Skyrim, Batman: Arkham City, Grand Theft Auto IV, Deus Ex, Hitman, The Walking Dead, Mass Effect, Planetside, Call of Duty, Torchlight II, Max Payne 3 and others almost all place the player in the role of…
How A Good Teacher Becomes Great
How Does A Good Teacher Become Great? by Terry Heick Good teachers are amazing–and rare. The ignorance of the Those who can’t, teach mantra is frightening–being a good teacher is an incredible challenge to achieve consistently. Good teachers use data to drive instruction, know the ins and outs of their curriculum, have refined assessments over…
10 Things Public Education In America Is Getting Right
While there are exceptions, public education in America isn’t a paragon of progressiveness, innovation, or achievement.
How Digital Platforms Are Disrupting Learning
How Are Digital Platforms Disrupting Learning? by Terry Heick Media is becoming increasingly digitized, and we learn through, among other processes, consumption of media. It makes sense then that digital platforms just might be changing the way learning happens. A “platform” can be defined as an app, a website, an eLearning environment, or a collaboratively…
4 Principles Of Digital Literacy
In the 21st century, new literacies are emerging and digital media forms allow communication to be more nuanced than ever before.
The Google Curse: Too Much Information Too Easily Found
But the whole ‘universe at your fingertips’ via Google is unhelpful in this sense: what you’ll actually find is strangely limited.
10 Things The iPhone 5 Tells Us About The Mobile Future
Swiping, pinching, zooming, and other ‘non-typing’ interactions are emerging, moving us closer to a ‘touchless’ future of hardware.
The Art & Science Of Reading In The 21st Century
Like thinking, reading in the 21st century is endlessly linked in an increasingly visible web of physical and digital media forms.
What The iPad’s Popularity Says About Education
Placing an iPad into the lap of every student is nothing if not a sign that teachers are more than willing to give up control of pace and access,
How To Be A Mediocre Teacher
Want to be a mediocre teacher? Don’t listen to students, keep learning in the classroom, and focus on preparing students for the future.
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