by Dr. Nicholas White Blending education with entertainment is an ancient practice. Even in Athens 2,500 years ago, a lecturer, seeking to keep his students’ attention, may have made a witty comment about the summer heat. But in the 21st century, teachers have more tools than ever before to entertain their students and teach them valuable…
by Becky Fisher Hi, it’s nice to meet you! My name is Becky and I work in education technology. I’m from New York and I live in San Francisco. I used to teach elementary school music. And this is not an interesting story; you don’t want to keep reading. But in an era of social…
The Evolution Of Global Learning & Collaboration The Flat Classroom Project is an interesting effort that’s working on something pretty cool–and impressively ambitious: global learning. Their website explains that the “Flat Classroom® Project is a global collaborative project that joins together middle and senior high school students. This project is part of the emerging tend in…
This basic lesson design closely follows the gradual release of responsibility model and has been used as a template for decades in schools.
Long gone are the days when Google was simply an Internet search engine–in the space of just a few years, it has become a purveyor of every kind of tech product across all categories: Android, Chrome, Maps, Google+, Hangouts. Now students and teachers in K-12 schools may be joining the long list of gaga Google…
Game-Based Learning Is Probably Worth Looking Into by TeachThought Staff “No TV until you finish that level.” Can you imagine? Recent research shows that video games, once considered public school enemy number one, might just be one of our greatest assets in delivering an effective education. How Game-Based Learning Works It’s understandable if there’s a…
There is a disconnect between what students learn while playing games and the academic standards most teachers are interested in promoting.
5 Videos That Describe New Learning by TeachThought Staff What new learning actually is depends on who you talk to. Project-based learning infused with educational technology. Game-based learning and learning simulations. Self-directed learning and learning through play. eLearning and mobile learning to promote personalized learning for every child. Below are five videos that describe what…
The 21st century is a time of rapid change, and while the brain may not be changing, the digital learning tools we use to feed it are.
What happens when you turn your back in a 21st century classroom? The sage is no longer on stage, but rather in the hands of the students. BYOT, indeed.
How Social Media Can Replace Textbooks, According To A 10th Grader This article was written by Noa Gutow-Ellis, a high school sophomore in Houston, Texas. She’s passionate about all things related to the Arab Spring and 21st Century Education. As an 8th grader, Noa gave a TEDx talk about the power of social media. We can do better. Better…
So I was looking through an old Animal Farm unit of mine when I found some notes I had written that sketch a basic outline for a “writing” unit (i.e., a unit designed primarily to produce a piece of writing that’s gone through the entire writing process) from my second year of teaching. Rough as…
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