5 Apps To Promote Student-Centered Learning
All teachers have access to a toolbelt of gadgets that lower anxiety while elevating students’ voices. I think of them as tech sedatives.
Better Teaching: Why You Bore Students & What You Can Do About It
Why You Bore Students & What You Can Do About It Preface: You don’t mean to bore students. In fact, sometimes you’re downright interesting–the students are engaged, the buzz in the room is palpable, and even the hesitant students are asking questions. But the fact of the matter is, even the most charismatic and experienced…
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How Data Mining Can Work In Education [Infographic]
One of the most polarizing trends to emerge from the rapid growth in technology over the last decade or so is the concept of data. The easy part is its accessibility. When things are digital, they’re simple to save, share, analyze, and repackage. This can be either good or bad, depending on what data is…
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…
34 Smart Ideas For Using Smartphones In The Classroom
Here is a new list of 36 additional ideas to help leverage the power of these smartphones in the classroom.
15 Tools For Better Project-Based Learning
PBL acts both as a curriculum and instruction tool, as well as a new way for students to think about school.
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…
7 Data Visualization Tools You Can Use In The Classroom
Data can be boring. Brightening it up with images and other data visualization tools can make inaccessible information easier to digest.
Ready To Grow? 20 Ways To Improve Your Professional Learning Network
Professional learning networks can improve teaching. They can also act as communal intelligence that changes societal perceptions.
Building Academic Vocabulary: Marzano’s 6-Step Process
In this post, Marzano laid out a 6-step process for building academic vocabulary, including direct instruction and playing with words.
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.
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20 Interesting Ways To Use Twitter In The Classroom [Updated]
Ways to use twitter in the classroom include backchannel discussions, connecting with experts, or tracing ‘viral’ content.
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