30 Ways To Use Google Search For Critical Thinking In The Classroom
Here are 30 ways to use Google search in the classroom to help improve students’ ability to self-direct the digital research search process.
3 Tips For Bringing Local Businesses Into Your High School Classroom
We have identified some of the key ingredients for bringing successful local businesses into high school classrooms.
50 Challenging Activities To Promote Digital Media Literacy In Students
Here are 50 ways teachers across content areas–and homeschooled learners too–can promote digital media literacy.
25 Of The Best Resources For Teaching Critical Thinking
From rubrics and presentations to apps, definitions, and frameworks, here are 25 of the best resources for critical thinking.
6 Strategies For Teaching With Bloom’s Taxonomy
Bloom’s Spiraling is the process of starting first at lower levels of Bloom’s–recalling, defining, explaining, etc.–and then progressively increasing the level of thinking.
12 Alternatives To Letter Grades In Education
In this alternative to letter grades, work is first graded and then, through revision and iteration, is gradually improved and ultimately curated.
How To Take Cornell Notes
The purpose of Cornell Notes is to distill complex text, arguments, etc. into a format useful for reflection and study.
16 Things I Want To Hear My Students Say
“Ohhh, I get it.” The iconic phrase that teachers value hearing. A sign you’ve moved a student. Something you want to hear your students say.
Too Much Sitting? 5 Movement Strategies That Get Students Thinking
5 Movement Strategies That Get Kids Thinking contributed by Kenny McKee Each day more research confirms the link between movement and learning. Brain researcher David Sousa claims that physical activity increases the amount of oxygen in our blood, and this oxygen is related to enhanced learning and memory. A Washington Post article suggests that many…
Reading Response Questions That Work With Most Texts
Students needed to see what a ‘quality’ reading response looked like. Once these questions were demystified a bit, it was all downhill.
26 Sentence Stems For Higher-Level Conversation In The Classroom
During meaningful conversations, students are forced to be accountable for positions, to listen, and to analyze opposing perspectives & ideas.
How To Teach Students To Research Without Google
Scaffolding, encouraging discussion, modeling exemplars — here are a few ways to teach students how to research without Google.
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