Is The Future Of Reading Not Reading At All? The Impact Of Visual & Social Literacy by Terry Heick Slate recently stumbled upon an infographic that mapped the civil war. And it’s 100 years old. (See below.) You can find a proper zoomable version for careful study at the Library of Congress. In short, it’s a wonderfully…
Analyze the game developer’s position on religious tolerance in modern society, then compare or contrast it to another author’s position.
Teach Like Minecraft: 5 Strategies To Craft Creative Students by Terry Heick At this point, some of you are probably sick of hearing about Minecraft. It has gone from game to phenomenon, selling bajillions of copies and crowding the mindscape of 6th graders everywhere for what seems like centuries. But before you go, there may…
This model is built around the concept of self-knowledge–better understanding one’s self and that to inform one’s interactions with the world.
9 Statements Of Affirmation To Help Establish A Growth Mindset by Terry Heick The ability to change is among the least-appreciated professional characteristics of a teacher. This is especially true as education systems react to both external pressure, and internal instinct to change into something closer to truly progressive learning environments. As I was reading…
What exactly do your students want or need? How will you need to “package” and deliver this gift you feel supremely qualified to teach?
Technology has has made access to information, people, and networks recreational. It is useful only insofar as it extends our own humanity.
Video games’ time in the public spotlight is usually brief, and tangled with discussions on children, violence, and Constitutional rights.
How To Make Twitter A Mainstream Tool For School Improvement by Terry Heick, Using twitter as a learning tool doesn’t require much imagination. Twitter is a microblogging platform that allows people to share and skim a large quantity of ideas in a short period of time. Students can connect with experts, socialize thinking, participate in…
Getting Students To Stop Learning And Start Thinking by TeachThought Staff Jacob Barnett, a 12 year-old that’s been diagnosed with Autism, has some simple advice for you: Instead of being a student of that field, be the field. In the 17 minute video below, in his own charming way he describes multiple historical events, from…
How To Adapt A Social Learning Strategy Framework For Education Social learning strategies are, generally speaking, the stuff of businesses and brands. The word “learning” in the above phrasing is misleading, usually referring to how a business can “learn” what does and doesn’t work in regards to their social media and community strategies. It was…
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,…