Education
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20 Words That Can Change How Students Think
by Terry Heick While I often talk about ‘scale’ as one of the primary challenges in education–and have also wondered about curriculum, too–a more subversive concept constantly at play throughout education is tone. As an ‘English’ teacher, I always explained tone to students as a kind of ‘attitude’ that can be expressed in a variety of implicit and explicit ways–from words…
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The Greatest Books Of All Time
Labeling a book “great” is a matter of opinion, but when you pile together the opinion of 13 other book-loving folks, you start to get somewhere close to credibility. Alistofbooks.com compiles 13 lists of the greatest books ever published, using contributions from individuals and organizations ranging from The Harvard Book Store to the BBC. Below, then, is one take on…
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8 Of The Most Important Critical Thinking Skills –
Critical thinking is the ongoing application of unbiased analysis in pursuit of objective truth. Although its name implies criticism, critical thinking is actually closer to ‘truth judgment‘ based on withholding judgments while evaluating existing and emerging data to form more accurate conclusions. Critical thinking is an ongoing process emphasizing the fluid and continued interpretation of information rather than the formation…
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How to Create Engaging and Interactive Lessons With Technology –
Education has gone beyond acquiring knowledge to acquiring skills using EdTech tools; students learn digital literacy, teamwork, and critical thinking skills. Using technology in learning also enhances the student’s ability to appreciate and ponder on issues in a previously deemed impossible manner. Thus, tech serves as an additional tool for navigation, similar to how tutors and experts at a professional…
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Addressing 5 Common Project-Based Learning Challenges –
How To Address Common Project-Based Learning Challenges Through Culture-Building contributed by Sara Segar, Experiential Learning Depot I would never claim to be the world’s best project-based educator. There have been ups and downs, some duds, and big mistakes. I have encountered every PBL challenge imaginable, but I’ve used them as opportunities to do better. I’ve learned that every PBL struggle is…
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4 Benefits To Cloud-Based Learning
by TeachThought Staff As learning becomes increasingly digital, access becomes increasingly important. The Flipped Classroom, for example, requires technology that would have been considered dramatic only a few years ago. Broadband access, CPU speed, graphics processing, multi-media production in terms of sound, image, film, and other innovations have placed significant demands on the technology industry. Of course, it has been…
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8 Strategies Your Teaching More Enjoyable This Year –
by Terry Heick My wife is a schoolteacher, and recently I’ve been listening to her online meetings. And there have been a lot of them. It’s July 2024 and a week or three from the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year in the United States depending on your local school district’s schedule. Yesterday, I was at a cafe sitting next…
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How To Teach Artificial Intelligence Without Technology
Strategies for Teaching AI Concepts Without Technology by TeachThought Staff Preface: This post is primarily for general content-area K-12 teachers (likely 6-12). Teaching AI theory, for example, is well beyond these ideas. You don’t need a wind tunnel to learn about aerodynamics or boiling water to help students understand boiling points. How you teach something depends, obviously, on what you’re…
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How To Connect Schools And Communities
by Terry Heick It’s possible that there is no time in the history of education that our systems of educating have been so out of touch with the communities. Growing populations, shifting communities, and increasingly inwardly-focused schools all play a role. In light of the access of modern technology, social media, and new learning models that reconfigure the time and…
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The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Online Language Learning –
AI is quickly becoming a powerful change in online language learning (i.e., through eLearning), and it can significantly change how the material is delivered and how well learning systems work. When AI is added to eLearning platforms, they become smart tools that customize learning experiences to meet students’ needs and run fun and useful training classes. Let’s take a quick…
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