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9 Ways To Help Students Learn Through Their Mistakes

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 23:30:00 GMT

There are different kinds of mistakes: careless mistakes, systematic mistakes, misconceptions, etc. Students need help understanding this.

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5 Teaching Strategies For Deep Learning In Virtual Environments

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 01:08:31 GMT

Here are 5 specific and practical strategies, along with associated tools, that promote deep learning in virtual and physical classrooms.

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Knowledge Demands Change Faster Than Every Other Part Of Education

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 23:15:00 GMT

Give me a curriculum based on people--based on their habits and thinking patterns in their native places and a genuine need to understand.

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30 Of The Best Tools For Remote Teaching And Learning

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 01:16:58 GMT

From screencasting tools to content hubs to streaming and whiteboard collaboration, here are the best remote teaching tools we could find.

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What Is Reader’s Theater? Using Literacy For Online Student Engagement

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:36:29 GMT

Reader’s theater is a collaborative literacy activity, for all ages, that incorporates reading, writing, speaking, and listening.

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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 229 Growing Viewpoint Diversity

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 17:38:57 GMT

Drew Perkins talks with sociology professor, author, and consultant, Ilana Redstone about the importance of and how to develop viewpoint diversity.

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A Model For Teaching And Learning With iPads

Tue, 29 Dec 2020 20:30:00 GMT

How can the iPad promote a broader set of evidence of understanding? How can it promote the assessment of higher-order thinking skills?

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22 Strategies For Learning Through Conversation

Tue, 29 Dec 2020 17:36:00 GMT

22 Strategies For Learning Through Conversation by TeachThought Staff 22 Strategies For Learning Through Conversation 1. Concentric Circles 2. QFT 3. Stand & Declare 4. Debate 5. Paideia Seminar 6. Seed Discussions Seed Discussions are a kind of Literature Circle that combine close reading of a text with unique roles for each student. Adlit.org provides […]

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12 Of Our Best Articles About Remote Teaching And Learning

Mon, 28 Dec 2020 21:41:04 GMT

From Zoom tools to types of blended learning to principles of student engagement, here are 12 articles about remote teaching and learning.

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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 228 Developing Virtual & Intercultural Skillsets

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 17:06:59 GMT

Drew Perkins talks with Dr. Barbara Covarrubias about her projects to help facilitate and develop virtual events and experiences that build community and intercultural understanding.

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8 Tips For Teaching With Technology For Beginners

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 23:47:55 GMT

Integrating technology into teaching and learning is like adding electricity to architectural design: embedded from the beginning.

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Assuming The Best: The Power Of Teaching Through Positive Assumption

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 21:00:00 GMT

Always assuming the best in a child is one of the most significant investments you can make in their future.

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A Walk Through Seoul, South Korea In The Rain Has Been My Rescue

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 20:10:03 GMT

The idea here is digital movement through physical spaces--to see and witness places and cultures if only, for now, through a screen.

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How COVID Will Change The Future Of Learning And Development

Sun, 20 Dec 2020 22:35:58 GMT

As organizations choose flexible working arrangements, there is hope for a more modern outcomes-based, self-directed learning pattern.

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The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 227 Superintendents Experience Navigating Covid-19

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 18:48:32 GMT

Drew Perkins talks with Kentucky superintendents Rob Clayton and Gary Fields about their navigation of the tensions and challenges associated with Covid-19.

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Why Reflection Is Important In Teaching

Thu, 17 Dec 2020 23:38:01 GMT

Why Reflection Is Important In Teaching contributed by Madhu Narayanan and Jill Ordynans This is a time of troubling uncertainty. What does this demand of us as teachers? We are facing stark realities that connect to the core work of teachers: systemic violence, a global pandemic, horrendous inequalities. In such a context, how do we […]

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5 Strategies For Teaching Students To Use Metacognition

Wed, 16 Dec 2020 15:30:00 GMT

Teaching strategies for student metacognition include modeling it, defining it, and clarifying how it helps them beyond the classroom.

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4 Characteristics Of Critical Digital Pedagogy

Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:30:00 GMT

Critical digital pedagogy must remain open to diverse voices and requires rethinking of how that collaboration happens across boundaries.

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What Are The Primary Human Drives?

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 02:23:49 GMT

In outlining this theory, Rifkin provides four fundamental human needs culminating in a 'first drive': the drive to belong.

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8 Switches To Update Project-Based Learning In The 21st Century

Thu, 10 Dec 2020 11:00:00 GMT

PBL is inherently a service-oriented form of instruction; many of the best projects revolve around meaningful social or environmental change.

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