Pre-Order Teaching Machines
Teaching Machines is available for pre-order via the MIT Press website (and anywhere books are sold — consider supporting your local bookseller). I spent a few days trying to revamp the Teaching Machines website — before deciding that the template I had was just fine. Now I’m in the process of updating all my various social media accounts with a new profile pic based off the cover. I absolut...[Read More]
How To Teach Artificial Intelligence In The Classroom 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...[Read More]
6 (Far, Far) Technologies That Will Define The Classroom Of The Future
by TeachThought Staff In ‘Shifts For The Classroom of the Future,’ Terrell Heick said, “It’s challenging enough to manage a traditional learning environment where the curriculum is handed to you, and meetings are set, and you’re simply there to manage; adding more ingredients to the mix seems like asking for trouble. But the truth is, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to educate children in the...[Read More]
Creating A New Digital Architecture Of Participation
Creating A New Digital Architecture Of Participation by Terrell Heick It isn’t clear what the original goal of social media was. No single person, organization, or platform could have possibly decided this. Once the framework of publishing content–in any constantly changing but not always evolving forms–was established, new standards for engagement emerged. At its best, the primary goals of most k...[Read More]
12 Ideas For Easing Students Back to School
by TeachThought Staff Welcome to a new school year! While most teachers and students have much to look forward to as the new school year begins, the end of summer can sometimes be seen as a tragic end to freedom and fun. Like Mondays, the beginning of the school year can sometimes fill you with dread. The good news is that dread is only based on imagined outcomes and even if those are sometimes re...[Read More]
10 Team-Building Games For The First Day Of School
10 Team-Building Games For The First Day Of School by TeachThought Staff Team-building activities are great–especially for the first day of school or early in the school year, Not only can they help establish routines, tone, and expectations, they’re also fun, and can help learners feel comfortable. Though many older students in high school and college may groan at their thought, they’re usually f...[Read More]
Improving The Relationship Between Schools And Communities
Improving The Relationship Between Schools And Communities by Terry Heick Education is a series of learning experiences informed by policy, and actuated by teachers. Policy, by its very nature, is sweeping and ambitious. It is designed to work on various scales, is well-intentioned, and often difficult to fault on paper. The teachers aren’t really much different. They are ambitious, designed to wo...[Read More]
10 Calendar Apps For Improved Scheduling
by TeachThought Staff Life can be crushingly busy–especially if you’re an educator or any other profession where deadlines are constant and the pressure is, unfortunately, unrelenting. With that in mind, keeping your schedule organized and managing your time efficiently is more important than ever. With so many calendar apps available for iOS, it can be tough to find the one that really fits your ...[Read More]
Getting Started With Word Walls
contributed by Samantha Saumell, I Have, Not I Am All teachers want to help students become successful readers and writers. Whether students like reading or writing, they are readers and writers, whether they know it or not. Students sometimes think that they only ‘write’ in school. But the truth is they write every time they text a friend, write a list, write a card, or even message a friend on a...[Read More]
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 infor...[Read More]
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...[Read More]
Microsoft Loop Collaboration Platform Gets a Revamp
Microsoft Loop, the online collaborative platform in Microsoft 365, is getting an upgrade with new features and an overall redesign.