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A Short History Of Education Technology
Selected Timeline of Educational Technology (2000–2025) Selected Timeline of Educational Technology (2000–2025) Related: Modern Classroom Technology Trends | Using Technology Effectively in Learning | Bloom’s Digital Verbs 2000–2003 Digital tools beg...[Read More]
7 Teaching Secrets For Long-Term Growth
What Are The Teaching Secrets For Long-Term Growth? by Terry Heick This post has been updated from a version published in 2013 Good teaching is a major undertaking. Make no mistake–teaching has never been easy. But as we come upon 2014, as a professi...[Read More]
Data Shows More Discipline, Less College Prep for Students With Disabilities
Roughly 1 out of every 7 children in public school has an identified disability, according to a recent analysis, but both traditional public and charter schools have a long way to go to provide equal opportunities for those students — which they have...[Read More]
How One Principal Got Kids to Pay Attention in Class
Utah principal Shauna Haney brought about one of the first classroom cellphone bans in the state.
If you like creative writing, I made a Substack
In addition to my work at TeachThought, I also write creative nonfiction, essays, and—more recently—poetry. I’ve presented my work at the University of Louisville Literacy Conference in 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2024. If you’re into creative writing, I’v...[Read More]
Teaching Is Human Work. Systems Aren’t Built for That.
Teachers are the great translators of learning–mediators that speak in binary code for the system and in human tongue for the children. Source
Developing Confident Students Using Gradual Release Of Responsibility
To use the Gradual Release of Responsibility model, students need to see others using it and who better to model it but you? Source
What Did I Do “At School” Today? A Learner from 2040 Tells All
Jamie, a fictional young person in 2040, wrote this piece to reflect on her high school experience. You know, when my grandma tells me about her childhood, it sounds so… structured. One school building, one classroom, one teacher for everything. Scho...[Read More]
States Hope Fired Federal Workers Will Flock to Fill Teacher Vacancies
When sweeping announcements were made earlier this year that a swath of federal workers were slated to lose their jobs in the nation’s capital, neighboring state and city governments — Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. — began to make the best ...[Read More]
The Best Source Of Education Research Is Your Classroom
Education research is great, but it has nothing on what you are able to see every day within your classroom. Source
Learning New Tech Skills Is Hard. Tech Coaches Say They Can Help
A tech integration specialist shares how she incentivizes teachers to work with her.
Rethinking Learning Loss: When Students Don’t Use What They Learn
When rethinking learning loss, we should consider ‘transferability’ of knowledge to student life. Source