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In Defense Of Absolute Literacy
by Terry Heick
Literacy, roughly put, is the ability to read and write.
Implied in those two skills is the ability to think critically. Otherwise, reading and writing are simply skills–processes to move words around, and anyone…
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The 50 Best Education Apps For Android
Mobile learning. Tablets in the classroom. Apps replacing textbooks.
Apple may have started the craze, but the trend is now platform and device-agnostic. While iOS remains the system of choice for most developers (if for no other…
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Student-Centered Learning Requires Adjustments Of Perspective –
Student-Centered Learning Requires Adjustments Of Perspective
contributed by Steve Wheeler, Associate Professor, Plymouth Institute of Education
Who leads the learning in your institution? Is it the teachers or students–or do both…
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20 Of The Best Elementary Learning Apps For Students
20 Of The Best Elementary Learning Apps For Elementary Students
Just as we recently looked specifically at some of the best educational apps for iPad, now we give some love specifically to elementary students (and teachers) who…
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Moving From Connected Schools To Technology-Committed Schools –
contributed by Dawn Casey-Rowe
There they were–like a dream. Five computers in my classroom.
I’d been waiting a long time, through budget issues and fiscal delays. But they were finally in my room–computers! Ironically, I had spent…
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20 Of The Best Quotes About Knowledge –
20 Of The Best Quotes About Knowledge
by TeachThought Staff
What is the definition of ‘knowledge’?
Oxford Dictionary defines knowledge as ‘facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the…
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40 Of The Best Elementary Learning Apps For Students
20 Of The Best Elementary Learning Apps For Elementary Students
Just as we recently looked specifically at some of the best educational apps for iPad, now we give some love specifically to elementary students (and teachers) who…
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16 Questions To Help Students Brainstorm
by Terry Heick
We’ve written about inquiry-based learning in the past, as well as its mother project-based learning, and its more complex cousin self-directed learning.
So it made sense to take a look at challenge-based…
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The Benefits Of Inquiry-Based Learning In Your Classroom
contributed by Irena Nayfeld, TeachThought PD Inquiry Workshop Facilitator
Those of us who spend our days around young children hear it all the time: “What’s that?”
“Why are you doing that?”
“How?”
“Why?”
“HowWhyWhenWhatWhy?”…
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The 5 Phases Of Project-Based Learning –
The 5 Phases Of Project Based Learning
by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD
Project based learning experiences can range from highly complex in scope, scale, and timeline to much more simple versions with more limited…
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