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To Truly Improve Learning, Schools Should Stop Trying So Hard

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

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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

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10 Team-Building Games For The First Day Of Class

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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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12 Ideas For Easing Students Back to School

by TeachThought Staff Welcome to a new school year! While most teachers and students have so much to look forward to as the new school

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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,