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Moving Students From Digital Citizenship To Digital Leadership
Moving Students From Digital Citizenship To Digital Leadershipby TeachThought StaffDigital Citizenship has become one of the more symbolic phrases that represent the significant impact technology has made on our behavior and interactions.What is the definition of...
Why Do High School History Teachers Lecture So Much?
Why Do High School History Teachers Lecture So Much?by Grant Wiggins, Authentic EducationEd note: On May 26, 2015, Grant Wiggins passed away. Grant was tremendously influential on TeachThought’s approach to education, and we were lucky enough for him to contribute his...
The 6 Facets Of Understanding: A Definition For Teachers
The 6 Facets Of Understanding: A Definition For Teachersby Terry HeickWhat are the 6 Facets of Understanding?Definition: The 6 Facets of Understanding is a non-hierarchical framework for understanding. It is made up of 6 'domains' or 'facets' that are useful as...
5 Strategies For Incorporating Social Emotional Learning Into Your Classroom
5 Strategies For Incorporating Social Emotional Learning Into Your Classroomcontributed by Meg Price, the ei experienceSocial emotional learning (SEL) by definition is a process for learning life skills, including how to deal with oneself, others and relationships,...
Why Teaching Is Still The Best Job In The World
7 Reasons Why Teaching Is Still The Best Job In The Worldcontributed by Paul MossSometimes, good teachers quit. Teaching is an increasingly demanding job with divergent influences, dynamic sources of innovation, and aging dogma that makes it all a struggle. It can be...
How I Helped My Students Assess Their Own Writing
How I Helped My Students Assess Their Own Writingcontributed by Peg Grafwallner, M.Ed.As the School Support Teacher/Reading Specialist of a large urban high school, I create, develop, implement and assess lessons with teachers of all content areas.I consider myself...
