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How A Good Teacher Becomes Great
How A Good Teacher Becomes Greatby Terry HeickGood teachers are amazing--and rare.The ignorance of the Those who can’t, teach mantra is frightening--being a good teacher is an incredible challenge to achieve consistently.Good teachers use data to drive instruction,...
Failing Forward: 21 Ideas To Help Students Keep Their Momentum
by Terry Heick "Failing Forward" is a relatively recent entry into our cultural lexicon--at least as far has headlines go anyway--that has utility for students and teachers. Popularized from the book of the same name, the idea behind failing forward is to see failing...
The Difference Between Googling And Inquiry-Based Learning
The Difference Between Search And Inquiryby Terry HeickEd note: This post is part 2 of 2 in a mini-series on Google and student inquiry. Part 1 can be seen here.As we recently talked about, Google impacts thinking by putting a universe of information at the end of any...
How Google Impacts The Way Students Think
How Google Impacts The Way Students Think by Terry Heick Ed note: This post is part 1 of 2 in a mini-series on Google and student inquiry. Part 2 can be seen here. It's always revealing to watch learners research. When trying to understand complex questions often as...
15 Interesting Ways To Start Class Tomorrow
15 Interesting Ways To Start Class Tomorrow by Terry Heick How should you start class tomorrow? You love teaching, your love your classroom, you love your students (most of them), but you’re tired. This doesn’t mean you’re not willing to work, but it makes the...
5 Ideal Traits Of A Project-Based Learning Teacher
5 Ideal Traits Of A PBL Teacherby Mike Kaechele, TeachThought PD FacilitatorThe past few years I have worked with many teachers introducing the components of Project-Based Learning (PBL) and helping them design their own projects.Sometimes it has been a teacher’s...
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