Things You Can Say To Encourage A Child
by TeachThought Staff There are many ways to encourage a child, but for students of any age, honest, authentic, and persistent messages from adults that
The Most Dangerous Phrase In Education
by Terry Heick I was speaking (tweeting) with Mark Barnes tonight, and he mentioned the idea of challenging existing forms and practices. And then someone tweeted
15 Alternatives To Report Cards –
15 Alternatives To Report Cards In The K-12 Classroom by TeachThought Staff Like lunchboxes (or brown paper sacks), field trips, and textbooks, report cards are
How Schools Can Implement Mindful Media –
Information and Communication Overloading (ICO) and “Mindful Media” contributed by Dr. Domenico Meschino In today’s digital age, children are immersed in many online activities that
8 Off The Best Tools To Create Infographics
For better or for worse, visual information is the new internet, and infographics are pioneers in mashing information and images together in a way that
20 Words That Can Change How Students Think
by Terry Heick While I often talk about ‘scale’ as one of the primary challenges in education–and have also wondered about curriculum, too–a more subversive concept
How I Eliminated (Almost) All Grading Problems In My Classroom
by Terry Heick Grading problems are one of the most urgent bugaboos of good teaching. Grading can take an extraordinary amount of time. It can
The Greatest Books Of All Time
Labeling a book “great” is a matter of opinion, but when you pile together the opinion of 13 other book-loving folks, you start to get
Quotes About Living –
What Is Life About? The Best Quotes We Could Find by TeachThought Staff What Is Life About? The Best Quotes We Could Find “People use
35 Best Literary Halloween Costumes for Teachers
If there’s any way to get a teacher excited about Halloween, it’s to gather inspiration from some of the best literary Halloween costumes out there.
