by Terry Heick Before the ideas, let me preface this by acknowledging that many of these–if not most–aren’t feasible in most classrooms and schools. I taught for years and tried to shoehorn ideas like this into my teaching, and it...
Educational Technology Integration: Essential Digital Tools for Both Assessment and Strategic Planning in K-12 Education Education leaders want to help their students succeed, which is much easier with new software programs. Demonstrating transparency while achieving district goals is possible without...
By the time you come home from a day with your classroom kids to an evening with your own little one, your checklist is probably overflowing. Making one more decision for the day? No, thank you. Thankfully, when it comes...
Anyone who’s ever spent an afternoon in detention knows the drill: a silent classroom, a packet of work, and a teacher who would probably rather be anywhere else. At Morse High School in Bath, Maine, school counselor and Outing Club...
contributed by Kim Lee One of the most pure and deeply inspirational relationships is that of a devoted teacher and a willing student. Almost everyone has a favorite teacher, and those we liked less. What causes us to still cherish...
A Basic Framework For Teaching Critical Thinking In School by Terrell Heick In What Does Critical Thinking Mean?, we offered that ‘(c)ritical thinking is the suspension of judgment while identifying biases and underlying assumptions to draw accurate conclusions.’ Of course,...
Nearly one in five teachers say they definitely won’t or may not return to their classroom jobs next year. If you’re one of the many who’ve decided it’s time to move on, you may wonder what’s next. First up: Schedule...
by Terry Heick My biggest takeaway from college was learning what I didn’t know. So many passionate, crazy-smart people–teachers and students–that modeled learning and curiosity as I hadn’t seen it before. Entire courses on single ideas I wouldn’t have given...
(Arguably) The Most Important Step Of The Writing Process by Terry Heick If you only teach your students one thing about writing, you could do worse than to teach them how to effectively pre-write. Of course, there’s more to it....
Question: When we mention the junk drawer, what comes to mind first? Is it the desk drawer in your classroom full of papers, fickle pens, stickers, and maybe a few loose googly eyes? Or is it the kitchen junk drawer...
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