Education

Hey, teachers! Who’s going to ISTELive 25 and ASCD Annual 25 in San Antonio? We are! If you’ll be there too, be sure to stop by Booth 844. We can’t wait to meet you and talk about your favorite sessions...

Dear We Are Teachers, Every year, I think, “This will be the summer I do nothing school-related!” And every year, I end up getting sucked into PD, agreeing to help lead some summer seminar, or saying yes to a project...

Sea turtles are fun to study as part of an ocean unit or on their own. And sea turtles, with opportunities to decorate geometric shells and add details to ocean scenes, are a great addition to a coloring station. After...

Everyone deserves a summer adventure, regardless of whether they’re a student, a teacher, or an admin. And if your goal is to feel the wind in your hair and the rush of excitement without exposure to dizzying heights, then indoor...

Kids and teachers both breathe a sigh of relief when summer break finally arrives. After months of hard work, everyone deserves some time to relax. But are there any downsides to taking two or three months completely off from learning?...

Whether you’re a seasoned Chromebook user or just getting started, there are tons of tips, tricks, and shortcuts you and your students may not know about. From boosting productivity and maximizing creativity to adding a touch of fun, these Chromebook...

by TeachThought Staff Bloom’s Taxonomy’s verbs–also known as power verbs or thinking verbs–are extraordinarily powerful instructional planning tools. In fact, in addition to concepts like backward design and power standards, they are one of the most useful tools a teacher-as-learning-designer...

by TeachThought Staff At TeachThought, we’re enthusiastic supporters of any learning taxonomy. (We even created our own, the TeachThought Learning Taxonomy.) Put simply, learning taxonomies help us think about how learning happens. Even if they’re ‘not good’ as we’ve often seen...

by TeachThought Staff At TeachThought, we’ve described Bloom’s Taxonomy as “a hierarchical ordering of cognitive skills that can, among countless other uses, help teachers teach and students learn.” Whether you’re designing instruction, evaluating an assessment, or observing a classroom, Bloom’s remains...

Teachers love to laminate! But they also hate waiting to use the shared laminator in the teacher workroom (plus, why the heck is it always broken?). So it’s no surprise that over time, many teachers give in and buy their...