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...
We don’t know about you but, when we think of the cost of frames before lenses even enter the picture, we can’t help but envy the people who are out here seeing their surroundings clearly… for free. That being said,...
Teacher planners are a hot topic of conversation in the We Are Teachers HELPLINE group on Facebook. Many members say they’re constantly in search of the perfect teacher planner, one that will help them keep up with lessons, meetings, activities,...
by Terry Heick Agreeing on how to best establish what a learner understands isn’t simple — if for no other reason then understanding itself isn’t simple. The difference between gamification and game-based learning is important: the former uses encouragement mechanics to promote...
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