TeachThought

AUGUST 17, 2024

Education has gone beyond acquiring knowledge to acquiring skills using EdTech tools; students learn digital literacy, teamwork, and critical thinking skills. These technologies make learning more interactive, allowing students to engage more hands-on with educational content.

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Passion for Social Studies

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Honestly, this is the perfect way to turn blank space and daydreaming into key educational components. The handout even has students match provided scenarios to the correct evolutionary presidential power, a great way to ignite critical thinking skills. They are always fascinated to learn how this process works!

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Dr. Shannon Doak

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of education, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been heralded as a transformative force. This trend echoes concerns I raised nearly five years ago in my blog post, “ What are we doing? It’s imperative that we shift our perspective on technology integration in education.

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TCI

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

With the right HQIM, students develop critical thinking skills, engage meaningfully with historical content, and become informed citizens ready to tackle complex societal issues. Equip your team with the tools they need to make informed decisions that benefit both students and educators.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 10, 2018

The key to future-proofing education is to empower students to not only think, but to apply their thinking in relevant ways to demonstrate what has been learned. Below are some simple strategies that can be used to integrate reflection into any lesson: Writing - A daily journal, blog, and LMS (i.e., Hatton, N., &

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 13, 2013

When moving to initiate sustainable change that will cultivate innovation acquire necessary resources, provide support (training, feedback, advice), empower educators through a certain level of autonomy, communicate effectively, and implement a shared decision-making practice. That and being digitally resilient.

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Teaching Anthropology

APRIL 10, 2025

I recently worked with a newly hired AI educational developer at my institution to create an online assignment in a second year online undergraduate course in biological anthropology with over 300 students. The learning objective was to develop students critical thinking skills in relation to AI generated material.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

But a growing chorus of education advocates has been arguing that phonics isnt enough. They say that being able to decode the letters and read words is critically important, but students also need to make sense of the words. Some educators are calling for schools to adopt a curriculum that emphasizes content along with phonics.

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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

Elementary education has traditionally prioritized English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics, often sidelining social studies. Yet, studies show that integrating social studies into the curriculum can significantly enhance reading comprehension, vocabulary development, and critical thinking.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 9, 2020

In a previous blog, I shared a collection of thinking routines developed and published by Project Zero at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. These routines are incredibly effective structures to encourage students to think more deeply about ideas, concepts, processes, and issues. Thinking Routine: Layers.

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TCI

JANUARY 14, 2025

Engaging students in social studies goes beyond simply covering the material; its about helping them connect historical events to current issues and develop critical thinking skills. By investing in HQIM and supporting educators through professional learning, districts can create a more equitable and effective educational environment.

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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

However, research increasingly shows that integrating knowledge-rich instruction across subjects is essential for improving literacy, critical thinking, and overall student success. Reading Integration: Use informational texts, primary sources, and document analysis to enhance comprehension and critical thinking.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 3, 2019

As anyone who reads this blog regularly will already know, I don’t think teachers should invest hours creating review activities that students are perfectly capable of generating. Quizizz will show you content that has already been created by other educators. There are already games created and ready to use!

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The person generating the study guide and review game is the one doing the critical thinking. Anyone who reads my blog knows that I love a good choice board ! It also saves teachers time, and that’s something every educator can appreciate at this time of the year! Student-created Review and Practice Choice Board.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

Techniques such as anecdotal records, checklists, and rating scales allow educators to gain insights into students’ progress, engagement, and learning strategies. Problem-solving: Can students apply critical thinking and problem-solving strategies to overcome challenges? materials, technology, references)?

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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

Research shows that students who engage in structured science learning develop stronger vocabulary, analytical thinking, and reading comprehension. By incorporating science into literacy instruction, educators can create a more engaging, knowledge-rich classroom experience that benefits all learners.

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Teaching Anthropology

APRIL 13, 2024

The educational model was started in medical schools where clinical scenarios required students to think practically and collaboratively to develop important critical thinking skills.

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Dr. Shannon Doak

JULY 25, 2020

Your students will also need to share documents with each other, collaborate with each other, critically think, and create. Google Suite for Education. GSFE is a fantastic set of tools that enable teachers and students to create, communicate, collaborate, and critically think. Improving Learning. Gravit Designer.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Create digital lessons from a library Recommended Resources BookWidgets Blog BookWidgets Webinars BookWidgets Tutorials Teaching with BookWidgets | Facebook BookWidgets YouTube Channel Finding user-friendly online platforms to create projects and activities is crucial in our classrooms.

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Digital Promise

JULY 25, 2017

In 2014, I wrote – The problem with education in America is not the lack of excellence. Although we’ve made progress, inequities with regard to education opportunities remain a pressing issue. To close this divide, we must fully support educators with the skills and tools they need to power up the learning environment.

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Let's Cultivate Greatness

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Every partfrom the Department of Education to the Environmental Protection Agencycontributes to executing laws passed by Congress and serving the publics needs. Head over to this blog post where I share this activity in more detail. You can read more about this simulation in this blog post here.

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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

Elementary education has traditionally focused on English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics, often at the expense of social studies and science. Building Knowledge, Boosting Literacy Recent research from the Harvard Graduate School of Education underscores the significant impact of knowledge-building on enhancing literacy achievement.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Part IV: Thinking About Thinking This is part four of a five-part series focused on using thinking routines to drive metacognitive skill building. Click here to revisit my last blog in this series on using the “I used to think…Now, I think…” routine.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 5, 2023

Teachers can leverage the power of thinking routines developed by Project Zero at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education to help students develop their metacognitive muscles. Next, students progress to the stage of “thinking.” Media and Current Events: Use this with news articles or multimedia sources.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

Part III: Thinking About Thinking Series This is part three of a five-part series focused on using thinking routines to drive metacognitive skill building. Click here to revisit my last blog in this series on using the “Connect, Extend, Challenge” routine. This promotes critical thinking and historical empathy.

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Digital Promise

JULY 13, 2016

The Summer Soiree is a wonderful opportunity for educators to come together in person to share victories, lessons learned, and needs and concerns. This year in Denver, Colorado, we had 240 educators join us from each of our 46 schools across the country. It's about the learning and critical thinking.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

The first and second blogs in this series focused on providing meaningful choices when students are acquiring information and making meaning. This allows educators to focus more on facilitating learning and less on the time-consuming task of creating meaningful choices and differentiated options.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 10, 2023

But it’s not because students aren’t good at critical thinking, argues Mike Caulfield, a research scientist at University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public. The result is the book “ Verified: How to think straight, get duped less and make better decisions about what to believe online.”

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Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

I typically try to stay out of politics on this blog, given that I’m trying to work with a wide variety of teachers, administrators, policymakers, and community members to transform learning environments for students. But I also know that many educators woke up Wednesday morning in disbelief about the previous night’s election results.

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Digital Promise

MAY 7, 2019

This blog post is the first in a series where participating districts share why they are committed to providing maker learning opportunities to their students. Many identify maker learning as a way to promote student agency through design thinking while promoting 21st century skills such as creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking.

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Digital Promise

JULY 21, 2017

Educators know that for students to thrive in our constantly evolving world, what they learn must go beyond reading, writing, and arithmetic. Students must be problem solvers with deep critical thinking skills. The 4Cs are not new concepts. But the learning needs of today’s students are.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 13, 2018

While in some cases, technology is used in powerful ways to support students in developing critical thinking and collaboration skills, and to develop a sense of agency, in other situations it is used in things like drill and practice exercises, test prep, and reading online content. Review of Educational Research, 88(4), 547-588.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The Dynamic Learning Project is a classroom-based coaching program in which participating teachers are coached to use technology to support student engagement and promote the development of agency, as well as skills such as critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 15, 2023

Part II: Thinking About Thinking Series This is part two of a five-part series focused on using thinking routines to drive metacognitive skill building. Click here to revisit my first blog in this series on using the “I see, I think, I wonder” routine. playing soccer on sand vs. grass).

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ED Surge

MAY 5, 2022

I recently picked up “ Fact vs. Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News ” by Jennifer LaGarde and Darren Hudgins (2018). Common Sense Education - Digital Citizenship offers free lessons on digital citizenship for grades K-12. The first step begins now.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Part V: Thinking About Thinking Series This is part five of a five-part series focused on using thinking routines to drive metacognitive skill building. Click here to revisit my last blog in this series on using the “Claim-Evidence-Question” routine.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 17, 2022

To help cultivate responsible decision-making in classrooms, educators should consider the following questions: How can I help students evaluate situations to identify the potential benefits and consequences of different decisions? What strategies might help students develop their critical thinking and problem-solving skills?

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