Similar to Kahoot or Socrative in that you can ask multiple choice, T/F, or short answer questions (Socrative) except students can use the drawing tools to visualize their solutions to questions.

   

by Valerie J. Shute American Educational Research Association

In parts 1 and 2, we looked how to get started collecting data for DDI and then how to use that data to plan for whole and small group lessons. In this third and final section, we’ll consider…

In my last post, I described how to get a data-driven program off the ground by encouraging and enticing students to answer questions on an online platform that stores and organizes their responses…

I delivered my most “brilliant” lecture early in my teaching career. My junior English class was reading Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson, and both the concepts and the language proved cha…

I recently met with a group of veteran teachers from “traditional” schools to discuss student-centered learning. Perhaps because most of the educators in my Personal Learning Network al…

This morning, Jal Mehta tagged me on a tweet to linking to his recent Education Week blog post, entitled “Let’s End Professional Development as We Know It.” The following exchange…

If my seatmate on an airplane asks me what I do for a living, I tell the truth: I'm a mathematician. This generally triggers one of two responses. Either I'm told that I must be brilliant . . . or I hear about the person's inability to balance a checkbook. The truth is, I'm not brilliant, just persistent, and I hate balancing my checkbook. Both responses, however, point to a fundamental misunderstanding about what mathematics is supposed to do and its current - and unfortunate - trajectory in American education.

Inserting longer pauses throughout classroom instruction time can help students and educators open up to greater possibilities.

Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) capture the knowledge, skills, and experience from many teachers to improve student learning and to enhance teacher and organizational effectiveness. Here are five keys to setting up a PLC to be successful.