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Two veteran educators from Fairfax County, V.A. are in the process of writing a book using anecdotal data from their experiences on how they believe the introduction of smart phones has severely decreased critical thinking and engaged learning in their respective classrooms. Joe Clement and Matt Miles "say the free periods that are part of their school schedule have deteriorated from lively talk among students and teachers to silent screen reading, each student in a little world," according to The Washington Post.

Living close to Mt. Rushmore, my students will be encouraged to think beyond that and honor a president.

Teachers need to push through the hard lessons because those are the ones that create critical thinking skills.

Makes you think about how we teach.

I am going to offer a unit on the Civil War and its impact on World History in my World History class (mostly 10th graders) for the first time. They quit teaching about the Civil War in US History that students take as juniors in our district, and I think they need more than what they got in 7th grade. Just saying! I think this blog I added to my RSS will be a great help.

It would also help if I spelled Technology correctly (:

Info. in Iraq crisis with history + critical thinking discussion questions

The students will employ higher-order thinking skills, design, critical thinking, collaboration, and feedback through the creation of on-line gaming platforms with the website sploder (www.sploder.com). Students will design a multi-leveled game of their own.

In this blog, I talk about educational technology, educational theory, educational pedagogy, and other topics related to these. I teach Physics and EMS classes, so some times I'll talk about those specific areas. I'll also discuss 21st Century Skills and Education. I explore free educational technology resources, ways to integrate technology into the classroom, professional development, project based learning, and tips and resources for new teachers.

LOTS of cool, innovative ideas!

Mentoring Minds is an educational publishing company that develops K-12 instructional materials to help students develop critical thinking and problem solving skills. Experienced educators create the materials based on research and cover topics such as critical thinking, differentiated learning, instructional strategies, classroom management and more.

Tips and advice on creating open ended math questions to get students thinking

Article on the results of a student survey on what they think of the education they are getting

ProCon.org can help with classroom debates, student research papers, persuasive essays and more.

Brief Description Students read and act out folktales from various Native American cultures. Objectives Students will define the words folktale, legend, myth; demonstrate creative thinking and dramatic skills to dramatize a folktale; work together in cooperative groups. I thought this would be a great way to help students gain more understanding into this day in South Dakota!

Students will Learn how descriptive words make stories clearer and more interesting. Write stories using descriptive words Have your students close their eyes and listen as you describe a familiar object in the classroom. Ask students to raise their hands if they think they know what the object is.

Since writing is a huge part of the common core this would be helpful to get those students writing!

Pretty funny list, can you think of any others that would make the list?

This free app acts like the magnetic words you might have on your refrigerator. Created by the National Council of Teachers of English, Wordmover allows students to manipulate words on their screen. Choose from the list they've provided and add your own words to create phrases, sentences or poems. I think this app would be perfect for a poetry station or a challenge activity for fast finishers.