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Facilitating Student Owned Inquiry With The Right Question: Deeper Learning

By Michael Gorman Published 24 July 19

In a world filled with so much instant information, it is important to teach students to ask even more questions as they seek possible answers.

Learning

BACK OFFICE BUSINESS: Mentoring Minds Introduces ThinkUp! for Texas Educators

By TL Editors Published 13 June 19

The supplemental curriculum for math, science, writing, English/language arts and reading aligns with TEKS and prepares students for STAAR

Lesson Plans

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Facilitating Inquiry in the Classroom, Part 2: 10 Resources for Student-Owned Questions

By Michael Gorman Published 4 April 19

In a world filled with so much instant information, it is important to teach students to ask even more questions as they seek possible answers.

Learning

A man's finger touches a question mark surrounded by the words When, Who, Why, What, Where, and How on a transparent display,

Facilitating Inquiry in the Classroom: The Driving Question and PBL, Part 1

By Michael Gorman Published 29 March 19

The Driving Question or Investigative Question in Project Based learning and STEM can be often the hardest concept to get across to teachers.

STEM

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Simple Guide to Analyzing Media with Key Questions from @MediaLiteracyEd

By Lisa Nielsen Published 18 March 19

Here's how to get started with teaching students about media literacy.

STEM

Follett Challenge ’19 Announces Semifinalists, Video Voting Winners

By TL Editors Published 28 February 19

The Follett Challenge again is awarding $200,000 USD in products and services from Follett to the schools/districts that nominated their innovative educational programs.

STEM

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Computational Thinking: Over 50 Resources To Teach CT Across the Entire Curriculum, Part 2

By Michael Gorman Published 15 February 19

As educators, we must take that next step - teaching students to problem-solve and come up with algorithms of their own.

STEM

Computational Thinking: Ten Ways To Promote CT Across The Entire Curriculum, Part 1

By Michael Gorman Published 31 January 19

This type of thinking is important not just in high stake testing, but also success in that world after school.

Learning

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Sparking Curiosity in the Humanities: Data Visualization

By Ramsey Musallam Published 28 January 19

By finding a visualization, downloading it, removing specific information (titles, legends, keys, etc.) and displaying it to students, questions emerge.

Data