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 A U.S. district judge has ruled that West Texas A&M University did not violate students’ constitutional right to free speech when the institution’s president canceled a drag show earlier this year, according to the Associated Press.  The ruling by Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk last Thursday is among numerous high-profile legal battles over drag shows across the United States. … Read more

Dear We Are Teachers, I teach high school science. Maybe a minute before the bell to leave one day, two students were playing catch with a Styrofoam sphere from a molecule unit. I told them to stop, but they didn’t. The next throw, one student dove onto my desk to catch it and shattered my … Read more

How To Author Accessible And Inclusive Content Accessibility has moved beyond a trend. Organizations are actively looking for eLearning content authoring tools with accessibility options. This shift stems from realizing accessible content is intuitively inclusive content that includes everyone regardless of abilities and/or difficulties. What’s the use of making learning content, like an eLearning course … Read more

12 Common Reasons Students Don’t Read & What You Can Do About It by Terry Heick Why don’t students read more? Digital distractions? No books at home? Too much testing? Kim Kardashian? It depends on the student. It depends on illiteracy vs aliteracy. It depends on how you define reading (does reading long-winded character dialogues … Read more

Fentanyl was involved in the vast majority of all teen overdose deaths – 84% – in 2021, and the problem has been growing. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fentanyl-related adolescent overdose deaths nearly tripled from 2019 to 2021. And nearly a quarter of those deaths involved counterfeit pills that weren’t prescribed … Read more

Volunteer State Community College in Tennessee on Friday announced the “untimely” death of the institution’s president, Orinthia T. Montague.   Montague began her tenure as the college’s fourth president in September 2021 and was known on campus as “Dr. O.” She led the institution in transforming and improving the student experience and was “totally committed” … Read more

Do you and your work besties really want to impress your students this year with top-notch teacher Halloween costumes? No need to worry! We’ve got you covered with everything from the educational to the absurd. We’ll even help you gather all the essentials for each, so the whole crew looks their festive best. Flying solo … Read more

Microlearning Videos And AI: A Dynamic Duo In today’s digital world, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become the life and breath of flourishing businesses. Along with AI, microlearning has maintained its popularity over the years as an effective approach to corporate training. But what happens when these two powerful forces combine? In this article, we will … Read more

by TeachThought Staff Many of the most successful apps–in any category–are characterized by their ability to adapt to various user and user goals. Minecraft is a perfect example of this–a game that the player can use to create what they want. Users of various ages and ability levels can play it. Other apps like YouTube, … Read more

I wondered what constitutes literary language in the ChatGPT universe. Instead of college essays, I asked ChatGPT to write a paragraph about the perils of plagiarism. In ChatGPT’s first version, it wrote: “Plagiarism presents a grave threat not only to academic integrity but also to the development of critical thinking and originality among students.” In … Read more