John Hattie on TED Talks “Why are so many of our teachers and school so successful?”

The following video overviews the seminal meta-research study by John Hattie, Visible Learning, which looked at hundreds of studies over a thirty year period to offer a visual of the factors which influence student achievement. You may be surprised at what made—and didn’t make–this list. (Hint: Nine of the top thirteen influences are teacher related.)

TEDEd: Lessons Worth Sharing {Resource}

Though I’ve known about TED for some time, I just discovered TEDEd today. Coupling mini-lessons with animation and covering topics from social studies to grammar (the Oxford comma), these lessons are, as the tagline suggests, worth sharing. They include a video plus “Think,” “Dig Deeper,” and “Discuss” sections which allow for more in-depth assessment and analysis after completing the video.

Teachers can also create their only lessons. Just find a video to build a lesson around and add questions, notes and ideas. Voila!