Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Students who generally struggle to read at grade level could engage with this assignment in ways equal to their classmates who read at or above grade level. Each time I return to an assignment, I add strategies, like polling, discussion boards, and partner work to make the experience more engaging.

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Blended Learning Multiple Choice Questions Learning Discussions 396

eSchool News

AUGUST 13, 2024

In secondary education, challenging students with abstract thinking, encouraging debate and discussion, and assigning independent projects are key strategies for promoting deeper learning. This approach provides a variety of activities and assignments that cater to different learning styles and levels of cognitive development.

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Cognitive Development Students Secondary Education Assignments 300

eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2023

Pivot Interactives makes teaching science with active learning and scientific phenomena engaging and easy with 10,000 authentic, video-based science interactives crafted by Pivot’s expert curriculum team and teacher community. A redesigned grading tool that streamlines grading Pivot-based assignments for teachers, saving them time.

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Student Engagement Education Social Studies Art 257

Faculty Focus

MARCH 13, 2025

When students evaluations are viewed by instructors as a type of formative assessment to be used as a tool for instructional improvement, mid-semester feedback surveys allow instructors to immediately respond to their students needs (Chapman & Joines, 2017; Diamond, 2004). 2002; Spencer & Schmelkin, 2002). What should I start doing?

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Feedback Questions Course Evaluations Evaluation 96

eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2019

Using Edpuzzle , I was able to turn a passive video into an active learning experience for my students. I could instantly see the number of times students watched each portion of the video as well as when each student watched and completed the assignment. The embedded quizzes enabled me to view student’s responses.

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Quizzes Learning Feedback Assignments 279

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of online distance education, educators face a crucial challenge: captivating students and igniting their passion for learning within virtual environments. The key to unlocking this new era of educational success lies in the integration of active learning strategies. Quizizz , or Google Forms.

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Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of online distance education, educators face a crucial challenge: captivating students and igniting their passion for learning within virtual environments. The key to unlocking this new era of educational success lies in the integration of active learning strategies. Quizizz , or Google Forms.

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Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 98

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Desks can even be arranged to allow you to circle the classroom to provide feedback and interaction with the students while they are working. Promote active learning Active learning is a simple concept where the students themselves are participants in the learning process.

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Student Engagement Teachers Students Attention 306

eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2025

Quizizz allows for both live games and homework assignments, so students can practice at their own pace. When students get a question wrong, they see the correct answer and have the option for Redemption Questions, giving them another chance to learn from their mistakes. Ive seen this firsthand!

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Gamification Multiple Choice Questions Motivation Social Studies 306

Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2023

Whether you are considering redesigning an entire course, enhancing current in-class activities, or incorporating a more interactive approach to what you are already doing, active learning strategies offer a variety of options that are relevant across all levels and disciplines.

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Active Learning Activities Learning Students 98

eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2025

Students process vocabulary by grouping and comparing terms, which facilitates active learning and concept formation. Technology can amplify the strategy by providing students with immediate feedback when completing closed word sorts and an authentic audience for open word sorts.

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Technology Middle School Middle School Assignments 238

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

Tech giants Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have unintentionally assigned educators around the world major homework for the summer: Adjusting their assignments and teaching methods to adapt to a fresh batch of AI features that students will enter classrooms with in the fall.

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Lecturing Education Assignments Syllabus 215

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Since the pandemic, more instructors at schools and colleges appear to have embraced “flipped learning ,” the approach of asking students to watch lecture videos before class so that class time can be used for active learning. Finally, instructors assess the student work and give feedback. “I

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Lecturing Learning Instructors Failure 211

eSchool News

JULY 24, 2023

The ANTON learning app and online learning portal are part of a standards-aligned curriculum available in multiple languages. Boasting over 100,000 exercises and 200 exercise types, it contains interactive elements, feedback, games, and explanations aimed at supporting and engaging young people in learning.

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Education Learning Teaching Methods Social Studies 246

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

I'm already encouraging them to use the Writing Center and giving feedback that highlights one or two specific grammar/ clarity issues to focus on. However, starting by identifying what goals our students have will allow us to provide far more powerful feedback than if we never are aware of them at all.

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Writing Skills Teaching Essay 155

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Unlike the end-of-semester feedback, when gathering formative feedback on what’s helping or hindering student learning might be too late, mid-term analysis of our teaching and student learning may help motivate students and enhance their learning. Adding small activities for engagement. Sound familiar?

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Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 131

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Scaffolded assignments: Break significant projects into smaller, more manageable parts, such as proposals, annotated bibliographies, and rough drafts, to reduce student anxiety and provide opportunities for meaningful feedback at each step, improving learning outcomes (Ambrose, 2010).

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 122

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The 3 Best Strategies For Teachers To Keep Students Engaged Engaging students in the classroom is a key factor in successful teaching and learning. It’s very important to make sure they are engaged and actively learning so they can end up going to a good college and building a future with a good foundation.

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Student Engagement Teachers Students Learning Styles 173

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2018

For example, a professor might have to toggle between a learning management system ( LMS) for grading, an e-reader that delivers the textbook, a platform used to present information in class, an app that helps with student participation and a homework solution for out-of-class assignments.

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Authentic Assessment Instructors Textbooks Lecturing 155

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

Let AI handle rubrics, tailor assignments, and give feedback. Assessment and Evaluation Tools Rubric Generator : Have AI write a rubric for an assignment you are creating for your class. Creating Assignments or Differentiating Assignments : Generate an assignment based on your description. Look no further.

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Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 119

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

After a few of the district’s schools participated in a pilot program with the digital reading platform Actively Learn, Stanley got a look at teacher surveys and other program details. “I Actively Learn offered many ways for our kids to read more widely and deeply with digital text. Resources from Actively Learn.

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Reading Teachers Learning English 143

Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2018

Indeed, studies have shown that video learning has positive outcomes on multiple levels, including increased motivation and deeper learning, and can specifically impact students’ ability to facilitate discussions and identify problems.

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Teaching Teaching Methods Lecturing Special Education 157

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Professional Development Goes ‘Project-Based Learning’ Mr. Matt Flugum, a TCU Teacher on Special Assignment and Digital Learning Specialist, networked with other districts and institutes, eventually developing a learning structure to implement research into the personalized art each teacher brings to the profession.

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Teachers Learning Peer Review Students 167

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Lots of these augmented reality applications build on the notion of active learning and experiential learning naturally.” One commenter even suggested just giving up on doing tests and assignments and trying to find new ways of assessing student knowledge. “I There could be upsides in college classrooms, he predicts.

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Exams Testing Ethics Activities 189

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2024

Prioritize professional learning for teachers: Provide multiple and varied opportunities for teachers to build their skills and confidence in using Minecraft Education and esports as instructional tools. Design for diverse learners: We designed Level Up Los Angeles, focusing on UDL principles.

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STEM Learning Science Learning Outcomes 188

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Scaffolded assignments: Break significant projects into smaller, more manageable parts, such as proposals, annotated bibliographies, and rough drafts, to reduce student anxiety and provide opportunities for meaningful feedback at each step, improving learning outcomes (Ambrose, 2010).

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

Let AI handle rubrics, tailor assignments, and give feedback. Assessment and Evaluation Tools Rubric Generator : Have AI write a rubric for an assignment you are creating for your class. Creating Assignments or Differentiating Assignments : Generate an assignment based on your description. Look no further.

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Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 111

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

Dear Bonni, You have shared often about active learning strategies and the impact they have on student learning. Some approaches I observe Wesch using in ANTH 101 are: Centering the class around 10 big ideas and linking the assignments around those same ideas. You can pose a question for a future column here.

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Learning Students Assignments Participation 163

Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2019

The narrative I often hear centers on how students may resist active learning approaches, a teaching style that often (but not always) is predicated on some technology. Student reflection assignments have been shown to produce cathartic effects on academic performance and even health.

Technology 167

Technology Teaching Intellectual Development Instructors 167

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Unlike the end-of-semester feedback, when gathering formative feedback on what’s helping or hindering student learning might be too late, mid-term analysis of our teaching and student learning may help motivate students and enhance their learning. Adding small activities for engagement. Sound familiar?

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Lecturing Students Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

However, by integrating interactive features like quizzes, hotspots, and branching storylines within the video content, instructors can create interactive videos that transform passive viewing into active learning experiences, resulting in improved student performance by up to 30 percent.

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Instructors Quizzes Students Assignments 116

Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

A clear description of grading policies in your syllabus A transparent, clear list/description of all assignments and deadlines directly in syllabus Clear verbal and written directions for all course assignments, activities, and assessments Clear communications, instructions, and feedback. Wisner, 2022).

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Syllabus Exams Instructors Assignments 131

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Students can work together on digital platforms, sharing ideas and feedback in real-time, while teachers can provide immediate, constructive feedback, which can enhance student engagement and motivation. Teachers can create and manage assignments, distribute resources, and provide real-time feedback to students.

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Educational Technologies Technology Education Quizzes 130

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

If leaders direct their attention to hiring and retention practices, professional development, and personnel assignments and procedures, working conditions and morale improve. In less than a year, student numbers increased in Workspace by 927 percent, which provided much needed continuity to the learning process.

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Teaching Achievement Learning Feedback 122

eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Through phone calls that allowed her to get to know them and discover what motivates them, she took the extra steps like providing individualized feedback on assessments and checking not just for completion, but for understanding. What’s more, Mira reached out to Debbie and she gave her own feedback on the books and answered the questions!

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Education Exams Motivation Elementary School 269

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

As a result, its new certification considers only whether a product is grounded in research, and not whether the company incorporates user feedback to improve the product or can point to evidence showing that the products leads to better outcomes. The premise may sound simple. As a result, they’re more likely to perform better in school.

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Education Peer Review Motivation Reading 170

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 8, 2024

To address this, I designed an assignment for my online, college-level Fundamentals of Marketing course that teaches business students the essentials of branding and social media strategy and provides hands-on experience with GenAI tools. The assignment was divided into several components.

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Teaching Ethics Assignments Students 111