Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

How can I best support students with very poor writing skills when the class is not one specifically focused on writing? 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. The engine of learning is labor." Washington Tacoma.

Writing 155

Writing Skills Teaching Essay 155

Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 9, 2018

about half the teachers who responded said their [Massachusetts] districts had adopted scripted programs in math and writing – and 60 percent in phonics and spelling – which reduce a teacher’s autonomy in instruction. Of course the benefits of active learning are apparent beyond the kindergarten sector.

Active Learning 105

Active Learning Activities Learning Cognitive Development 105

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

My students found it tedious to write a summary every time they read, yet I needed a strategy to gain insight into their reading comprehension. This was when I realized a choice board format could provide students with the agency to choose an activity that would work for them. Response to Reading Choice Board.

Culture 499

Culture Reading Assignments Blended Learning 499

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.

Active Learning 98

Active Learning Activities Learning Students 98

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 24, 2021

My favorite part of this piece is the question that asks them to write a script for a 1-2 minute portion of the film. They have the agency to decide whether they want to write, record, or draw for this final reflection. The beauty of the playlist model is that it shifts control over the pace of learning to the students.

Blended Learning 397

Blended Learning Multiple Choice Questions Learning Discussions 397

Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2025

These parallel yet distinct teaching environments demand intentional strategies that can adapt while maintaining their power to actively engage students in the learning process. Instead, we need to reimagine active learning for both spaces, maintaining the core principles while adapting the execution.

Active Learning 84

Active Learning Activities Learning Minute Papers 84

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.

Active Learning 98

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.

Active Learning 98

Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 98

eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

Schools will continue to provide struggling students with tutoring services, while advanced students will find new learning opportunities through online courses or internships outside the classroom. We expect this to motivate schools to create more flexible, active learning spaces that can be modified to fit a wide variety of learning needs.

Education 358

Education Motivation Game-Based Learning Assignments 358

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

These new displays join the SMART Board 6000S series as the only interactive displays that allow multiple users to freely write, erase, and gesture at the same time, across platforms and applications. This new release includes the new SMART Board® MX (V4) series, and the SMART Board GX (V2) series.

Technology 288

Technology Writing Activities Knowledge 288

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2017

A teacher writing notes on a large chalk or white board at the front of the room? Rolling chairs are an essential part of Steelcase Active Learning centers. This is my active learning center, no longer the traditional classroom we remember. Imagine a 5 th grade classroom in the middle of a lesson.

Achievement 229

Achievement Students Middle School Middle School 229

eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Some prominent tools include interactive touchscreens in classrooms that promote and support active learning, a strategy for engaging students in classroom activities with more hands-on activities. These touchscreens help bring learning alive, off the page and into the actual world. Why is engagement important?

Gamification 318

Gamification Teaching Methods Education Ethics 318

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Promote active learning Active learning is a simple concept where the students themselves are participants in the learning process. Spurring students to be actively engaged is important. Bell ringers are nothing more than activities that students will begin working on as soon as they enter your classroom.

Student Engagement 307

Student Engagement Teachers Students Attention 307

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

These app essentials will help keep high school students engaged while learning language arts, and teach them how to form the arguments and enhance learning comprehension. The idea is the main component in argument forming, and actively learn teaches students how to communicate by asking and answering questions.

Art 226

Art Language Languages Plagiarism 226

eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Schools will continue to provide struggling students with tutoring services, while advanced students will find new learning opportunities through online courses or internships outside the classroom. We expect this to motivate schools to create more flexible, active learning spaces that can be modified to fit a wide variety of learning needs.

Education 319

Education Motivation Game-Based Learning Reading 319

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We formed a committee of stakeholders that included district administrators, site principals, classroom teachers, and other individuals focused on creating more “active” learning spaces. Based on specific grade levels, those kits of parts were designed to support active learning and engagement in the classroom.

Learning Spaces 267

Learning Spaces Learning Elementary School Elementary School 267

eSchool News

AUGUST 11, 2023

In a world filled with intelligent agents and easily-accessed answers, the need for tools that guide, enhance and support active learning is critical. Initially focusing on student writing, Instructure and Khan Academy aim to support students and their learning through Khanmigo’s tutoring capabilities.

Essay 246

Essay Ethics Hybrid Learning Teaching Assistants 246

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2022

Some instructors are so taken by active learning working so effectively that they expect to continue offering courses online, even when the pandemic restrictions completely lift and things are fully back in person. Facing the screen, faculty can erupt in frustration, sadness—even anger.

Teaching 186

Teaching Lecturing Instructors Learning 186

Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

Course Context I teach a required, writing-intensive course for students in their junior year of their undergraduate studies. In addition to a heavy writing component, there is also a heavy reading component.

Instructors 93

Instructors Assignments Participation Students 93

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2024

The trailer for Level Up Los Angeles 2023-2024 Applied Learning Across the Curriculum Level Up Los Angeles incorporates the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals into the curriculum, offering students a meaningful experience related to issues they personally experience.

STEM 197

STEM Learning Science Learning Outcomes 197

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 How do we prepare students to do that more actively? The Actively Learn platform provides opportunity for both approaches.

Reading 150

Reading Teachers Learning English 150

EdTech Magazine

MARCH 29, 2019

“Libraries are doing the same thing,” Nigaglioni says, “getting away from what we call the ‘book museum’ model to create more of an environment with both quiet learning areas and active learning areas.”. Calvin Hennick is a freelance journalist who specializes in business and technology writing. by Calvin Hennick.

Learning 167

Learning Learning Spaces Classroom Design Writing 167

eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2025

Alternatively, for an open sort activity, students can be asked to create their own categories based on their understanding. Students process vocabulary by grouping and comparing terms, which facilitates active learning and concept formation. During either style, students are tasked with organizing the words accordingly.

Technology 229

Technology Middle School Middle School Assignments 229

Organized Classroom

MAY 22, 2025

They can be based on interest, subject area, leveled learning, or a combination of the above. It is VERY possible to have center time which has a different center for different animals, and within that center area, there are different activities for math, reading, writing, and technology.

Social Studies 90

Social Studies Math Science Study 90

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

It’s a game-changing shift,” says Marc Watkins, a lecturer of writing and rhetoric at the University of Mississippi and director of the university’s AI Summer Institute for Teachers of Writing. Meyer worries that such tools are being overhyped, and that they may have limited effectiveness in classrooms.

Lecturing 216

Lecturing Education Assignments Syllabus 216

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 4, 2024

Empowering students with choices not only enhances their understanding and retention of new information but also builds their confidence and motivation to learn. Wrap Up Teaching students to engage in meaning-making activities regularly enhances their comprehension and retention of new information.

Knowledge 195

Knowledge Participation Discussions Writing 195

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

They can effectively serve three different roles: writing instrument, video output display, and multimedia player. Interactive whiteboards also encourage active learning. The good news for school administrators is that replacing these three old-school devices only requires investing in a single device: an interactive whiteboard.

Schools 277

Schools Instructors Internet Testing 277

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Have them write down their thoughts individually, then pair up to discuss their responses. In this community-building activity, students will work in groups to identify three key takeaways from the syllabus. The syllabus as a tool for learner-centered learning. What strengths stand out to you? References Elberly, M. Newton, S.

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Syllabus Students Activities Instructors 124

eSchool News

MAY 2, 2017

Microsoft Teams in the classroom – Adding to Office 365 for Education, Microsoft Teams is a digital hub that encourages active learning while helping students develop the communication and collaboration skills they’ll need to be successful in the future.

History 179

History STEM Education Writing 179

Edsurge

JULY 6, 2023

It’s a big indicator that, since the 1970s, “the gender reversal in education has been astonishingly swift,” writes author Richard V. It’s the next step,” says Shelly Ruff, a former fifth grade teacher who found out her teenage son has used ChatGPT to write his essays. Where Does That Leave Boys?

Reading 146

Reading Essay Lecturing Writing 146

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 9, 2023

They serve as a bridge between theory and practice, promote active learning and the development of practical skills that improve their teaching methods. If you want to use published cases instead of writing one, this article will give you a list of online resources, as well as several guides for case method teaching.

Study 163

Study Teachers Peer Review Instructors 163

Jodi Durgin

MAY 17, 2025

Celebrate the end of the school year with this fun Summer Bucket List Craft and Writing Project! Students reflect on their summer goals in writing, assemble an adorable sand pail craft, and then get to see their work displayed on their classroom bulletin board. Learn more about this Summer Bucket List Craft Project below!

Students 52

Students Writing Activities Active Learning 52

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

These active learning experiences are key because we know that with increased engagement comes increased learning, and with increased learning comes greater opportunities for success.”. Data-Informed, Differentiated Instruction Made Easy.

Textbooks 230

Textbooks Education Math Schools 230

Edsurge

JULY 27, 2023

And he can’t just turn assignments into one-on-one discussions with students to see if they’re keeping up with material or even have students do writing in class while he can watch them work. We have to seriously now ask ourselves, when does it make sense to have students writing?” What About Writing Classes?

Assignments 148

Assignments Instructors Writing History 148

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2025

These brief moments set the stage for active learning, focus, trust, and shaping the atmosphere of the entire session. These crucial minutes set the tone, influencing how students perceive the class, their peers, and their role within the learning environment. Consider the First Five Minutes from the students perspective.

Activities 111

Activities Interdisciplinary Active Learning Participation 111

eSchool News

JULY 27, 2023

In a world filled with intelligent agents and easily-accessed answers, the need for tools that guide, enhance and support active learning is critical. Initially focusing on student writing, Instructure and Khan Academy aim to support students and their learning through Khanmigo’s tutoring capabilities.

Essay 130

Essay Ethics Instructors Writing 130

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Have them write down their thoughts individually, then pair up to discuss their responses. In this community-building activity, students will work in groups to identify three key takeaways from the syllabus. The syllabus as a tool for learner-centered learning. What strengths stand out to you? References Elberly, M. Newton, S.

Syllabus 98

Syllabus Students Activities Instructors 98