eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

Explore and experiment in the hands-on Fiesta Studio–part creator space, part art lab. Keep an eye out for daily activities with local artists who will lead drop-in workshops to get the creative juices flowing. Discover our developed projects and strategies to bring these STEM activities into your classroom.

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Teach Hub

MAY 22, 2025

Bringing art into the classroom gives your students a new way to get involved. You dont need to be an art teacher to bring art into your classroom. You dont need to be an art teacher to bring art into your classroom. What you do need is a mindset that values creativity as part of the learning process.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

Florida is actively looking at removing graduation requirements which include passing a 10th grade English Language Arts assessment and a statewide algebra test. Minnesota previously eliminated its graduation exam requirement for math, which resulted in a decade-long slide in student proficiency.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2025

From their desks, they can encounter masterpieces from diverse time periods and traditions, helping them appreciate art as a universal language and a reflection of the human experience. Empowering student voice and identity Art-based learning gives ELLs the confidence to speak and the freedom to explore.

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eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2025

These tools offer interactive lessons, personalized learning paths, and fun activities that reinforce what students learned during the school year–without making summer feel like school. Its summer learning programs provide structured plans for students in grades K-12, including daily activities tailored by grade level.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 9, 2020

This routine can be used to ask students to explore their own identity, but I can also imagine using this activity to encourage critical thinking about characters in novels or important figures from history. The Layers thinking routine is designed to drive deeper thinking about the different layers within a piece of art (e.g.,

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

Explore and experiment in the hands-on Fiesta Studio–part creator space, part art lab. Keep an eye out for daily activities with local artists who will lead drop-in workshops to get the creative juices flowing. Discover our developed projects and strategies to bring these STEM activities into your classroom.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 10, 2021

It can be an online station in a station rotation , on-demand video content in a playlist , or a self-paced online activity in a whole group rotation. ” This concern highlights the importance of building an engagement activity around the video content to maximize its effectiveness and create accountability.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2025

For example, in my coursework, I introduce a collaborative, screen-free robotics activity that aligns with the ISTE Standards for Students. Teams document their final code with a photograph before progressing to the next part of the activity. ISTE Standard for Students 1.1 ISTE Standard for Students 1.4.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

English Language Arts Graphic Organizers. Digital graphic organizers make it possible to give students the option to complete their work offline and insert an image of their work or use the features inside of a digital document or slide deck to complete the activity. Daily Reading Record.

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eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2025

Designed and outfitted by MiEN and Meteor Education, the Empowerment Center is where kids go to hang out, collaborate, and/or participate in school club activities. There’s also a large selection of donated books, the latest technology tools, and artwork that was personally selected by an art curation team.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

A playlist is a sequence of learning activities designed to move students toward a desired result. Art Projects: In the visual arts, students often work on projects that require creativity, experimentation, and refinement. These processes cannot be rushed, and allowing variable time ensures students can produce their best work.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Pivot Interactives, which joined the Discovery Education family of solutions in 2022, makes teaching science with active learning and scientific phenomena engaging and easy. Following a review of potential solutions, PPS selected Discovery Education’s Pivot Interactives service for use with students in grades 7-12. 

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k12

JUNE 11, 2025

Art has long been celebrated for its therapeutic benefits. This article will explore how art and mental health are deeply connected and provide practical ways to incorporate creative activities into students’ routines. One of the most powerful ways to support mental health is through creative expression.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2025

Yet, in the art room, where images are the universal language, his talent shines, allowing his classmates to see his strengths, not just his struggles. The arts give students opportunities to express themselves, their ideas and their feelings in creative ways. In addition, I was placed in an art class.

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Art English Language Languages 172

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

Application activities also enhance retention and mastery of information, making it more likely that students will retain and effectively use what they have learned in the future. Can you suggest engaging activities for my grade class focusing on ? Can you generate activities that connect with for my grade students?

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History Art Essay Physical Education 382

Edsurge

JUNE 20, 2025

When she needed a fun end-of-year activity for her first-grade students incorporating Candyland, gummy bears and phonics, Irene Farmer turned to ChatGPT. “It Human-Centered AI Educators are asking AI to respect the art of teaching and elevate their work. asks Manahan. “AI

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 2, 2020

A few weeks ago, I published a blog titled “ 8 Ideas Designed to Engage Students In Active Learning Online.” 2 Virtual Jigsaw Activity with Google Slides. Teachers can combine online and offline activities, integrate the home environment, and mix various subjects on their boards. Label each slide with a topic.

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Students Math Writing Discussions 546

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 29, 2021

Learning is a dynamic process that requires active engagement. As we begin the new school year, students need to be at the center of learning and actively engaged in thinking, making, doing, discussing, and reflecting. Encourage your students to: Take photos of work in progress, experiments, labs, art projects, etc.

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Teaching Learning Students Art 545

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Teachers who have traditionally planned a whole group lesson that moves the class, as a unit, through a series of learning activities find it nearly impossible to hold their students’ attention in the concurrent classroom. Finally, I would encourage teachers to end their lessons with an exit ticket activity.

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Evaluation Feedback Writing Assignments 546

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2025

Showcasing art and STEM with DIY projects not only enhances learning and creativity but makes these subjects more accessible to a broader audience. These activities encourage hands-on learning and spark curiosity, making art a natural gateway into the exciting world of STEM. What is STEAM and Why Does Art Matter in STEM?

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Art STEM Math Critical Thinking 135

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 6, 2021

Whether you did or didn’t make a planning guide, you can use this document to record your favorite activities of the year, reflect on the outcomes, and record your thoughts about what changes you want to make next year. She currently teaches Language Arts and Technology at a bilingual public middle school.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Here are seven I use during the pre-Thanksgiving season: ASCII Art Comics Holiday Widget Team Challenge Thanksgiving Poll Thinking Games Themed ASCII Art Time required: Less than one class ASCII Art is the graphic design technique of creating images by typing the letters, numbers, and symbols defined by ASCII Standards.

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Activities Learning Art Attention 172

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 28, 2023

In my Art of Blended Learning Online Course this week, we continued our work on the playlist model. The number of learning activities and complexity of the playlist will also affect the time needed to complete it. This allows students to work at their own pace and provides them with a range of activities to choose from.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Makerspaces are a great example of STEAM learning, letting students combine creativity and art elements into more traditional STEM topics. As STEM has risen in prominence over the past decade, arts education has yet to achieve the same recognition and integration. What is STEAM and STEM activity?

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STEM Education Art Laboratory 322

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 5, 2021

Design a mix of 4-6 online and offline activities that correlate with what you usually cover in the first few weeks of the school year. Note : This station rotation series pictured above is designed for a 6th grade English Language Arts class. Create an overview of the rotations with links to resources and documents.

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Blended Learning Teachers Assignments Language 521

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Among the new content and resources now available to users of Discovery Education Experience are: Ready-To-Teach Lessons Enhancing Curriculum Built around research-based instructional strategies, these new ready-to-teach lessons and activities target critical classroom needs and help teachers create unique learning opportunities for each student.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 7, 2024

Geogebra offers graphing and analysis technology with premade activities. Additionally, it contains a multitude of free, pre-made activities by Geogebra and other teachers. Most activities are embeddable, so students don’t need to leave the safety of your LMS class website.

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eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2024

Offering an extensive array of lesson plans, activities, and educational materials, NASA covers a diverse range of STEM topics including space exploration, earth science, and aeronautics. Teachers love these resources and rely on the components of the activities to build background knowledge, provide accessible content, and spark curiosity.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Its active, collaborative, and forward-looking. Alongside the Prefect system, Elmwoods student-led councils offer focused leadership experiences in areas like academics, arts, athletics, and service. For students drawn to the arts, Elmwood shines just as brightly. Think art meets science. Innovation meets social change.

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Schools Culture Interdisciplinary Art 222

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

If a learning activity helps you become someone of value in your social group—if it earns you the respect and belonging you crave—you’ll throw yourself into it. At Khan World School, a partnership between ASU Prep and Khan Academy, students have shown learning growth as high as 2 to 5 times national norms in math, reading, and language arts.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Students need engagement in hands-on activities such as robotics, electronics, animation, 3D printing, and physical computing, as well as art and music, to reach their full potential. Children need to build robots, make art, and compose music to understand the world and boost their creativity in profound ways.

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History Feedback Art Learning 297

eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Incorporate hands-on activities and experiments Hands-on activities let students engage directly with STEM concepts, making learning tangible and memorable. For math, measurement and geometry activities like building models or plotting data can turn abstract numbers into something students can visualize and manipulate.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

While too much passive screen time isn’t ideal, active screen time–during which students are creating content or thinking critically using engaging learning apps–can be beneficial, especially when students are learning from home or in hybrid situations where they’re using devices more often.

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Learning Math Art Science 354

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 1, 2021

For example, an argumentative writing standard for English Language Arts reads, “Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.” The Whole Group Rotation The entire class rotates between online and offline learning activities as a unit.

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Learning Knowledge Discussions Feedback 543

eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2022

Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art K-12 digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place. . Family members can join in as students get hands-on with ready-to-use activities promoting self-guided learning and career success. Twitter and LinkedIn.

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STEM Education Learning Art 326

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Discover ways to integrate Hispanic Heritage Month activities into your school day and honor the contributions of Hispanic leaders, artists, athletes, and icons worldwide. Decorate your classroom with Hispanic heritage arts and crafts Present students with notable Hispanic historical figures in creative, hands-on ways.

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