eSchool News

MAY 27, 2025

Teachers can integrate SEL strategies directly into academic instruction, such as modeling emotional regulation during challenging tasks or building communication skills through collaborative assignments. These small modifications can significantly improve comprehension and reduce a students frustration.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2025

Teachers havent stopped assigning projects on wolves, genetic engineering, drug abuse, or the Harlem Renaissance, but the way students approach those assignments has changed dramatically. Encouraging assignments that require diverse sources and source types helps to build research resilience. They no longer just surf the web.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

Students also use Gemini for real-time academic help, such as asking follow-up questions and details about a particular topic. A recent Google blog post outlines how four different school districts are leveraging Google AI tools, like Gemini and NotebookLM, for innovative teaching and learning.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

In a course that requires out-of-class reading, that conversation is highly reliant on students doing their part and completing the assigned reading.However, in recent semesters, students engaging in focused reading in which they annotate text is dwindling. It seems as if a quick scan of one of the assigned pages is the best effort.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

Almost a third of both groups said that teachers should put more weight on tests–where AI cant be used–as opposed to homework and class assignments, to ensure student understanding of materials. What are you using AI for in your school/classroom?

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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. They’ll memorize elaborate lore, master mechanics, mimic skills, and explain them to others—all without being assigned a single worksheet. That’s the deeper design challenge.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

Navigating the Disorienting Dilemma As we reason through this innovative technology, we will question truth and reality. Step Up Your Thinking Game An advanced thinker not only poses questions to others but focuses within. What other questions could be asked to dive deeper and more concisely into the information?

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Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

Navigating the Disorienting Dilemma As we reason through this innovative technology, we will question truth and reality. Step Up Your Thinking Game An advanced thinker not only poses questions to others but focuses within. What other questions could be asked to dive deeper and more concisely into the information?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 21, 2025

Use these easy and effective ELA activities for middle school to keep students engaged and teach them valuable skills. These short ELA activities for middle school get students thinking and writing quickly. 4 Refreshing ELA Activities for Middle School Reading How do you balance classroom fun with ELA CCSS ?

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 26, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are increasingly prevalent in higher education, raising questions about how students can engage with AI meaningfully. Educators can incorporate assignments that require students to verify AI responses, identify bias, and analyze conflicting perspectives.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Beginning Add literature/resources from neurodivergent, disabled, and diverse authors to assigned course readings and class activities. Provide multiple sources and access points for assignment requirements and expectations (written descriptions, presentations, instructional videos, examples, rubrics).

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 26, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are increasingly prevalent in higher education, raising questions about how students can engage with AI meaningfully. Educators can incorporate assignments that require students to verify AI responses, identify bias, and analyze conflicting perspectives.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

Dr. Pooja Agarwal Dr. Michelle Rivers Dr. Janell Blunt Whiteboard Activities Dr. Janell Blunt , an associate professor of psychology at Anderson University in Indiana, uses personal mini-whiteboards with her college students in every class. “Present students with a multiple choice question.” ” Rivers explains.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

In the digital era, especially post-pandemic, this strategy has gained renewed importance for fostering active learning, critical thinking, and academic resilience. Moreover, many students, especially those transitioning from traditional learning environments, may carry negative assumptions about active learning approaches.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

In the digital era, especially post-pandemic, this strategy has gained renewed importance for fostering active learning, critical thinking, and academic resilience. Moreover, many students, especially those transitioning from traditional learning environments, may carry negative assumptions about active learning approaches.

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eSchool News

MAY 7, 2025

While summer breaks may offer a pause for students and staff, they often mark a hacker activity surge. When students own the device in question, the situation gets a little trickier. Our ultimate assignment is to create cyber-secure classrooms for future learners. Amidst this growing chaos, admins cannot afford to take a break.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 25, 2025

From clapping catchy beats with hands and feet to singing for all the class to hear, amp up your lesson plan with music activities for elementary students that hit all the right notes. Perfect for brain breaks, indoor recess games , or circle time warm-ups, each activity can be remixed to set the right tone for your class.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

English learners often face challenges in understanding lessons, participating in discussions and completing assignments , which can lead to lower achievement and increased feelings of isolation. Elianis: Before using the tool, I couldnt ask questions or talk to other students in the classroom. Now, I understand my teachers better.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

Making Math Fun for Young Students Turn Math into Learning Stations Textbooks alone wont cut it for young learners, they need movement, hands-on activities, and variety. Use budgeting activities to teach percentageshave students plan a trip with a set budget. Its great for in-class use and also works well as a homework assignment.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 20, 2025

is a question that has reverberated from the minds of learners for decades. Tara’s first assignment in general psychology reads as follows: “Hi Tara! That means that as a working learner, your burden will feel lighter because things you are experiencing at work can be used as assignments for class. Why am I doing this?”

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 15, 2025

I walked into my classroom and started with a question I didn’t know the answer to. The Paradox Effect That one question—unresolved, unanswerable, alive—did more to wake up my students than any HBR case ever had. They don’t just activate the intellect—they ignite curiosity. I still assign readings. Another smiled.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 22, 2025

The key question is: how can we transform AI from a potential source of plagiarism into a valuable educational resource? Instead of fearing AI, we should actively explore its potential in the classroom, emphasizing how it can enrich the learning experience. Lets confront the reality: students are using AI.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 15, 2025

I walked into my classroom and started with a question I didn’t know the answer to. The Paradox Effect That one question—unresolved, unanswerable, alive—did more to wake up my students than any HBR case ever had. They don’t just activate the intellect—they ignite curiosity. I still assign readings. Another smiled.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

In higher education, we see our students use AI in many ways, to provide both authorized and unauthorized aid in their completion of assignments. Why College Instructors Matter: A Student’s Perspective I had a conversation with one of my students recently about this exact question.

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Teacher Mood

JUNE 1, 2025

Not only is it okay to stop grading every single assignment , but there’s also a smarter way to ensure your students are learning and growing: self-checking student work. When students can see their mistakes, fix them, and understand why something is incorrect, they’re actively learning. What Is Self-Checking Student Work?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

You can also ask survey questions like “What should I know about you before the school year starts?” Build up foundational knowledge Many students enter high school with gaps in their instruction, making many lessons and activities feel impossibly difficult. Then you can get to know them yourself!

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Teach Hub

JUNE 12, 2025

Reciprocal reading is a structured yet flexible strategy where students work together to make sense of a text using four roles: summarizer, questioner, clarifier, and predictor. Questioning The role of a questioner teaches students to stop accepting text at face value and start digging deeper. First, you choose a text.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

This project started with a deceptively simple question: What arent our students telling us? I wanted to change thatnot just by asking better questions, but by building an open-access platform that would amplify student voices and inform actionable change. Not because they lacked courage, but because they didnt feel invited to speak.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Maybe they forget to turn in assignments, have trouble organizing their thoughts, or feel overwhelmed by fast-paced lessons. Multi-sensory learning techniques, such as hands-on activities, visual aids, and interactive discussions, further enhance understanding and retention. Communication is at the heart of this partnership.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2025

It’s certainly something that I hear all all the time and there’s no question that people being aware of. So I think it wasn’t that long ago we thought of student accounts as being pretty innocuous and it wouldn’t be unusual for a school system to assign easily guessable username and password to a student.

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k12

JULY 10, 2025

There are proven tools, techniques, and activities that can enhance the engagement and effectiveness of online learning for students. Active, engaged learners retain information better, participate more fully, and develop a deeper understanding of the material. Online learning isn’t limited to slides and reading assignments.

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Priceless Ponderings

MAY 25, 2025

Ask questions if youre unsure about anything. Students benefit from seeing reminders daily, especially during hands-on activities. As students ask questions, plan investigations, and carry out science experiments, they should always be thinking about how to do it safely. Walk, dont run, in the science area.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Add accountability activities to your units 9. Establishing classroom organization by listing learning objectives, assignment due dates, and upcoming tests in your classroom lets you (and your students) stay one step ahead of the schedule. Provide relevant reading materials 5. Keep writing prompts on hand 6.

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Organized Classroom

MAY 16, 2025

Read & Post: Read & post homework assignments every day. Give ample time for students to both record the information & ask questions. Rank & Order: Have students number each assignment in order of “attack”, e.g. what is to be done first, second, third, etc. Awesome Agendas: 1. Color code subjects.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 21, 2025

These kid-approved activities are bursting with wonder and aligned with NGSS standards , so you can be sure curiosity and goals are fulfilled. From making balloons stick to walls to squishing and swirling magical textures, each activity turns curious kids into mini scientists with big imaginations. Ready to make more of those moments?

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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

So my question became, “How do I encourage my students to read in a way that lights a fire for them, so that they don’t see it as just another torturous reading assignment from their dumb teacher?” Perhaps the most unconventional part of the process is that the silent reading activity is not attached to a grade.

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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. You’ll bridge the gap between Hispanic students and non-Hispanic students in your class, all while setting a context for additional Hispanic Heritage Month activities.

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