eSchool News

MAY 21, 2025

A standard security awareness training recommendation to prevent successful phishing scams has been to pay close attention to the source email and double-check that any hyperlink came from a trusted source.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 24, 2025

It feels like youre constantly in pursuit of your students attention, trying every trick in the book. But heres the thing – there are ways to redirect your students attention without losing your voice or your mind. This unexpected sound can work wonders in snapping everyone back to attention. Its frustrating.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

This helped them apply knowledge, develop communication skills, and see themselves as active citizens. How do you ensure your students remain active participants in their learning process, especially in digital or hybrid learning environments?

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2025

In educational settings–especially in physical education, where noise from activity and movement can overwhelm instruction–amplifying a teachers voice by 5 to 15 decibels above ambient noise helps capture students’ attention by minimizing competing sounds and movements. The benefits extend beyond students.

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eSchool News

JULY 8, 2025

The multimedia lessons come with interactive activities, quizzes, and printable resources. The platform covers a range of subjects–from science and math to English and social studies–and it’s a wonderful way to grab and keep students’ attention while illustrating key concepts.

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k12 Digest

MAY 15, 2025

This approach respects the natural constraints of attention and working memory. A recent Harvard study found that AI tutors can double learning gains compared to traditional active learning classrooms, while also increasing engagement and reducing time to competency [5].

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Teachers are constantly battling for students attention, often losing that battle to smart phones. This is because brain-based strategies allow students to analyze, synthesize, and apply information actively during lessons, increasing the transfer of that knowledge to long-term memory. Lets examine a few examples from the research.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

The initial enthusiasm for learning a foreign language may wane as other courses with demanding assignments compete for their attention. Building on this tradition, the activity we will share here not only incorporates music but also integrates artificial intelligence, adding a new layer of engagement and critical thinking.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

They may also feel underprepared for reading focused non-fiction, informational texts that require more attention than a casual fiction novel. The activities provide multiple entry points that allow students to utilize the tool right away. There are only two rules for focused reflection time. No talking (to me or each other).

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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

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. These modules are ideal for students who are accustomed to fast-paced digital environments and may have limited attention spans. Flipped Classroom 2.0:

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Designed to work alongside innovative product enhancements announced earlier this year , these new resources empower teachers to create personalized learning experiences with inquiry, excitement, and exploration that will hold students attention while challenging them academically.

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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. These modules are ideal for students who are accustomed to fast-paced digital environments and may have limited attention spans. Flipped Classroom 2.0:

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Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 95

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 18, 2025

For parents and educators who follow or are interested in the Montessori approach, which emphasizes hands-on activity, self directed learning, and natural curiosity, this article will come in handy. Dizzying graphics, loud noises, and incessant rewards can lead to attention deficits or emotional dysregulation.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 4, 2025

Check out STEM activities for middle school that are sure to catch teenagers attention and inspire them to learn more. Construct a thermal insulator device Concepts to Cover in Middle School STEM Prepare for the future with STEM activities for middle school 1. Build historical machines in interdisciplinary projects 7.

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eSchool News

MAY 7, 2025

One might assume that the most desirable skills for someone entering a STEM field would be things like vast scientific knowledge or a laser-like attention to detail. Ive used it for activities like labeling parts of a lightbulb, where students can draw, type, and share without the pressure of presenting.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

This adaptivity ensures that students are met where they are with just-right instruction and fun activities. Built on the company’s patented Intelligent Adaptive Learning platform, DreamBox Reading captures data from student answers, strategies, and behaviors to personalize learning in real time.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

This helped them apply knowledge, develop communication skills, and see themselves as active citizens. How do you ensure your students remain active participants in their learning process, especially in digital or hybrid learning environments?

Interdisciplinary 144

Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 144

eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2025

Overall, most districts seemed to take a cautious approach, focusing first on teacher use before turning attention to how students will or will not be permitted to use AI in the classroom. What are you using AI for in your school/classroom? Most district leaders also wanted to empower teachers as they explored genAI use.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

The initial enthusiasm for learning a foreign language may wane as other courses with demanding assignments compete for their attention. Building on this tradition, the activity we will share here not only incorporates music but also integrates artificial intelligence, adding a new layer of engagement and critical thinking.

Languages 65

Languages Language Instructors Culture 65

Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

After 13 years of testing higher-order active learning modalities in the classroom, collecting data, building a database, and analyzing student learning results in bi-annual principles of marketing classes, my colleague and I saw two important results emerge.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 29, 2025

Bullying in nursing is a well-documented issue, but less attention has been given to the experiences of nurse educators who face hostility within academic institutions. Institutions should actively promote respect, professionalism, and mentorship while discouraging competitive or exclusionary behaviors.

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Teacher Mood

JUNE 1, 2025

When the Grading Stack Becomes Too Much As the classroom quiets and the last student heads out the door, you finally take a breathonly to be met with the overwhelming sight of papers piled high, waiting for your attention. Pick one subject or activity this summer and think: Could this be self-checking instead of teacher-checked?

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k12 Digest

JUNE 24, 2025

With smaller class sizes and dedicated special education professionals, students receive focused attention in a nurturing environment. Outside the classroom, students have access to a variety of extracurricular activities that help them grow personally and professionally. We make sure no student is left behind.”

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Small class sizes ensure that every student receives the individual attention they need. 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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Teach Hub

JUNE 12, 2025

When they know they’ll need to summarize aloud or share with a group, they read more attentively and more purposefully. When done well, students may shift from passive readers to active thinkers. This step pushes students to distinguish between main ideas and supporting details , which is a skill many readers struggle with.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

However, we are often unaware of tacit knowledge that underlies our activities and actions, especially when things do not go as planned. Thus, I paid attention and reflected during the action in order to construct adjustments, while doing hybrid-teaching at the same time.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

Build up foundational knowledge Many students enter high school with gaps in their instruction, making many lessons and activities feel impossibly difficult. Conduct a casual formative assessment during a class discussion or group activity, and regularly check in with students who need more support.

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Teach Hub

JULY 16, 2025

For students, that can mean fewer classroom outbursts, better attention spans, and a more peaceful classroom atmosphere. Any classical or instructional tracks will work, just avoid music with lyrics because they tend to pull students’ attention away from the task at hand. Over time, they’ll start moving without being told.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

But with the advent of technology, the internet, and cell phones, it seemed like reading for pleasure (not to mention the requisite attention span) had gone the way of buggy whips, writing quills, and powdered wigs. Perhaps the most unconventional part of the process is that the silent reading activity is not attached to a grade.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 6, 2025

Our experience with Plattsburgh Votes indicates that possibly the most significant remaining hurdle is young people’s relative lack of awareness that voting is a location-specific activity. Attention to Politics Shows Typical Election Year Surge.”  National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement. About NSLVE.”  Younis, Mohamed. “In

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Faculty Focus

JULY 6, 2025

Our experience with Plattsburgh Votes indicates that possibly the most significant remaining hurdle is young people’s relative lack of awareness that voting is a location-specific activity. Attention to Politics Shows Typical Election Year Surge.”  National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement. About NSLVE.”  Younis, Mohamed. “In

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Students Attention Communication Study 59

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Research indicates that active participation leads to higher retention rates, which can be upwards of 60% for students engaged in interactive learning. Additionally, research shows that students who participate in hybrid learning tend to retain information better, as they actively engage with content rather than passively receiving it.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

With books, rules posters, cards, activities, a contract, and an editable parent letter, you can feel confident with your seating options. For teachers who use this layout, it makes it easy to circulate the room and access each student for personalized attention.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

Without the constant need to defend or assert one’s ego (our preferences and aversions), the instructor’s attention can open to what is happening in the room or on the screen. Taking this perspective, effective teaching is a generative, social process.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

Without the constant need to defend or assert one’s ego (our preferences and aversions), the instructor’s attention can open to what is happening in the room or on the screen. Taking this perspective, effective teaching is a generative, social process.

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Teaching Motivation Learning Outcomes Instructors 71

k12

JULY 21, 2025

I encourage students to look now for activities that can build skills and gain experience. These are all activities that will prepare you for your future life goals, not to mention looking great on your résumé. Use action words that draw attention. I also have a position working at a preschool and have experience in retail.

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