Cult of Pedagogy

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Little by little, the kids got noisier and more distracted, the classroom started to get chaotic, you found yourself yelling more, running out of time for planned activities, and generally feeling completely run down. It can happen to the best of us classroom management deteriorating over time. Be the calm presence.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

With the growing interest in coding comes a call for after school tech camps that supersize student enthusiasm for learning technology. If you’ve been tasked (or volunteered) to run this activity, here are five activities that will tech-infuse participants: Write an Ebook. 22 Ways to Add Rigor to Your Classroom.

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JULY 3, 2024

14 Essential Digital Tools for Educators to Streamline Daily Activities In 2024’s fast-paced educational environment, teachers and all those in the academe face the daily challenge of managing their school or course’s efficiency. Here’s a list of fourteen put together by the Ask a Tech Teacher team. How about you?

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 17, 2022

Two main factors can have a significant impact on a teacher’s emotional engagement at work: The quality of their relationships with students Student behaviors and classroom management. Many teachers begin the year with community-building activities designed to help students form interpersonal relationships with their peers.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Key points: Tying classroom decor to learning themes is great for student engagement The psychology of classroom management 3 pillars for building a positive classroom culture For more news on classroom management, see eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Teachers have their own preferences and approach when it comes to classroom decor.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2024

Learning Menus: Provide students with a learning menu filled with intellectually rich activities. Students can then choose which activities to complete in order to meet the assigned requirements. This strategy actively engages students in notetaking and gets them up, moving, and thinking.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 12, 2025

Getting students to stay on-task and engaged during the school day is no easy feat. While administrators can do their part by implementing school-wide behavior management strategies, individual classroom management largely falls on teachers. Table of Contents What is a classroom management strategy?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This is a great phrase to remember as districts, schools, and educators increasingly rely on technology tools to support student achievement. Although many teachers (and too many school administrators!) Additionally, many schools are emphasizing longer learning blocks where students are expected to be seated for over an hour.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

On its face, the cell phone policy at Forest Hills High School seems clear: Phones cannot be used in school and must be turned off during the day, unless a teacher allows them as part of a lesson. Storage of phones can be expensive, at a time when schools are seeing budget cuts. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Student safety leader Impero today launched a cloud-based platform, built on state-of-the-art technology, that provides teachers, school counselors and administers with classroom management and student safety solutions, all in one place, to support hybrid learning. Once students are safe, schools must educate them.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2025

Wrapping up your school technology for the summer is as complicated as setting it up in September. If you have a school device, a lot of the shutdown steps will be done by the IT folks as they backup, clean, reformat, and maybe re-image your device. Heres a list. Skip those that dont apply to you and complete the rest.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — As students return to the classroom for the new school year, Savvas Learning Company is helping educators move learning forward with engaging, easy-to-use K-12 solutions that offer data-informed instruction and adaptive technology to take personalized learning to the next level. “A

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Our school is a five-year program that works to create first-generation college students. North Carolina is a leading state in the number of “early colleges,” which allow students to earn a college degree with their high school diploma. This is a great resource for civics teachers to utilize in the classroom.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As a preschool teacher with five years of experience at Emerson Elementary School, I understand the challenges new educators face. I am excited to share my knowledge of incorporating technology into the classroom and hope that it provides you with the support and inspiration you need.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Learning Menus: Provide students with a learning menu filled with intellectually rich activities. Students can then choose which activities to complete in order to meet the assigned requirements. This strategy actively engages students in notetaking and gets them up, moving, and thinking.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Teachers have been grappling with a significant new development: the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in the classroom. The 2023-24 school year was the first school year AI has been widely available as a classroom tool–and teachers are starting to embrace it. Personalize materials for every student.

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eSchool News

JULY 10, 2023

In the classroom, when a user starts the Pulse timer, they are prompted to take a deep breath and constructively recommit their attention in short intervals, tracking the ensuing time spent by activity. “AI has the potential to lift us to new heights if we manage this transition well,” continued Lamb.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The hands-on digital collections help students with science related studies in a whole new way as they continue to learn at home, at school, or in a hybrid environment during and post COVID-19. “As We’re pleased that Merge is a top-tier Microsoft Education Partner,” says Dan Ayoub, General Manager, Education Experiences at Microsoft Corp.

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eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2020

Lightspeed Systems is offering a free, extended trial of Relay Filter or Relay Classroom through the end of the school year. Students being out of school and at home for extended periods can mean they spend more time online. Relay Filter protects students on school devices at school, at home, and everywhere in between.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

I would write the day’s learning objectives and agenda on the board and spend each class period moving my students as a unit through a series of learning activities. Yet, the whole group, teacher-led lesson is not flexible enough to honor learner variability or the diversity of needs in classrooms.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 14, 2020

Back-to-school planning has never been more different than it is now. School districts nationwide are preparing for multiple reopening scenarios — from full-on remote learning to a hybrid approach — amid health and safety concerns connected to the coronavirus pandemic. The Challenges That Come with Virtual Classroom Management.

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eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2018

—Me (at the beginning of the school year). Last school year, our school started a one-to-one Chromebook initiative for the sixth grade. All of our classroom-management problems would be solved because our students would be engaged with technology. A lot of school work still needs to be done on paper.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2018

How K–12 Schools Can Get Started with Blended Learning. Last school year, our school started a one-to-one Chromebook initiative for sixth-grade students. Entering the school year, I had the following assumptions: All of our classroom management problems would be solved because our students would be engaged with technology.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 22, 2018

A new school year is a fresh start. Here are eleven such activities I’ve collected from colleagues using transformative tools that optimize learning while making students active participants in expected learning outcomes: Class management. Now, everyone is a stakeholder in classroom management.

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eSchool News

JULY 24, 2024

Cyberattacks and ransomware attacks targeting schools and districts have affected more than 2.5 In response to these threats, school leaders are building data classification frameworks, establishing firm data-sharing rules, updating technical directives, increasing district-wide data privacy training, and they are auditing current systems.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2025

AIs potential and pitfalls continue to be debated for classroom and student use, as well as for society at large. Imagine an AI-integrated system that logs professional development activities as they occur, calculating and updating CEU credits in real time. Gullani, et al.

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eSchool News

MARCH 1, 2016

Technology has become a mainstay within the walls of today’s schools. K-12 schools were expected to spend approximately $4.7 When desktop computers first appeared in schools, the curriculum focused on typing, word processing, and basic coding skills. The evolution of learning with computers. Social etiquette.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2024

Implementing Mindfulness Practices in Schools In recent years, mindfulness has gained significant traction, not just in adults’ lives but also in educational settings. Incorporating mindfulness practices in schools has proven beneficial for students’ well-being, emotional regulation, and academic success.

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eSchool News

JULY 29, 2020

Flinn Scientific, a flagship provider of science lab materials and safety and STEM solutions for the K-16 education market, is launching two new solutions – 360Science and Science2Go – to support hands-on learning this coming school year.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 17, 2022

family, peers, school, community) ( CASEL ). To help cultivate responsible decision-making in classrooms, educators should consider the following questions: How can I help students evaluate situations to identify the potential benefits and consequences of different decisions? Responsible Decision-Making.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2018

While committing to formative—or informal—assessment school-wide can be a game-changer for your learners, it’s also important to understand that regularly checking in with student learning can dramatically improve outcomes. Teachers are already stretched when it comes to classroom management and covering all the required content.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

With easy-to-use plug-n-play connectivity, the A30 speaker connects to computers, IFPs, and monitors to provide clear classroom audio up to 20 feet away. Beanstack , an edtech platform that helps schools encourage kids to read through gamification, demonstrated the importance of engaging readers.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2024

Classrooms today could be in person, online, or hybrid. And while today’s classrooms look different, students and teachers remain at the heart of classroom learning. Let’s take a look at a few trends in classroom learning and how these trends are impacting the future of education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 15, 2023

Wrapping up your school technology for the summer is as complicated as setting it up in September. If you have a school device, a lot of the shutdown steps will be done by the IT folks as they backup, clean, reformat, and maybe re-image your device. Check to be sure yours is active. Here’s a list. Clean out your documents.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 13, 2015

It’s the end of school. What you want for these last few weeks are activities that keep the learning going, but in a different way. Provide some games, simulations, student presentations–whatever you don’t normally do in your classroom. Everyone’s tired, including you. Change your approach to teaching.

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Priceless Ponderings

MAY 25, 2025

Its about setting the tone for your entire school year. Whether youre diving into 1st grade science or setting up your 3rd grade science lab, classroom expectations and procedures are everything. Start With Clear Classroom Expectations The start of the school year is the perfect time to introduce your science lab safety rules.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 24, 2020

Back-to-school planning has never been more different than it is now. School districts nationwide are preparing for multiple reopening scenarios — from full-on remote learning to a hybrid approach — amid health and safety concerns connected to the coronavirus pandemic. The Challenges That Come with Virtual Classroom Management.

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