eSchool News

MAY 27, 2025

When the rules of the road are clearly defined, students can focus on the work at hand rather than managing anxiety around whats coming next. This might mean clearly outlining what is expected in an assignment, breaking down large tasks into smaller steps, or organizing test questions in a logical, grouped format.

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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. Spinning Questions.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 18, 2025

Veterans Day, celebrated every year on November 11, is an opportunity for your class to honor real-life heroes, learn about the meaning of service, and have fun with hands-on activities. Walsh or The Wall by Eve Bunting to give students an introduction to the history. You might read The Poppy Lady by Barbara E.

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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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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 22, 2025

Design exploratory science activities 5. Choose resources that fit your style and family Tips for Making a Curriculum for Homeschool Students Benefits of Using TPT to Plan Your Homeschooling Curriculum 1. Every activity can be used with one or more students. This resource is perfect for a daily reading review activity.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

Here are creative strategies tailored for young students, middle schoolers, and high schoolers to make math more engaging and meaningful. 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.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

The fundamental question becomes: How can educators plan for and deliver instructional content that is relatable and meaningful? According to a recent survey by Salesforce (2022), just 12% of college students felt a strong sense of belonging in their institutions. With transparent directions, every student knows exactly what to do.

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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. One student tilted their head. Engagement. The Paradox Effect That one question—unresolved, unanswerable, alive—did more to wake up my students than any HBR case ever had. I never position the question as rhetorical.

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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. One student tilted their head. Engagement. The Paradox Effect That one question—unresolved, unanswerable, alive—did more to wake up my students than any HBR case ever had. I never position the question as rhetorical.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

As students increasingly seek flexible and interactive learning experiences, the conventional approach may not meet their needs any longer. This shift raises critical questions about the future of education: How will teachers adapt their roles? You’re expected to cultivate skills that prepare students for real-world challenges.

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Teach Hub

JUNE 12, 2025

But what it does is something that every teacher hopes for: it helps students take control of their own reading process. 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.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

Given this reality in which AI can provide and synthesize information for and to our students at their requests in seconds, it is not completely paranoid to ask the question, What can we, as college instructors, offer our students in the age of AI? He said that students have had access to the information we teach prior to AI.

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eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2025

/PRNewswire/ — BirminghamCity Schools (BCS) is spearheading an innovative research initiative to explore the critical link between student motivation and math performance. Even well-proven benefits are often lost when students simply fail to engage at the necessary levels.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

The fundamental question becomes: How can educators plan for and deliver instructional content that is relatable and meaningful? According to a recent survey by Salesforce (2022), just 12% of college students felt a strong sense of belonging in their institutions. With transparent directions, every student knows exactly what to do.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

Shift to a student-centered classroom 8. Reward the journey, not the result How to Identify Reluctant Learners What Does Student Engagement Look Like? Create an engaging learning environment for all abilities 1. Begin with a fresh start No student wants to enter your classroom with their reputation already on your mind.

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Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 12, 2025

Once you’ve selected an author, it’s time to prep your students! Explore the author’s work and help your students prep thoughtful questions. Each visit kicks off with a game of 20 Questions where students try to guess the identity of their upcoming visitor based on yes/no questions and clues, if needed.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 22, 2025

Rather than simply acknowledging that students are using AI, we should create opportunities for them to explore practical strategies. This approach will help students better understand and utilize AI as an educational ally, enabling innovative methods for effective classroom integration.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Teachers use direct, explicit instructionbreaking down complex concepts into manageable stepsso students can grasp new ideas without feeling lost or overwhelmed. Multi-sensory learning techniques, such as hands-on activities, visual aids, and interactive discussions, further enhance understanding and retention.

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Priceless Ponderings

MAY 25, 2025

Ask questions if youre unsure about anything. I introduce each rule with examples and role-play so students can truly grasp what safe behavior looks like in action. Students benefit from seeing reminders daily, especially during hands-on activities. Walk, dont run, in the science area. Wash your hands after experiments.

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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. Why Online Student Engagement Matters Online learning offers a host of unique opportunities that empower students to learn in ways that work best for them.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 8, 2025

Redesigning Lessons for Deeper Learning and Student Engagement As much as we’re worried about ‘learning loss,’ our students aren’t going to learn if they’re not first engaged. Let’s create reasons for students to come to school and opportunities to do things that are interesting! Register soon!

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Teaching with a Mountain View

JULY 3, 2025

The first day of school is a unique opportunity to build relationships and begin creating the engaged, collaborative, and respectful community of learners we all strive for. Just like with academics, the best way for kids to learn expectations and routines is through authentic activities in the classroom! Make expectations interactive.

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Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 19, 2025

Maybe you’ve thought about trying a new classroom management strategy, exploring new methods for student engagement, or digging into the latest trends in education. Each of these titles will help you seek fresh inspiration and sharpen your skills in classroom management, student engagement, or a subject area you want to improve.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

All 15 arrangements were created with student engagement in mind. Print off the desk arrangements and add student names to create seating charts. With books, rules posters, cards, activities, a contract, and an editable parent letter, you can feel confident with your seating options.

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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. Instead, approaches in which the voter education organization’s representatives initiate the contact seem more promising.

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k12 Digest

MAY 21, 2025

School leaders can support this safety by co-creating group agreements that promote active listening, confidentiality, and respectful participation. Eventually, critical consciousness becomes part of how both educators and students engage with the world around them. Who is left out? Are we reinforcing or disrupting inequity?

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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. Instead, approaches in which the voter education organization’s representatives initiate the contact seem more promising.

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k12 Digest

MAY 21, 2025

School leaders can support this safety by co-creating group agreements that promote active listening, confidentiality, and respectful participation. Eventually, critical consciousness becomes part of how both educators and students engage with the world around them. Who is left out? Are we reinforcing or disrupting inequity?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2017

Ultimately, it helps to begin by asking three questions: Why am I exploring a digital learning ecosystem for my students? How can I ensure my digital learning ecosystem will support my students? Increased student engagement? Increased student agency and achievement? The ability to facilitate differentiation?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Keep students engaged with a collection of fun debate topics and “would you rather” questions for high school students that they’ll enjoy talking about. 6 An interactive set of Google Slides introduces students to the basics of speech and debate in class. Are fries better with ranch or ketchup?

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Jodi Durgin

JULY 6, 2025

Patrick’s Day Writing Prompts Lap book Activity guides students through learning facts all about St. Patrick’s Day resource includes a variety of themed prompts, graphic organizers, vocabulary activities, and more. This activity blends reading, writing, and art into one seamless, cross-curricular experience.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

” Most teachers include some form of the word “engagement” in their answers. So, it makes sense that teachers are frustrated when they feel like students are not engaging. The pandemic is presenting new barriers to student engagement, most obviously the lack of physical proximity.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 4, 2020

This presents myriad opportunities to engage students in active learning online. Given the critical role that discussion plays in meaning-making, many teachers are experimenting with using their video conferencing sessions to engage students in conversations about texts, videos, podcasts, and online resources. .

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2021

I could not answer a single question about the content of what I read. I was not actively engaging with the text. Their approach contrasts with classic reading comprehension questions, which students typically respond to after completing a reading assignment. Finally, students should reflect on what they learned.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 9, 2020

A big issue for many teachers was a general lack of student engagement online. Given that reality, I wanted to share a collection of strategies designed to engage students in active learning online. Sort it Out challenges students to think about how key concepts in a unit, lesson, or chapter relate to one another.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Key points: Student engagement is key to an authentic learning experience It also allows students to develop the right attitude to approach learning See related article: 4 ways edtech tools drive student engagement and build classroom culture When you think of education, what is the first thing that comes to mind?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

As classroom teachers, one of the many challenges we face is student engagement. With the changing landscape of education, how do we keep students focused and provide them with a foundation to learn our varied subject areas? There are many ways to tackle this question and no right response. What is student engagement?

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