Edsurge

JUNE 20, 2025

While edtech vendors race to integrate AI into every aspect of teaching and learning, educators are drawing clearer boundaries: AI should save them time, not replace their judgment. Most of all, they want tools that align with the values and realities of teaching. They want support for differentiation, not decision-making.

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We are Teachers

JUNE 25, 2025

Looking for unique ways to teach multiplication so kids will really understand? Try these games, activities, and other engaging ideas!

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Mind, brain and education science combines knowledge in the fields of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and education to inform methods of teaching and explore the impact of those strategies on learning, helping to transform the field of education. Lets examine a few examples from the research.

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eSchool News

JULY 14, 2025

Integrating technology in CTE isn’t just about fancy equipment; it’s about enhancing teaching methods and expanding opportunities. Meanwhile, professional development is crucial so that instructors can learn how to effectively implement these tools in their teaching.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

However, in an increasingly complex and interconnected world, there is a growing need to enhance this traditional model with innovative teaching methods (Barker, 2000). Experiment Design for Policy: Designing experiments to test policy interventions helps students understand the practical applications of their studies.

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We are Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

Teach students to identify and manage big feelings with these Zones of Regulations strategies and activities.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam is the co-founder of the Vietnam Innovative Educators Foundation (VIEF), a professional network of over 157,000 educators committed to advancing technology-enhanced and student-centered teaching practices nationwide. This mindset ensures that tools never overshadow the human core of teaching and learning.

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eSchool News

JULY 8, 2025

Key points: Formulaic writing can constrain thinking and limit creativity Why reliable edtech matters to boost literacy Video game design boosts students’ literacy skills For more news on writing instruction, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Early in our careers, when we were fresh-faced and idealistic (we still are!)

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2025

Administrative or time-saving functions With students, during class activities or for homework I’m using AI equally for my own tasks and with students I’m not using AI Δ Despite these numbers, families often feel left out of the conversation. What are you using AI for in your school/classroom? What’s the source behind this answer?

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2025

The Zoom strategy: In this fun activity, teachers find a picture related to their content and zoom in so far that the class can only make out minor details. This activity is a great way to help students recognize the wisdom and maturity of changing positions when confronted with new data.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 6, 2025

Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

Brisk Teaching : This Chrome extension can be used to create resources, exemplars, quizzes, lesson plans, slideshows, and much more. SchoolAI : Students can have safe, monitored interactions with AI learning activities. TeacherServer : Created by the University of St. Petersburg, this resource offers premade AI prompts.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

Reflection also includes considering the emotional and social aspects of teaching. One of the most effective strategies we can use to alleviate this burden and maintain a positive school climate is to keep students actively engaged in meaningful instruction. Our teaching does not stop at our content; it goes so much deeper than that.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2025

Researchers are looking at whether teachers have what they need to thrive in Teaching for Tomorrow: Educators on the Future of Their Profession, part of a multiyear study undertaken by Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation. times more likely than their peers to be actively seeking a new job, the report posits.

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2025

These platforms offer unprecedented opportunities to personalize learning, refine curriculum development, and support teaching. AI-generated lesson plans, practice activities, and instructional recommendations must reinforce the effective implementation of HQIM.

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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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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2025

When we personalize support, structure the environment thoughtfully, and teach with clarity and empathy, we give students the best chance to reach their full potential. Schools can support sensory regulation by offering quiet reading spaces, flexible seating options like active chairs, or designated areas for individual work.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

Keep an eye out for daily activities with local artists who will lead drop-in workshops to get the creative juices flowing. I’ll share how I used AI to teach, what I didn’t use, how quickly I rolled it out, and tips for success. Explore and experiment in the hands-on Fiesta Studio–part creator space, part art lab.

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2025

Exploratorium: Science Snacks The Exploratorium, a renowned museum of science, art, and human perception in San Francisco, offers Science Snacks–free, hands-on STEM activities designed for students in grades 3-12.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 8, 2025

We can teach students to critically analyze AI-assisted work and promote authentic learning as we do. If you’re like me, you have tried-and-true activities and assignments that you’ve relied on for many years. Step 1: Take a critical look at your current syllabus. Some of these may be updateable, but others may just need to go.

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Critical Thinking Assignments Academic Integrity Intelligence 127

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2025

Their initial list of options included: “Tech-Free Teaching Blocks” — Select specific class periods across different subjects where all phones are collected in a secure charging station at the start of class. They generated a list of possible changes and then honed in on a few that they want to test this spring.

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EFL Magazine

JULY 14, 2025

Prewriting Activities for EFL Academic Writing Classes Academic writing is not an easy skill to master, and yet it is the most important skill needed in an academic context (Alexander […] The post Prewriting Activities for EFL Academic-Writing Classes appeared first on EFL Magazine.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

The key is to teach your students ways to improve their thinking and using the Paul and Elder model can be an effective tool. Teaching students to analyze critically the information generated from AI chatbots will become necessary for a progressing society. AI will generate a comprehensive activity with all the bells and whistles.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Mind, brain and education science combines knowledge in the fields of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and education to inform methods of teaching and explore the impact of those strategies on learning, helping to transform the field of education. Lets examine a few examples from the research.

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Teach Hub

MAY 16, 2025

Whether youre teaching elementary students or high schoolers, this strategy works for everyone. Whether youre teaching little ones or older students, it just fits. The best part is you can make it as simple or as detailed as you want, depending on your teaching style and your class.

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eSchool News

JULY 18, 2025

U-M researchers found that new educators are pioneering paths in science education by offering opportunities for scientific conversations, innovative learning strategies and encouraging children to become active participants in scientific exploration. This news release originally appeared on U-M’s news site.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

From first grade classrooms to high school computer labs, teachers across the state are building confidence in CS instruction and finding meaningful ways to connect it to their everyday teaching. This activity introduced data analysis while building critical thinking and global awareness.

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eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2025

The surveyed educators were also three times more likely to say that the 2024-25 school year has been the hardest compared to 2020, when they had to teach during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sixty-three percent of teachers report that their current stress levels are higher than when they first started teaching.

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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.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam is the co-founder of the Vietnam Innovative Educators Foundation (VIEF), a professional network of over 157,000 educators committed to advancing technology-enhanced and student-centered teaching practices nationwide. This mindset ensures that tools never overshadow the human core of teaching and learning.

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k12 Digest

MAY 15, 2025

use gamified chatbot interactions to teach grammar and vocabulary, simulating real-world practice and offering immediate correction and encouragement. 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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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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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

Curious About Their Lives Outside of School – Developing meaningful, trust-based relationships with students requires educators to take an active interest in their lives beyond the classroom, helping to build trust and mutual understanding.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

Effect on student-teacher relationship With AI use increasing in the classroom, the survey asked respondents if they find that the teaching experience or student-teacher dynamic has changed. What are you using AI for in your school/classroom? How could or should the math teachers role change as a result of student AI use?

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Faculty Focus

JULY 8, 2025

We can teach students to critically analyze AI-assisted work and promote authentic learning as we do. If you’re like me, you have tried-and-true activities and assignments that you’ve relied on for many years. Step 1: Take a critical look at your current syllabus. Some of these may be updateable, but others may just need to go.

Critical Thinking 98

Critical Thinking Assignments Academic Integrity Intelligence 98

eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

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. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is using NotebookLM and Gemini for curriculum review and district guidance. What are you using AI for in your school/classroom?

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

Music, in particular, has long been an ally of instructors teaching a second language (L2)—a language learned after one’s native tongue—especially since the field transitioned toward a more communicative approach. 2022; Nuessel and Marshall, 2008; Vidal and Nordgren, 2024). What new words or expressions did you learn?

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