eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2025

Its worth investigating the student-to-faculty ratio and whether professors are actively engaged in teaching or if most instruction is left to teaching assistants. Does the school actively help students find internships and full-time jobs? Do professors hold regular office hours, and are they approachable?

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Questions Students Study Textbooks 272

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2020

These self-paced teams watch recordings of the professor and pair up with teaching assistants for about five live sessions—a necessary alteration to make the program free, given that mentor professors are paid by Pioneer for their time. This is not a research program,” Jaskol clarifies. Sweden, China, Brazil.

Study 161

Study Teaching Assistants Students Lecturing 161

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

During in-class activities, we often collaborated in pairs or small groups. Teaching assistants moderated an online discussion forum through Piazza , an online community building and discussion platform, and held recitations, which enabled students to ask questions and ponder ideas.

Science 218

Science Education Learning Essay 218

eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2024

In this session, we will explore some startling research findings on equity and inclusion in STEM and Computer Science (CS), identify barriers to entry, and explore resources and activities that can be quickly implemented. We will redefine what equity and inclusion can look like in the CS classroom.

Attention 275

Attention STEM Assistive Technology Critical Thinking 275

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2022

Almost every school had its own program, offering kids enrichment and acceleration activities, with a focus on joyful learning over academic remediation. As Tulsa Public Schools’ Director of Expanded Learning, Jessica Goodman, told me, “Ready, Set, Summer” gives students plenty of ways to learn in fun and innovative ways.

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Learning Students Schools Culture 212

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2018

Meanwhile, research is also being conducted today to understand how chatbots can be used as teaching assistants. In one study , students were not told which of their teaching assistants were humans and which were robots—and findings suggested students struggled to differentiate the two. (I

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Teaching Instructors Teaching Assistants Counselling 149

Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2018

In the one-to-1000 classroom, we also have teaching assistants. And then, the local teachers can be trained to be teaching assistants, so a job that's much easier for each teacher to learn to do. A teaching assistant might offer after-school tutoring. Lectures should be given by masters.

Teaching 163

Teaching Lecturing Teaching Assistants Intelligence 163

Faculty Focus

JULY 14, 2024

The development of programs that not only meet the needs of working people but also guarantee their upward mobility through accessible, affordable routes is essential in the effort to improve the quality of education and assist different learners.

Teaching Assistants 110

Teaching Assistants Textbooks Special Education Education 110

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 9, 2015

CanaryFlow is a classroom workflow platform that makes it easy for K-12 teachers to create lessons, add and grade assignments, upload resources, comment on student work or class activities, and schedule events. All account activity is quickly synced across all devices. Classes can be shared with teaching assistants and co-teachers.

Assignments 143

Assignments Classroom Management Testing Internet 143

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

.” National Civics Bee Teams Up With Khan Academy This year, for the first time, students who advance to the local competitions will receive free tutoring support through Khan Academy’s new AI-powered tutor and teaching assistant, Khanmigo.

Math 258

Math Middle School Middle School Essay 258

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2019

While Levy created the app to automate part of the process involved in documenting class participation, it still requires some manual assistance. For that, an instructor usually turns to teaching assistants like Erin Gregor, who record in Teachly every time a student participates. Maybe we put too much emphasis on speaking.”

Lecturing 161

Lecturing Participation Instructors Beliefs 161

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

When asked if they were using AI to support academic activities, the majority of faculty who responded stated they did not use AI to support academic activities. It’s like having a teaching assistant that never sleeps! So, why not let AI be your overachieving, never-sleeping teaching assistant?

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 119

eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

The issue is not just that K-12 education lacks challenging work; its that the system actively discourages failure. If I couldnt figure something out on my own, I had resources at my disposal: office hours, teaching assistants, or discussions with peers. This wasnt a sign of failure; it was an essential part of learning.

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Failure Assignments Education Secondary Education 169

Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2025

Although I knew the active learning benefits of a technique like TPS, I struggled to implement it well. I have undergraduate teaching assistants present and poised to enter the students point into the gradebook as soon as they say their name and share (and if they forget, they can find the teaching assistants after class).

Lecturing 93

Lecturing Teaching Assistants Discussions Activities 93

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

And some have taken the attitude of, “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em,” actively setting up Discord servers or joining those created by their students. "We Some professors welcome these channels as a way for students to blow off steam. But others worry that they can lead to violations of academic integrity.

Exams 205

Exams Instructors Students Lecturing 205

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In addition to full slideshow lessons, Curipod has interactive activities such as co-writing a fairy tale with AI, getting feedback from a historical figure, a “convince the evil AI ruler” prompt, brain breaks, and more! It offers a resource generator, teaching assistant, feedback bot, and AI chat. www.eduaide.ai

Multiple Choice Questions 125

Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Assistants Education Learning Outcomes 125

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. Dear Bonni, You have shared often about active learning strategies and the impact they have on student learning. You can pose a question for a future column here. However, I am dubious that the approaches you describe work with large classes.

Learning 162

Learning Students Assignments Participation 162

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

In fact, research shows that 80 percent of esports teams are comprised of students who have never before participated in extracurricular activities. My hope is that district leaders take a more active role in that design process instead of deferring solely to the expertise of business leaders. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company.

Learning 363

Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Languages 363

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

When asked if they were using AI to support academic activities, the majority of faculty who responded stated they did not use AI to support academic activities. It’s like having a teaching assistant that never sleeps! So, why not let AI be your overachieving, never-sleeping teaching assistant?

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 111

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2024

In fact, it's most valuable in a teaching setting because a teacher's in a class of 30, these kids are at all different levels. Well, if you had support from a teaching assistant who's also their tutor, that's kind of what Khan Academy has always aspired to be. We're working on them being able to assign AI-based activities.

Intelligence 198

Intelligence Teaching Assistants Laboratory Assignments 198

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Initially ecstatic to start school, Truman was now red in the face from crying while my teaching assistant and I practically pried him off his mother’s leg. We were a few weeks into my first year teaching kindergarten and I had begun to think of my classroom as a warm and inviting space.

Testing 218

Testing Fairness Languages Language 218

Faculty Focus

JULY 14, 2024

The development of programs that not only meet the needs of working people but also guarantee their upward mobility through accessible, affordable routes is essential in the effort to improve the quality of education and assist different learners.

Teaching Assistants 96

Teaching Assistants Textbooks Special Education Education 96

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2022

It actually requires some unlearning, and some changes in approach, to create an environment that better encourages students to complete assigned activities. Instructors first need to consider how we use grades in our teaching—and then explore what kinds of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations exist and persist for our students.

Motivation 202

Motivation Reading Instructors Assignments 202

EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2019

And in New Jersey, Slackwood Elementary School is using an AI-assisted teaching assistant called Happy Numbers to identify where students are struggling with math benchmarks and provide personalized assistance.

Intelligence 167

Intelligence Grades Education Ethics 167

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

“And then all the sudden we’re teaching online. If you’re in graduate school, you often work as a teaching assistant, you’re under a mentoring program, you’re taught to be a teacher. Online teaching is not necessarily the same.” Teaching is daunting,” she said. Online teaching in particular is very hard.

Instructors 144

Instructors Teaching Assistants Study Assignments 144

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

During in-class activities, we often collaborated in pairs or small groups. Teaching assistants moderated an online discussion forum through Piazza , an online community building and discussion platform, and held recitations, which enabled students to ask questions and ponder ideas.

Science 148

Science Education Learning Essay 148

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Collaborative Activities Collaborative learning activities are a great way to assist students to think critically, communicate effectively, consider the thoughts and perspectives of others, and work together to solve problems. For short activities, clearly defining the objective and setting a strict timeframe is beneficial.

Assignments 107

Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 107

EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2018

In contrast, the bottom-up approach incorporates tools into classroom activities to let students become acclimated to AI’s presence in their lives. This could mean starting by incorporating Google Home into classroom activities with young students and working up to using intelligent teaching assistants later.

Intelligence 112

Intelligence Schools Ethics Students 112

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

To scale this capability, IDEO formed IDEO U and developed the capability to teach these skills online. Howard made the case that teaching creativity is not a linear activity, and referenced IDEO U’s “creative confidence pedagogy” that represents their approach to teaching, which includes see, try, share and reflect.

Teaching Assistants 103

Teaching Assistants Learning Beliefs Teaching Methods 103

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In addition to full slideshow lessons, Curipod has interactive activities such as co-writing a fairy tale with AI, getting feedback from a historical figure, a “convince the evil AI ruler” prompt, brain breaks, and more! It offers a resource generator, teaching assistant, feedback bot, and AI chat. www.eduaide.ai

Multiple Choice Questions 110

Multiple Choice Questions Teaching Assistants Education Learning Outcomes 110

eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2023

We will continue to actively seek best practices for our most marginalized students. Four years ago, my team and I designed, planned, and implemented a research-based, whole-child wraparound approach to special education.

Special Education 152

Special Education Education Assistive Technology History 152

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

All the social-media activity around the free content is essentially the marketing plan. He also used some of the money to send his teaching assistants to cities around the globe. A video created in Tanzania by Garrett Wilkinson, a teaching assistant in the Anth101 course. embassy to get him out.

Textbooks 160

Textbooks Teaching Assistants Instructors Exams 160

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Its accounts on Facebook and Twitter are no longer active, as an education industry analyst noticed. student and teaching assistant, began building his own homegrown adaptive tutoring technologies. Smart Sparrow is also a partner in other grant-funded work, including an active project that received $2.5

Learning 132

Learning Textbooks Feedback Teaching Assistants 132

Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2025

Although I knew the active learning benefits of a technique like TPS, I struggled to implement it well. I have undergraduate teaching assistants present and poised to enter the students point into the gradebook as soon as they say their name and share (and if they forget, they can find the teaching assistants after class).

Lecturing 77

Lecturing Teaching Assistants Discussions Activities 77

Edsurge

MAY 4, 2023

In 2018, Nicola Osgood was serving on active duty and considering resuming the higher education she had paused years before. And when 43 students finally arrived, Austin, along with two teaching assistants, led their organic chemistry lab. She had enrolled at ASU right after high school, back in 2010.

Science 190

Science Accessibility STEM Laboratory 190

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

It’s not so much a learning management system as it is a device manager specifically for iPads or, as the company calls it, a “teaching assistant.” And for upper grade levels, he says teachers have benefitted from being able to monitor student activity. But there has also been some issues with that feature as well.

Mobile Devices 156

Mobile Devices Assignments Feedback Quizzes 156

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

This activity gives students a chance to be creative and also stimulates conversations. The same kind of activity could be used in-person. Shanda Hood is a teaching assistant professor at the University of Arkansas. Occasionally, I will choose three or four images and display them on the screen.

Instructors 122

Instructors Syllabus Attention Teaching Assistants 122