eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2024

Combining PBL with makerspaces (also called maker education) gives educators an infinite number of projects, assignments, and activities that engage students and truly immerse them in learning. It could be a video, a photo essay, a 3D rendering, or even an interpretive dance performance. The best part? Why maker education?

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

It has been estimated that college students across the globe devote in excess of a billion hours per year to “disposable” assignments (Wiley, 2016). Moving from essential to “renewable” assignments means that the students see the tasks as sufficiently meaningful to be kept and even passed on to others. What a waste!

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2022

Paper’s new math literacy solution, Paper Math, gamifies math by allowing students to manipulate equations through an artful interface to help break math problems down into intuitive core concepts, making the experience immersive and fun. Visualize Your Equations with Paper Math. Reduce College Admissions Stress with Paper Accepted.

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Essay Feedback Math Assignments 257

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

As part of the recent rush to comment on ChatGPT, this article is not weighing in on the ongoing ethical debates, nor is it offering a comprehensive how-to guide, but rather simply sharing one professor’s initial use of the AI tool and how it successfully accomplished the learning objectives and expectations for one course assignment.

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2024

Rather than relying on this score alone, his teacher called him to discuss the assignment. Through their conversation, it became evident that the student had utilized ChatGPT to better understand the context of the art he was studying in the time period it was created. This example highlights that using an AI tool isn’t “bad.”

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Academic Integrity Intelligence Essay Plagiarism 239

eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2015

includes new student and educator interfaces, advancements in content recommendations based upon individual student interests and Lexile reading level, gamification, and improved enhancements to the state-of-the-art monitoring and reporting functions. myON has announced a redesign of its personalized literacy environment for PreK-12.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2017

As the Curriculum Specialist with Vancouver Public Schools, I oversee Secondary English Language Arts, Advanced Placement, Running Start, and College in the High Schools. Close reading has become essential for all assignments, and many teachers have used claim-based essays based on each reading as formative assessments.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

Each assignment has 1-10 points, with a total of 100 points. In my more recent students evaluations, students say they are less stressed, they are more motivated, and they understand assignment expectations at the beginning of the semester. I especially wanted students to understand that the final assignment was anything but.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

19 Longer Journal Writing Prompts for High School For a deeper dive into your students thoughts, assign longer journal prompts for high school. Students can keep a long-term journal to respond all year long, or they can use journal prompts as a springboard into a class essay or assignment. Describe the perfect summer.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

Khanmigo, powered by ChatGPT technology, includes features meant to help students work through math and science problems, analyze text, chat with historical figures, navigate college admissions, and revise essays, among other features. It is also designed to help teachers create instructions for assignments and review student performance.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2023

Classes don’t start and end according to an academic calendar, but begin when a student clicks “start course” and gets assigned a faculty member. On average, instructors are assigned 230 students at a time--a big change from the 20 or 30 I was used to at NYU and Stevens. Southern New Hampshire’s course completion rate is 90 percent.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Even in middle school, Hyler still sees students struggle with concepts such as proper capitalization and tone, as they navigate between texting with friends and crafting essays or emails to adults. Naturally, social media plays a big part in Hyler’s writing instruction. So let’s mix them together and talk about them both.” It’s a process.

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Writing Teaching Essay Middle School 165

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

When was the last time you wrote an essay? Increasingly, writing doesn’t mean a five paragraph essay written by hand. How to help your students evolve from analog to digital writers Start with simple assignments that are an easy transition from what you and your students are already familiar with. engagement and passion.

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Writing Teaching Essay Assignments 167

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

Ethan provided strategies and resources for teachers to use in their classrooms, and through this assignment, he learned a variety of skills including how to design compelling professional learning opportunities, how to find and evaluate sources and how to communicate his findings clearly to an audience.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2025

5 Reflect on Growth Over Time Invite students to reflect on their progress by comparing two similar assignments or products from different points in the school year. This side-by-side analysis helps them see evidence of growth and build a stronger sense of ownership over their learning journey.

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Testing Learning Critical Thinking Essay 195

Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2018

I teach middle school English Language Arts at St. Peer editing here usually consists of working with partners, swapping writing assignments and making suggestions. But over time I’ve found many middle schoolers are not equipped to critique an essay that meets the expectations of the assignment. The whole class did.

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Culture Feedback Writing Assignments 167

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2022

In my classroom, I usually teach English language arts in 70-minute blocks. During virtual learning from 2020 to 2021, that was condensed to 60 minutes and we spent much of our time focused on reading texts, answering text dependent questions and writing essays. Effort was also a strength — he gave every assignment his all.

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Accessibility Essay Disabilities Learning Disabilities 174

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2017

I went to a liberal arts college and spent most of my undergrad years not focusing particularly closely on the computer science coursework, but instead focusing on different areas of political science, of English. Focus on frequent low-stakes writing assignments rather than occasional high stakes writing assignments like term papers.

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Achievement Writing Essay Language 165

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2018

Here’s a slightly Orwellian way to check whether your students may have plagiarized part of their essays: the Chrome extension Draftback , which plays back the revision history of any Google doc you can edit—down to the keystroke.

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Essay Plagiarism Coaching Learning Disabilities 167

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

Year by year, these adults have gathered threads of wisdom, which the university now invites them to weave into the great tapestry of the liberal arts. She took questions on how not to feel lost in the dark The professor explains the next assignment for the course. She was preparing to audition for a performing arts scholarship.

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Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 178

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

For example, if a student is working on an essay in a language arts class and is way off track, the teacher can pop a message on their screen that says, "Hey, this paragraph looks off-topic, try focusing on." History course assignment about the Constitution. Introducing GoGuardian Teacher to Your Students.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

The letters in ThinkCERCA represent the building blocks of an essay: claim, evidence, reasoning, counter argument, and audience. Once teachers choose a lesson, the program provides a six-step process to help students analyze the readings and produce a cohesive essay.

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Writing Essay Teaching Quizzes 127

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2024

Another great way to alleviate some academic stress is outsourcing some of your assignments to trustmypaper.com. This provider will complete your essays with ease, allowing you to allocate some time to mindfulness practices. Benefits of Mindfulness Practices 1.

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Schools Instructors Coaching Essay 166

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Here are seven I use during the pre-Thanksgiving season: ASCII Art Comics Holiday Widget Team Challenge Thanksgiving Poll Thinking Games Themed ASCII Art Time required: Less than one class ASCII Art is the graphic design technique of creating images by typing the letters, numbers, and symbols defined by ASCII Standards.

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Activities Learning Art Failure 172

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

A misguided reward system can push ambitious, high-performing high school students toward cheating in the belief that their plagiarized essays can earn better grades. Writing assignments, for example, do not exist to keep all the fun out of kids’ lives; they are designed to teach efficiently. Cheating makes it unnecessary to do so.

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Plagiarism Essay Internet Assignments 125

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

He avoids assessing creative writing altogether by assigning his students to write critical essays about their own short stories. He avoids assessing creative writing altogether by assigning his students to write critical essays about their own short stories. Janet suggests assigning the class to create the rubric.

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Writing Essay Feedback Instructors 113

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

I rarely felt underprepared teaching math, but in advisory I perfected the art of improvising. Here’s how it might work for an English teacher: Imagine you’ve assigned students a persuasive essay and provided them with a rubric communicating academic expectations. If you want your students to manage themselves (e.g.

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Teaching Interdisciplinary Math Essay 168

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2022

Given the variety of ways in which high school GPAs were assigned or used during the pandemic, a traditional understanding of high school GPA may not fit grades assigned during this time.” Take Pitzer College, a private liberal arts school east of Los Angeles, which doesn’t accept SATs or ACTs at all.

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Grades Testing Interdisciplinary STEM 162

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Here are seven I use during the pre-holiday season: ASCII Art. ASCII Art is the graphic design technique of creating images by typing the letters, numbers, and symbols defined by ASCII Standards. Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. or another that you prefer.

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Activities Learning Failure Essay 174

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Some of the best ways to teach with video are including them in your lesson plans, assigning video creation as homework or an in-class activity, using video responses as a way to assess your students, flipping your classroom with video content, and elearning or virtual teaching. As Homework or In-Class Activity.

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eLearning Teaching Lecturing Learning Styles 130

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Fortunately for Jake, his principal, Mrs. Bryan, was well ahead of Jake and his stress levels, having assigned her staff the stress management professional development module during last Thursday’s morning meeting. Next, Jake heads to media art class for 50 minutes of visual design study. SEL lesson for grades 6-8. Lucky, Jake.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

But teachers frequently wait until they receive a finished assignment before commenting extensively. But teachers, West-Smith says, are reluctant to hand out assignments that are going to be impossible to critique. Prompts, Essays and More. Vague is not.”. Feedback is more helpful on an early draft than on a final one, she adds.

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Writing Teaching Essay Feedback 138

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2023

But I somehow missed that he published a new, different kind of book in 2021 — “ The Anthropocene Reviewed ,” a collection of personal, contemplative, funny and deeply human essays. The essays start off sardonically but become increasingly earnest and reflective. I had it so good!

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Reading Essay Instructors Culture 147

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2018

For teachers, Writable’s web-based tool offers customizable templates for common writing assignments (such as an argumentative or cause-and-effect essay, or a personal narrative). The education publisher will integrate Writable as the writing platform for its digital English & Language Arts curriculum for grades 6-8.

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Writing Feedback Peer Review Plagiarism 113

Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Struggling students just struggled more—some shut down completely from the sheer amount of assigned work. Image Credit: Farhat Ahmad Curriculum Overhaul In 2015, I was hired as a Fulton County School District Learning Architect, which meant I was part of a team tasked with identifying power standards for English Language Arts.

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Testing Exams Essay Ethics 133

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Some of her students had never finished an essay, let alone crafted sparkling prose. Their essays turned out well,” she says. “I Sometimes DiMichele will have her students focus on a single part of an essay. “As He started with a couple of sentences and was about to give up and then he wrote a whole essay.

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Essay Feedback Writing English 99

Edsurge

MAY 14, 2019

In 1980, 60 percent of 12th graders said they read a book, newspaper or magazine every day that wasn’t assigned for school, one study found. When, in good conscience, we assign particular readings to our students, what we’re inadvertently doing is narrowing the door. It’s not that they can’t. It’s that they choose not to.

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Reading Essay Assignments Fairness 167