eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

Explore and experiment in the hands-on Fiesta Studio–part creator space, part art lab. Building Confident Educators 101: The Art of Differentiating Instruction : “Differentiating Instruction 101” is a hands-on workshop that equips educators with essential strategies for addressing diverse student needs.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

Explore and experiment in the hands-on Fiesta Studio–part creator space, part art lab. Building Confident Educators 101: The Art of Differentiating Instruction : “Differentiating Instruction 101” is a hands-on workshop that equips educators with essential strategies for addressing diverse student needs.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2025

By positioning code as a creative tool, educators can tap into students' intrinsic motivation while simultaneously building computational thinking skills. According to Amy Patterson, Chief Program Officer at Urban Arts, “We’re not just teaching video games. This inclusivity is intentional. It’s about being active and engaged.

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Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

Since it encourages internal motivation through an outwardly-created set of circumstances, gamification sits at the awkward intersection of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. In both cases, the specific content and the nature of the goals serve to motivate and direct behavior in classroom contexts.” Personal) your praise?

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Teach Hub

APRIL 25, 2025

It could be another teacher on your team, a specialist like an art or music teacher, or even a class in a different grade. Plus, having an outside audience can be a powerful motivator. Sometimes, the best ideas come when students get to step outside of their usual environment. Want to take it even further?

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

For instance, at B.School, we designed a cross-subject project around the theme “Our Green Neighborhood,” where students from Grades 3 to 5 explored science (recycling, energy use), math (data collection), and language arts (report writing and public speaking) through hands-on fieldwork and community interviews.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Discovery Education understands that curiosity is central to the learning experience, as it drives student engagement, motivation, and persistence, said Lance Rougeux, Discovery Educations Senior Vice President of Curriculum, Instruction, and Student Engagement.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 10, 2025

That means wealthier neighborhoods get better schools—often with state-of-the-art facilities, robust extracurriculars, and college prep courses—while nearby communities may struggle with crumbling infrastructure and underpaid staff (Owens-Young 2023). Here’s the thing: public school funding in the U.S. depends heavily on local property taxes.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 10, 2025

That means wealthier neighborhoods get better schools—often with state-of-the-art facilities, robust extracurriculars, and college prep courses—while nearby communities may struggle with crumbling infrastructure and underpaid staff (Owens-Young 2023). Here’s the thing: public school funding in the U.S. depends heavily on local property taxes.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

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. In evaluations, students say they are less stressed, they are more motivated, and they understand assignment expectations better. Gannon, Kevin. Inoue, Asoa.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

For instance, at B.School, we designed a cross-subject project around the theme “Our Green Neighborhood,” where students from Grades 3 to 5 explored science (recycling, energy use), math (data collection), and language arts (report writing and public speaking) through hands-on fieldwork and community interviews.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 13, 2025

Whether students step into the classroom or hang out in the counseling office, it’s the perfect time to spark motivation and help them set meaningful goals. We’re a Work of Art : Give students printouts of easels to create drawings of themselves. Be sure to leave room to list three interesting facts.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Studies show that students in remote settings often feel isolated, which can lead to decreased motivation and engagement. Emotional Support : Social connections in the classroom provide a safety net, reducing anxiety and increasing motivation, which are essential for effective learning.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 25, 2025

College & Career Awareness Bulletin Board By College Counselor Studio Grades: 6th-12th These college and career-focused motivational posters are easy to set up, ink-friendly, and impactful for students. Let art inspire your class Curate a culture of creativity when you highlight many aspects of the art world in your classroom decor.

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Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 12, 2025

Hearing directly from experts can motivate students to dream big, explore new fields they haven’t considered, or find a new hobby. Here are some suggestions: food drives, pet food collections, park cleanups, shoe donations for WaterStep, public art projects, etc. Each grade level in our school hosts one community project per year.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2017

In their pursuit of self-expression, they often find themselves challenged to find new words or motivated to develop academic vocabulary. This process can happen when studying any subject, not just English language arts. Through the process of writing, writers put nascent thoughts into comprehensible language for others to read.

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k12

JULY 10, 2025

Here are some of the benefits of prioritizing online engagement: Improved learning outcomes Increased motivation and self-esteem Enhanced understanding and retention Reduced isolation and increased community Improved completion rates These are the kinds of outcomes every parent hopes for. That can lead to distractions or a drop in motivation.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Maintain a steady stash of supplies Anyone who’s taught language arts (or any class, really) has heard “I forgot my pencil” more times than they can count. For students who are testing below grade level, incorporate the CCSS for language arts that are closer to their actual abilities.

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Teaching with a Mountain View

JULY 10, 2025

Keep Supplies Accessible Also, take time to gather essentials– notebooks, pencils, a whiteboard, art supplies, etc. You can also hang up motivational posters, a calendar, a daily schedule, and current anchor charts to further set the tone for your homeschool space and really immerse your students in their learning.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 25, 2025

Journey to “The Planets” by Gustav Holst – Music Virtual Field Trip By Music and Motivate Grades: 2nd-4th Blast off into learning with this space-themed lesson that uses Gustav Holst’s orchestral suite to explore our solar system. Pair music with art to take those emotional responses to the next level.

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k12 Online Schools

JUNE 24, 2025

Children must learn to understand the motivations behind media messages and recognize bias or persuasive techniques. Family activities that involve technology, such as coding games or digital art projects, can also make learning more engaging and relevant.

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Teaching with a Mountain View

JULY 3, 2025

Morning Work Art Lay out a selection of templates on each student’s desk. There are SO many things that can go wrong getting tiny humans onto devices, and the stress it causes is NOT worth it on the first day of school. This is one of those situations where you need to go slow now to go faster later, so don’t skip practice!

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Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

She eventually found her niche at the college newspaper, the Highlander, first as a contributing writer and then as arts and entertainment editor, where she oversaw coverage of books, fashion, movies and concerts. Students welcomed low-key gatherings such as video nights or arts-and-crafts sessions.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 27, 2025

Vision Board Student Workbook By Danielle Knight Grades: 4th-12th Subjects: English Language Arts Students will create a 15×20 vision board using this eight-section guide. Turn vision boards into a bulletin board display Take your bulletin board beyond seasonal themes and art projects this year.

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k12

JUNE 24, 2025

For example, I create content for my YouTube channel and art during the daytime. On the other hand, last year, my favorite was my elective art courses because I was studying 2D animation. For example, they have an announcement board, and I usually find motivating quotes or weekly facts that they post there.

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Primary Punch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

I can’t forget this month’s Dot Art, Hearts ! These little dot art worksheets are always fun and they brighten up the speech room or hallway when we display them. My older kids like using the dot markers but the dot-art is too simple for them. I like that they can then be sent home for home practice too.

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Primary Punch

JANUARY 2, 2021

This month’s dot art is a mitten , we usually read the book The Mitten, then complete the craft. As most SLPs know games are super motivating to my students. Books about mittens and crafts with mittens are great for the winter theme. We’ve played a little bit during our cookie mini-theme but it just wasn’t the same.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

The slides include both psychology-specific and social-emotional prompts, including prompts about motivation and emotion, states of consciousness, and developmental psychology. Use them to begin longer narrative essays, begin class discussions, or introduce elements of fiction in your language arts class. Describe the perfect summer.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

Learning, in my experience, is primarily a process of self-motivated individuals interacting with their environment and the people they find there. Art, music, and stories stood at the center of the school day. It's not always joyful, of course, but the learning is always self-motivated. Recesses were long and frequent.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 2, 2025

I'm sure that at some level her motivations were educational, but I think the main point was that we were living in a country in where the media was in a language we didn't understand, and she wanted us to be at least minimally entertained.

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Cal Matters

JULY 7, 2025

However, he thinks that “the overarching motivation for many of these people is to use this as a way of attacking higher education. This means that they are using Jews as a kind of pawn to play a political game.” The Department of Education is investigating dozens of universities for antisemitic discrimination and harassment.

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2020

Visual Arts Teacher. We have the opportunity to help motivate students to create something that’s not just for a grade, but is something that their friends are going to see and engage with.”. “We As far as their assignments go, I am creating a piece of art and taking pictures of it step-by-step. Aaron Troyer. Journey School.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2023

Arts education belongs in every student’s curriculum — and not just because the arts can improve skills in other content areas. As an instrumental music teacher, I am used to advocating that the arts are essential to all students even though they may not be classified as a core subject. Kennedy’s support for the arts in America.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2020

It’s an art competition unlike most others. Looking at these projects, it’s clear that some kids have been so motivated to make beautiful graphs that they’re going out to learn math that most kids don’t learn until college,” says von Oy. “We She’s used it to create her own art challenges, such as tasking students to graph a snowman.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

Competing [in a game] doesn’t work as motivation for every student. The idea is to keep learners motivated in a class. Competing [in a game] doesn’t work as motivation for every student. Almost a decade into experiments with gamification, edtech companies are changing the way they approach motivation. You keep going.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

Art Projects: In the visual arts, students often work on projects that require creativity, experimentation, and refinement. To read more about supporting self-paced learning and keeping students on track, check out my blog titled “ The Art of Self-Pacing: How to Build Playlists that Keep Students on Track.”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 21, 2021

In a recent edWebinar sponsored by Unruly Splats , Lauren Watkins, Marketing Director, and Christine Danhoff, Technology Integration Specialist at Genoa Area Local Schools in Ohio, advocate integrating coding and computer science into core subjects such as math, music, art, world language, English, and physical education.

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