eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Introduce edtech tools to enhance learning Integrating edtech tools is an effective way to capture (and keep) students’ attention and enhance learning. For instance, in a life sciences class, rather than assigning a specific topic, allow students to research and present findings on a plant or animal of their choice.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Key points: Effective classroom management is not just about controlling behavior 3 pillars for building a positive classroom culture 4 tips to build a strong classroom culture this year For more news on classroom management, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Classroom management is paramount to effective teaching.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Most educators will recognize the signs: students sleeping during class, students watching the clock, students daydreaming when they should be paying attention. Students can then choose which activities to complete in order to meet the assigned requirements. On the 10th Day of Edtech, our story focuses on student engagement.

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eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2024

When colleagues ask me the best tools for inspiring curiosity and engaging students: NASA : The NASA website is an invaluable resource, gaining attention recently due to the excitement surrounding events like the solar eclipse. Google Arts and Culture : I have been a fan of Google Arts and Culture for years.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

This may include offering additional time for assignments, providing visual aids, or using assistive technology. Embracing neurodiversity in the classroom fosters a culture of empathy, respect, and acceptance.

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Disabilities Special Education Schools Students 285

Catlin Tucker

MAY 30, 2023

Additionally, providing reading materials at different levels and genres with resources like Newsela and CommonLit , and assigning writing tasks that focus on language development, can strengthen their reading and writing skills. Culturally responsive teaching is also vital for supporting ELs.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2024

Most educators will recognize the signs: students sleeping during class, students watching the clock, students daydreaming when they should be paying attention. Students can then choose which activities to complete in order to meet the assigned requirements.

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Middle School Middle School Critical Thinking Lecturing 316

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Maybe they forget to turn in assignments, have trouble organizing their thoughts, or feel overwhelmed by fast-paced lessons. Small class sizes ensure that every student receives the individual attention they need. Every student maintains a daily agenda where teachers jot down assignments, reminders, and important updates.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

My children are assigned to watch online videos and answer questions about them in an online form. No doubt, this assigned screen time probably comes from a good place. Their schoolwork should have them engaging with what is best in our culture, not what is most convenient or entertaining.

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Distance Learning Assignments Questions Reading 278

eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Provide personal questionnaires, pay attention to the extracurriculars students participate in and their behavior with other students. Incorporate pop culture, social media, sports and extracurriculars into lessons. Take a genuine interest in students’ lives and passions. 2: Relevant course content. 3: Clear expectations.

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Student Engagement Hybrid Learning Students Participation 299

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Contest winners get to participate in behind-the-scenes experiences at iconic American historical and cultural sites as part of America’s Field Trip. I see the difference having the freedom to be creative for an assignment has on students when they aren’t thinking about it impacting their GPA.

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Students History Essay High School 339

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Twenty-two heads snapped up to attention. Okaaaay,” I called them to attention. “I He was pointing to the assignment and explaining the directions quietly to the new student. Realizing this truth has led me to rethink how I define culturally sustaining pedagogy. Shift individual assignments into collective activities.

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Skills Teaching Essay Students 218

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Additional attention needs to be given to all types of learners by addressing various learning modalities, intervention paths, and students with Individual Education Plans through technology that is customizable, integrated, and aligned to state standards. We must create an environment where every educator can thrive.

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Distance Learning Hybrid Learning Accessibility Culture 362

Edsurge

JULY 1, 2024

So Blanchard, who was working remotely as a college professor, and her mother, Loretta Boone, who was retired, were spending a lot of time every day trying to help Isaiah with his virtual school assignments. But recent attention and federal dollars have also spurred attempts to increase regulations. The result?

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Education Assignments Attention Grades 196

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

Keep assignments simple. Assignments should be described very clearly so that students can succeed. It can be tempting for teachers to assign lots of independent work. However, teachers should give assignments that are bite-sized and similar to what they would assign on-campus. Focus on healthy living.

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Assignments Learning Schools Quizzes 191

Edsurge

AUGUST 26, 2022

Now, as a teacher, Roshan leverages technology to create more equitable and empowering forums for discussion in her classroom—shifting away from a culture that praises the first person to raise their hand to one where every individual has a platform that supports them in making their ideas seen and heard. I’m paying attention.

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Math Assignments Discussions Culture 218

eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Moreover, the fact that the actual assignment was still completed on paper and turned into the bin on my desk at the end of the period allowed reluctant students a smoother transition into the paperless world. I set up all students with traditional paper-pencil textbook work on their assigned literary movement.

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Assignments Textbooks English Attention 187

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2016

It involves techniques—like assigning arm gestures to instructional content to engage students’ motor cortex, or call and response phrases that grab attention and tap into students’ prefrontal cortex—specifically designed to tickle different parts of the brain while learning. But learning doesn’t take place in a vacuum.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

Many teachers watched their students brush off assignments and disappear from class. But in addition to being an important outcome, learner agency may also be an undervalued resource for schools, especially when they have less control over how to structure students’ time and attention. Shifting to this approach wasn’t easy. “It

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Teaching Students Learning English 218

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Another is assigned seats. As a teacher standing in front of an audience who simply cannot put their phones down, the diminishing attention span of my students takes a toll. Each fall, every teacher must wage a few key wars with a new class of students. In my classroom, one battle is around bathroom usage.

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Schools Students Culture History 193

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Whether a feature film or an instructional video, the ‘80s and ‘90s were a ‘press-play’ culture that expected students to sit still, absorb and retain, while the educator sat in the back grading. What kind of introductory text, video or activity might lead everyone into the assigned video without overwhelming them?

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Teaching Instructors Teaching Philosophy Education 191

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

So are most of the students taking the cultural competency quiz Professor John Branch gives out near the beginning of his MBA-level International Marketing class at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Tell me about your Armchair Anthropologist assignment. The average student gets just two of the ten questions right.

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Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

To prepare students for the changing job market, schools need to focus even more attention on teaching higher-level thinking skills that can’t be automated—creativity, critical thinking, creative problem-solving and communication. AI can perform these simpler skills better, faster and cheaper.

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Skills Students Assignments Essay 212

k12 Digest

MAY 6, 2025

Creating an educational environment that balances effective discipline, positive culture, and unique educational experiences is a complex but essential goal. With fewer students to supervise proctors can provide more attentive and responsive supervision. In contrast, the classroom setting allows for more personalized supervision.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This has always been the case, but in a prevailing learning culture that promotes outside-the-box problem solving, these activities are growing more common in the 21st-century school library. Makerspaces, or library media centers that encourage collaboration and support student invention, are on the rise across the United States.

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Schools Language Languages Reading 246

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

It’s a rediscovery of uninterrupted reading,” Peña-Guzman said last Friday while pulling up slides about the assigned readings. Among the rules were vows to to detach from their electronics, spend no more than $50 per week, practice celibacy and only speak to an assigned partner in class. Technology is allowed from 9:00 to 9:30 a.m.,

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Reading Teaching Lecturing Syllabus 163

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Both struggle to pay attention regardless of how innovative and engaging are the lesson plans. For example, they may decide to assign experts on each category or make everyone a generalist. At the end of the Challenge, the team with the most points gets a prize appropriate to your school culture. I’ve been there often.

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Activities Learning Art Failure 172

Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Instead, a culture of personalization is built on embracing each learner, understanding who they are, keeping expectations high, and providing paths for success with and without technology. Examples include: attention, cognitive flexibility and working memory.

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Learning Motivation Assignments Science 163

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Both struggle to pay attention regardless of how innovative and engaging are the lesson plans. For example, they may decide to assign experts on each category or make everyone a generalist. At the end of the Challenge, the team with the most points gets a prize appropriate to your school culture. I’ve been there often.

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Activities Learning Failure Essay 174

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

At his second college, close to his home in East Hollywood, he says that he had a bad experience with the instructor about an early assignment in a developmental English course. Even though he fit in at the Puente program at his third college, he struggled to pass English 101 there, having trouble completing a research paper assignment.

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Students English Culture Participation 205

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 23, 2024

Through understanding motivation, educators will discover various sophisticated techniques to attract attention and instill a love for learning among students for life. Establishing a classroom culture that cultivates the positive values of the need to try, be strong, and work as a team is the key to encouraging motivation.

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Motivation Students Feedback Achievement 174

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

In cohorts of six to eight people, they spend seven hours a day in class learning from native speakers how to read, listen and speak, interpret news reports from other nations and understand the practices of foreign cultures. Small class sizes mean instructors can give individuals assignments on topics relevant to their personal interests.

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Motivation Language Languages Learning 214

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2018

School is a more controlled environment where she has an assigned seat and has to raise her hand. But for a child to thrive in those three areas, she needs to know how to self-regulate her emotions, behavior and attention. This is the third year of the program, and Perez-Isiah says there’s been a culture shift.

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Education Elementary School Elementary School Testing 164

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Artificial Intelligence–AI–has been around a long time, but caught everyone’s attention with the launch of generative AI, ChatGPT, and DALL-E. Automated Grading: AI can automate the scoring of assessment tests, homework, essays and other assignments. This saves teachers time, while giving students quicker feedback.

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Education Essay Critical Thinking Intelligence 183

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2023

To empower students to not only be able to read but also to want to read, a holistic approach — offering intensive care for the most at-risk students and specialized attention for those with moderate literacy needs — is key.

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Reading Failure Motivation Study 168

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

He is a professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University whose expertise as a digital storyteller has won him widespread attention for his videos, which have been translated into more than 20 languages, viewed by more than 20 million people and featured at conferences and film festivals around the world.

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Learning Students Assignments Participation 163

Edsurge

MAY 26, 2021

I think it also has to do with a culture we’ve created in education, particularly higher education, that demands a sense of quote-unquote rigor.” She also had several combative exchanges with a professor over assignments for which she didn’t receive credit. “I I got a B. I could have fought for an A, but I was just tired.

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Grades Instructors Evaluation Attention 218