Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2024

1st Grade A critical skill for first graders is to not only understand the idea of a “digital citizen” but why it’s important to be one. How does paying attention to their surroundings at the mall equate to paying attention on websites? Can students identify each other? Break the class into two.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Sometimes this is the result of students who are distracted or not paying attention. Even really young students in kindergarten and first grade who may not be able to read, can press play on a video and watch the teacher explain how to complete a task. It tends to hold their attention longer.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

When I volunteer in my children’s elementary classrooms (1st and 3rd grade), I am struck by how frequently the teacher finds time to work directly with small groups of students to offer additional support, review concepts, assess understanding, and practice skills. At the secondary level scenes like this are less frequent.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2025

Teachers find AI tools that grade assignments, create lesson plans, and offer personalized student support. Some AI assistants grade papers, while others spot students who might need extra help. When papers need grading or test scores need tracking, AI steps in. Will AI replace teachers?

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2021

In his 21 years of teaching, Jesse Stommel says he has never put a grade on a piece of student’s work. What I actually found was I changed my own grading approach significantly in the midst of the pandemic. They offered some variation of pass/fail rather than letter grades, with the objective of cushioning the impact on students’ GPA.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

In a course that requires out-of-class reading, that conversation is highly reliant on students doing their part and completing the assigned reading.However, in recent semesters, students engaging in focused reading in which they annotate text is dwindling. It seems as if a quick scan of one of the assigned pages is the best effort.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This is my first year as a teacher and I’m teaching sixth grade, so both my students and I are new to the school. I teach 12th grade now, but when I was a middle school teacher, I was constantly thinking of ways to reach students. Sixth grade teachers can also facilitate collaboration. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

Teachers can’t slow down the lesson plans for the entire class to accommodate a few struggling students, and can’t provide individualized attention to all the students who need it to stay on track. Automated grading and feedback : Automated grading systems powered by AI can significantly reduce teachers’ time evaluating assignments and exams.

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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. Their grades reflect their responses. No doubt, this assigned screen time probably comes from a good place. That’s because screens are where they are expected to access and complete their schoolwork and homework.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

For years, educational publishers and edtech companies have offered tools to help ease teachers’ administrative burden, automating tasks like grading and attendance. Teachers could focus their attention on areas where it’s needed most, providing support that goes beyond the basics and allows each student to thrive.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2024

For example, one of our high schoolers, James, isn’t doing his assignments in World History class. By redirecting him with an assignment that piques his interest, the teacher helps James boost his confidence and understand that he is truly capable of doing the World History assignments.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2023

This is my first year as a teacher and I’m teaching sixth grade, so both my students and I are new to the school. I teach 12th grade now, but when I was a middle school teacher, I was constantly thinking of ways to reach students. Sixth grade teachers can also facilitate collaboration. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Step 3: Utilize interactive curriculum and instruction Elementary-age students have shorter attention spans, which is why it’s vital to provide them with group learning time, like a live lesson, as well as individual time. For example, what do your teachers and staff do when a student stops responding or submitting assignments?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

There are resources available for grades preK-12, so teachers at every level of school can find relevant and informative materials for their students. 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. From lessons focused on the U.S.

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Students History Essay High School 341

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. As educators, it is incumbent upon us to spark students’ curiosity so that they will engage with instruction.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2022

forming teacher-student relationships was highlighted as the top instructional practice for driving engagement across all grade levels and subjects. Provide personal questionnaires, pay attention to the extracurriculars students participate in and their behavior with other students. 1: Teacher-student relationships.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2025

The answer is not necessarily a new one, but it is a concept that needs more attention from educators in our modern-day classrooms: Design thinking. For example, in my 7th grade geography classroom we complete a Local Issues project at the beginning of the year using Google Earth. What is design thinking?

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Missed Signals Shed Cheated in Her Previous Marathon The press coverage from Boston caught the attention of a New Yorker named Susan Morrow. The pressure students feel to get high grades and the pressure for teachers to give them are both real. Despite her promise to win again the next year, she never ran another marathon.

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Edsurge

JULY 1, 2024

Isaiah, her middle child, had finished fifth grade in June 2020. With the health crisis going on, Blanchard switched him to virtual lessons when he started sixth grade. But recent attention and federal dollars have also spurred attempts to increase regulations. So now, Isaiah is back in public school for ninth grade.

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eSchool News

APRIL 18, 2024

The survey polled 825 11th and 12th grade students from across the U.S. Interestingly, one in five students would like to see schools offer extracurricular activities to boost their AI skills and experience, while almost as many think it would be helpful if teachers make using generative AI tools mandatory in assignments,” Bliss said.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2017

You can look at all kids who are currently in grades K–12 as Generation Z. These students are even more enveloped in technology than the Millennials who came before them, and many educators now worry about how best to teach Generation Z basics—such as how to read—while competing for attention with digital devices.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

Some reasons why you may find these tools beneficial are: Organization: organize lesson plans, assignments, and resources efficiently Communication: between teachers, students, and parents to foster a collaborative relationship, keep everyone informed Student Engagement: to make learning more interesting and interactive Time Management: schedule reminders, (..)

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The last time I taught in a physical college classroom was in 1999, when my adult students shook off their weariness from a day of working and taking care of their children to pay attention to their classmates and me for three hours. I recall one student who would wait until the night of the assignment deadline to dive into their schoolwork.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 30, 2023

This ensures they are exposed to grade-level academic content while developing their English language skills. 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.

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Teacher Mood

JUNE 1, 2025

When the Grading Stack Becomes Too Much As the classroom quiets and the last student heads out the door, you finally take a breathonly to be met with the overwhelming sight of papers piled high, waiting for your attention. If youve ever wondered whether you really have to grade everything the answer is no.

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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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Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

This step was taken especially since it became more difficult for me over the years in the classroom to keep todays device-driven students focused beyond 10 seconds or less on an assigned major concept for each of my fifty-minute classes.Retained learning was there but not at the expected levels.In

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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. Shift individual assignments into collective activities. The timer went off. Adams, what are we doing today?” My body reminded me.

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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. Teachers will continue to embrace AI for analyzing classroom data and grading tools.

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Edsurge

MAY 4, 2020

Attention spans are shorter for younger students than their older peers, who also need less parental involvement to complete assignments. To that end, a handful of state boards of education have issued a patchwork of guidance in their digital learning plans, specifying the number of hours of schoolwork appropriate for each grade level.

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Distance Learning Schools Assignments Math 218

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

For those who can, it’s become abundantly clear that grades alone are insufficient to motivate learning. Many teachers watched their students brush off assignments and disappear from class. But it also illuminates just how little value schoolwork has, from some students’ perspectives, except to feed a grade.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2023

Also during that period, teachers with a high share of students classified as English learners were more likely to report that their students regularly struggled to understand lessons, complete assignments and get help from an adult. Nationwide, 36 percent of students were behind their grade level before the pandemic.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Before my second year of teaching, my principal suggested that I pilot a class set of 35 Chromebooks in my ninth- and 11th-grade English classes. Students gained experience with functions like posting comments, accessing online resources, and checking their grades without having to worry about digesting difficult content.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

” Her experiences with the new and growing field of global education caught the attention of Julie Lindsay, an Australian teacher, author and founder of Flat Connections , an online collaboration program. . “Kids’ eyes get opened up, and they see things sometimes adults don’t see.”

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

When we decided that we’d be giving our sixth-grade students control over their own learning this year, our colleagues told us we were crazy. Last summer, we, along with other members of the sixth grade teaching staff at our school, adopted the Modern Classrooms model. Here’s how we do this in our own sixth grade classrooms.

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Blended Learning Middle School Middle School Motivation 218

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Even with some disagreement about the cost effectiveness of chasing the benefits of small class size, most researches agree that it does have a positive impact, particularly on students in younger grades. For a student, individual attention can make the difference between effectively developing skills and just coasting along.

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