Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Assigned seats in a grid pattern aren’t your only option for an engaging classroom setup anymore! There are endless possibilities for seating layouts in your classroom, and each has its own benefits. Cons: These larger groupings take up more space, so they can make small classrooms feel cramped.

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Classroom Management Discussions Grades Lecturing 98

Priceless Ponderings

MAY 25, 2025

Your students are already learning about school rules and classroom procedures, so why not include science safety in the mix? When you approach your science safety lab rules like any other part of your classroom management plan, it becomes second nature to your students. Ask questions if youre unsure about anything.

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Science Activities Classroom Management Critical Thinking 52

Teacher Mood

JUNE 11, 2025

It helps you: Stay organized without relying on Wi-Fi Track changes over time Spot missing assignments at a glance Handle mid-year program changes with less stress Let’s take a closer look at some real-life teacher situations where a paper gradebook saves the day. Situation 1: “Is This Assignment Missing?” You’re standing at your desk.

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Grades Special Education Assignments Testing 52

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 12, 2017

More specifically, they do not establish a curriculum for their children, do not require their children to do particular assignments for the purpose of education, and do not test their children to measure progress. let children ask questions from what is happening in the world, seek answers from readily-available resources.

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Motivation Curriculum Math Knowledge 170

eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2024

The “Bored Board” can help give students options and eliminate the question, “ I’m done, now what? Students can then choose which activities to complete in order to meet the assigned requirements. Wrong Answers Only: Have students come up with the best wrong answers to a question.

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Critical Thinking Middle School Middle School Lecturing 308

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

It begs the question, What is the value of racing through material if students don’t understand or retain it? Writing Assignments: Writing tasks, whether creative stories, essays, or research papers, require students to think critically, organize their thoughts, write a draft, and revise based on feedback.

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Teachers Art Feedback Writing 481

eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

With education hanging in the balance, the question looms: Could AI be the answer? AI offers the potential for virtual tutoring, a helper that can answer students’ questions, guide them through assignments, and provide targeted feedback without requiring the teacher’s constant input.

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Teachers Technology Ethics Classroom Management 305

Catlin Tucker

MAY 7, 2023

I point to each station’s location and review the assigned seating chart. Note: I don’t usually assign seats at the independent teacher-led station because that is where I will be.) Because students do not need to get out any materials when they transition, I set the transition timer to 20 seconds. What is your favorite movie?

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Coaching Blended Learning Assignments Middle School 339

eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The Bored Board can help give students options and eliminate the question, I’m done, now what? Students can then choose which activities to complete in order to meet the assigned requirements. Wrong Answers Only: Have students come up with the best wrong answers to a question.

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Students Critical Thinking Lecturing Culture 282

eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In these preteen years, I never understood why my parents questioned how much time I spent on my phone. With a Chromebook by their side all day, they will often Google answers to any and all questions, including those that ask for their thoughts and analyses. I got my first iPhone on my 11th birthday.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

A first-year seminar provides a perfect structure for this assignment, but it could be used in a variety of courses. In this first-year seminar course students get the usual instruction on learning strategies, but more importantly they complete an assignment in the seminar called a Strategy Project Assignment.

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Exams Assignments Study Evaluation 105

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 18, 2019

Dear Otto is an occasional column where I answer questions I get from readers about teaching tech. If you have a question, please contact me at askatechteacher at gmail dot com and I’ll answer it here. . I got this question from a colleague:: I teach computer literacy. Let me know how it goes. Go Paperless for Earth Day.

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Classroom Management Questions Attention Curriculum 90

eSchool News

MAY 16, 2018

Teachers are already stretched when it comes to classroom management and covering all the required content. To make it easier for them, look for informal assessment practices that fit into the life of the classroom and result in data that’s easy for teachers to track and follow through on. 1 question I still have.

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Quizzes Students Classroom Management Assignments 230

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 1, 2022

Self-management. To help cultivate self-management in classrooms, educators should consider the following questions: What strategies can I provide to help students manage their emotions and reflect on the impact of their actions? How can I support students in cultivating stress management strategies?

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Learning Motivation Achievement Skills 343

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 17, 2022

To help cultivate responsible decision-making in classrooms, educators should consider the following questions: How can I help students evaluate situations to identify the potential benefits and consequences of different decisions? Classroom management, promoting positive behaviors and reducing unproductive behaviors.

Learning 370

Learning Syllabus Evaluation Discussions 370

Catlin Tucker

JULY 17, 2023

However, the goal of the station rotation model, specifically and blended learning more generally, is to provide students with opportunities for agency , including selecting the questions they choose to answer and working at their own pace. The process itself is simple: The teacher provides a list of questions for students to discuss.

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Discussions Blended Learning Students Questions 247

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

It lets everyone know if the big idea of the lesson is understood and if the essential questions have been answered. These are one-two question checks during class to measure understanding. A nice by-product of letting students answer the questions when they’re ready is you may find they get a topic much faster than you expect.

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Authentic Assessment Quizzes Knowledge Discussions 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Most allow for additional tweaking such as these below: Education templates include a parent portal, request forms for tutoring, classroom management, class sign-up forms, a reading log, teacher observations, homework management, and more.

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Education Classroom Management Assignments Reading 155

Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 4, 2021

Teachers obliged to ‘cover’ material that’s required by the school or district but whose value and relevance they deeply question. Teachers grading assignments that have been carelessly or sloppily prepared. I love that big question (and accompanying proposition) in that last paragraph. The goal of classroom management.

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Exams Textbooks Attention Classroom Management 140

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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High School High School Interdisciplinary Education 210

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Every Earth Day, someone in your school, maybe the parent group, raises the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? teachers can answer questions in a timely manner. teachers can answer questions in a timely manner. To kickstart your paperless digital classroom requires a modicum of preparation.

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Textbooks Internet Classroom Management Discussions 157

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 31, 2015

essential questions. This allows you to be sure you have sufficient time in the school year to complete the assigned tasks. Add other information that’s important to your school such as essential question, assessments, pacing, and Standards met. She has answers to just about any question you come up with.

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Curriculum Classroom Management Internet Grades 129

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here are some you can look into–and all online: Easy CBM Educreations –video a whiteboard explanation of how students are completing a task (app) Edulastic –formative assessments; work on any devices (app) Flip — record a video question from your desktop; add attachments; students respond from the app with their answer Flubaroo (app) (..)

Quizzes 158

Quizzes Peer Review Failure Essay 158

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 25, 2024

This begs the question: Why don’t we trust our students? Too often, students are given answers to questions they did not ask and solutions to problems they’ve never encountered. Consider the following questions as you plan: What aspects of control am I willing to release in my classroom?

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Students Motivation Blended Learning Critical Thinking 195

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

In the crowded field of K-16 LMSs, Cikumas offers a refreshing philosophy that online learning is about engagement between participants facilitated by the automation of assignments, scheduling, and classwork submittal. Upload lesson plans and assignments with drag-and-drop ease from your local drive or Google Drive. What I like.

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Assignments Classroom Management Grades Internet 104

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2023

Sometimes we’re assigned to a student who has an IEP outlining specific goals, and other times we’re assigned to a classroom to assist the teacher and support students. Some years, we follow a student to the next grade level, while other years, we are assigned to a new student with an entirely different set of needs.

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Assignments Learning Disabilities Disabilities Fairness 139

Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2023

Here are a few discussion strategies that have been successful in our college classrooms. Gallery walk In a gallery walk, the instructor positions items, visuals, or prompts around the classroom. Think, Pair, Share Students are assigned a partner they “pair” with and the instructor poses a question or topic for discussion.

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Active Learning Activities Learning Students 138

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Each week, students will complete assigned steps with the goal of finishing their book (such as plot out action, develop character sheets, and research a setting), then discuss in critique groups of 4-6 students either in person or on Google Hangouts. On Project Presentation Day, present research and take audience questions.

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Activities Schools Writing Quizzes 120

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

For Penner, the study’s findings open questions about the circumstances surrounding teachers who are high referrers. But really, it's not just a one-sided thing. There’s a whole institution with individuals in it that also contributes to what happens for school discipline for students.”

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Teachers Schools Middle School Middle School 190

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This faculty member may give exams and may collect student artifacts, such as projects or papers, but the faculty really doesn’t connect student performance with the course design or classroom experience. In this scenario, the faculty might be more preoccupied with the question, “Am I doing my job?” Fraser, D. W., & Hooks, S.

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Feedback Course Design Assignments Evaluation 126

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2019

These mastery checks were usually about 5 to 10 questions long. They would go to a separate place in the classroom—no notes, no cell phones, no talking, just them and their brain—and they would answer a few questions. I would simply read one of those check-for-understanding questions.

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Learning Questions Communication Grades 156

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

A big issue when you deploy any device in any school is pushback from teachers who are concerned about classroom management. Mosyle is constantly in communication with our various devices on campus and with me, showcasing new solutions and updates and answering any questions that may arise.

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Lecturing Mobile Devices STEM Attention 155

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2024

She’s also director of the Center for Teaching Excellence there, which provides faculty with support for instruction, edtech, course design, classroom management and grading. I was thinking a lot about this kind of work and related to the question of how does physical absence affect other students in the classroom?

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Students Instructors Lecturing Participation 202

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Giving students a choice in assignments and projects is another effective strategy. 2 – Embrace technology Using technology in the classroom has improved education by providing teachers with powerful tools to enhance student engagement. Flexible learning paths and self-paced modules are key components of personalized learning.

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Student Engagement Teachers Students Learning Styles 172

Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2018

He only shrugged or ignored me when asked questions and refused to do his work. I began to wonder how he was going to manage when learning centers started. Centered Learning Since starting college, I’ve wanted to develop a classroom that ran entirely by learning centers. Why did you choose that center?

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Learning Middle School Middle School Students 155

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Partner Introductions: I begin our first class with introductions where I will introduce myself and then have students partner up and ask each other a series of questions that I have placed on the overhead. These questions range from their majors to the current shows they are watching.

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Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 116

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2023

It can answer questions, explain concepts, and engage in interactive dialogue, promoting active learning and deeper understanding. Incorporating ChatGPT into the classroom offers a myriad of broad benefits for both educators and students. Be clear and specific: Write prompts and questions that are clear and straightforward.

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Communication Ethics Intelligence Learning 135