eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

As the back-to-school season unfolded in New York, the city’s teachers set up their classrooms how they usually do: by putting up posters, reading through curriculums, sharpening pencils, and, for roughly a decade , charging Chromebooks. These lightweight laptops have become a staple of the post-COVID classroom, and for good reason.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Having conducted well over a thousand observations of K-12 teachers over the last 15 years, I have noticed there is one piece of feedback I have given more than any other–and it involves a seemingly minor word change. Multiple times in any class period, teachers call on students to contribute to the lesson of the day.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2019

The more I learn about leadership, the more convinced I am that teachers need leadership training in credential school. We create a culture in our classrooms, establish norms and routines, and seek to influence our students. This reminds me of the way many teachers run their classrooms.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 1, 2024

Key points: When students are engaged, they come to school How video coaching inspires teacher self-reflection i I’m a first-year teacher. How can I find success in the classroom? That said, there is hope in the battle against student absenteeism–and it lies with the teachers. Tragically, it’s the kids.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Key points: Tying classroom decor to learning themes is great for student engagement The psychology of classroom management 3 pillars for building a positive classroom culture For more news on classroom management, see eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Teachers have their own preferences and approach when it comes to classroom decor.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2024

In fact, there are a number of simple methods teachers can use to spark student engagement while fostering curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking. Students can then choose which activities to complete in order to meet the assigned requirements. These adaptations do not need to be complicated either.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

However, Davis discovered new constants when he moved out of the classroom and into his current role as instructional technology coach at Downey Unified School District in California. Over and over, he saw teachers resisting technology adoption because they didn’t want to look foolish trying something new in front of students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 18, 2019

K-4 teachers line their students up and they arrive all at one time, so with this age it would be easier to give instruction before everyone is seated. If I post the assignment on the board, even after weeks/months of making it habit, they still don’t grasp the concept of looking there for instruction. . Let me know how it goes.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 21, 2019

The first and most prominent change that needed to take place was to allow our bus drivers to assign bus seats, rather than having an assistant principal assign student seats. Even before we implemented our PBSIS model with bus drivers, we saw an immediate result in giving bus drivers the power to assign seats. The reason?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2016

And what’s one crucial part of every successful K-12 learning environment—perhaps even the most difficult part of being a teacher? Classroom management. I am a classroom management perfectionist, and so letting go of control of my classroom—or rather, changing the type of control I had—is unnerving for me.

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Edsurge

JULY 17, 2018

Do your school’s students submit their school assignments by uploading PDFs or other files within a learning management system? Instructors can then use Drive and Google Docs to grade assignments and share course materials. Zach Yeskel, product manager for Google Cloud, tells EdSurge Course Kit includes two tools.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Yet, many of the teachers I work with repeat the same information and directions multiple times in a lesson. Whatever the reason, repeating directions or instructions steals precious class minutes and often leaves the teacher feeling frustrated. Third, students have 24/7 access to the teacher’s explanation and directions.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Penner is part of a group of researchers who shed new light on this problem after they were able to pinpoint how a small number of teachers in one California district effectively doubled the discipline gap between white and Black students. The study on “frequent teacher referrers” was published in the journal Education Researcher this summer.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 7, 2023

The teacher explains the model, the students understand the expectations, and the class moves into stations smoothly. When introducing station rotation, I encourage teachers to embrace a couple of routines to make the experience run more smoothly. I point to each station’s location and review the assigned seating chart.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2017

As a researcher, I recognize the appeal of “gold standard” research that uses random assignment to find out just how much a given digital courseware product helps improve student learning. How Can Teachers Affect Usage? In these ways, we were able to identify how teacher thinking and practice shaped the use of software products.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 25, 2022

Savvas Realize , recognized as one of the most innovative learning management systems (LMS) in the industry and the winner of seven edtech awards, has now been made even easier to use with intuitive navigation for both teachers and students and time-saving tools for teachers to make the most of their teaching day.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

In fact, there are a number of simple methods teachers can use to spark student engagement while fostering curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking. Students can then choose which activities to complete in order to meet the assigned requirements. These adaptations do not need to be complicated either.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2018

Informal assessment also changes teachers’ relationship to student learning. Through informal assessment, a teacher becomes a guide throughout the learning process, rather than the judge of the student’s final product. Teachers are already stretched when it comes to classroom management and covering all the required content.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Teachers in rural areas are exceptionally creative, working around limited library access, funding restrictions, and the ever-present battle with scaling best practices to support their students. This is a great resource for civics teachers to utilize in the classroom. I wish there was a teacher version of the prizes!

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Student safety leader Impero today launched a cloud-based platform, built on state-of-the-art technology, that provides teachers, school counselors and administers with classroom management and student safety solutions, all in one place, to support hybrid learning.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 1, 2022

Classroom managment (Claro & Loeb, 2019; Duckworth & Carlson, 2013; Jones & Jacob, 2014). As much as teachers value goal setting, it can be challenging to make time for this routine. Teachers working with older students may want them to set a few goals to focus on for the length of a grading period or unit of study.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2023

What Student Assignments and Projects Are Considered Most Difficult: Myths and Truths Are you a student who has ever wondered which assignments and projects are the most challenging? In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into the myths and truths surrounding the difficulty of student assignments and projects.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The 3 Best Strategies For Teachers To Keep Students Engaged Engaging students in the classroom is a key factor in successful teaching and learning. With distractions from technology and diverse learning needs, teachers need to constantly adapt and find innovative ways to keep their students focused.

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Teaching with a Mountain View

MAY 15, 2025

These five simple end-of-the-year teacher tips and resources will help you end this school year with a clear plan for a smooth start next August. Are you a new teacher ? These are great considerations as you begin to plan for your first classroom, too! Finally, spend some time reflecting on your classroom procedures.

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Teach Hub

AUGUST 1, 2024

Whether you’ve been teaching for a while or are new to the classroom, having these teacher hacks in your back pocket will help you stay organized, manage your classroom, and integrate technology seamlessly into your classroom. Organization Streamline your space and time with these teacher hacks.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Providing high-value, in-the-moment professional learning, Experience Math supports teachers with resources for intentional teaching and informed decision making to help them become better practitioners. myView Literacy © 2025 is a core English Language Arts (ELA) program for grades K-5 that empowers teachers and transforms students.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2023

Blended learning aims to lean on technology to do what it does well–information transfer–and free teachers to do what they do well–support individual and small groups of students as they progress toward firm standards-aligned goals. Some might opt for the rainforest, while others may be captivated by the desert or ocean ecosystems.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

SchoolMessenger Passport allows districts to provide teachers, staff, parents and students with quick and secure access to online learning applications, open educational resources (OER), and a variety of school management and administration software programs using a single sign-on.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

There is a dearth of evidence to help teachers make informed choices on how to allocate time to asynchronous vs. synchronous online learning. Here’s how one special education teacher, Stephanie Landrum, who teaches at Horizon K-8 Charter School in Boulder, Co.,

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2017

At The Shipley School, we’ve embraced how technology can aid in the learning process for all of our students, particularly in our Middle School (grades 6-8) and Upper School (grades 9-12) classrooms. Training for Teachers. Long before our students had laptops in hand, we began working with our Middle School and Upper School teachers.

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Teach Hub

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

As a new teacher, you don’t have the advantage that veteran teachers do. Experienced teachers have the luxury of looking back on past years to see what worked and what didn’t. Starting out, you’ll be hit with a ton of new information from learning to juggle classroom management to fostering a classroom community.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 9, 2015

CanaryFlow is a classroom workflow platform that makes it easy for K-12 teachers to create lessons, add and grade assignments, upload resources, comment on student work or class activities, and schedule events. Users (students and teachers) can access materials and submit work using the camera, Google Drive, or Dropbox.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Entering the school year, I had the following assumptions: All of our classroom management problems would be solved because our students would be engaged with technology. Technology will not replace the great work that you already do in your classroom. It should reduce the mundane, repeatable tasks that bog down your class time.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Classroom management, promoting positive behaviors and reducing unproductive behaviors. They also understand what makes them feel unsafe or uncomfortable taking academic risks in a classroom. The urgency of an assignment or task may make it feel important when it actually is not. A person’s ability to empathize.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2018

School districts nationwide are facing a critical teacher shortage and the situation is only expected to worsen in the next few years. teachers leave the profession every year, most before reaching the age of retirement. While technology can address a variety of education challenges, the misuse of it can be disruptive to learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 4, 2018

We all have a memory of our favorite teacher, almost always, the one who made us think we could do the impossible. I left third grade and my third-grade teacher Ms. My fourth-grade teacher, Ms. In fact, she wasn’t any of the characteristics we often equate to great teachers. Effective teachers listen.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2019

As a teacher, I was interested in the content and had a deep desire to impart my knowledge and enthusiasm to my students. I also worked hard to keep my students focused and tended to run my classroom like a tight ship. Classroom management didn’t come naturally to me, and I often felt unsuccessful.

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