eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The new edition also features streamlined student navigation, more student practice opportunities, and an increased focus on foundational writing instruction. Teachers can also provide students with targeted adaptive assignments on specific skills or standards.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Topics include but not limited to: Flipped Classrooms. Student-led Classroom Management. Writing Prompts. Transforming Traditional Classroom Lessons to Online Learning. Effective Writing Prompts for All Students. You can watch the video, rewatch, submit assignments and assessments when you’re ready.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

We felt strongly about introducing our students to technology in the classroom. And one tool helping him on this journey is GoGuardian’s classroom management software, which his district adopted in 2018 as part of their one-to-one initiative. History course assignment about the Constitution.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 17, 2023

Keep the Conversation Going Depending on the needs or dynamics of the class, teachers may also want to assign a “conversation captain” for each group. Teachers can facilitate this metacognitive practice by having students reflect in writing or using a Google Form like the one pictured below.

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Tunstalls Teaching Tidbits

JUNE 1, 2025

Easy to Integrate Into Your Day: These pages are ideal for: Morning work Independent practice Warm-ups and wrap-ups Skills review and RTI Homework Themed activities and seasonal assignments Emergency sub plans Homeschool skill books More Resources with a Monthly Theme A big favorite for students each month is mystery puzzles.

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APRIL 30, 2025

To weave that magic into any classroom, anyone can order a bouquet of flowers and have it delivered, ideal for sparking inspiration or gifting to a teacher. They fuel curiosity in STEM experiments, add depth to creative assignments, and soften the hum of devices with natural charm. Flowers fit seamlessly into tech-driven education.

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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. To-Do Jar Turn your to-do list into a manageable system by implementing a “To-Do” jar.

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eSchool News

MAY 7, 2018

Host topic discussions and cultivate writing skills via a class blog. Draw from the item bank to address specific skills, and then automatically assign an assessment to a group of students you’ve identified. Pros : Extensive features and options for classroom management rival those of many paid systems.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

If you’ve been tasked (or volunteered) to run this activity, here are five activities that will tech-infuse participants: Write an Ebook. Many dream of becoming an author, a journalist, or another profession that focuses on writing. write the book. Break students into writing groups. Kids are no different.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Otus , which he describes as a student performance platform—a learning management system that also spans classroom management, curriculum, and assessment. I kept on looking at how we could take these skills of being able to read, write, and think, and take them to the next level. I want my students to write every day.

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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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SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Using affordable Chromebooks might solve the digital devices, but where will students be able to connect to the internet to access their classwork, assignments, and grades? word processing tools to write text-intensive research reports–like Word, Google Docs, and KidPix. 3 Classroom Management Apps You’ll Love.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Be clear and specific: Write prompts and questions that are clear and straightforward. Write this at a college-level reading level, by a student who has a garden. By following these guidelines, users can enhance the model’s performance and achieve more meaningful interactions, tailored to their unique needs and applications.

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JANUARY 9, 2020

Regardless of whether the assignment lacked a citation, the citation method was wrong, or the student didn’t cite the correct source, a plagiarism checker could have fixed that. On top of that, when all assignments equally go through a plagiarism check, the competition becomes fair again.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2018

Centered Learning Since starting college, I’ve wanted to develop a classroom that ran entirely by learning centers. I spent the first four years of my career building the activities and classroom management skills I would need to pull it off. After two weeks, it was time to collect and grade the portfolios.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Ask students, other teachers, the librarian, and parents what problems children face that stop them from completing tech assignments. Skip problems like, ‘I ran out of paper so I couldn’t print’ Collate these into a list on the classroom wall and let students see it every day. Classroom management Teaching'

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

However, in conversations with faculty, many discuss that although they take the time to write or discuss explicit feedback with their students, the students may not read it or if they do read it, they don’t apply the feedback given to future course assignments which can lead to frustration from faculty leading to a ‘what’s the point then?’

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Cult of Pedagogy

AUGUST 4, 2024

As they moved from an environment where adults structured every moment to one with much more autonomy, quite a few of our students struggled to manage their time, their attention, their belongings, and their energy in a way that helped them do school successfully. They would forget to do assignments. Lose whole notebooks.

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Teach Hub

JANUARY 14, 2025

Including notes on students who may need extra support (or even the ones who thrive in leadership roles) can make a huge difference in classroom management. Here are a few suggestions from fellow teachers on how they manage an unexpected sick day. We also use a website called planbook.com to write our plans.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

In today’s K-12 education ecosystem, most classroom management tools have moved online. You will find yourself most comfortable in the Google Classroom environment if the tools you use are aligned with Google Drive, your browser of choice is Chrome, and your digital device is a Chromebook. Designed by Freepik.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2023

Here are a few discussion strategies that have been successful in our college classrooms. This method allows students to share their thoughts in small groups prior to speaking in front of the entire class, and energizes students by giving them the opportunity to move around the classroom.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

Previously, my kids struggled with writing. Based on individual experience level, students assigned themselves to city blocks I had prepared and built out the city. Read more tips for classroom management and creating a positive classroom culture. Today, they are more creative and confident writers.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Be clear and specific: Write prompts and questions that are clear and straightforward. Write this at a college-level reading level, by a student who has a garden. By following these guidelines, users can enhance the model’s performance and achieve more meaningful interactions, tailored to their unique needs and applications.

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MARCH 9, 2015

Here’s how you do this: Point students either to an assigned simulation that ties into class inquiry or to a list of themed simulations such as this one. More free lesson plans: Common Core Writing–Digital Quick Writes. Classroom management Lesson plans' –published first on TeachHUB.

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AUGUST 28, 2018

It isn’t available when the computer is off; it requires set-up; and what if you want to write a formula? Probably the best reason to use the digital version of a whiteboard is that everything you write on it can be saved and pushed out to student 1:1 devices, LMSs, or digital portfolios. digitally submit homework. Online exams.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

However, in conversations with faculty, many discuss that although they take the time to write or discuss explicit feedback with their students, the students may not read it or if they do read it, they don’t apply the feedback given to future course assignments which can lead to frustration from faculty leading to a ‘what’s the point then?’

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2019

Interactive feedback and shared rubrics (Image Credit: GoReact) I still sit with my students and give them feedback on brief clips, but their assignment is to self-assess their videos and write reflective comments that support items they're being evaluated on in the rubric. Now I can use GoReact for a portion of those visits.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 17, 2023

Seeber in The Slow Professor write that faculty are in a state of “time poverty” (2016, p. Faced with the stress of having too much to do, faculty are impoverished as they rush to design assignments to outwit ChatGPT, an AI chatbot that can write essays, or figure out how to get students to come to virtual office hours.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

In my (JT) first-year writing courses, for instance, students work to synthesize texts in order to create new conclusions not represented in any single text. During one particular total football practice, Ted assigns each player the name of another player. Increasing situational interest in the classroom. Fraser, D.

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MAY 20, 2016

Students can write interactive digital stories, easy-to build presentations, and more. You can invite up to thirty students (no student email required) and then manage their activities, assignment responses, and classwork from the teacher dashboard. Here are ten ways Buncee can be used in the classroom : Assignments.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

At our institution, a student living on campus and enrolled in our first-year writing course would complete all of the same major assignments as a dual credit student studying down the road at the local high school, but others might get a student ID card, study in the library, or attend a basketball game for free—just like any other student.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2024

At my local pub, we do trivia where the Quiz Master calls out questions, and the teams write their answers on a small dry-erase board. You could even set this up as an out-of-class individual assignment or group assignment. Last semester, I had a student write anonymously, “I would take this class again for the memories”.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 20, 2024

At my local pub, we do trivia where the Quiz Master calls out questions, and the teams write their answers on a small dry-erase board. You could even set this up as an out-of-class individual assignment or group assignment. Last semester, I had a student write anonymously, “I would take this class again for the memories”.

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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. And they immediately wanted to write those students off. They were frustrated with them, they wanted nothing to do with them.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2018

A few weeks ago, I got an email from Nancy with a great suggestion for an article topic: Google Classroom. She writes from her perspective as a Kansas City teacher who loves teaching and blogging. Checking the written assignments. No more mess in the classroom. Questioning the students. Helping without interrupting.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Davison tells of a teacher who, one day, realized that she could extend her class LEGO Education projects into writing assignments. Try it with a partner - Teachers should pair up when they bring LEGO Education solutions into their classrooms.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 17, 2023

Seeber in The Slow Professor write that faculty are in a state of “time poverty” (2016, p. Faced with the stress of having too much to do, faculty are impoverished as they rush to design assignments to outwit ChatGPT, an AI chatbot that can write essays, or figure out how to get students to come to virtual office hours.

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