eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Some experts believe this new technology can have a positive impact on teaching and learning, while others fret it may weaken the teaching of critical thinking and increase bias by spreading misinformation about different groups and cultures. Secret 1: Multimedia assignments. Secret 2: Student expertise.

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Teaching Critical Thinking Assignments Learning 345

eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2025

Digital tools, once mainly supplementary for many schools, became essential for delivering lessons, facilitating communication, and maintaining student engagement. Learning management systems and digital resources became indispensable for assigning work, tracking progress, and providing feedback.

Teaching 317

Teaching Learning Teaching Methods Lecturing 317

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Rubrics identify specific criteria relevant to the assignment, along with corresponding levels of performance that allow for more precise grading. When teachers provide students with the rubric at the start of any assignment or task that will be assessed, the rubric serves as a roadmap. How does using rubrics benefit students?

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Fairness Assignments Feedback Evaluation 545

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

How technology helps in teaching and learning Technology revolutionizes K-12 teaching and learning, offering myriad benefits. Collaboration tools facilitate real-time communication and teamwork, essential skills in a digital world. What are the 10 ways to use technology in the classroom?

Technology 270

Technology Teaching Gamification Textbooks 270

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 9, 2024

I didn’t think PDF annotation grading tools would work, not even a little but, so when my colleague, George, introduced them in his online history class, I watched amazed at how seamlessly George could highlight key points, strike through errors, and add personalized feedback on student assignments. x Interested?

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Assignments Grades Feedback Evaluation 166

eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

A recent Google blog post outlines how four different school districts are leveraging Google AI tools, like Gemini and NotebookLM, for innovative teaching and learning. CPS uses NotebookLM for clear communication and understanding around the district’s guidance and policies, ensuring they’re following district mandates.

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Education Quizzes Coaching Special Education 242

Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Then there’s the sudden temptation of ChatGPT and other new AI tools, which can make cheating on assignments easy and often undetectable. But complaining about students isn’t the answer, Cohn and other teaching experts say. Instead, college instructors need to change how they assign and communicate their homework assignments.

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Instructors Assignments Textbooks Essay 201

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

During our conversation, we explored aspects of the teaching profession that are time-consuming and create work-life imbalance. ” I disagree, especially when it comes to assignments designed to provide students with opportunities to review concepts and practice specific skills. Each student completes the assignment.

Teachers 544

Teachers Motivation Assignments Students 544

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Within the principle of action and expression, there are three guidelines: 1) physical action, 2) expression and communication, and 3) executive functions. For example, students who are unable to type can use voice-to-text tools to compose responses to questions or complete written assignments inside of Google Documents.

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Universal Design Blended Learning Learning Textbooks 546

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2025

In the second phase of the lesson, teams rotate and are assigned to another group’s obstacle course. This task encourages them to work together, communicate effectively, and share their ideas. Creative Communicator Through sound recordings and robot storytelling, students creatively communicate their chosen narrative and character.

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STEM Interdisciplinary Collaborative Learning Communication 176

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

With better feedback mechanisms and more support, teachers could adjust their lesson plans, teach in near-real time, and deliver the help when it’s needed – without slowing down or backtracking the entire class to help the small group of students struggling with that day’s lesson.

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Teaching Gamification Feedback Intelligence 329

eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

I typically assign a hefty 20-page final project in my STEM course, but I decided to take a more playful and hands-on approach for this group of students. My motivation was simple: I wanted to help the class build confidence in teaching STEAM concepts. As the lessons progressed, we explored various uses of KIBO in the classroom.

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Teaching Teachers STEM Syllabus 284

eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2025

These students might take longer to complete assignments or may miss visual cues from teachers, making it difficult to follow along with lessons. There’s a huge social aspect to education, as well–seeing expressions on teachers’ and fellow students’ faces is a major part of communication,” Mattern said.

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Assistive Technology Students Textbooks Reading 189

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 27, 2021

It is also how we communicate to our students that we value the process over the product. Assignment Checklist. These are often the same things that teachers outline in the initial description of the assignment, task, or project. Feedback is how students feel seen and supported. Peer Review Using Rubrics.

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Feedback Peer Review Assignments Online Learning 546

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 11, 2021

Much of that time has been focused on how to teach in online or blended learning environments. However, to make significant and sustainable long-term changes in education, our perceptions of what teaching and learning “look” like have to fundamentally shift to avoid stagnation and make progress. The teacher is the expert.

Mental Models 541

Mental Models Education Hybrid Learning Blended Learning 541

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Others are teaching entirely online. And a growing number of teachers who began the year online are now shifting to the concurrent classroom where they are juggling the demands of teaching students both in class and online simultaneously. The sixth slide is where students will share what they created to demonstrate their learning.

Learning 546

Learning Assignments Universal Design Feedback 546

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In my college-level Fundamentals of Business course, I’ve found success using unconventional but effective instructional strategies to teach leadership styles: superheroes. This assignment has four parts: Part I : An overview of the five leadership styles, where students understand, define, and analyze key characteristics.

Assignments 115

Assignments Teaching Ethics Textbooks 115

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 1, 2021

As I work with teachers in this challenging teaching assignment, we set up a two-part protocol for questions. It is important to have clear lines of communication open when juggling kids in class and online simultaneously to make responding to student needs in both learning landscapes more manageable. Step 1: Use Your Resources.

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Questions Students Attention Assignments 455

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 30, 2016

Teachers get super excited about integrating technology or want details about a project, assignment, or routine I do with my own kids. Yet, if we want students to develop these crucial life skills–finding and evaluating information, communicating and collaborating with peers–they need time. My classes are only 50 minutes.”

Teachers 420

Teachers Evaluation Lecturing Blended Learning 420

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 5, 2023

When I coach teachers using the station rotation model that combines individual and collaborative learning activities both online and offline , we talk about how to arrange the furniture in the room to communicate the type of task students are doing. When students are seated in groups, they are able to easily share ideas with their peers.

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Learning Outcomes Motivation Communication Coaching 481

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

As more instructors experiment with using generative AI to make teaching materials, an important question bubbles up. When Marc Watkins heads back into the classroom this fall to teach a digital media studies course, he plans to make clear to students how he’s now using AI behind the scenes in preparing for classes.

Teaching 217

Teaching Education Ethics Instructors 217

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 20, 2020

Feedback is one of the most powerful tools teachers have in their “teaching toolbelts” for guiding learners toward mastery. In the absence of face-to-face classes, teachers can communicate they care about their students’ progress by providing them with feedback on their work.

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Feedback Blended Learning Writing Communication 546

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Using edtech in teaching, educators and school leaders can reduce environmental impact while enhancing student engagement and creativity. Rethinking teaching methods in the digital age Teaching methods have undergone significant transformation with the rise of educational technology.

Teaching 185

Teaching Teaching Methods Gamification Textbooks 185

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 29, 2021

I wanted students to collaborate, communicate, and create at that online station using the devices as a tool. Offline and online stations can be used to encourage communication and collaboration among students for the purpose of building community and offering peer support. Let’s give this station rotation model a try!”

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Blended Learning Critical Thinking Communication Participation 535

eSchool News

MAY 26, 2021

Florida Funders Invests In ChalkTalk, Personalized Learning Program for Real-Time Instruction, Designed to Shape The Future of Teaching & Training. But In the future, ChalkTalk will be the go-to place for anyone who wants to teach (or learn) anything in real-time, whether in-person or remotely To learn more, visit www.chalktalk.com.

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Teaching Testing Curriculum Math 272

eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2024

It takes only seconds to plug a writing prompt into a generative AI tool and receive a completed assignment. The bottom line: When students are confident in their writing skills, they will be less tempted to run directly to AI to generate a writing assignment. offers a tool to make assignments AI-resistant.) MagicSchool.AI

Writing 332

Writing Essay Plagiarism Assignments 332

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

The overall quality of students’ work also suffers when they do not have the time and space needed to fully engage with academic tasks or produce artifacts to express and communicate their learning. This also teaches students to hone their self-directed learning skills as they own more of the responsibility for their learning.

Teachers 481

Teachers Art Feedback Writing 481

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

auditory processing, attention deficit, lack of background knowledge or vocabulary, absences), teachers record video instruction and assign those videos for homework. The benefit of assigning video instruction for homework is that students can control the time, place, and pace of the learning experience when they watch the video at home.

Blended Learning 467

Blended Learning Students Assignments Lecturing 467

eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2022

As an educator with 21 years of experience in teaching and learning, I have had the opportunity to work with students of differing abilities and learning backgrounds. Student media literacy, citing their sources, and communicating their results are all critical research skills my students need to brush up on.

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Skills Assignments Students Art 322

eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

According to the survey , 69 percent of families prefer daily (48 percent) or weekly (21 percent) communication, yet only 52 percent are currently receiving updates at that frequency. Academic achievement and behavior must be evaluated separately and communicated distinctly. Leverage technology as part of your communications strategy.

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Grades Evaluation Students Achievement 175

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

English learners often face challenges in understanding lessons, participating in discussions and completing assignments , which can lead to lower achievement and increased feelings of isolation. Elianis It has helped me communicate better with my classmates when working on a project. an EB student.

English 98

English Languages Language Assignments 98

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 28, 2020

I want students to complete assignments because they are meaningful, interesting, and rewarding, not because they are worth points. Parents are frustrated by what they perceive is a lack of communication from teachers about how their students are progressing. On the other side of this tension are secondary teachers with 150+ students.

Blended Learning 343

Blended Learning Feedback Learning Communication 343

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 10, 2018

Too often students become overwhelmed by all of the work teachers assign and lose sight of what they would like to achieve. My teaching team places an equal emphasis on evaluating the development of soft skills because our program is project-based. The ongoing assessment has a section for soft skills and a section for academic skills.

Students 420

Students Grades Achievement Evaluation 420

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

Understanding that not all students express or communicate their understanding in the same way is crucial. By offering meaningful choices, we can ensure that every student has the opportunity to successfully apply and communicate their learning, accommodating their unique strengths and preferences.

History 382

History Art Essay Physical Education 382

Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

The initial enthusiasm for learning a foreign language may wane as other courses with demanding assignments compete for their attention. Rooted in interaction and real-world application, the communicative approach prioritizes meaningful engagement over rote memorization, helping students develop fluency in natural, immersive ways.

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Language Languages Instructors Culture 96

eSchool News

APRIL 28, 2020

These risks, nevertheless, can be mitigated through shared experiences and the maintenance of interpersonal communication. As it relates to children, through the integration of collaborative assignments as part of a pandemic pedagogy, schools can play an important role in supporting student resilience.

Social Studies 341

Social Studies Critical Thinking Students Art 341

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 17, 2024

_Discuss the potential risks and dangers associated with online communications. Once on the assigned website on their devices, don’t click on links outside it (yes, you understand they can do this at home. Show them how to identify those outside of the assigned one. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Teaching Internet Discussions Assignments 178