eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2025

It also facilitates peer and teacher feedback, making assessment a more collaborative process. For a history project, I ask students to create a Wakelet collection on the causes of the American Revolution. For a literature assignment, I have students design a Canva infographic analyzing a novels themes.

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Evaluation Quizzes Critical Thinking Feedback 258

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.

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Coaching Blended Learning Assignments Middle School 339

eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2025

The goal is for students to lead with empathy to identify and define a problem, then develop a realistic solution to that problem that can be tested and refined through feedback. By pushing students to continue to look for ways to enhance their work through feedback, the idea of failure is framed in a positive way. References Dam, R.

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Failure Critical Thinking Essay Feedback 305

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Participants access learning via textbooks, video clips, interactive learning tasks, and webinars and have opportunities to practice skills via weekly online discussion forums, webinars, collaboration activities, self-check exercises, and homework assignments. Instructors will provide support to participants through feedback and dialogue.

Teachers 258

Teachers Coaching Textbooks Participation 258

Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2024

It’s just more complex and time consuming, he says, to gauge how much a student has learned about, say, how to weigh two competing views of a historical event in an essay assignment. But Cote saw that now an AI chatbot can be trained on the same rubric to instantly give the same kind of feedback.

Essay 205

Essay Social Studies Education Critical Thinking 205

eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2025

Teaching metacognition equips ELLs with the tools needed to navigate not only language acquisition but also the demands of various subject areas, from math and science to history and literature (Flavell, 1979; Schraw & Moshman, 1995). Can you tell me how you approached this assignment? and Che Guevara. and Che Guevara.

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Essay Ethics Feedback Language 165

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

She views comment and suggestion functionality as an opportunity for students to give and respond to feedback effectively, strengthening collaboration skills. Ann-Marie Fine, a high school world history teacher at public school in California also encourages students to use Google Drive to improve their executive functioning.

Education 215

Education History Students Quizzes 215

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

Ethan, a high school junior studying to become a secondary history teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning, was presenting findings from his extensive research to the staff at our school. When students can understand how one topic might be covered in English, History and Science, they’re able to grasp it more deeply.

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High School High School Interdisciplinary Education 211

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress found that scores for eight-grade students on civics, history and geography exams all dipped from 2014 to 2018. And perform worse on tests. Or, during an election year, volunteering to get people to vote.

Science 210

Science Teachers History Learning 210

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

Even before schools closed in Japan, Apel’s school updated its digital learning plan and shared it with faculty to get their feedback before sending it to parents, who appreciated that the plan clearly spelled out responsibilities ahead of time. Issues With Feedback and Testing It’s much easier to hide in a digital world.

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Schools Students Assignments Testing 218

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Josh Davis spent 14 years teaching high school special education and middle school history, so he’s well aware of a few classroom constants. It also allows teachers to give real-time, one-on-one feedback without singling out a student in front of the class. History course assignment about the Constitution.

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Teachers Students Special Education History 200

Edsurge

MARCH 25, 2021

They can be used to provide feedback, co-author, narrate and even host asynchronous meetings. Steve Muth Muth: The moment we launched, we got flooded with all of this feedback, all coming from teachers. We worked with a professor teaching a history of photography course fully online. Voice is very different.

Feedback 194

Feedback Assignments History Evaluation 194

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

Analytical Essay + Book Promo/Trailer Video There are many blog posts out there encouraging teachers to choose assignments other than essays. As a teacher coach, I’m not encouraging teachers to throw out the practice of assigning, reading, giving feedback on and correcting essays.

Essay 167

Essay Teaching Lecturing Coaching 167

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2023

As humans, we’ve always had a somewhat complicated history with invention. Upon the release of ChatGPT in the fall of 2022, we noticed that some of our students had suddenly become “experts” at synthesizing research and organizing their term papers, often resulting in perfect scores on their written assignments.

Education 212

Education English Students Language 212

eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2018

It turned out that, for a variety of reasons, Serial worked better than most texts I’ve assigned. Students willingly and excitedly assess the evidence, judge the characters, dissect the testimonies, and break down exactly how Koenig crafted a story that engaged more listeners than any podcast in history.

Teachers 186

Teachers Students History Feedback 186

Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The theory is that courseware has the potential to improve student outcomes because it tends to offer students personalized instruction and instant feedback on their work, Jones-Davis says. These tools can also help instructors track whether and how students are studying and completing assignments. history surveys.

STEM 189

STEM Instructors Study History 189

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

history has been apprehended. Transforming it into a digital experiential activity took seven steps, which educators can follow when creating their own assignments: 1. The immediate feedback provided by these periodic understanding checks is valuable. Students on a stakeout in the 1930s? Edgar Hoover himself. Timed animations.

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Activities Gamification Learning Assignments 185

Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2022

Autumn Rivera, 2022 Colorado Teacher of the Year, at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in April. Finally, the teachers were given an assignment: Use construction paper to create a craft symbolizing what they hope to take away from their time at the Smithsonian. Students give the best feedback,” she says.

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Teachers Education History Science 212

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Composer allows teachers to create assignments and then closely observe the entire process their students follow, from gathering information to writing and revising.

Writing 161

Writing Ethics Plagiarism Academic Integrity 161

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 12, 2021

One, all assignments were created so that students could have access 24/7. I made sure that there were only two assignments a week with the final assignment being a type of assessment. Integrated in the instructions were screen recorded examples of what I wanted students to achieve in the form of the assignment.

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Distance Learning Assignments Feedback Course Design 167

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

They begin scrolling through headlines recently posted in their RSS feeds , some written in English or their heritage language, some based on their interests in soccer or technology, and others based on assigned feeds, such as YouthVoices or NPR. We do” can be challenging to enact when only one person can hold the pencil during partner work.

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English Writing Feedback Language 167

Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2019

For example, moving from lecture to small group work is only as effective as the nature of the feedback, the respect between stakeholders, and the understanding students have in how the process helps them grow both intellectually and socially. Provide opportunities for students to reflect.

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Technology Teaching Intellectual Development Instructors 167

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Marie Bauermeister—who teaches world history, humanities, world religions and ancient civilizations for Grand Blanc High School in Grand Blanc, Michigan—knows a thing or two about the impact of innovation on society. I can assess and provide feedback all through Jupiter. Teachers are also sharing student feedback.

Teachers 168

Teachers Feedback Students Hybrid Learning 168

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2018

Here’s a slightly Orwellian way to check whether your students may have plagiarized part of their essays: the Chrome extension Draftback , which plays back the revision history of any Google doc you can edit—down to the keystroke. And last but not least, some help for all of us amateur Google detectives.

Essay 167

Essay Plagiarism Coaching Learning Disabilities 167

Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

They also have a calendar view with synced information for all of their courses and due dates for assignments. These specific pages have a “bulletin” for news and updates, as well as sections for assignments, a gradebook and a roster so students can contact peers in their classes. We have a history of the conversation,” he says.

Art 157

Art Testing Assignments Learning 157

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Within Sandbox AR, users can create virtual worlds and populate them with some of the hundreds of unique objects from history, the built world, science and nature, and more. Using Kami, teachers can create assignments with their LMS, share class-wide, and offer feedback in real time.

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STEM Math Internet Mobile Devices 337

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

They also added what they won’t do with [AI-assisted text generators] in the pledge, such as I won't use [AI-assisted text generators] for homework assignments and presentations. One day, at the harvest festival, an eighth-grade history teacher questioned the student about some historical facts, and he answered them correctly.

Education 198

Education Learning Intelligence Coaching 198

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Online platforms and learning management systems are other examples of technologies that improve student learning and enable teachers to share resources, assignments, and feedback seamlessly. Teachers can share resources, assign tasks, and assess student work digitally, promoting efficiency and organization.

Technology 130

Technology Teaching Learning Quizzes 130

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

“I was the poster-child for anti-technology in my district,” says Willie Maddux, an 8th grade World History teacher at Prescott South Middle School in Cookeville, Tenn. Today Maddux teaches three different online courses, World History, U.S. History and a Career Exploration course.

Teachers 155

Teachers History Learning Discussions 155

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 19, 2019

(which by the way, is fee-based), students start with a placement test to determine their comprehension level and be sure they are challenged by assignments without being frustrated. In response to this, peer feedback is growing in popularity as an approach that balances these two realities for the benefit of the student.

Teachers 107

Teachers Peer Review Feedback Critical Thinking 107

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

I recently spoke with a fellow history teacher who has embraced the technology and been quite creative in the process. He found that students were inclined to post well-thought responses as they looked forward to the feedback from their peers.

Technology 157

Technology Teaching Teachers History 157

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2017

Without modifying my lessons or project expectations, I sent my DHH kids through a sound recording assignment and a music video project. I find the faster the feedback, the more motivated the student. Teaching is improved when we develop relationships with students and provide them with high quality and fast feedback.

Teachers 152

Teachers English Feedback Science 152

eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2018

Mentimeter helps to solve the problem of always calling on the same students by getting feedback from the entire class. Crowdsource a word cloud to brainstorm character traits of famous leaders throughout history, innovative inventions, or solutions to real-world problems. Click here to read the full app review. Mentimeter.

Feedback 110

Feedback History Assignments Questions 110

Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

Of course, regular communication can be time-intensive for teachers, as can competency-based evaluations in general, which typically require teachers to align assignments to specific competencies and provide feedback using either a rubric or written evaluations. Imagine you teach World History,” Looney explains.

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Grades Evaluation Feedback Communication 136

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

The latest cohort, unveiled over two days at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., featured 124 companies from 18 countries—marking the largest class in the accelerator’s history. Peergrade Feedback is one of the essential ingredients to getting better—at school, work or life in general.

Educational Technologies 129

Educational Technologies Technology Education Elementary School 129

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Get and give useful feedback. Although institutions have all moved toward online, official course evaluations, why not use this last class to get and give feedback of a different sort? Activity 1: Create a “stop, start, continue” structure that lists every assignment students completed during the semester. The partner answers.

Feedback 111

Feedback Course Evaluations Assignments Study 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Differences in lived experiences, values, beliefs, histories, identities, and more will influence how individual students experience the learning environment (Lovett, Bridges, DiPietro, Ambrose, & Norman, 2023). Based on student feedback, make necessary adjustments and/or remind students of the shared agreements (Lovett, et al.,

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Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132