eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2025

Based on feedback from the companys school-based partners, these updates make teaching and learning even more relevant, engaging, and personalized for users of Discovery Education products. Additional updates will follow throughout the year.

Education 256

Education Math Middle School Middle School 256

eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2023

Recently, Pivot’s product team added several new enhancements to the service including the additions of: Responsive feedback, which provides each student with targeted and specific feedback based on their answers. To support academic integrity, randomized questions ensure each student is assigned unique problems to work on.

Student Engagement 257

Student Engagement Education Social Studies Art 257

eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2018

When I taught middle-school English language arts and science, I remember taking over a classroom that had an old cabinet filled with science class materials, including bags of mini-marshmallows and boxes of toothpicks. Instant and ongoing feedback.

Writing 200

Writing Feedback Special Education Middle School 200

eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2025

After seven years in the classroom teaching middle and high school students, I transitioned into instructional technology, where I currently serve as a digital integration specialist for South Carolinas Anderson School District Five. Teachers can assign the template to their learners.

Technology 238

Technology Middle School Middle School Assignments 238

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2023

With the time it takes to score and give feedback on student work deterring many writing teachers from assigning lengthier writing tasks, and with the long turnaround time most students wait to receive grades and feedback, there is significant timesaving and learning potential in an AI helping grade student work.

Grades 175

Grades Essay Teachers Feedback 175

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2022

Justin Hall, who teaches math at Rancho Cucamonga Middle School , understands this need well. A 16-year veteran middle school teacher, Hall is a big proponent of increasing access to information for all education stakeholders. In what ways does the platform support feedback for students? It has great teacher tools.

Communication 148

Communication Distance Learning Feedback Assignments 148

Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

Engaging Middle Schoolers in Math Middle school is when students start wondering, When will I ever use this? Make Math Real with Real-world Connections The best way to hook middle schoolers? Its great for in-class use and also works well as a homework assignment. Keeping math relevant and interactive is key.

Math 86

Math Textbooks Quizzes Lecturing 86

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

Read part one to learn how this teacher improved her student feedback system to increase student engagement. In 2016, our school began putting intentional effort into getting our students to value the learning process and to focus on growth rather than grades. submissions per assignment in the 2017-18 school year.

Culture 164

Culture Grades Feedback Assignments 164

Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2018

I teach middle school English Language Arts at St. Joseph School in Chester County, Pa. Like most schools, we serve students with a range of abilities. Peer editing here usually consists of working with partners, swapping writing assignments and making suggestions. Students work on peer editing assignments.

Culture 167

Culture Feedback Writing Assignments 167

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

“Synchronous online learning” generally refers to live learning activities that must happen at a set time (often over Zoom or a similar platform), while “asynchronous online learning” refers to almost everything else (completing assignments, doing readings, watching videos, etc.).

Lecturing 218

Lecturing Disabilities Assignments Learning 218

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2023

Tools, such as AI-powered writing assistants and language-analysis platforms, offer real-time feedback and aim to empower students to engage in self-directed learning and refine their writing and editing skills. For instance, it would take me hours to give students the feedback that grammar programs now provide in seconds.

Language 148

Language Languages Art Teachers 148

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

For English Language Arts (ELA) teachers, AI-powered writing tools help to provide immediate feedback, guiding students through the writing process and fostering a more personalized approach to learning. Try using it to simplify some of the things that you're spending a lot of time on, like writing directions to assignments.

Writing 199

Writing Art English Students 199

Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2019

My first experience as an educator was teaching middle-school mathematics and science in Baltimore. It uses “mastery-based” techniques for assignments, meaning students don’t need to complete long problem sets once they demonstrate they understand a concept. The goal is not to remove the obstacles from learning.

Assignments 164

Assignments Students Feedback Study 164

Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

Or take Barbie Prince, a middle school teacher in Baltimore, who is used to walking around the room as she teaches and looking over students’ shoulders to monitor their progress. During the first week of distance learning, she tried sitting, but her feet swelled up. We rounded up the images—and more details—below.

Education 201

Education Middle School Middle School Feedback 201

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

Take, for example, the distance learning plan created by Chaffey Joint Union High School District in California, which says that schoolwork completed by students through the end of the year can only preserve and improve grades, but not lower them. Many teachers watched their students brush off assignments and disappear from class.

Teaching 218

Teaching Students Learning English 218

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2017

At the end of June a group of passionate, dedicated educators gathered for one of New Jersey’s last EdCamps of the 2017 school year. The idea is that, instead of assigning students in traditional rows of desks, they would have a choice as to where they sit. The conversation was underway when I walked in.

Teaching 167

Teaching Middle School Middle School Lecturing 167

Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2017

I used my 1:1 laptops to create a paperless classroom, providing instant teacher feedback on writing assignments. I made a class playlist on Google sites with hyperlinked assignments that allowed students to choose which skills to work on and which activities to complete.

Testing 168

Testing Students Motivation Assignments 168

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

Feedback: In our interviews, we learned that teachers have a strong desire to source lessons, activities, and resources that simultaneously align to state standards and resonate with their students. Feedback: Nearly every teacher we’ve spoken to admits that there aren’t enough hours in the day to accomplish everything on their to do list.

Teachers 166

Teachers Writing Feedback Assignments 166

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.

Teachers 191

Teachers Students Special Education History 191

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Using Kami, teachers can create assignments with their LMS, share class-wide, and offer feedback in real time. Kendall Hunt will offer a customized version of OpenSciEd’s high-quality middle school science instructional materials in a dynamic format through Kiddom’s comprehensive digital curriculum platform.

STEM 339

STEM Math Internet Mobile Devices 339

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Pre-COVID-19, our “default setting” schedule had students join us on campus two days a week; middle school students attending Mondays and Wednesdays and high schoolers on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Limited exposure by assigning 1-2 teachers for each learning group. Use of outside spaces wherever possible.

Hybrid Learning 216

Hybrid Learning Blended Learning Schools STEM 216

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2018

“We are also actively in conversation with the partners getting feedback from them on what's working, what's not working and how do we make adjustments to continue to improve.” Arcadia will be using the platform at the Rancho Learning Center and certain classrooms in their First Avenue Middle School.

Schools 138

Schools Middle School Middle School Beliefs 138

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In middle school, I participated in Future City , a STEM competition for middle schoolers. Even in our school, when assignments are handed back in class, students still rush to ask their classmates, “What did you get?” Personally, I have always enjoyed competition. A rush of emotions shuffles through the crowd.

Motivation 168

Motivation Students Middle School Middle School 168

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

Often these are assignments, exercises and drills that resemble what one may find in a textbook. As teachers combine these resources to build a lesson plan, the platform offers feedback on its effectiveness based on the Composer learning science framework. Or, during an election year, volunteering to get people to vote.

Science 206

Science Teachers History Learning 206

EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 29, 2018

To help teachers streamline classroom tasks such as organizing work groups and returning assignments , Google has added the Classwork page. This addition comes with new grading tools that “let educators quickly toggle between student submissions when grading , and save commonly used feedback,” according to the company.

Teachers 135

Teachers Teaching Methods Feedback Testing 135

eSchool News

MAY 27, 2016

The MDCPS pilot will run through May, after which teacher feedback and input will be solicited. In 2014 Miami-Dade Public Schools launched the “Digital Convergence” initiative, a program to provide wireless access in all its schools and put digital learning devices such as laptops and tablets in the hands of all students.

Middle School 0

Middle School Middle School Blended Learning Participation 0

eSchool News

AUGUST 24, 2018

As an instructional coach at Fairbanks Middle School in Milford Center, Ohio, I have been a core part of charting a new path for PD that uses a blended model of professional learning. We do set some parameters for the assignments. Far too often, strategies and tools are discussed once, and then never again.

Coaching 133

Coaching Lecturing Middle School Middle School 133

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2017

The re-branded product still offers many of Classroom’s services, like organizing class assignments and providing feedback to students, but now the product will come with more collaborative messaging features (think Slack for Microsoft education). Instead, educators will be able to use Microsoft Teams in Office 365 for Education.

Multiple Choice Questions 149

Multiple Choice Questions Assignments Quizzes Game-Based Learning 149

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

It supports constructive feedback, helps navigate academic challenges, and promotes an inclusive learning environment. Teachers’ communication style along with empathy and genuine feedback have been found to be the most influencing factors engaging students in constructive academic behaviors (Afzal, et al.,

Students 122

Students Motivation Feedback Communication 122

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. This year, after 15 years of teaching middle school English, I moved to a 3rd grade classroom. I find the faster the feedback, the more motivated the student. Even tomorrow is too late.

Teachers 145

Teachers English Feedback Science 145

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2020

Flagship science programs include middle school earth science, life science and physics along with high school sciences, as well as math from grades 6 through 11 (algebra II). CK-12 also plans to add a chatbot to nudge students along by reminding them what assignments are due next, concepts they learned in the past and so on.

Schools 213

Schools Science Intelligence Math 213

Beyond the Worksheet

APRIL 6, 2024

Understanding ratios, rates, and proportions is essential for middle school students, not only for their math curriculum but also for applying these concepts in real-world scenarios. Here are consolidated and cohesive strategies for middle school math teachers to make these topics engaging and relevant to their students.

Middle School 52

Middle School Middle School Math Art 52

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

West-Smith, a former English teacher, middle-school principal, and district curriculum supervisor, is the Curriculum Content Manager at. Provide feedback that works. Feedback is more helpful on an early draft than on a final one, she adds. Patti West-Smith. Turnitin , an Oakland, Calif.-based Vague is not.”.

Writing 134

Writing Teaching Essay Feedback 134

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

They set out to show how ViewSonic’s interactive screens and its “COVID child” — a software platform that allows virtual students to interact with educators in the classroom, collaborate on assignments with in-person peers, and more — could help teachers deliver a new and improved version of hybrid learning.

Hybrid Learning 278

Hybrid Learning Testing Technology Middle School 278

EdTech Magazine

MARCH 15, 2018

Coley offered up four innovative ways educators and administrators can embrace Google Forms to streamline documentation and feedback. Every time I contact a parent, whether by phone or even in front of the school at drop-off, I fill out this Google Form,” said Coley. Differentiate Instruction with Homework Feedback Forms.

Teachers 123

Teachers Feedback Elementary School Elementary School 123

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The teacher can give immediate feedback and provide clarification, ensuring students are correctly understanding and applying the concepts. Let’s imagine a science teacher focused on the middle school Next Generation Science Standard (NGSS) “MS-PS1-1.

Blended Learning 195

Blended Learning Teaching Metacognitive Skills Learning 195

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Further evidence of this trend includes the hundreds of teachers supported by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching who are trying out classroom strategies to help students persist through difficult in-class assignments. a district middle school located in the Bronx. Flashback a moment to last May.

Students 162

Students Testing Math Exams 162