Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2024

1st Grade A critical skill for first graders is to not only understand the idea of a “digital citizen” but why it’s important to be one. 3rd Grade In 3rd grade, students should become grounded in avoiding and/or dealing with cyberbullies. They can start by NOT making their picture look anything like themselves.

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Grades Teaching Internet Discussions 179

eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

Assignments that engage students in creative practices motivate hard-to reach students and provide an opportunity for all students to be successful. These tools have spaces where students can ask questions to historical figures, participate in problem-solving simulations, and learn through hands-on exploring.

Technology 319

Technology Critical Thinking Assignments Motivation 319

eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2023

AVID works with high school students earning B or C grade averages who might not otherwise be placed in more rigorous college preparatory tracks. Students completed surveys at the end of 8 th grade or beginning of 9 th grade, and again at the end of 9 th grade.

High School 342

High School High School Schools Peer Review 342

Catlin Tucker

JULY 9, 2020

I cannot say I am surprised given the lack of clarity about expectations for participation online, the “no harm” grading policies adopted by many districts during school closures, and issues around equity and access. The more creative the assignments, the more likely students are to lean into the learning.

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Active Learning Activities Learning Students 546

Faculty Focus

JUNE 13, 2024

It has been sobering to see, through their eyes, how unclear our assignments can sometimes be. Maybe the student skipped class or doesn’t have all the material handed out with the assignment. You can make your narrator someone who sees a very interesting event in which he/she is not necessarily a participant. Yes, that’s it.

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Assignments Essay Writing Questions 119

Faculty Focus

JUNE 13, 2024

It has been sobering to see, through their eyes, how unclear our assignments can sometimes be. Maybe the student skipped class or doesn’t have all the material handed out with the assignment. You can make your narrator someone who sees a very interesting event in which he/she is not necessarily a participant. Yes, that’s it.

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Assignments Essay Writing Questions 110

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

Jayda was confident that she understood the material, and hearing her make a choice not to pursue additional work for the purpose of chasing an extra few points on her grade made me proud. At Forest Ridge, an independent all-girls school serving students in grades 5-12 in Bellevue, Wash.,

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Culture Grades Feedback Assignments 161

eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2022

forming teacher-student relationships was highlighted as the top instructional practice for driving engagement across all grade levels and subjects. Provide personal questionnaires, pay attention to the extracurriculars students participate in and their behavior with other students. 1: Teacher-student relationships.

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Student Engagement Hybrid Learning Students Participation 302

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Beginning Add literature/resources from neurodivergent, disabled, and diverse authors to assigned course readings and class activities. Provide multiple sources and access points for assignment requirements and expectations (written descriptions, presentations, instructional videos, examples, rubrics).

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Accessibility Disabilities Learning Disabilities Special Education 92

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

As classrooms across the country become more linguistically diverse, educators face a growing challenge: ensuring that every student, regardless of English proficiency, can access learning, participate fully and feel included. Today, emergent bilingual (EB) students, also known as English learners, account for 10.6 percent of U.S.

English 84

English Language Languages Assignments 84

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Students may lose points on homework assignments or practice activities because they answered questions incorrectly. Yet, in many classrooms, mistakes are penalized instead of normalized. This causes students to fear mistakes instead of working to understand and learn from them.

Blended Learning 506

Blended Learning Feedback Coaching Achievement 506

eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2024

I would recommend listening to podcast episodes before assigning them to make sure they’re age-appropriate.) Another point of entry for students is learning about the experiences of their peers, so when I taught eighth grade, I always assigned The Outsiders. This novel by S.

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Reading Assignments English Math 327

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Students are assigned a tech-integrated project and are faced with limited resources and inadequate workspaces to use the latest tools. It’s no surprise that many teachers are hesitant to assign project-based and technology-integrated lessons knowing that the physical state of the building doesn’t support their efforts.

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Teachers Students Assignments Communication 280

eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

ESL students won’t be able to succeed at school or college if they can’t use the language well enough: Their grades and overall subject knowledge will suffer. Ask them to write short stories Teachers know that students don’t like writing assignments, especially those with strict requirements and deadlines.

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Writing Skills Essay Language 290

eSchool News

AUGUST 15, 2018

The mentoring program gives students a chance to participate in community activities, engage in conversation with students in different grades, and demonstrate their SEL learning overall. Rather than always following a strict curriculum of assignments, give students the opportunity to work on passion projects.

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Elementary School Elementary School Assignments Curriculum 279

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 6, 2022

What is wrong with grades? Instructors and students have different ideas about what grades are supposed to measure: Should they be about how much students have learned? Grades can perpetuate bias , inequalities, and injustice, reduce student motivation and willingness to challenge themselves , and add enormous administrative burdens.

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Grades Instructors Motivation Metacognitive Skills 122

eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

When we commit to participating in a culture of continuous learning, we are living out phrases like, “It’s okay not to know,” “Everyone has things they are still learning,” or ,“We all make mistakes.” In response, I’ve adapted my teaching approach to make assignments more interactive.

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Education Schools Math Science 313

eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2025

As a fourth-grade teacher, Ive seen how gamification can transform a regular lesson into something my students look forward to. Quizizz allows for both live games and homework assignments, so students can practice at their own pace. “Games are among childrens favorite activities, especially for primary school students. .

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Gamification Multiple Choice Questions Motivation Social Studies 310

eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This is my first year as a teacher and I’m teaching sixth grade, so both my students and I are new to the school. I teach 12th grade now, but when I was a middle school teacher, I was constantly thinking of ways to reach students. Consider equitable systems for calling on students to participate in discussions. newsletters.

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Teachers Middle School Middle School Failure 326

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

MobileMind Sync allows districts to create and schedule synchronous training events, invite participants, track attendance, assign asynchronous prerequisite courses, and much more. MobileMind Sync also provides an excellent resource for department/grade-specific training and meetings (e.g. PLC, Data, or Team meetings).

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Assignments Participation Grades Curriculum 259

eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

It was the beginning of sixth grade, braces, and the descent into the digital world. History and was embarrassingly eager to participate in class debates and discussions. As the Chromecarts rolled in around eighth or ninth grade, however, the connection waned. Didn’t you learn this in like, third grade, I thought to myself.

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Teachers Schools History Reading 302

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Students are assigned a tech-integrated project and are faced with limited resources and inadequate workspaces to use the latest tools. It’s no surprise that many teachers are hesitant to assign project-based and technology-integrated lessons knowing that the physical state of the building doesn’t support their efforts.

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Teachers Assignments Students Participation 223

eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2025

By the time students enter ninth grade, they are expected to know and understand approximately 88,500 word families (Fisher & Frey, 2014). This highlights the challenge of ensuring that students develop a robust vocabulary by the time they reach ninth grade. I once witnessed a class participating in this activity.

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Technology Middle School Middle School Assignments 229

eSchool News

MAY 26, 2021

Mega success with participation from over 600K students. Over the duration of this 10-week math challenge, SpringBoard attracted a record number of participating classes – over 600,000 students from 35,000 classes! “We All the participating students will also receive a ‘Certificate of Participation’.

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Math Game-Based Learning Participation Motivation 246

eSchool News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Slooh provides students, particularly those in Grades 4-8, with a one-of-a-kind experience centered around hands-on, age-appropriate experiential learning,” said Michael Paolucci, founder of Slooh. This includes the ability for students to create custom posters depicting what they discovered using Slooh’s fully autonomous online telescopes.

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Students Science Participation STEM 235

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2023

This is my first year as a teacher and I’m teaching sixth grade, so both my students and I are new to the school. I teach 12th grade now, but when I was a middle school teacher, I was constantly thinking of ways to reach students. Consider equitable systems for calling on students to participate in discussions. newsletters.

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Teachers Middle School Middle School Failure 289

eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2022

This also allows students to have more flexibility in their schedule so they can work on assignments at their own pace, or take a break if they need to. For example, what do your teachers and staff do when a student stops responding or submitting assignments?

Blended Learning 285

Blended Learning Hybrid Learning Learning Academic Integrity 285

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

There are resources available for grades preK-12, so teachers at every level of school can find relevant and informative materials for their students. Contest winners get to participate in behind-the-scenes experiences at iconic American historical and cultural sites as part of America’s Field Trip.

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Students History Essay High School 341

Faculty Focus

APRIL 17, 2025

In my mind, the purpose of learning was to get good grades. Grades were everythingsymbols of success and a source of validation. I continued this pattern in college, focused solely on grades and making my parents proud. Feedback-Only: No Points I do not attach points to any assignments. But when I graduated, I felt lost.

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Grades Social Studies Learning Feedback 93

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

The pressure students feel to get high grades and the pressure for teachers to give them are both real. In classrooms where teachers emphasize performance goals (errorless performance on tasks, points, and grades), students are more likely to cheat. The fact that AI detection tools are not foolproof (Fleckenstein et al.,

Academic Integrity 88

Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 88

eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

While my colleague was asked to lead a grade-level team, I was tapped to head up the school’s Black History Month programming. And while these assignments were mostly enjoyable, they didn’t prepare me for the next steps on my leadership journey. At some point, though, our experiences at the same Florida elementary school diverged.

Schools 330

Schools Elementary School Elementary School Fairness 330

Catlin Tucker

MAY 30, 2023

This ensures they are exposed to grade-level academic content while developing their English language skills. Additionally, providing reading materials at different levels and genres with resources like Newsela and CommonLit , and assigning writing tasks that focus on language development, can strengthen their reading and writing skills.

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English Blended Learning Language Languages 274

eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2025

The platform lets school and district leaders drill down to grade- and classroom-level data to examine attendance, grades, behaviors, and SEL components. The AI feature can show me all 8 th grade students who are chronically absent who also have a zero for their sense of belonging. Its real-time data you can use immediately.

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Middle School Middle School Grades Communication 293

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 6, 2022

What is wrong with grades? Instructors and students have different ideas about what grades are supposed to measure: Should they be about how much students have learned? Grades can perpetuate bias , inequalities, and injustice, reduce student motivation and willingness to challenge themselves , and add enormous administrative burdens.

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Grades Instructors Motivation Metacognitive Skills 98

Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

Its great for in-class use and also works well as a homework assignment. Adding a competitive element can turn even the most reluctant learners into active participants. It offers interactive activities and visual representations to keep students engaged. The site rewards progress with certificates and achievements.

Math 86

Math Textbooks Quizzes Lecturing 86

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

By analyzing patterns in students’ grades, attendance, participation, and other behavioral indicators, AI algorithms can predict potential academic risks and learning disabilities. Automated grading and feedback : Automated grading systems powered by AI can significantly reduce teachers’ time evaluating assignments and exams.

Teaching 326

Teaching Gamification Feedback Intelligence 326

eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2023

During the pandemic, the term ‘homework gap’ was used to describe children without reliable or any access to the internet and appropriate digital devices and who were unable to complete their assignments. Inclusion In 2022, only 24 percent of Connecticut students participating in a computer science course identified as female.

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Science Education Internet Skills 302