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A Student and a Teacher Try to Untangle Why Group Work Is, Well, Terrible

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Educator Jen Manly, left, and EdSurge reporter Nadia Tamez-Robledo address the audience during a discussion about the challenges students face while doing group work. If you’re EdSurge reporter Nadia Tamez-Robledo, who’s currently in grad school, you’ve recently experienced all three of these scenarios. Great question.

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Putting the “social” back into SEL–and why it matters now

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Between 2011 and 2019, the number of high school students reporting persistent feelings of sadness and hopelessness increased nearly 10 percent, from 28 percent to 37 percent. Giving students choices also helps them find more purpose in the work they complete. Such sharing should not be for students only.

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Asynchronous Learning or Live Lessons? Which One Works Better for Me?

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“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.).

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Top 10 Study Group Forums and Websites for High School Students

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Sara Stringer, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, has a list of great websites for high school students. I don’t post enough about high school so I’m thrilled with her article: Some students study more productively in groups, working with their peers. More for high school.

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A Teacher’s Insight and a Suite of Apps Revitalized Geography—Boosting Student Engagement and Collaboration

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Students didn’t like the traditional textbook-and-worksheet-centric course, and their teachers and district staff were concerned that a lack of engagement was translating into lower grades at Canada’s Ottawa Catholic School Board’s (OCSB) high schools. OCSB teacher Audra Abromaitis; full size image here.

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One Step at a Time: A Traditional School’s Journey Into Personalized Learning

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However, at Cristo Rey San Jose Jesuit High School in San Jose, I observed a teacher who “chunked” her curriculum into smaller pieces to establish a streamlined system of instruction. Team Accountability Another area of concern for the teachers at my school was establishing a precedent for efficient and collaborative group work.

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To Connect Classes to Careers, Consider Erasing Grade Levels

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But by exposing them to different career paths, we can get them thinking about their life after high school before it’s too late. With our new focus, we are one of 10 high school districts in Illinois that have started to move to competency-based learning. Having a job may seem a lifetime away for a child.

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