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

Edsurge

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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Assignments with Significance

Faculty Focus

It has been estimated that college students across the globe devote in excess of a billion hours per year to “disposable” assignments (Wiley, 2016). Students view the work as simply a hurdle to be crossed, and once submitted and assessed, worthy of nothing more than being discarded. What a waste!

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Lessons from an online teacher: Supporting phenomena-based learning

eSchool News

For the past 13 years I have been honored to teach at Agora Cyber Charter School. Established in 2005, Agora Cyber Charter School is an online public school for Pennsylvania students in kindergarten through 12th grade that is accredited by the Middle States Association. There is also a free trial.

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COVID-19 Hit Schools Unequally, But Data Shows Learning Recovery Is Equally Slow

Edsurge

When schools were forced to go remote during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, it shone a spotlight on inequities that had long plagued education. Those disparities are carrying over into the learning recovery process, according to the results of the School Pulse Panel. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings.

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

eSchool News

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. Barely two months into the pandemic, nearly one-third of students reported feeling disconnected from adults and peers at school.

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

Edsurge

“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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How to Get Your Classes to Create Better Student Projects

Teach Hub

Take a few minutes to ask about what lights them up outside of school. Promote Collaboration Through Group Work When it comes to helping students create stronger projects, sometimes more really is better. Use tools like Zoom, Google Meet, or Flip to connect with students from another school, city, or even country.