Faculty Focus

JUNE 13, 2024

Nothing has informed my teaching practice as much as serving as a writing tutor for high school and college students. 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.

Assignments 119

Assignments Essay Writing Questions 119

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In the early days of my transition to blended learning, I had one Chromebook, which I received after writing a Donor’s Choose project. Teachers must be strategic about the level of academic rigor and complexity of the practice and application they are assigning to ensure that it is within their zone of possibility.

Blended Learning 535

Blended Learning Critical Thinking Communication Participation 535

Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2020

With Immersive Reader, they go back day after day, and then they get mad at you when the project is over because they want more time to add to their writing. We sat down with Felix to learn exactly how Immersive Reader helps her students and why it’s led them to demand more reading and writing time. They want you to read and rate them.

Writing 194

Writing Reading Feedback Skills 194

eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2023

It operates in 5,400 secondary schools, including both middle and high school, in 46 states and exposes academically middling students to tougher courses than they would have been assigned to under normal circumstances. AVID helps students develop agency, relational capacity, and opportunity knowledge. “We The study has some limitations.

High School 342

High School High School Schools Peer Review 342

Faculty Focus

JUNE 13, 2024

Nothing has informed my teaching practice as much as serving as a writing tutor for high school and college students. 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.

Assignments 110

Assignments Essay Writing Questions 110

Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2021

They are not passive consumers but rather active participants. As Katie Novak and I write in UDL and Blended Learning: Thriving in Flexible Learning Landscapes (coming out May 29!), However, they are unlikely to have the time or energy for this design work if they are overwhelmed by stacks of literal or digital assignments.

Blended Learning 521

Blended Learning Feedback Learning Beliefs 521

eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2024

If you then encourage students to research topics that interest them, they’ll be even more motivated to read and write–and they may even have some fun. Helping students uncover their passions I once had a student who insisted on writing her research paper on body piercings. This novel by S.

Reading 327

Reading Assignments English Math 327

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

I invited Rabbi Elchanan Poupko , a middle school teacher, to write a guest blog and share a strategy for pairing and grouping students for after school work. Last week it dawned on me that I can assign homework to be completed in pairs and groups virtually. Growing up, once we left school at the end of the day, it was over.

Assignments 318

Assignments Schools Middle School Middle School 318

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

Teachers can use observations with a checklist when students are: Engaged in group activities or discussions to monitor individual participation and contributions. Teachers might include the following items on a checklist: Participation: Is the student actively engaged in the activity/discussion?

Feedback 431

Feedback Quizzes Coaching Discussions 431

eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Low Floor, High Ceiling: Low-Floor, High-Ceiling activities allow any student to participate and find success, regardless of how much they may struggle. Assignments can even be adjusted so they cover the same standards, but directly integrate student interests like sports, pop culture, or videogames!

Teaching Philosophy 279

Teaching Philosophy Students Assignments Culture 279

eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

Self-led, active learning will also see a rise as teachers enable students to work at their own pace and make more decisions about their learning––from what types of assignments they complete to how they want to work in the classroom. In the past several years, schools have also seen an increase in esports team participation.

Education 358

Education Motivation Game-Based Learning Assignments 358

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2022

On the first day of classes two years ago, I had students in my professional and technical writing course send me an email with their goals for the semester. Their attempt to write specific goals demonstrates an inability to effectively move from essay and reflective language to professional language. © Magna Publications.

Writing 116

Writing Teaching Assignments Essay 116

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

High schoolers write a lot every school day. How can you help them improve their writing skills and have fun at the same time? Thats where daily writing prompts come in! Write a thank-you note to someone in your life. Have students write to the prompt before class begins. Do you like watching sports live or on TV?

High School 52

High School High School Writing Essay 52

eSchool News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Instead, privately check in and offer opportunities to participate in ways that don’t highlight their struggle. When students are uncertain about when they’ll be called upon or what is expected in a reading or writing task, anxiety builds. For writing, dictation software can also be invaluable.

Reading 309

Reading Syllabus Learning Intelligence 309

Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

Each assignment has 1-10 points, with a total of 100 points. In my more recent students evaluations, students say they are less stressed, they are more motivated, and they understand assignment expectations at the beginning of the semester. I especially wanted students to understand that the final assignment was anything but.

Grades 68

Grades Evaluation Assignments Instructors 68

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

The University of Michigan’s M-Write program is built on the idea that students learn best when they write about what they’re studying, rather than taking multiple-choice tests. Senior lecturer Brenda Gunderson teaches a statistics course that will be first to adopt the automated element of M-Write.

Essay 142

Essay Feedback Writing Assignments 142

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.

Teachers 280

Teachers Students Assignments Communication 280

eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Give your students a short writing assignment and give ChatGPT the same one, then have your students compare them and talk about the differences. Rather than focusing on the product AI gives us, assignments related to these tools should focus on the process of vetting them. How do you check facts?

Education 333

Education Intelligence Failure Feedback 333

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

They’ve been conditioned to sit in assigned seats, take notes, and listen quietly. If we need to transfer information, like science notes, vocabulary, and writing tutorials, we use the flipped classroom model so students can control the time, place, and pace of their own learning. School, we do not have a seating chart.

Learning 354

Learning Lecturing Assignments Participation 354

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The textbook that Delmar Larsen assigned his students was full of errors, and he knew it. I can write a physical chemistry for life sciences textbook,” says Larsen. Since it began at UC Davis, it has expanded to involve participants at over 35 institutions, and now covers a range of disciplines beyond chemistry.

Textbooks 165

Textbooks Writing Accessibility Peer Review 165

Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2016

When we met for her annual review this year, one of her goals revolved around her learning how to extend her writing. Last year, I’d bought a marble composition notebook, and I told her that we would write every day. Although it wasn’t the easiest idea to implement (I mean, it still required reading and writing during her break!),

Writing 153

Writing Feedback Reading Questions 153

Catlin Tucker

MAY 30, 2023

ELs need ample opportunities to practice speaking, listening, reading, and writing in English. 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.

English 274

English Blended Learning Language Languages 274

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As a teacher who strives to help students uncover their interests and stretch their imaginations, I wanted to ensure they were participating in this new technology. Going from zero to hero Just days before our fall semester started, I learned that I’d been assigned mythology—a subject I’d not taught before and one without a syllabus.

English 338

English Syllabus Intelligence Assignments 338

eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Self-led, active learning will also see a rise as teachers enable students to work at their own pace and make more decisions about their learning––from what types of assignments they complete to how they want to work in the classroom. In the past several years, schools have also seen an increase in esports team participation.

Education 319

Education Motivation Game-Based Learning Reading 319

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.

Teachers 223

Teachers Assignments Students Participation 223

eSchool News

MAY 14, 2019

Meanwhile, our office staff was overwhelmed with writing tardy passes, submitting referrals, and calling students down to the office for discipline-related tardies. Skyward then received students’ attendance information and automated processes to assign students detentions and notify families of disciplinary actions through email.

Students 224

Students Assignments Participation Writing 224

eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2025

I once witnessed a class participating in this activity. I found it difficult to hear the words, phrases, and sentences as students participated in the round-robin portion and struggled to remember what the previous students said. Teachers can assign the template to their learners.

Technology 229

Technology Middle School Middle School Assignments 229

eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2019

Most days, students walk through our doors and read the texts we have selected, participate in the activities we have planned, and complete the projects we have thought up. Assign passion projects. Projects ranged from writing songs and developing websites to creating artwork with poetry and coding video games. Probably not.

Failure 277

Failure Learning Students Culture 277

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Students in Mark Marino’s Writing 340 class at the University of Southern California say the professor always walks into the classroom with a smile, and always begins by giving out carrots. In one assignment, for instance, the students imagine they are part of a fictional sharing app called AirBnMe.

Writing 128

Writing English Assignments Coaching 128

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 15, 2024

So, the teacher will use data to assign each student one or two “must-do” learning activities. Once teachers have used data to identify specific areas of need, they can assign each student one or two “must-do” stations. For example, a teacher might design a station rotation with six stations.

Metacognitive Skills 344

Metacognitive Skills Math Blended Learning Quizzes 344

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Below are three strategies teachers can use help students to become confident participants in a student-led discussion. Ask students to select one “target” discussion strategy from their two-column list and write it on a post-it. Break students into four groups (one group in each corner of the classroom).

Discussions 283

Discussions Writing Communication Questions 283

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 17, 2022

Yet, teachers may not actively participate in these community-building activities, which results in members of the class getting to know each other but not necessarily getting to know the teacher. Because relationships are reciprocal, it’s essential that the students feel connected to the teacher in a classroom.

Teachers 365

Teachers Blended Learning Classroom Management Discussions 365

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

In order to meet these goals while also responding to testing demands, I needed a new resource: one that would provide my students with a strong framework for writing and use technology as the primary composing tool. Fortunately, I found everything I was looking for (and more) in the online reading and writing program ThinkCERCA.

Writing 127

Writing Essay Teaching Quizzes 127

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Everyone knows that outside of the school building, creative writing workshops aren’t graded. But if you’re teaching creative writing in a K–12 classroom or a community college, at the end of the day you’re most likely required to stamp a letter grade—or at least a percentage score—on your students’ work.

Writing 113

Writing Essay Feedback Instructors 113

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

The official corrected the mistake by writing down the time Ruiz had told him. Communicate major assignments and assessments in advance and give students opportunities to plan their time and effort. This establishes a baseline of each students writing style, vocabulary, and skills. The time put Ruiz in 11th place.

Academic Integrity 88

Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 88

Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Next semester, my students will spend time working with prompt writing, reflecting on LLM output and reflecting on when knowledge and learning matter versus when human-AI hybrid writing makes sense. Can students use AI to write their responses? For many faculty, that last question is causing the most friction around campuses.

Teaching 208

Teaching Instructors Knowledge Writing 208

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

” Another advantage is the fact that they require every student to participate “something in social psychology we call the diffusion of responsibility. ” assigning points : Blunt strongly discourages assigning points to whiteboard retrieval activities. When you walk into the class and say, how are you today?

Multiple Choice Questions 77

Multiple Choice Questions Teachers Writing Questions 77