eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2019

Technology allows me to do this because it lets me bring a whole new level of compassion to my teaching. That is, instead of delivering content during class and giving exercises as homework, I had students learn the content at home by watching videos with embedded quizzes. The embedded quizzes enabled me to view student’s responses.

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Quizzes Learning Feedback Assignments 277

eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2017

As the academic school year ends, many teachers come to the unforeseen conclusion that some students lack the motivation to turn in assignments on-time. Grading papers is still a daunting teaching duty. Teachers have many tools available to encourage students to turn-in those assignments on time. It is not an easy task.

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Grades Technology Blended Learning Quizzes 247

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

Observational Assessments The teacher’s observations of student behaviors, interactions, and work provide valuable qualitative data (or information that is descriptive and non-numeric) that complements quantitative assessments, like quizzes that produce numerical data. formal writing assignment, performance task, project).

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Feedback Quizzes Coaching Discussions 431

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 27, 2021

Through the Midwest Teachers Institute , I offer four college-credit classes that teach how to blend technology with traditional lesson plans. Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. Classes start in May!

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Edsurge

MAY 11, 2020

Almost 19 years ago, I started a new teaching position that introduced me to the world of online instruction in higher education. The transition to a digital teaching environment is a great opportunity to be reminded of a simple fact: You don’t have to do this alone.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

These, in turn, have earned him a raft of teaching honors, including the Sherwin-Williams Distinguished Teaching Award. Branch is known for his logical, easy-to-grasp course design, for his engaging assignments like The Armchair Anthropologist, and for the way his classes seem to fly by—which doesn’t happen by accident.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 1, 2017

We’ve seen educators do incredible things with G Suite for Education tools: creatively teach classroom material, collaborate with students, and design innovative assignments to achieve meaningful outcomes. This year, we’re sending teachers back to school with updates designed to help them do what they do best—teach. Sneak Peak!

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Quizzes Teachers Mobile Devices Assignments 199

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

If you teach online, you know what I mean. The ease with which it differentiates for student needs, focuses on what’s important (which rarely is a due date), and provides much-needed flexibility has changed the way many of us teach our physical classes. Good online instructors are what we always wished teaching would be.

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Online Learning Teaching Quizzes Learning 174

eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been around for many years, but the introduction of ChatGPT in November 2022 has generated many discussions of how this technology can impact education – both how students learn and how educators teach. Flexibility: Learning and teaching with technology provides flexibility since it can take place anywhere.

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Collaborative Learning Gamification Teachers Teaching Methods 317

eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2017

Some programs allow teachers to create assignments and comment on them through the platform of the program, where each student has an individual account and can see his or her assignments; to help assess the student throughout the learning process. Kahoot allows the teacher to build fun quizzes, flashcards and games.

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Quizzes Mobile Devices Essay Assignments 209

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

My first foray into using video in my teaching involved a TV cart wheeled into my classroom, replete with a connected VHS player—and no remote. As I prepared to teach my first educational videography course earlier this year, I found that we lacked a common vocabulary for talking about how we design learning with video in mind.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2024

Online courses can offer content in audio, text, and video formats, each with interactive elements like quizzes, virtual labs, and social annotation to enhance engagement and provide multiple ways for students to absorb the material.

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Learning Syllabus Universal Design Quizzes 306

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 10, 2023

If you are teaching courses online, have you considered that the planning and preparation to teach online is markedly different than teaching in-person? Online teaching preparation is quite different than the traditional in-person course. Our university uses an online learning platform, Desire to Learn (D2L).

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Quizzes Teaching Learning Feedback 126

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

These app essentials will help keep high school students engaged while learning language arts, and teach them how to form the arguments and enhance learning comprehension. The idea is the main component in argument forming, and actively learn teaches students how to communicate by asking and answering questions. Forming the Arguments.

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eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2022

It’s an early morning wake up call for Trinity Smith, lead teaching fellow and student studying business data analytics at Arizona State University (ASU). The course uses Canvas to manage the online, asynchronous portion of learning – this includes recorded lectures by ASU faculty, along with weekly assignments and quizzes.

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Quizzes Lecturing High School High School 245

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

How can you use technology to enhance teaching and learning? Integrating technology into K-12 teaching and learning can revolutionize education–and, in fact, has–by providing innovative resources and technology tools for teaching and learning that engage students, foster collaboration, and personalize instruction.

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Technology Teaching Learning Quizzes 130

eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2024

As the Educational Technology Coach, I support the classroom teachers I serve by modeling innovative technology strategies, co-planning lessons, co-teaching, curating research and resources, analyzing student usage data, and many other strategies. In 1995, I became the Educational Technology Coach for the Verona Area High School.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 10, 2023

If you are teaching courses online, have you considered that the planning and preparation to teach online is markedly different than teaching in-person? Online teaching preparation is quite different than the traditional in-person course. Our university uses an online learning platform, Desire to Learn (D2L).

Quizzes 111

Quizzes Teaching Learning Feedback 111

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2019

Games support literacy skills in part because they enable students to play and learn in authentic worlds they care about Karen Schrier, Marist College Another early adopter, Paul Davarsi teaches English and media studies in Toronto, and likes games for many of the same reasons as Fallon.

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Reading Game-Based Learning Teaching Quizzes 167

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 22, 2024

Here are three from the Ask a Tech Teacher team: 3 Creative Teaching Resources That Save You Time and Money Educators are increasingly expected to do more with less – ensuring that the next generation gets the quality of teaching they deserve while keeping budgets in check and making up for shortfalls in classroom resource availability.

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Teaching Gamification Quizzes Learning Styles 166

eSchool News

MAY 16, 2018

is a platform where teachers create quizzes, discussions, and surveys. A backchannel is a digital conversation that happens at the same time as a face-to-face activity, where students can share their thinking about the topic or assignment. Here are sample questions you can ask: 3 things I learned today. 2 things I found interesting.

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Quizzes Students Classroom Management Assignments 238

eSchool News

MAY 1, 2024

Looking towards the future, the concepts of “smarter classrooms” emerge as a beacon of innovation, bridging the gap between traditional teaching methods and the digital age. Learning management systems (LMS) that facilitate online content delivery, assignments, and grading.

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Internet Critical Thinking Quizzes Teaching Methods 306

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

If I want to teach my students effectively in any learning environment, I have to be willing to experiment with methods that may be out of my comfort zone. Ray’s story is a reminder that we are not merely teaching content: we are teaching young humans how to be better. Ray interrupts me, “No, Mrs. Baker. That was my FIRST A.

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Distance Learning Culture Gamification Learning 218

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

On Tuesday, April 24 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate: How Can Alternative Assignments Effectively Assess Student Learning? Where there’s an alternative there must be a standard, so we started our chat creating a list of what those standard assignment are: exams, quizzes, essays, reports, lab manuals and the like.

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Assignments Exams Instructors Learning 97

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Through the Midwest Teachers Institute , I offer four college-credit classes that teach how to blend technology with traditional lesson plans. Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting. Starts June 21, 2021.

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Blended Learning Teaching Learning Internet 158

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Key points: Education technology is a classroom must-have Technology enables access to important resources Stay up to date on the latest in education technology The use of education technology in the classroom has revolutionized the way teaching and learning occur, offering new opportunities to enhance educational experiences.

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Technology Teaching Learning Styles Quizzes 141

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Survey your teachers to see which research projects they assign throughout the year and familiarize yourself with your school’s curriculum. Weed out outdated titles and update your district’s Library Learning Commons website with electronic resources and reference materials that cover the topic areas your teachers identify.

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Quizzes Learning Elementary School Elementary School 233

eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2024

Rather than relying on this score alone, his teacher called him to discuss the assignment. He went on to explain each piece of art in great detail, showing his understanding of the assignment. Similarly, AI tools present an opportunity for educators to enhance their teaching practices.

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Academic Integrity Intelligence Essay Plagiarism 239

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 3, 2024

It allows more educators like you to create, distribute, and grade assignments, albeit paperless, especially in online learning sessions. It’s got a lot of features, too, like: Easy assignment distribution and collection features Seamlessly integrates with Google apps Real-time grading and feedback Kahoot!

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Activities Quizzes Education Feedback 158

Cult of Pedagogy

AUGUST 4, 2024

Most of my teaching experience was in middle schools, so I spent a lot of time with kids who were going through one of the most tumultuous transitions of their lives. They would forget to do assignments. The challenge with teaching these skills, however, is time. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org?

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Teaching Students Assignments Skills 129

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The Discovery Education Experience powerful Studio tool has been completely rebuilt with features that continue helping educators engage students and add flexibility to remote, hybrid, and in-class teaching and learning. Finally, Experience works within school systems’ existing infrastructure and workflows.

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Education English Quizzes Language 246

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

They’re often ineffective as a teaching tool, they’re easy for students to cheat, and they can exacerbate test anxiety. Yet more professors seem to be turning to the format these days, as teaching loads and class sizes grow, since multiple-choice quizzes and tests can be easily graded by machines.

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Quizzes Assignments 157

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Some believe it will cripple the education system and replace human workers ; others denounce ChatGPT as a free essay-writing and test-taking tool that makes it laughably easy to cheat on assignments, while the validity of responses generated by ChatGPT has also been called into question. What is ChatGPT?

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Ethics Essay Syllabus Feedback 337

Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

Use budgeting activities to teach percentageshave students plan a trip with a set budget. Its great for in-class use and also works well as a homework assignment. Quizzes to review material in a high-energy way. Keeping math relevant and interactive is key. Show them how math applies to their daily lives. Online Kahoot !

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Math Textbooks Quizzes Lecturing 86

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Using a linear teaching approach, the subject matter is presented in a way that enhances the understanding of content across standard taxonomies (Meadows, 2015). Here are a few more: Quizzes : Assigning tests and quizzes throughout the semester is necessary to assess student understanding of important course content.

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Teaching Quizzes Instructors Exams 119

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Quizzes Peer Review Failure Essay 158

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

If you work in education in 2020, you are making tough decisions about how to best reach and teach your learners in the midst of a global pandemic. Here’s how one special education teacher, Stephanie Landrum, who teaches at Horizon K-8 Charter School in Boulder, Co.,

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