Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2024

Explore the benefits and drawbacks of AI in essay writing, including its impact on student learning. Unveil the evolving future of writing education with AI through these suggestions from the Ask a Tech Teacher team. AI and Writing Essays: Pros and Cons, How Will Students Learn to Write if an AI Writes It for Them?

Writing 187

Writing Essay Ethics Plagiarism 187

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

Complex Problem Solving: Tasks that involve higher-order thinking and problem-solving, such as math word problems, scientific experiments, or coding projects, often require different amounts of time for students to analyze, understand, and solve. These cognitively challenging tasks will require more time for some students.

Teachers 481

Teachers Art Feedback Writing 481

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Accountability Partners are pairs of enrolled students who are asked to be present to and support one another’s engagement, learning, and growth over the full term during which they are enrolled in the course. How to introduce Accountability Partners into a course Prepare students by offering an explanation such as the one above.

Assignments 119

Assignments Student Engagement Students Learning 119

Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

Peer-to-peer conversations can help students to make connections with each other and course content. There has been a noticeable decline in students’ engagement with course materials, evidenced by reduced annotations and superficial reading habits (Deale & Hyun, 2021; Mizrachi & Salaz, 2022).It Stalnaker, J.,

Instructors 87

Instructors Assignments Participation Students 87

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2025

How to use Digital Quick Writes This video is from a series I taught for school districts. It is now available for free, here on Ask a Tech Teacher: summarized by NoteGPT Summary In this video, Jacqui Murray discusses the concept of quick writes as a dynamic and engaging way to teach writing in the classroom.

Writing 173

Writing Gamification Critical Thinking Learning Styles 173

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2021

In their new book, Teaching for Deeper Learning: Tools to Engage Students in Meaning Making , my friend, Jay McTighe , and his co-author, Harvey Silver , write about an active reading strategy that encourages students to engage with texts before, during, and after reading.

Activities 546

Activities Reading Learning Discussions 546

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

—Katharine Meyer As residential colleges grapple with decisions about whether and how to continue offering online and hybrid courses , they may benefit from taking a look at student-engagement practices commonly used by their online-only counterparts. The chatbot is not doing the coursework for the students.

Student Engagement 201

Student Engagement Instructors Hybrid Courses Exams 201

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

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!

Assignments 131

Assignments Motivation Science Study 131

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. Here are four fun ways to get students engaged that worked for me in my classroom: 1. This novel by S.

Reading 327

Reading Assignments English Math 327

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Spend time working directly with small groups of students. instruction, scaffolds, practice, assignments). Balance online and offline work to give students a break from the screen. Teachers can create a playlist around a unit of study, a formal writing assignment, or a project. Differentiate learning (e.g.,

Blended Learning 545

Blended Learning Teaching Learning Students 545

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.

Writing 194

Writing Reading Feedback Skills 194

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

(CHICAGO) – PowerNotes , a provider of tools that help students and professionals create high-quality research quickly and efficiently, has added Composer, an advanced, web-based word processor, to its PowerNotes+ platform. The new tool provides a semi-proctored environment for organizing research and writing in an AI-enabled environment.

Writing 164

Writing Ethics Plagiarism Academic Integrity 164

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

The Board wanted to help teachers better engage students; to do this effectively, it needed clearer insight into teacher needs. Leveraging its technology investments, OCSB got that insight—as well as a brand new geography curriculum that increased student engagement and collaboration. . add relevant descriptions.

Student Engagement 163

Student Engagement English Assignments Feedback 163

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Accountability Partners are pairs of enrolled students who are asked to be present to and support one another’s engagement, learning, and growth over the full term during which they are enrolled in the course. How to introduce Accountability Partners into a course Prepare students by offering an explanation such as the one above.

Assignments 98

Assignments Student Engagement Students Learning 98

eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Educators can even tap student enthusiasm for new technology by assigning–and assessing student learning using–multimedia projects. The Global Scholars virtual exchange program has reached more than 105,000 students, cumulatively. Secret 1: Multimedia assignments. Does this all sound far-fetched?

Teaching 344

Teaching Critical Thinking Assignments Learning 344

Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2018

“I love teaching and helping kids grow,” she added, “but I hate that writing instruction takes up hours and hours of my life.” A 2016 study of 3rd to 8th grade educators found that only 55% of teachers said they enjoy teaching writing. 9% of writing assignments in grades six to eight include long form writing.

Writing 156

Writing Teaching Education Feedback 156

Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2021

As Katie Novak and I write in UDL and Blended Learning: Thriving in Flexible Learning Landscapes (coming out May 29!), these are critical skills students need to develop if they are going to become expert learners who are motivated, resourceful, strategic, and capable of advocating for themselves.

Blended Learning 521

Blended Learning Feedback Learning Beliefs 521

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Whether text, video or something else entirely, each of these mediums encompasses a form of writing. The ubiquity and impact of digital writing can’t be ignored. The ubiquity and impact of digital writing can’t be ignored. Increasingly, writing doesn’t mean a five paragraph essay written by hand. engagement and passion.

Writing 167

Writing Teaching Essay Assignments 167

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

However, students engaged in cheating well before tools like ChatGPT became household names. According to a survey , as many as 58 percent of high school students have plagiarized work, and 95 percent admitted to some form of cheating. As AI matures, educators will need to do the same.

Plagiarism 332

Plagiarism Education Assignments Essay 332

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 24, 2021

At first, I worried that my students might not fully grasp the film’s deeper meaning, but I was pleasantly surprised that they did. Students who generally struggle to read at grade level could engage with this assignment in ways equal to their classmates who read at or above grade level.

Blended Learning 397

Blended Learning Multiple Choice Questions Learning Discussions 397

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. It was exciting to see how the addition of a single device enabled my students to drive their learning and engage in meaningful student-centered learning activities.

Blended Learning 535

Blended Learning Critical Thinking Communication Participation 535

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In the evolving landscape of online education, post pandemic, it has become increasingly essential to use technology to foster student engagement. Among the many digital tools available, e-portfolios have emerged as a powerful means for enhancing student involvement, motivation, and learning outcomes.

Student Engagement 126

Student Engagement Motivation Students Failure 126

eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2025

Key points: Technology works in service of teaching, not the other way around Teaching ethical edtech for future innovators Leveraging edtech to help students, teachers stay connected through illness For more news on AI, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Artificial intelligence brings opportunities and questions to classrooms worldwide.

Teaching 330

Teaching Ethics Education Teaching Methods 330

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2020

Today’s educators are challenged with keeping students engaged in their learning to help them build the knowledge and employability skills they’ll need to be successful. Students can use blogs, podcasts, or videos to submit assignments. The answer lies in the effective use of multimedia learning tools.

Learning Tools 297

Learning Tools Learning Evaluation Assignments 297

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

But the biggest challenge is trying to get my students to rethink what it means to be a learner and rethink what learning looks like. For most of their education, my students have spent their days in classrooms where the teacher was the primary source of information. School, we do not have a seating chart.

Learning 354

Learning Lecturing Assignments Participation 354

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This creative approach resonates with students and helps bridge the gap between theoretical concepts and practical business applications. The goal is to help students better understand various leadership styles and how they can be applied in a business management context. I ask them to read the textbook chapter (Skripak et al.,

Assignments 112

Assignments Teaching Ethics Fairness 112

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

My kids love it whenever they get the chance to use technology as part of the writing process. My job is to make sure that the tech use is meaningful and purposeful - when used correctly technology can help enhance and transform my lessons, provide real-world activities, and increase student engagement.

Writing 153

Writing Social Studies Middle School Middle School 153

eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2025

Creating podcasts has also been shown to improve reading, writing, and listening skills, while promoting student engagement and collaboration, according to Besser, Blackwell, & Saenz (2022). By creating podcasts, students practice receptive and productive skills. link] Chaves-Yuste, B., & de-la Pea, C.

Communication 273

Communication Writing Language Languages 273

eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2023

Brooks offered scenarios where Minecraft Education elevates student engagement and brings a lesson to life: When it comes to literacy, students can create book covers and design book settings. Older students could recreate houses, villages, or other structures that figure prominently in assigned readings.

Education 297

Education Social Studies Writing Science 297

eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2023

Brooks offered scenarios where Minecraft Education elevates student engagement and brings a lesson to life: When it comes to literacy, students can create book covers and design book settings. Older students could recreate houses, villages, or other structures that figure prominently in assigned readings.

Education 288

Education Social Studies Writing Science 288

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

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In the evolving landscape of online education, post pandemic, it has become increasingly essential to use technology to foster student engagement. Among the many digital tools available, e-portfolios have emerged as a powerful means for enhancing student involvement, motivation, and learning outcomes.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Motivation Students Failure 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This creative approach resonates with students and helps bridge the gap between theoretical concepts and practical business applications. The goal is to help students better understand various leadership styles and how they can be applied in a business management context. I ask them to read the textbook chapter (Skripak et al.,

Assignments 92

Assignments Teaching Ethics Fairness 92

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Instead of banning AI, educators can design assignments that leverage these tools. For example, students can use AI for initial brainstorming or as a tool to refine their writing, requiring them to demonstrate understanding by reflecting on or critiquing AI-generated content.

Ethics 333

Ethics Critical Thinking Essay Students 333

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Ask students to select one “target” discussion strategy from their two-column list and write it on a post-it. Request that students put the post-it on the back of their chairs, so you can easily see the strategy they are working on during that discussion.

Discussions 283

Discussions Writing Communication Questions 283

Faculty Focus

JULY 27, 2023

While everyone is arriving and getting settled, students scan the QR code and land on a page where the professor has put the agenda for today’s lesson, a couple of reminders, and an entry ticket. The entry ticket asks students to answer a question. 101-102). Figure 2 shows a Know-Wonder-Learn activity using Jamboard. Educause Review.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Syllabus Students Lecturing 98

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

In order to make students discuss the learned material in the class, it is important to provide them with encouragement and help that gives a good stimulus to learn and discover more. The idea is the main component in argument forming, and actively learn teaches students how to communicate by asking and answering questions.

Art 226

Art Languages Language Plagiarism 226