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8th Grade ELA Teacher Essentials: 11 Top Teaching Tools

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A good classroom management system, a novel list, and a set of writing prompts go a long way to set students and teachers up for success. We’ve gathered our favorite 8th grade ELA teacher essentials, including tips for brand-new teachers and seasoned veterans alike. Add accountability activities to your units 9.

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What Can College Instructors Offer Their Students in the Age of AI? 

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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently stated in an interview that advances in AI will mean the humans will no longer be needed for most things, and stated that doctors and teachers in particular could be replaced by AI (CNBC, 2025). Applied Economics Teaching Resources, 4 (4), 101-111. References Balch, D. 2023, August 25 th ).

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3 simple strategies to supercharge student growth

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Any teacher hoping to meet their students where they are and help them grow into active learners cannot rely on a one-size-fits-all method of instruction. Differentiation must play a key role in their teaching philosophy. However, teachers are busy people with an ever-growing list of responsibilities.

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Does Your Teaching-Learning Philosophy Align with Your Teaching?

Faculty Focus

There’s a new book out called Activating a Teaching-Learning Philosophy. To me that says “doing something about your teaching-learning philosophy.” Unfortunately, our current use of teaching philosophy statements doesn’t usually contain that expectation. The word “activating” caught my attention.

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‘Press Play’ Isn’t a Teaching Strategy: Why Educators Need New Methods for Video

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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 a teacher or a student, you may remember a holiday-week screening of E.T. I still remember one teacher I had pointing to his TV cart and saying, “that’s the busy teacher’s best friend.”

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Does Your Teaching-Learning Philosophy Align with Your Teaching?

Faculty Focus

There’s a new book out called Activating a Teaching-Learning Philosophy. To me that says “doing something about your teaching-learning philosophy.” Unfortunately, our current use of teaching philosophy statements doesn’t usually contain that expectation. The word “activating” caught my attention.

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Teaching Goal-Writing to All Students

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Since the act of goal-writing necessitates an overall understanding of the course and its assignments, along with an analysis of their own strengths and weaknesses, students have to take an active part in their learning from the beginning of the course. The student who was expecting me “to teach him a lot” missed the first lesson.

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