eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

Almost a quarter (24 percent) of teachers recommended that students create AI-powered flashcards and personalized study plans to help them understand class materials and prepare for tests in the way they learn best. How could or should the math teachers role change as a result of student AI use?

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Rubrics identify specific criteria relevant to the assignment, along with corresponding levels of performance that allow for more precise grading. When teachers provide students with the rubric at the start of any assignment or task that will be assessed, the rubric serves as a roadmap. How does using rubrics benefit students?

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2025

When state testing season arrives, classroom routines can quickly fall apart. In this blog, I’ll share six strategies that encourage students to explore, create, reflect, and connecteven during the testing season. Wrap Up Testing season doesnt have to mean learning is on hold. Whats one goal you still have moving forward?

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2021

Florida Funders Invests In ChalkTalk, Personalized Learning Program for Real-Time Instruction, Designed to Shape The Future of Teaching & Training. Using results from a student placement test, ChalkTalk’s machine-learning software generates a standards-aligned curriculum customized to fit within existing class schedules.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Every test score, attendance log, learning app, or digital assignment generates data. Why it matters for K-12 teachers As educators, we regularly interact with data, benchmark scores, reading levels, engagement analytics from edtech tools, and state test results. You dont need to be a data scientist to teach data literacy.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 19, 2014

I was not prepared for the level of enthusiasm, excitement, and creativity that was generated by this assignment. Similarly, I have students who are great test takers. Despite teaching in a low-tech classroom, I’ve enjoyed challenging my students to “make” and create using everyday items.

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Edsurge

JUNE 3, 2025

For many counselors, the prevalence of children using social media to self-diagnose suggests a larger problem related to lasting social and emotional impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, unregulated virtual spaces and the importance of teaching media literacy skills. Might need to check on them, said Kemble. Lets take a deep breath.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 24, 2015

homework, classwork, projects, tests, and projects), I identified the main skills we would be focusing on developing in this class and used those to create my gradebook categories. Creatively Teach the Common Core Literacy Standards with Technology Available NOW ! . Entering Grades in Relation to Specific Skills.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

Many teachers and professors are spending time this summer experimenting with AI tools to help them prepare slide presentations, craft tests and homework questions, and more. As more instructors experiment with using generative AI to make teaching materials, an important question bubbles up. Should they disclose that to students?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Related content: 6 strategies for teaching SEL remotely. This is not a time for discussions of missing assignments, test grades, or behavior issues. In my work with gifted students, I’ve had the opportunity to develop strategies and purposeful activities for exploring and strengthening social emotional learning.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 18, 2025

While many of our conversations have focused on what generative AI means for student assignments and learning outcomes, there’s another question faculty are askingoften individually and quietly: How can we leverage AI in our own academic and administrative work? Then, share the assignment prompt. And more importantly, should we?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

I immediately thought about how I was going to teach remotely when a lot of the lessons are experiments and hands-on activities. I started brainstorming and collaborating with my peers and fellow teachers about ways to successfully teach hands-on physics remotely. Tools for teaching science remotely.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2023

For instructors who have had the opportunity to participate in pedagogy learning groups, there may be a lot of overlap in what they already know about teaching and what changes AI might bring to the classroom. We learned what we could from the books we had access to and memorized facts to regurgitate on tests.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Self-assessing Practice and Review Too often, when teachers assign review and practice in class or for homework, the responsibility for checking the accuracy of that work falls on the teacher. As a result, students miss out on the opportunity to recognize their strengths, identify their limitations, and target areas for growth.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

It’s common for students to feel a little anxious before a test or presentation. Related : 5 ways to help special education students manage testing anxiety Effective ways to help students reduce stress and anxiety. The student is overwhelmed, and test anxiety is often a trigger. Anxiety is not necessarily bad. Physical signs.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

That vision became AEF Schools , a place designed for students who needed something differenta structured, supportive environment where learning goes beyond textbooks and tests. The Preparatory Programs support students who thrive in a structured setting without the added stress of homework or standardized testing.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2024

How does phenomena-based teaching help? Before I adopted phenomena-based instruction, most of the questions students asked were some variation on, “Is this going to be on the test?” They were focused on whether they would have to memorize this fact or that process to pass a test. We haven’t taught this way before, either.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Since the pandemic hit, his research findings are more relevant than ever, as instructors look for guidance on what works as they move their teaching online. Specifically, a mix of graphics and words can help students better apply a concept learned in a lesson to a new situation, such as on a related assignment.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Creating a classroom in the service of social justice (The Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, 2008) requires a profound understanding of the impact of human diversity on teaching and learning (Cushner et al., Re-examine assignments and assessments for bias and exclusionary practices. Replace and/or supplement outdated readings.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

It inspired me to think about changes in education that would benefit students by transforming teaching and learning and I was excited about the possibilities. Students are assigned a tech-integrated project and are faced with limited resources and inadequate workspaces to use the latest tools. So how are we supporting change?

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2024

When ChatGPT emerged a year and half ago, many professors immediately worried that their students would use it as a substitute for doing their own written assignments — that they’d click a button on a chatbot instead of doing the thinking involved in responding to an essay prompt themselves. And it’s still a concern.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Key points: Literacy is critical for students–and elementary years are a pivotal time These online tools help students develop essential literacy skills See related article: How efficacy studies improve literacy instruction For more news on literacy, see eSN’s Innovative Teaching page Fall is the best time of year in Montana.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Differentiation must play a key role in their teaching philosophy. By using the three practical, teacher-tested ideas below, educators can allow students to take ownership of their learning journey. As educators, we recognize that each of our students is on their own unique learning journey.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2024

Many make the mistake of believing that bilingual education means that you are separately teaching students in different languages forever. In the past, limited-English or non-English households may have struggled with understanding assignments, feedback, or grading. Take today’s state standardized tests as an example.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Last week it dawned on me that I can assign homework to be completed in pairs and groups virtually. Not only did students complete the assignments, but they were excited about it. Third, I would assign partners or groups during our synchronous sessions or post them in Google Classroom. The results? A smashing success!

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The game teaches kids about passwords, identity theft, scams, phishing, cyber bullying, sexting, social media issues and much more. The company has gathered all the complexities of internet safety and distilled them into engaging, well-tested, curriculum-aligned, and beautifully structured lesson plans (created by teachers) for grades K–8.

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eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2023

history teacher Travis Malekpour hesitated assigning his students work in the classroom that required a computer. Three years later, Malekpour, who teaches in Queens, doesn’t think twice about assigning and grading in-class work that requires a device. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. newsletters.

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eSchool News

MARCH 9, 2023

Are students allowed to retake tests on which they did not do well? Issues with curved grading methods were especially problematic when remote teaching was enforced during the pandemic. Students may choose to what degree they engage with an assignment to earn an A, B, or C, for example.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Key points: Integrating engaging digital tools can sharpen students’ money management skills Increasing K-12 tech accessibility Teaching ethical edtech for future innovators For more news on curriculum trends, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Financial literacy is greatly undervalued in today’s digital age. Half of all U.S.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

Here’s what educators have to say about the 2023-2024 school year: Improving engagement and test scores with phenomena-based curricula April Pence, Edison High School Last year was my first time using phenomena-based units aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in chemistry. She can be reached at apence@hbuhsd.edu.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Teaching is a dynamic endeavor. One of the most accessible practices on this list might be collaborative assignments and projects. We often hear students complain about busy work and we want to make sure that we are explicit in giving meaning to any assigned task. Emphasize the importance of each component or stage.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2023

Colleges found new ways of scaling, rethinking how teaching is done online. teach remote students. The institution was built with online in mind, and focuses on a so-called competency-based teaching method, where students work at their own pace and get credit when they show they know the material. It turns out he was right.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

Barriers to Effective Transfer and Application of Learning Assigning the same task to all students without offering any choices can significantly hinder the effective transfer and application of learning. Can you suggest creative assignments for grade students to express their learning about ?

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Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2023

A college probably wouldn’t hire a teaching assistant who tends to lie to students about course content or deadlines. And they’re testing the approach in three online courses this summer. The university has spent many years building its own AI chatbot that it uses as a teaching assistant, known as Jill Watson. How is it going?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2025

The basic steps of design thinking are empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test (Interaction Design Foundation, 2016). The goal is for students to lead with empathy to identify and define a problem, then develop a realistic solution to that problem that can be tested and refined through feedback. link] Dorland, A. 2016, May 25).

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eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2024

Previously, there was no way to access this data without constant assessment that would get in the way of the actual work of teaching. Real-time data can help free up this cognitive load so they can focus less on hunches and more on the real work of teaching. Understanding which students are struggling and in which areas.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The audience was split into four groups, each assigned a question on topics like the role of social media in politics or how to navigate emotions that may come up post-election. Many even created special offices or programs in the hopes of teaching students how to talk with people they may disagree with.

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