Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Both struggle to pay attention regardless of how innovative and engaging are the lesson plans. At the end of the Challenge, the team with the most points gets a prize appropriate to your school culture. The Crossing – student attempts to cross a gorge and experiences failure as well as success. I’ve been there often.

Activities 174

Activities Learning Failure Essay 174

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2019

Jennifer Albat suggested: “Pay attention when students introduce themselves. Q2: For our new-trad students who are often first gen, hearing our human stories of failure and challenge is critical to building trust. Second, these efforts start before the discussion boards open up—with a culture of trust. We have to gain trust.”.

Failure 135

Failure Instructors Discussions Culture 135

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Good video games are incredibly effective at capturing our attention, converting extrinsic rewards into intrinsic motivation, and creating meaningful experiences. But we can use the cultural relevance of games to blend their physical and virtual learning opportunities in ways that will empower students. We can’t afford not to.

Gamification 149

Gamification Learning Culture Students 149

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2023

The Learning Ally Audiobook Solution As children age and learning shifts from learning to read to reading to learn, support can mean the difference between learning from reading or suffering sustained academic failure.

Reading 160

Reading Failure Motivation Study 160

Edsurge

JULY 13, 2019

I could never pay full attention because I always felt on alert. How do we shift from a culture of calling on the student who raises her hand first? How can we shift from a “first is best” culture to one that sends the message that everyone’s voice matters—and that everyone has the potential to excel in the classroom?

Discussions 168

Discussions Failure Textbooks Culture 168

Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 5, 2015

Somehow you have to create a narrative over time that erodes citizens’ support for public schools and counters their incredible historical legacies of college and career preparation, citizenship development, cultural socialization, economic opportunity creation, and facilitation of intergenerational income mobility. .

Failure 89

Failure Education English STEM 89

Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2018

An amalgam of service-learning, project-based, inquiry-driven, problem-based, place-based, and culture-based learning, the program aims to boost the independence of the individual learner. With each student following a self-designed curriculum plan, there’s a palpable sense of ownership in the learning that takes place.

Gamification 129

Gamification Learning Learning Disabilities Students 129

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2018

In Mitchell’s keynote at OpenEd, she asked the audience of educators, librarians and other open education enthusiasts to think about their “tolerance for failure” in education. Each of us are making decisions about where we are okay with failure happening. So how is it possible that we can expect that as an outcome?

Textbooks 146

Textbooks Ethics Failure Attention 146

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The truth is, when it comes to navigating the interpersonal conflicts that tend to arise in schools—shaped by trauma, cultural and racial tensions, and broken trust—there is no quick fix or 1-2-3 protocol to follow. One of my students, who I previously thought wasn’t paying attention, pipes up, “That’s firme !” I felt like a failure.

Beliefs 156

Beliefs Coaching History Attention 156

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

As educators in the field of higher education today, we are led towards several questions, the most important of which is: Is there a failure to understand the crucial and circular cause-effect relationship between emotions, cognition, and academic success? These opposing mindsets created “different psychological worlds” (Dweck, 2008).

Teaching 116

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 116

Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2017

Once we break free from the constraints of the traditional school clock, we can then turn our attention to the second variable necessary for a culture of personalized learning: the teacher. For that student and so many others, our ability to leverage finite resources may be the difference between success and failure.

Learning 129

Learning Coaching English Failure 129

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

But they would also receive regular, personalized attention from a coach. Teachers liked the fact that they could dive right in and not worry about success or failure—only learning and creativity. Teachers were responsible for choosing their own topics and for a data-based research and development project.

Teachers 159

Teachers Coaching Schools Failure 159

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Both struggle to pay attention regardless of how innovative and engaging are the lesson plans. At the end of the Challenge, the team with the most points gets a prize appropriate to your school culture. The Crossing – student attempts to cross a gorge and experiences failure as well as success. I’ve been there often.

Activities 122

Activities Learning Critical Thinking Failure 122

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

As educators in the field of higher education today, we are led towards several questions, the most important of which is: Is there a failure to understand the crucial and circular cause-effect relationship between emotions, cognition, and academic success? These opposing mindsets created “different psychological worlds” (Dweck, 2008).

Teaching 98

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 13, 2025

One of the major challenges international students faces is adapting to a new educational system and culture while striving to integrate seamlessly into their new environment. While platforms like the internet and American media provide some understanding of American culture, nuances are often missed. The United States (U.S.)

Feedback 97

Feedback Culture Learning Students 97

Faculty Focus

APRIL 13, 2025

One of the major challenges international students faces is adapting to a new educational system and culture while striving to integrate seamlessly into their new environment. While platforms like the internet and American media provide some understanding of American culture, nuances are often missed. The United States (U.S.)

Feedback 93

Feedback Culture Learning Students 93

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Neff’s (2003) seminal research expands this definition by including the multidimensional construct of self-compassion, which involves treating oneself with the same kindness and understanding during times of failure or distress as one would treat a close friend or loved one.

Attention 105

Attention Communication Failure Achievement 105

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Neff’s (2003) seminal research expands this definition by including the multidimensional construct of self-compassion, which involves treating oneself with the same kindness and understanding during times of failure or distress as one would treat a close friend or loved one.

Attention 105

Attention Communication Failure Achievement 105

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

After a certain amount of time, groups rotate, allowing everyone to get personalized attention from the teacher. Research shows that for low-income students, this can be the difference between success and failure. Manning says he’s already seen a substantial shift in the school’s culture.

Blended Learning 142

Blended Learning Learning Elementary School Elementary School 142

EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2020

She often poses the question: How are our values and culture being shaped by living lives increasingly mediated by high technology? . What does that mean for human attention, bandwidth and life in general, particularly for leaders in education? Always-on devices and Attention Spans. Children experience this too.

Attention 60

Attention Failure Universal Design Intelligence 60

EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

She often poses the question: How are our values and culture being shaped by living lives increasingly mediated by high technology? . What does that mean for human attention, bandwidth and life in general, particularly for leaders in education? Always-on devices and Attention Spans. Children experience this too.

Attention 60

Attention Failure Universal Design Intelligence 60

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2019

She often poses the question: How are our values and culture being shaped by living lives increasingly mediated by high technology? . What does that mean for human attention, bandwidth and life in general, particularly for leaders in education? Always-on devices and Attention Spans. Children experience this too.

Attention 60

Attention Failure Universal Design Intelligence 60

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

She often poses the question: How are our values and culture being shaped by living lives increasingly mediated by high technology? . What does that mean for human attention, bandwidth and life in general, particularly for leaders in education? Always-on devices and Attention Spans. Children experience this too.

Attention 60

Attention Failure Universal Design Intelligence 60

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

She often poses the question: How are our values and culture being shaped by living lives increasingly mediated by high technology? . What does that mean for human attention, bandwidth and life in general, particularly for leaders in education? Always-on devices and Attention Spans. Children experience this too.

Attention 60

Attention Failure Universal Design Intelligence 60

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

She often poses the question: How are our values and culture being shaped by living lives increasingly mediated by high technology? . What does that mean for human attention, bandwidth and life in general, particularly for leaders in education? Always-on devices and Attention Spans. Children experience this too.

Attention 60

Attention Failure Universal Design Intelligence 60

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

She often poses the question: How are our values and culture being shaped by living lives increasingly mediated by high technology? . What does that mean for human attention, bandwidth and life in general, particularly for leaders in education? Always-on devices and Attention Spans. Children experience this too.

Attention 60

Attention Failure Universal Design Intelligence 60

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

She often poses the question: How are our values and culture being shaped by living lives increasingly mediated by high technology? . What does that mean for human attention, bandwidth and life in general, particularly for leaders in education? Always-on devices and Attention Spans. Children experience this too.

Attention 60

Attention Failure Universal Design Intelligence 60

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

Reflecting on our approach to course design—particularly with attention to how we build community and cultivate belonging—couldn’t come at a more crucial time. As the team found, small but critically timed interventions like this can make the difference between success and failure. But not just any feedback.

Course Design 128

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 128

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 29, 2024

On those days, I would go over and give him some attention. I also pay attention to what lights up their faces, and will often research their interests so that I can ask them questions later! Nate combats this by consciously working to build — and maintain — a culture of respect in his classroom. Some days we would talk.

Math 112

Math Testing Learning Failure 112

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Both struggle to pay attention regardless of how innovative and engaging are the lesson plans. At the end of the Challenge, the team with the most points gets a prize appropriate to your school culture. The Crossing – student attempts to cross a gorge and experiences failure as well as success. I’ve been there often.

Activities 76

Activities Learning Critical Thinking Failure 76

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Both struggle to pay attention regardless of how innovative and engaging are the lesson plans. At the end of the Challenge, the team with the most points gets a prize appropriate to your school culture. The Crossing – student attempts to cross a gorge and experiences failure as well as success. I’ve been there often.

Activities 76

Activities Learning Critical Thinking Failure 76

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

Reflecting on our approach to course design—particularly with attention to how we build community and cultivate belonging—couldn’t come at a more crucial time. As the team found, small but critically timed interventions like this can make the difference between success and failure. But not just any feedback.

Course Design 111

Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 111

k12 Online Schools

MAY 9, 2025

Surprise and novelty, too, activate attention centers in the brain, helping information stick. Use Cultural References: Explain scientific concepts using elements from popular shows, books, or celebrities that students relate to. Even short physical activities can reset attention spans. The result?

Schools 52

Schools Motivation Gamification Essay 52

EAB

MAY 23, 2023

In doing so, it has also brought clarity to the question of which challenges are most likely to define near-term enrollment success or failure. Strategic priority 2: Navigating a hostile cultural context U.S. The percentage of Americans who say college is worth the cost is currently 32%, down from 45% in 2020. Ready to find out more?

Failure 52

Failure Beliefs Testing Study 52

Cult of Pedagogy

DECEMBER 10, 2023

It might be a need for extra time or attention, a shortage of school supplies, food, or clothing, a need for transportation, a need for help with organization, structure, or time management. What are the systemic failures that are preventing the school from having food?” Why was the teacher the only person positioned to do that?

Students 52

Students Failure Counselling Culture 52

Lab to Class

JANUARY 3, 2024

Some cultures may choose to start around age 3 such as in China, Germany, or the United States, others tend to begin around age 4 or 5 such as the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, or Australia while still others don’t begin until 6 or even 7 years old such as Finland, Sweden and Estonia. Maksimenko, V., Nedaivozov, V., Makarov, V.

Teaching 52

Teaching Teachers Activities Reading 52

Edsurge

JULY 8, 2022

The idea was fear of failure would motivate students to do whatever it takes to stay above water academically. But perhaps the greatest barrier is departmental culture. One of them will not graduate.” Why should a rising professor take on alternative instruction strategies when it might not mean much to clinch a promotion?

Ethics 160

Ethics Lecturing Motivation Instructors 160