Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Numerous online resources exist where you can find lecture notes, study guides, and other helpful materials. homework, lecture notes, practice tests). Keeping lecture notes, study guides, and other resources well-organized saves time and reduces the frustration of searching for materials during study sessions.

High School 167

High School High School Study Exams 167

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

During a two-hour lecture, the average student spends 37 minutes doing non-class related activities on their devices (Ravizza et. Students claim that instructors aren’t actually teaching, and instructors can face negative reactions to a change in their lecturing methods that were already difficult to create and introduce.

Lecturing 122

Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 122

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Even before the more recent growth of the edtech industry, educators have routinely created games and interactive challenges in order to get students engaged with subjects ranging from math and logic to history and reading. Kasumovic: I'm a university lecturer and I really wanted to get my students a bit more excited about learning.

Science 171

Science Gamification History Motivation 171

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2024

To find out, EdSurge interviewed Terri Hasseler, a professor in the Department of History, Literature, and the Arts at Bryant University in Rhode Island. If so, what’s driving the trend? And what can professors and higher ed leaders do about it? Terri Hasseler So this kind of absenteeism may not be just not being physically there.

Students 196

Students Instructors Lecturing Participation 196

Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

But there’s a reasoning behind what’s happening on screen: The idea is to trigger different parts of the brain which maybe aren’t flexing their full potential in a traditional one-way lecture format. Some researchers have criticized the model for lacking scientific evidence and relying on misleading information about how the brain works.

Teaching 159

Teaching Instructors Attention Teaching Methods 159

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Nadia I highly enjoyed the Houston Chronicle’s deep dive into book banning at Texas schools with the attention-grabbing headline “ Most efforts to ban books in Texas schools came from 1 politician and GOP pressure, not parents.” Do you love history? If you said yes to either, you should definitely check out Puppet History.

Reading 163

Reading Essay History Science 163

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

When students do not retain the information, it must be that they were not paying attention. Instructors that simply lecture through content are not adding anything to information that students can get themselves. But we teach students, not subjects, meaning that our job is not to cover content but rather to produce learning.

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Teaching Students Instructors History 111

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

This reference to a “Jap cook” gives me an opening to talk about the history of anti-Asian sentiment in the West. One of my students, who I previously thought wasn’t paying attention, pipes up, “That’s firme !” I didn’t need to lecture about the anti-Asian history of California. Firme is Chicano slang for “cool.”

Beliefs 156

Beliefs Coaching History Attention 156

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

If you are simply going to lecture at students, they do not need to be in the same physical space as you. In fact, a recent study showed that in a HyFlex class, online students were more engaged and felt it was easier to ask questions during lectures compared to in-person students (University of Copenhagen, 2021). link] Vallée, A.,

Blended Learning 132

Blended Learning Lecturing Education Learning 132

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

During a two-hour lecture, the average student spends 37 minutes doing non-class related activities on their devices (Ravizza et. Students claim that instructors aren’t actually teaching, and instructors can face negative reactions to a change in their lecturing methods that were already difficult to create and introduce.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 98

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

When students do not retain the information, it must be that they were not paying attention. Instructors that simply lecture through content are not adding anything to information that students can get themselves. But we teach students, not subjects, meaning that our job is not to cover content but rather to produce learning.

Teaching 98

Teaching Students Instructors History 98

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2020

First, the tips: The Simplest Way to Go Online is to Shift to a Video Conference Platform Stachowiak says that just lecturing to a webcam instead of an in-person class isn’t the best way to teach online, but it is the easiest way to switch. Or read the highlights here, edited and condensed for clarity and readability.

Instructors 202

Instructors Teaching Multiple Choice Questions Ethics 202

Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

two to three keywords, color/contrast change, or a symbol that attracts attention to area of the screen ). It helps concentrate student attention by emphasizing crucial information, therefore targeting certain components of the movie for processing in working memory. Spencer Willis, Jr.

Instructors 116

Instructors Quizzes Students Assignments 116

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

The latest cohort, unveiled over two days at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., featured 124 companies from 18 countries—marking the largest class in the accelerator’s history. Key to winning over a learner’s attention, he adds, is breaking down the courses into digestible chunks.

Educational Technologies 123

Educational Technologies Technology Education Elementary School 123

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Lesson #1: Thinking and learning In groups, have your students reflect upon their academic history and identify how they think and learn. Review the actual definition: The awareness that emerges through paying attention, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally to the unfolding experience moment by moment (Kabat-Zinn).

Critical Thinking 124

Critical Thinking Learning Assignments Attention 124

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A second monitor can be added to the setup for the instructor to view any lecture notes or to serve as a teleprompter that can be controlled through a laptop connected to the Lightboard CPU module. Attention span during lectures: 8 seconds, 10 minutes, or more? Example could be applied to a composition assignment.

Online Learning 111

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 111

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A professor or educator can spend a lecture or semester teaching the curriculum, but if you ask ChatGPT what the biggest takeaways from the war are, it’s possible and likely a learner is provided with even more context and historical facts via the chatbot than what is possible for an instructor to cover from a set curriculum.

Plagiarism 130

Plagiarism Education Intelligence Textbooks 130

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 29, 2023

If you are simply going to lecture at students, they do not need to be in the same physical space as you. In fact, a recent study showed that in a HyFlex class, online students were more engaged and felt it was easier to ask questions during lectures compared to in-person students (University of Copenhagen, 2021). link] Vallée, A.,

Blended Learning 98

Blended Learning Lecturing Education Learning 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

two to three keywords, color/contrast change, or a symbol that attracts attention to area of the screen ). It helps concentrate student attention by emphasizing crucial information, therefore targeting certain components of the movie for processing in working memory. Spencer Willis, Jr.

Instructors 98

Instructors Quizzes Students Assignments 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 4, 2018

His parents approached me at Open House to thank me for allowing their child to experience that time in history in ways that suited their family values. Teaching no longer involves a knowledgeable teacher who lectures from the front of the room. They are knowledgeable. They teach students in ways that communicate to them.

Teachers 141

Teachers Failure Quizzes Knowledge 141

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A second monitor can be added to the setup for the instructor to view any lecture notes or to serve as a teleprompter that can be controlled through a laptop connected to the Lightboard CPU module. Attention span during lectures: 8 seconds, 10 minutes, or more? Example could be applied to a composition assignment.

Online Learning 98

Online Learning Learning Tools Instructors Learning 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 4, 2022

How do you divide your attention between in-person and remote students? So, if the host shows a funny newspaper article to the camera, which the home audience can easily see, the in-person audience won’t miss out since they can move their attention to the monitors. How do you know if the remote students can see and hear you?

Feedback 105

Feedback Minute Papers Mobile Devices Discussions 105

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

So we have some really awesome and politically engaged students,” says Texas State senior lecturer Rachel Davenport, whose students have been trading information about where to get ballots and other details in the chat discussions of her Zoom classrooms. It is very different,” he says. “I

Lecturing 85

Lecturing Discussions History Motivation 85

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

A dozen or so students are gathered virtually in a Zoom room, inhaling and exhaling and summoning their attention for a brisk lunchtime lesson filled with music and poetry. That they devote days, years, lifetimes to understanding a sliver of biology, physics, history. Todd has focused his own research on art history.

Students 168

Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 168

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Lesson #1: Thinking and learning In groups, have your students reflect upon their academic history and identify how they think and learn. Review the actual definition: The awareness that emerges through paying attention, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally to the unfolding experience moment by moment (Kabat-Zinn).

Critical Thinking 98

Critical Thinking Learning Assignments Attention 98

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Additionally, the tablet has Bluetooth, so I am able to carry on a lecture while walking around the classroom monitoring students as they take notes or work through problems. And thirdly, we believe that there will be more urgent attention paid to professional development for K-12 educators.

Learning 363

Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Languages 363

k12 Online Schools

MAY 12, 2025

That means higher attention spans and deeper retention. Teacher Influencers: Educators breaking down topics like history, algebra, or grammar with humor and creativity through an informal learning setup. In 15 seconds, theyve illustrated a core economics principle better than many lectures. What Makes Edu-Creators So Effective?

Online Learning 52

Online Learning Lecturing Learning Textbooks 52

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Additionally, the tablet has Bluetooth, so I am able to carry on a lecture while walking around the classroom monitoring students as they take notes or work through problems. And thirdly, we believe that there will be more urgent attention paid to professional development for K-12 educators.

Hybrid Learning 294

Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Languages 294

Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2018

The curricular elements of it really were germinated when I was an undergraduate, and it was actually driven out of a course I took my freshman year about the history of American Higher education and how universities relate to their society. So in a 15 or 16 person class, everybody is paying attention—they have to deeply process.

Lecturing 114

Lecturing Art Knowledge Questions 114

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Rather than check out of the world, viewers willingly dig deeply into the topic in a way that can’t happen from a textbook or lecture. The videos you show in your classroom likely will be professionally produced with a script that appeals to short attention spans and draws students into the excitement of the material.

Multiple Choice Questions 79

Multiple Choice Questions Textbooks Knowledge Discussions 79

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2018

When I went to school, it was all about the 3Rs, desks in rows, and a teacher lecturing from the front of the room. Don’t most students learn best with reading and lecturing? Developers stepped up to meet the education interest in teaching history, math, literature, and more. Where are the resources?

Education 79

Education Gamification Textbooks Critical Thinking 79

Cult of Pedagogy

MARCH 2, 2025

There has rightly been a lot of attention devoted to this problem. Little of that attention, however, has focused on a key question facing every teacher: What should I do when absent students actually return to class?

Students 73

Students Attention Lecturing Teaching 73

Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2018

And once she had the attention of the conference goers, she used the opportunity to announce the crowdfunding campaign for Wayfinding Academy. For one thing, students quickly asked her not to lecture. Michelle Jones, founder of Wayfinding Academy, announces its crowdfunding campaign at the World Domination Summit.

Grades 117

Grades Discussions Assignments Curriculum 117

k12 Online Schools

MAY 2, 2025

Then theres attention span. Fast-paced digital content can shorten attention spans, making it harder for students to stay engaged during slower, deeper learning tasks, like reading a long article or solving a complex problem. Research shows that multitasking actually reduces productivity and retention.

Technology 52

Technology Schools Reading Math 52

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2024

With his monotone voice and lack of enthusiasm, he could convince anyone that history is incredibly boring. As a high school history teacher, whenever I meet new adults and we talk about our professions, I often find myself being met with a familiar reaction: "I disliked the subject in school, but now I find it interesting."

History 205

History Students Lecturing Social Studies 205

EAB

JULY 11, 2023

In addition to running the center, I also lecture on campus I teach a couple of different classes. But what is that value for students to continue to have a safe space or a space in which they are welcomed, to feel safe about who they are and their history or their identities? And this is a part of just modern history.

Culture 40

Culture History Questions Essay 40

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

If we pay attention, there are insights here that can guide us to radical pedagogical intervention. Before the pandemic, like many of my peers, I had been a great believer of the lecture hall, with its sense of tradition and history. at the end, I was able to modify my lecture according to the comments flowing in.

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Lecturing Education Learning Knowledge 217