Classroom Management, Discussions and Learning

Taking the “Manage” Out of Classroom Management

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Every time I lead a blended learning workshop, teachers ask me the same question. Classroom management isn’t something I have struggled with. That’s not to say that I haven’t had challenging students throughout my 16 years in the classroom, but their behavior is never an ongoing issue or distraction.

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14 classroom management strategies to increase student learning

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

When the right classroom management tools are in place, students are able to learn more as their engagement increases. Online discussions or group collaboration to increase student engagement. Badges as a method of classroom management. Next page: Resources to boost student learning.

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Combatting the Challenges of Whole Group Lessons with Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 5, 2021

When I work with teachers shifting to blended learning, I strive to establish the WHY driving our work together. I want teachers to understand the purpose and value of the shift to blended learning. Blended learning is not a reaction to a moment. In training sessions, I ask teachers to think about why they use this model.

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Tons of Online Resources About Classroom Management

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

Classroom management tools are useful for teachers to create an organized, productive, and conducive learning environment. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. ” Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Social-Emotional Learning Part III: Responsible Decision Making

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Classroom management, promoting positive behaviors and reducing unproductive behaviors. They know what makes them feel safe and supported in learning environments. They also understand what makes them feel unsafe or uncomfortable taking academic risks in a classroom. A person’s ability to empathize.

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5 ways tech helps create calmer learning environments

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2023

Today, most teens have access to a smartphone and more than 80 percent of K-12 students use a school-issued device as part of their learning. Students are clearly more connected than ever, both inside and outside of the classroom. There are also certain classroom discussions where anonymity is key.

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Social-emotional Learning Part II: Self-management

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 1, 2022

In my last blog post , I said self-awareness is a foundational social-emotional learning skill. As students understand themselves on a deeper level, they’re more likely to be successful in developing their self-management skills. Benefits of Developing Self-management. What lessons have I learned? What worked well?

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TEDx Talk – Education Reimagined: Student-led Learning

Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2024

Do you feel like our current approach to teaching and learning is working for either teachers or students? This belief is what drove me to develop my TEDx Talk titled “ Education Reimagined: Student-Led Learning.” I hope individuals, teaching teams, schools, and districts will use this tool to reflect, discuss, and take action.

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3 Pillars of High-quality Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2023

Blended learning seamlessly weaves together online and in-person learning experiences to boost student engagement and meet the unique needs of a diverse class by providing flexible pathways through learning experiences. When students have a voice in their education, they become more engaged and invested in the process.

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Teacher Engagement Part II: Emotional Engagement

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 17, 2022

Two main factors can have a significant impact on a teacher’s emotional engagement at work: The quality of their relationships with students Student behaviors and classroom management. Student Behaviors and Classroom Management. Relationships require maintenance.

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Navigating Heated Classroom Discussions: Tips for Educators

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 3, 2023

There are times when course material can unexpectedly ignite charged classroom discussions that leave both students and teachers feeling unprepared and overwhelmed. It is incumbent upon instructors to approach these types of discussions with care by creating a classroom atmosphere based on respect, open dialogue, and active engagement.

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One word, meaningful impact: Creating classroom culture through collective dialogue

eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Sometimes they will cold call students, while other times they will ask students to share what they learned after theyve had a chance to read the assigned material or discuss it with their classmates in groups. If we want students to see learning as a shared experience, we must be intentional in the language we use.

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'Let It Go': A New Set of Classroom Management Strategies for the 21st Century

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2016

21st century classrooms include flexible seating, 1:1 technology, and student-led learning—in my opinion. But as in all classrooms, moving into the next century doesn’t mean that you completely forget everything you know. Classroom management. The traditional model of rows of classrooms facing front.

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5 ways your classroom environment boosts student engagement

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Key points: Tying classroom decor to learning themes is great for student engagement The psychology of classroom management 3 pillars for building a positive classroom culture For more news on classroom management, see eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Teachers have their own preferences and approach when it comes to classroom decor.

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Station Rotation Tip #5: What Does Each Station Look Like and Sound Like?

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Once I’ve clearly articulated the value of my teacher-led station and why I need to be able to focus on the students at that station, I’ve found it helpful to engage students in the process of identifying what learning should look and sound like given the learning task. What Does Each Station Look and Sound Like?

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Navigating Heated Classroom Discussions: Tips for Educators

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 3, 2023

There are times when course material can unexpectedly ignite charged classroom discussions that leave both students and teachers feeling unprepared and overwhelmed. It is incumbent upon instructors to approach these types of discussions with care by creating a classroom atmosphere based on respect, open dialogue, and active engagement.

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Utilizing Conflict Management Strategies to Navigate Difficult Classroom Discussions

Faculty Focus

JULY 16, 2024

It is not unusual for difficult discussions to arise in the classroom for both students and educators or between students. These discussions may be because of conflicting views, controversial topics, heightened emotions, and different experiences. When these rules and norms have been communicated, the discussion can begin.

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Survey: What online professional learning do teachers prefer?

eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2016

New survey reveals teachers’ professional learning preferences, trends in priorities. The 2016 Vision K-20 Professional Learning Survey Report is the ninth annual national K-20 educator survey from the Education Technology Industry Network (ETIN) of SIIA, and also is the first survey focusing on online professional learning (PL).

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Utilizing Conflict Management Strategies to Navigate Difficult Classroom Discussions

Faculty Focus

JULY 16, 2024

It is not unusual for difficult discussions to arise in the classroom for both students and educators or between students. These discussions may be because of conflicting views, controversial topics, heightened emotions, and different experiences. When these rules and norms have been communicated, the discussion can begin.

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I’m a Gen Z teacher–schools rely too much on Chromebooks

eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

As the back-to-school season unfolded in New York, the city’s teachers set up their classrooms how they usually do: by putting up posters, reading through curriculums, sharpening pencils, and, for roughly a decade , charging Chromebooks. These lightweight laptops have become a staple of the post-COVID classroom, and for good reason.

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Asynchronous Learning or Live Lessons? Which One Works Better for Me?

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

There is a dearth of evidence to help teachers make informed choices on how to allocate time to asynchronous vs. synchronous online learning. By looking at research into online learning and human development, we can begin to grapple with the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. Let’s start with the basics.

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3 Reasons Teachers Should Use the Playlist Model

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

A playlist is a sequence of learning activities designed to move students toward a desired result. Most playlists culminate in a performance task or artifact intended to demonstrate students’ ability to transfer or apply what they learned working through the playlist.

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How AI Will Change Personalized Learning

eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Personalized learning and of course, AI. One of these terms, personalized learning, has been around for a while. The other AI is obviously the hot new topic that’s infiltrating every conversation, from curriculum development to classroom management and beyond. You can’t escape it. Have a listen. OK, Keisha.

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Is a Metaverse for Education the Next Logical Innovation in Teaching and Learning?

Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2023

A 3D immersive environment fosters healthy social interactions while reducing learning barriers. An avatar-filled metaverse may seem like a potentially disruptive expansion to a classroom environment. Kevin Chu Chu: Online learning has been growing over the past decade. Teachers can divide students into discussion groups.

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3 Apps That Energize Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 24, 2020

Flipgrid is a freemium discussion app where teachers (or even students) pose a discussion topic (via video) and students respond with a short video. let students pose questions about material that classmates can answer–a backchannel approach to learning. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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The Station Rotation Model Tip # 4: Encourage Offline Student Collaboration Using Talking Chips

Catlin Tucker

JULY 17, 2023

Although they understand the benefits of these collaborative conversations in station rotation, including increased self-efficacy, relationship building, and constructing knowledge together, teachers usually feel more comfortable designing teacher-led collaborative stations where they can control the discussion and ensure everyone is on task.

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Building Student Ownership through Active Learning Strategies

Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2023

In order to stay relevant in today’s college classrooms within our fast-paced and ever-evolving world, professors must be ready to utilize instructional tools of all kinds to actively engage students in authentic learning experiences that take them beyond the classroom.

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Privacy and data protection are driving edtech adoption trends

eSchool News

JULY 24, 2024

There are nearly half a million educational apps available for learning, as well as an innumerable number of edtech tools beyond apps. Data from 2023 reported that educators deal with an average of 42 learning apps and devices each day. Many IT directors do not have enough time to wade through complicated statements and legalese.

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Going the Distance: 5 Essential Features of an LMS That Support Remote Learning

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Built originally for classroom management, many LMS platforms haven’t evolved for today’s highly fluid teaching environment. Students’ kitchens became their classrooms, parents became co-teachers and tech support, and the internet became a lifeline to learning. Educators need to ask: Can my LMS go the distance?

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8 informal assessments to pinpoint what your students need

eSchool News

MAY 16, 2018

The great thing about informal assessments is they help us gauge students’ understanding during the learning process instead of after. Informal assessment also changes teachers’ relationship to student learning. Teachers are already stretched when it comes to classroom management and covering all the required content.

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How school leaders can foster a culturally responsive framework

eSchool News

MAY 9, 2024

This type of professional development goes beyond one-time workshops or surface-level training; it involves ongoing learning opportunities that promote deep reflection, self-awareness, and meaningful change in practice.

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Resources to encourage students’ civic engagement

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Students can argue actual Supreme Court cases, practice advising the president in key historical moments, learn to build and balance national budgets, and more. revolution to more recent discussions on rights and liberties, there are lesson plans and activities available for whatever unit your students need.

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35 edtech innovations we saw at FETC 2023

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This year’s Future of Education Technology Conference landed in New Orleans, and the conference was abuzz with post-pandemic learning recovery tools, solutions to promote equity among students and parents, strategies for digital access, student mental health, social and emotional learning tools, and more.

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Best practices for rolling out tech in the classroom—an administrative perspective

eSchool News

MAY 12, 2017

At The Shipley School, we’ve embraced how technology can aid in the learning process for all of our students, particularly in our Middle School (grades 6-8) and Upper School (grades 9-12) classrooms. Time Management. Long before our students had laptops in hand, we began working with our Middle School and Upper School teachers.

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McGraw Hill Announces a Next Gen Update to Its Beloved Reading Mastery K–5 Instructional Solution

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Learning science company McGraw Hill today announced the release of Reading Mastery Transformations , a long-awaited update to the beloved and effective English language arts solution for grades K–5, used in tens of thousands of classrooms across the country and trusted by educators for 65 years. ” .

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How to Change the Dynamics of Peer-to-peer Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 25, 2025

” –Albert Einstein Peer-to-peer learning–acquiring knowledge from a peer group–has become a popular strategy as teachers move from a teacher-lecturer education model to teacher-guide. How is it implemented The Roman philosopher Seneca declared: docendo discimus (by teaching, we learn). So how is it done?

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Leadership for Deeper Learning: Excerpt 04

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 24, 2021

[To celebrate our upcoming book, Leadership for Deeper Learning , I am publishing an excerpt each day for a week before its release. We interviewed leaders at 30 different ‘deeper learning’ schools around the world in 2019 and 2020. As you might imagine, we saw some fantastic leading, teaching, and learning.

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What All High Schools Can Draw From Career and Technical Education Programs

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

Ethan, a high school junior studying to become a secondary history teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning, was presenting findings from his extensive research to the staff at our school. The population of students I serve as a teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning are interested in pursuing a career in education.

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The Station Rotation Model Tip #3: Practice Rotating for Seamless Transitions

Catlin Tucker

MAY 7, 2023

After students have completed moving through the station rotation, I post these self-reflection questions for students to think about and discuss with a partner: On a scale of 1-5 (five being the highest), how well do you think the class did when moving from station to station? That is valuable learning time.

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5 ways PBIS boosts morale and increases learning opportunities

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Well share some of what we learned and hope that it inspires others to reach new heights as well. Here are five key ways PBIS can boost morale and open doors to learning opportunities. For instance, staff-led discussions on respect led to collaborative art projects that have deepened student understanding of school values.

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Using Collaborative Learning to Elevate Students’ Educational Experiences

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Collaborative learning is an educational environment where students work together in smaller groups to achieve a common goal. Collaborative learning is analogous to the traditional learning model, in which teachers impact knowledge on students. Group processing also allows the group to identify and examine areas of improvement.

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15 Skills To Learn this Summer and Use Next Year

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2022

So what are the absolute basics you should learn this summer that will make a difference in your Fall class? Here are fifteen ideas that will still leave you time to enjoy sunsets and hang out with friends: Learn basic tech problems. There’s a lot to be learned from failure. Learn from others and share your knowledge.

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The Link Between Edtech, Curiosity and Creativity in the Classroom

Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

When it comes to engagement, teachers value learning experiences that address the whole child—creatively, cognitively and emotionally. Such exploration is key to learning. Schools and districts are tasked with many challenges—from classroom management and test scores to student safety and emotional well-being.

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New Teachers Need More Support. Here's an Easy Way to Help

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2022

One simple strategy capable of delivering high-impact results in this regard is the targeted use of classroom video. This approach helps teachers reflect deeply and hold evidence-based discussions with coaches and colleagues. And the effect is just as powerful when it comes to student learning. Recommended Resources.

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Taking the “Manage” Out of Classroom Management

14 classroom management strategies to increase student learning

Trending Sources

Combatting the Challenges of Whole Group Lessons with Blended Learning

Tons of Online Resources About Classroom Management

Social-Emotional Learning Part III: Responsible Decision Making

5 ways tech helps create calmer learning environments

Social-emotional Learning Part II: Self-management

TEDx Talk – Education Reimagined: Student-led Learning

3 Pillars of High-quality Blended Learning

Teacher Engagement Part II: Emotional Engagement

Navigating Heated Classroom Discussions: Tips for Educators

One word, meaningful impact: Creating classroom culture through collective dialogue

'Let It Go': A New Set of Classroom Management Strategies for the 21st Century

5 ways your classroom environment boosts student engagement

Station Rotation Tip #5: What Does Each Station Look Like and Sound Like?

Navigating Heated Classroom Discussions: Tips for Educators

Utilizing Conflict Management Strategies to Navigate Difficult Classroom Discussions

Survey: What online professional learning do teachers prefer?

Utilizing Conflict Management Strategies to Navigate Difficult Classroom Discussions

I’m a Gen Z teacher–schools rely too much on Chromebooks

Asynchronous Learning or Live Lessons? Which One Works Better for Me?

3 Reasons Teachers Should Use the Playlist Model

How AI Will Change Personalized Learning

Is a Metaverse for Education the Next Logical Innovation in Teaching and Learning?

3 Apps That Energize Learning

The Station Rotation Model Tip # 4: Encourage Offline Student Collaboration Using Talking Chips

Building Student Ownership through Active Learning Strategies

Privacy and data protection are driving edtech adoption trends

Going the Distance: 5 Essential Features of an LMS That Support Remote Learning

8 informal assessments to pinpoint what your students need

How school leaders can foster a culturally responsive framework

Resources to encourage students’ civic engagement

35 edtech innovations we saw at FETC 2023

Best practices for rolling out tech in the classroom—an administrative perspective

McGraw Hill Announces a Next Gen Update to Its Beloved Reading Mastery K–5 Instructional Solution

How to Change the Dynamics of Peer-to-peer Learning

Leadership for Deeper Learning: Excerpt 04

What All High Schools Can Draw From Career and Technical Education Programs

The Station Rotation Model Tip #3: Practice Rotating for Seamless Transitions

5 ways PBIS boosts morale and increases learning opportunities

Using Collaborative Learning to Elevate Students’ Educational Experiences

15 Skills To Learn this Summer and Use Next Year

The Link Between Edtech, Curiosity and Creativity in the Classroom

New Teachers Need More Support. Here's an Easy Way to Help

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