Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

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. All you need to add is a classroom full of eager middle schoolers, and you’ve got the best school year ever! Choose a classroom management system 4. Table of Contents 1.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

The key to engaging reluctant high schoolers is to get them more interested in their own learning. Use these classroom strategies for reluctant learners in high school to build relationships, stoke curiosity, and build a learning team that focuses on student success. Find new ways to assess learning 5.

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Priceless Ponderings

MAY 25, 2025

Start With Clear Classroom Expectations The start of the school year is the perfect time to introduce your science lab safety rules. Your students are already learning about school rules and classroom procedures, so why not include science safety in the mix? Want more tips for setting up classroom expectations?

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Science Activities Classroom Management Critical Thinking 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 25, 2025

How you set up your room can help you stay organized , make expectations clear to students, and create a comfortable and exciting learning environment for your class. Being intentional with bulletin board ideas and classroom decor choices can help support student growth and truly deepen learning experiences.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

You might argue that the traditional classroom still plays an essential role in education, but the rapid growth of online and hybrid models suggests otherwise. As students increasingly seek flexible and interactive learning experiences, the conventional approach may not meet their needs any longer.

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Teach Hub

JUNE 18, 2025

When you hear “online professional development,” it might bring to mind hours of clicking “Next” without really learning anything. When it’s done well, it can help grow your skills, inspire new ideas, and even make your day-to-day in the classroom a little smoother. How can you apply what you learned in the classroom?

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Participation Learning Styles Motivation Classroom Management 52

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 27, 2025

This essential third edition features new sections on why it’s about more than relationships, how to focus on a consistent, engaging learning environment, and the importance of choosing the right mode―business, parent, child―to improve your classroom management.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 25, 2016

Too often, the effort to provide evidence of learning suffered as students (and teachers) became mired in efforts to get the technology to work. As a result, they used tools they understood rather than those best-suited for the project and learning. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Where is the tool?

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Teachers Blended Learning Classroom Management Discussions 365

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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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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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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Classroom Management Discussions Communication Assignments 113

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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Blended Learning Classroom Management Discussions Writing 320

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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Discussions Instructors Beliefs Education 111

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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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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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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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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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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Discussions Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 105

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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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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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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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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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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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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Learning Classroom Management Discussions Curriculum 149

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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Distance Learning Learning Math Classroom Management 182

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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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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