eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Once onboard, those instructors participated in three different professional learning dates, plus additional ones that were added during the school year. Get teachers onboard and acclimated early. Once the final kits were decided and furniture placed, the site principal began actively hiring teachers for this new school.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2024

She’s also director of the Center for Teaching Excellence there, which provides faculty with support for instruction, edtech, course design, classroom management and grading. Some schools do, but a lot of schools generally leave absence management up to individual instructors. But I can't put exact numbers on that.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2023

What other classroom management tools are available for teachers? And, with UNIVERSE as a solution, you can bring in an instructor or lecturer from a different country. Teachers can also send students into breakout rooms and monitor them through a feature that recognizes whether or not students are engaged in discussions.

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Edsurge

JULY 17, 2018

Instructors can then use Drive and Google Docs to grade assignments and share course materials. As of now it integrates with many learning management systems, specifically, ones that support the Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standard , such as Blackboard. The instructor adds her feedback and grade, and clicks “return.”

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Assignments Feedback Instructors Writing 110

Faculty Focus

MAY 13, 2025

However, the classroom is not immune to the challenges of the wider world. Increasingly, instructors report difficulty maintaining students attention, citing ever-present distractions like smartphones, laptops, and a relentless stream of digital notifications. Yet these are not the only factors at play.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 25, 2025

What is Peer-to-peer Learning Peer-to-peer learning is where individuals learn from and with each other rather than relying on a traditional teacher or instructor. Lack of Expert Guidance : Without a qualified instructor, misinformation can spread if no one catches errors. If some peers slack off, the group suffers.

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Feedback Instructors Critical Thinking Learning 157

Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2023

Here are a few discussion strategies that have been successful in our college classrooms. Gallery walk In a gallery walk, the instructor positions items, visuals, or prompts around the classroom. Think, Pair, Share Students are assigned a partner they “pair” with and the instructor poses a question or topic for discussion.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

As a kindergarten teacher, I recognized the need to balance classroom management with the need for kids to move and be kids.” Chris Biffle is a former college instructor who started the movement back in 1999, along with its accompanying organization, called Whole Brain Teaching.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 17, 2023

An instructor can ask students to take out their mobile phones and check for the answers. Active participation from the instructor during a class activity holds equal significance. Instructors can engage students when they establish a practical connection between theory and practice. Can you find it? Avoid last-minute co ntent.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 5, 2023

According to the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) , today’s universities lean on strong teaching skills from their instructors, including adjunct instructors, and research shows a direct correlation between classroom management skills and higher retention rates and increased on-time graduation rates.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 13, 2025

However, the classroom is not immune to the challenges of the wider world. Increasingly, instructors report difficulty maintaining students attention, citing ever-present distractions like smartphones, laptops, and a relentless stream of digital notifications. Yet these are not the only factors at play.

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Syllabus Instructors Learning Confidentiality 98

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

These technologies, along with Intelitek’s programs, empower instructors and inspire students to pursue careers in cutting-edge businesses. Lenovo also introduced a new collaborative feature for its LanSchool Air classroom management solution.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 5, 2023

According to the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) , today’s universities lean on strong teaching skills from their instructors, including adjunct instructors, and research shows a direct correlation between classroom management skills and higher retention rates and increased on-time graduation rates.

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Instructors Culture Students Skills 111

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Topics include but not limited to: Flipped Classrooms. Student-led Classroom Management. Transforming Traditional Classroom Lessons to Online Learning. At completion, students receive a certificate (or grad school credit) and feedback from certified instructors. Elementary Math. Writing Prompts. Blended Learning.

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Teaching Education Learning Assignments 180

eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2024

with login options, diverse virtual coaches, multi-language support (including Spanish in 2024), closed captioning, and an enhanced dashboard for easier classroom management. The platform has seen significant developments, including a new VR application for Career Exploration 2.0

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2024

Guided Meditation Guided meditation sessions, led by trained instructors, can introduce students to meditation. Lack of Resources Schools may face budget constraints or a shortage of trained instructors for mindfulness programs. Mindful Movement Activities like yoga or tai chi promote mindfulness through movement.

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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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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2018

This issue has many implications for student learning, but one that is often overlooked is that a shortage of qualified instructors can have a crippling effect on a school district’s ability to implement technology effectively. While technology can address a variety of education challenges, the misuse of it can be disruptive to learning.

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Teachers Instructors Coaching Special Education 124

Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2023

Many instructors have observed variability in students’ motivation to learn and grow. How can we, as educators, enable engagement, persistence, and improved performance in the classroom? As instructors, it is crucial to recognize that individual mindsets are not fixed— they are malleable and can be changed.

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Beliefs Motivation Instructors Students 116

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 17, 2023

An instructor can ask students to take out their mobile phones and check for the answers. Active participation from the instructor during a class activity holds equal significance. Instructors can engage students when they establish a practical connection between theory and practice. Can you find it? Avoid last-minute co ntent.

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Attention Teaching Instructors Minute Papers 105

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Meditation : Instructors ask students to move slowly through positions while being mindful of their breathing and various body parts. SMART goals: Instructors ask students to create one or more goal statements that fit the specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, timely criteria.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2024

Given suspicions that a student has cheated in a course, one of the most common recommendations is that an instructor meets with the student to discuss those suspicions. For the instructor, leveling accusations, even in the presence of stone-cold certainty, is almost equally unpleasant. No one wants this meeting.

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Instructors Academic Integrity Students Ethics 111

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

While many colleges and universities make use of an embedded instructor model—in which a qualified high school faculty member uses a rigorous college curriculum to teach students—other models send faculty to high schools or enroll dual credit students directly on-campus in non-dual credit courses. They may not.

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Instructors Peer Review High School High School 122

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Students are often reluctant to seek academic help from their instructors, despite the fact that many of them could benefit from the help. The probability of student help-seeking behavior is a function of several independent and interacting factors that include qualities of the student, instructor, and environment.

Instructors 111

Instructors Questions Discussions Motivation 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2024

Given suspicions that a student has cheated in a course, one of the most common recommendations is that an instructor meets with the student to discuss those suspicions. For the instructor, leveling accusations, even in the presence of stone-cold certainty, is almost equally unpleasant. No one wants this meeting.

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Instructors Academic Integrity Students Ethics 105

EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2018

That technology includes HP and Lenovo laptops, tablets, G Suite for Education, NEC projectors , eBeam , Schoology learning management system, LanSchool classroom management software and Kajeet hotspots (for students to use at home). Photography by: Jonathan Robert Willis.

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Blended Learning Learning Coaching Participation 158

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

To add ineffective notetaking to lower content knowledge, fewer opportunities to practice skills in writing and speaking, and, for some, a return to in-person learning after lengthy time spent in online classrooms, presents an even greater hindrance to student learning and success. Some professors already ban phones from their classrooms.

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Instructors Lecturing Writing Critical Thinking 111

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

To add ineffective notetaking to lower content knowledge, fewer opportunities to practice skills in writing and speaking, and, for some, a return to in-person learning after lengthy time spent in online classrooms, presents an even greater hindrance to student learning and success. Some professors already ban phones from their classrooms.

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Instructors Lecturing Writing Critical Thinking 111

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

The new version offers a 2 for 1 solution to manage technology both in the classroom and across the school or district, which includes both NetSupport School (classroom management) and NetSupport DNA (IT asset management).

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Language Languages English Internet 112

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

While many colleges and universities make use of an embedded instructor model—in which a qualified high school faculty member uses a rigorous college curriculum to teach students—other models send faculty to high schools or enroll dual credit students directly on-campus in non-dual credit courses. They may not.

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Instructors Peer Review High School High School 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

What I have found most helpful is not just their advice on classroom management or assignment designit is the candid conversations about their own experiences. Seeking a mentor (or several) as a young instructor helped me gain confidence and look out for potential issues I might experience.

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Teachers Instructors Students Assignments 87

Faculty Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

When recording I always include a video of the screen and myself as this dual approach has a more positive effect on learner outcomes than a static picture of the instructor (Zhang and Yang, 2022). Amy Winger is an online instructor for the University of Phoenix. Education Sciences 12, no. 12 (December 2022): 935. 7 (July 2022): N.PAG.

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Instructors English Lecturing Motivation 111

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Students are often reluctant to seek academic help from their instructors, despite the fact that many of them could benefit from the help. The probability of student help-seeking behavior is a function of several independent and interacting factors that include qualities of the student, instructor, and environment.

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Instructors Questions Discussions Motivation 98

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2018

That spurred GitHub to launch earlier this year a teacher-training program, Campus Advisors , to support instructors in their courses. Earlier this year it acquired the team behind Chalkup , a classroom management software. billion acquisition offer from Microsoft. Then there’s Minecraft—for which the company paid $2.5

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Education Students Science Instructors 130

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

In this way, backchannels serve as a formative assessment for instructors to identify ways to improve the delivery and impact of our teaching. They also allow instructors to generate a steady stream of signals we can use to support our students. Great instructors go a step further by asking more of their students.

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Course Design Feedback Instructors Students 128

Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2023

Many instructors have observed variability in students’ motivation to learn and grow. How can we, as educators, enable engagement, persistence, and improved performance in the classroom? As instructors, it is crucial to recognize that individual mindsets are not fixed— they are malleable and can be changed.

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Beliefs Motivation Instructors Students 98