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MAY 25, 2016

This is a question I get often from teachers: Technology is always an extra layer of work in my classroom. When I first addressed this issue fifteen years ago, it was all about replacing traditional classroom tools with one on a computer. How can I blend it into what I already do without taking time I don’t have?

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Technology Math Curriculum Evaluation 199

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OCTOBER 12, 2017

In fact, if you look at the list of traits valued in popular education programs such as Habits of Mind and Depth of Knowledge , the reasons why parents unschool their children mirror the traits included in these lists. let children ask questions from what is happening in the world, seek answers from readily-available resources.

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Motivation Curriculum Math Knowledge 170

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Below is an image of teacher responses to the following questions: What are the benefits and challenges of the whole group, teacher-led model from your perspective? Differentiating the content, or how students access knowledge, understanding, and skills. Below are the benefits and challenges of teaching in a whole group lesson.

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Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Learning Motivation 544

eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2024

The “Bored Board” can help give students options and eliminate the question, “ I’m done, now what? Wrong Answers Only: Have students come up with the best wrong answers to a question. So, when you see boredom beginning to take hold in your classroom, take steps to channel it toward something positive.

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Critical Thinking Middle School Middle School Lecturing 308

eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

With education hanging in the balance, the question looms: Could AI be the answer? AI offers the potential for virtual tutoring, a helper that can answer students’ questions, guide them through assignments, and provide targeted feedback without requiring the teacher’s constant input.

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Teachers Technology Ethics Classroom Management 305

eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In these preteen years, I never understood why my parents questioned how much time I spent on my phone. Several of my students in this age group entered middle school with the same background knowledge they had before the year and a half of digital learning. I got my first iPhone on my 11th birthday.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The Bored Board can help give students options and eliminate the question, I’m done, now what? Wrong Answers Only: Have students come up with the best wrong answers to a question. So, when you see boredom beginning to take hold in your classroom, take steps to channel it toward something positive.

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Students Critical Thinking Lecturing Culture 282

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

It begs the question, What is the value of racing through material if students don’t understand or retain it? Each student progresses differently based on prior knowledge, learning preferences, and exposure to the language. Despite this reality, most learning is teacher-paced, not student-paced.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Behavior management: Classroom management is often identified as one of the most difficult issues in classrooms today. Though there is not yet a tool that can manage behavior directly, there are tools that provide educators with recommendations for managing behaviors, including tools in MagicSchool.ai.

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Teaching Assistants Teaching Quizzes Intelligence 287

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 17, 2022

To help cultivate responsible decision-making in classrooms, educators should consider the following questions: How can I help students evaluate situations to identify the potential benefits and consequences of different decisions? Classroom management, promoting positive behaviors and reducing unproductive behaviors.

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Learning Syllabus Evaluation Discussions 370

Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Their developing brains observe and question the new, unfamiliar or confusing in an effort to understand the world and their place in it. Schools and districts are tasked with many challenges—from classroom management and test scores to student safety and emotional well-being. Such exploration is key to learning.

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Learning Outcomes Beliefs Student Engagement Feedback 217

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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Discussions Blended Learning Students Questions 247

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FEBRUARY 18, 2015

To prepare students well for college and career means they must deeply learn the material and its application to their lives and future learning.That means assessing student knowledge authentically and accountably. It lets everyone know if the big idea of the lesson is understood and if the essential questions have been answered.

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Authentic Assessment Quizzes Knowledge Discussions 150

Gaggle Speaks

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Let’s take a look at five key questions that pertain to one-to-one learning. It’s disconcerting to find that, after 20 years, this question is still being asked and even being used as the basis for research projects. The answer to the question is clear and simple: It depends! And students are knowledge workers.

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Questions Internet Achievement Classroom Management 75

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

By design, CTE programs consider questions that are relevant to this gap. I think about these questions each day as I prepare my students to pursue a career in education, and over the years, I’ve found that incorporating CTE skills into teaching helps students have a deeper learning experience.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

It’s seeing how that knowledge connects to life, to circumstances and to daily problems. When you ask a question, pause. In a rigorous classroom, it is the lesson. Face unknown questions with a smile. As students answer questions, expect evidence to support their answer. Make time for it. Pay attention.

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Classroom Management Critical Thinking Questions Attention 148

EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Instead, they’re expected to possess a more holistic view of the school and district, rather than technology-specific knowledge, which means superintendents often must rely on IT leaders to make informed decisions about technology purchases. . The typical superintendent needs school board approval for any tech initiative or large purchase.

Classroom Management 150

Classroom Management Curriculum Feedback Knowledge 150

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MARCH 9, 2015

Even if the sub is knowledgeable in the subject matter, s/he doesn’t have intimate knowledge of what this particular student group knows about software, websites, problem solving, and more, which can be scaffolded for the current lesson. Substitute teacher knowledge: no tech knowledge. Play simulations.

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Knowledge Critical Thinking Art Questions 121

Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2023

Experiential learning, service-learning, and discussion-based interactive instruction are three methods that are grounded in student experiences which encourage them to become further engaged within their discipline while increasing their focus on the application of knowledge over recalling information.

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Active Learning Activities Learning Students 138

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JANUARY 10, 2023

It’s what you’d hoped to do long ago when you started–but how do you turn a traditional entrenched classroom into one that’s inquiry-based? One or more will resonate with your teaching style: Don’t answer student questions–show them how to do it themselves. Encourage questions. Take the time.

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Lecturing Questions Knowledge Testing 173

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APRIL 24, 2020

The post may include a recording, an attachment, decorations, or any number of other tools to share their knowledge. Here are just a few ways to use it in your class: ask questions about reading material or the lesson plan as a formative assessment to measure student understanding of the topic. Educational applications.

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Learning Classroom Management Discussions Curriculum 154

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JUNE 13, 2022

Don’t feel like you have to know the answer to every question. Next year, incorporate it into your classroom management by asking students to submit their work electronically (if you don’t already). If you ask students to demonstrate their knowledge with technology, be open to their suggestions.

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Skills Failure Learning Knowledge 167

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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. P articipants exchange ideas, explain concepts, ask questions, and provide feedback.

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Feedback Instructors Learning Critical Thinking 155

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Every Earth Day, someone in your school, maybe the parent group, raises the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? teachers can answer questions in a timely manner. teachers can answer questions in a timely manner. To kickstart your paperless digital classroom requires a modicum of preparation.

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Textbooks Internet Classroom Management Discussions 157

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2023

These intelligent systems can analyze vast amounts of data, recognize patterns, learn from past experiences, and make decisions or predictions based on that knowledge. It can answer questions, explain concepts, and engage in interactive dialogue, promoting active learning and deeper understanding.

Communication 135

Communication Ethics Intelligence Learning 135

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

Jotform Apps is a web-based tool that enables you to create a professional-looking cross-platform app quickly and with no knowledge of coding. For classroom management –track classroom attendance, report incidents, monitor student progress, and more.

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Education Classroom Management Assignments Reading 155

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

Sub-category: Classroom Management, Writing, Differentiation. Answer summative questions curated via a flash card deck (like Quizlet ). Answer a classmate’s question. Add a 3-2-1 blog post: 3 student questions; 2 things they learned; 1 thing they want to know more about. Category: ASSESSMENTS.

Classroom Management 113

Classroom Management Writing Questions Curriculum 113

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. What is the reason that you come to the classroom? I have no evidence to support that, but it's certainly a reasonable question to ask.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

We discussed how restorative justice as a philosophy and set of practices more closely aligns with Indigenous knowledge systems than dominant criminal justice approaches in the U.S. When I taught first grade, we started every day with a community circle, where each student was given the opportunity to respond to a daily question or prompt.

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Beliefs Motivation Classroom Management Culture 192

EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 3, 2018

The district also uses GoGuardian Teacher for classroom management. Information Services Project Manager Justin Lehtinen cautions that content monitoring can result in a flood of alerts, and that districts need clear protocols to deal with them. How do you determine what you filter and flag? At what age? by Tommy Peterson.

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Internet Evaluation Questions Classroom Management 148

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APRIL 13, 2015

They tie arguments to class reading, general knowledge as well as evidence from research. They take questions. Listeners must ask evidence-based questions, look for information that will convince them which side is right. Any questions–email me at askatechteacher@gmail.com. Easily adapted to any age group.

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Schools Discussions Internet Writing 126

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Create a list of five research questions to guide inquiry including where to find the answers. On Project Presentation Day, present research and take audience questions. Resources available include help files, the digital tool’s website, how-to videos, and knowledgeable students and adults. Enjoy the research.

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Activities Schools Writing Quizzes 120

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

Lesson goals — like the Big Idea and Essential Question — shouldn’t be dependent upon the tool. They will be encouraged to learn from each other, work together, share knowledge in a collaborative open environment. Well, once they get past the backlog of questions they haven’t been able to ask all year.

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Curriculum Writing Questions Intelligence 173

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Nicole, Grade 2 teacher Time-Saving Pro Tip: Engage students immediately—and save time spent planning a summary of the prior lesson—by beginning each class with the question, "What did we learn last time?" Some of the professionals we surveyed said they would use any recaptured time to seek out new knowledge, striving for those ‘aha!’

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Teachers Learning Outcomes Intelligence Knowledge 143

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MARCH 11, 2020

You will actively collaborate, share knowledge, provide constructive feedback to classmates, publish digitally, and differentiate for unique needs. Email askatechteacher at gmail dot com with questions. Unlimited questions/coaching during virtual face-to-face meetings and other pre-arranged times. What You Get. tech ed videos.

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Teachers Authentic Assessment Internet Coaching 112

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Collaborative learning is analogous to the traditional learning model, in which teachers impact knowledge on students. Together, they create knowledge and achieve learning outcomes (Downing, 2017; Ramos, Cattaneo, de Jong, Espadeiro, 2022). This can lead to significant retention and the capability to apply knowledge novelly.

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Collaborative Learning Education Learning Students 116

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

I recently got a question from a reader asking how the lessons in my K-8 curriculum supported Dr. Norman Webb’s Depth of Knowledge philosophy — an integral concept to her school’s mission. ‘How’ and ‘why’ are good questions to bump an activity into Level Two.

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Knowledge Evaluation Learning Styles Lecturing 113