Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

When I first started, on July 28, 2014, the superintendent before me had ordered close to a million dollars’ worth of textbooks. At my first board meeting, I said that we have to take back all these textbooks. They had no correlation to the standards that we had just switched to, which was Common Core.

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eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2025

AI can make complex topics more accessible, personalize instruction, and provide real-time feedback. The system provides explanations and visualizations, helping students grasp abstract concepts more effectively than static textbook diagrams. Here are five examples of how AI can be used effectively in high school science classes: 1.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

That vision became AEF Schools , a place designed for students who needed something differenta structured, supportive environment where learning goes beyond textbooks and tests. To address this, AEF integrates executive functioning coaching into daily instruction.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2018

Instead of teaching with a math textbook, it’s way more fun to teach with Chrome Music lab, he added.” Using the Bitmoji Chrome extension , Minicozzi plopped it into a Google Doc, added word art—“Great Work,” “A+,” “Good Thinking”—to create feedback posters. It’s also a great way to teach AB patterns.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2021

McCray says, “I have information about the Punic Wars and Hannibal that’s not available in the textbook. Drew Williams, Lone Star’s Instructional Coach, says, “What's more important than anything is that students develop ways to manage their learning process. It's just something that I've studied a lot.”

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Is someone coaching you or advising you? For example, if you want students to support claims with relevant details, that expectation should be stated on a rubric that is given to students well in advance of when the assignment is due, and should be the focus of lessons, formative feedback, and student reflection. What are they?

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2019

In the past year alone we coached over 300 teachers across 99 schools, and conducted walkthroughs in over 700 classrooms. They can’t deeply examine theories around student engagement or productive struggle because they are required to teach page 156 from the math textbook by Friday.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

Now, Learning Equality offers a new platform in store to help achieve that: Kolibri , an open-source application that makes videos, textbooks and lessons available to learners around the world available offline. Kolibri also offers teachers the ability to better understand student progress with access to performance data via “coach reports.”

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Textbooks Internet Learning Coaching 128

Edsurge

JULY 5, 2016

Open educational resources (OER) have saved students at the University of Georgia (UGA) nearly $2 million in textbook costs alone over the past three years. In spring 2016, UGA began testing protocols for OpenStax’ Concept Coach and will pilot the next version of the software through the spring of 2017. “We Not Just the Text.

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Quizzes Textbooks Coaching Testing 95

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2019

Dear Bonni, Various times I get feedback from students that they find me too unsure when in front of the class. As I began my first night of teaching in a university setting, I asked the students to take out their textbooks for the class and turn to a particular page. You can pose a question for a future column here.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Additionally, AI can shorten the feedback loop on student work, allowing students to quickly identify any misunderstandings they may have. Immediate feedback also helps students develop self-efficacy. Courtney Groskin, Instructional Learning Coach, St. Vrain Valley Schools, Longmont, Colo. I see that continuing in the future.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 18, 2017

Offered in thirty countries and used by thousands of students, it teaches via digital worksheets, video tutorials, feedback from real (human) coaches, and a long-term plan developed with the student that encourages students to learn at their own pace, wherever they are, on a device (the iPad) that they love. How it works.

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Math Coaching Feedback Assignments 90

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

As the lazy days of summer start to dwindle, it’s time to trade in beach reads for textbooks and flip-flops for sensible shoes. Let AI handle rubrics, tailor assignments, and give feedback. Giving Feedback : Using custom criteria, AI can identify areas of strength and areas for growth in student work. But fear not!

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Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 119

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

As the lazy days of summer start to dwindle, it’s time to trade in beach reads for textbooks and flip-flops for sensible shoes. Let AI handle rubrics, tailor assignments, and give feedback. Giving Feedback : Using custom criteria, AI can identify areas of strength and areas for growth in student work. But fear not!

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Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 111

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

These peer math coaches provided instruction, encouragement, and “college knowledge,” a sense of what campus life is like and what resources new students should know about. Wallinga adopted Enhanced WebAssign (EWA), an online homework support tool that gives students instant detailed feedback. The result?

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Math Instructors Testing Feedback 123

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Assignment Details The students are tasked with creating a detailed style guide for a real company, Fitness Formula MN, a boutique personal training, pilates training, and nutritional coaching business. Secondly, I will ask students to write a draft of a style guide, give them feedback on it, and then ask them to write a final style guide.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Assignment Details The students are tasked with creating a detailed style guide for a real company, Fitness Formula MN, a boutique personal training, pilates training, and nutritional coaching business. Secondly, I will ask students to write a draft of a style guide, give them feedback on it, and then ask them to write a final style guide.

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Teaching Ethics Assignments Students 107

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

What makes Carnegie Learning exceptional when it comes to professional learning, implementation and coaching? To encourage feedback and employee engagement, we hold a standing, interactive webinar called "wouldn't it be wonderful if…." We are investing enormous resources into improving and expanding our products and services.

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Learning Outcomes Learning Math Language 156

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The textbook is filled with colorful pictures, illustrations, and attempts to present practical, real-life examples of using math in the world. When they submit work, they get personal feedback from their assigned coach who is always a qualified math teacher. Video tutorials help students with difficult problems.

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Math Feedback Coaching Critical Thinking 87

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

ASAP ensures that students complete an Associate’s degree within three years and transfer to a 4-year college or to the workforce, by supporting students with everything from a MetroCard to advising, counseling, tutoring and additional financial assistance to cover textbooks and other fees.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Heather joins EAB's Tara Zirkel to talk about how faculty advisors and administrators came together to address what appeared to be a double-digit enrollment deficit as they headed into the fall semester, what this team accomplished provides a textbook example of how to leverage people, technology and process improvements to maximum effect.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Additionally, AI can shorten the feedback loop on student work, allowing students to quickly identify any misunderstandings they may have. Immediate feedback also helps students develop self-efficacy. Courtney Groskin, Instructional Learning Coach, St. Vrain Valley Schools, Longmont, Colo. I see that continuing in the future.

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Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 130

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 23, 2025

The best online schools employ trained, certified teachers who: Teach live or asynchronous classes Grade assignments Offer individual feedback Provide one-on-one mentoring Support emotional and academic development In many cases, students find it easier to reach out to teachers online.

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