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. So we change the language of our contracts. So to me, they were just kind of useless.

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Textbooks Technology Middle School Middle School 157

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. Whether its reinforcing math concepts, improving reading comprehension, or learning a new language, these resources make learning more engaging and effective.

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Skills Schools Learning Students 144

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Teachers can use this data to design subsequent lessons to ensure individual students get exactly what they need in terms of follow up instruction, coaching, scaffolds, and personalized practice. When I was coaching a second-grade teacher, we used FlipGrid to capture a sample of each student reading to assess their fluency.

Coaching 285

Coaching Learning Students Knowledge 285

EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2019

WELCOME: Well, I think a lot of school districts have invested a lot of money in professional development and tech coaches , which I don't think is the best use of their time or money. . The amount of engagement you are going to have because you are incorporating technology into a language arts lesson is going to go way up. .

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Technology Textbooks Education Testing 167

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 2, 2015

Kindle –read ebooks, newspapers, magazines, textbooks and PDFs on an easy-to-use interface. Signed Stories –beautiful stories in sign language. Young Reader– highly customizable eBook reader and speed reading coach all-in-one. First Site Words (fee)–focuses on the core vocabulary your children will need throughout their lives.

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Reading Textbooks Coaching Critical Thinking 117

Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Her desire to incentivize and reward students for their reading diligence was born out of a deep concern for some alarming English Language Arts (ELA) numbers: In 2018, when she became the principal, the lowest-performing 25% of her 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders reached only 46% of their expected yearly growth based on statewide assessments.

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Reading Peer Review Elementary School Elementary School 156

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

Instead of relying on textbooks and teacher direction, these students had to think critically about unfolding events, collaborate with peers and adults, and make creative use of digital tools to communicate their ideas. She wears a number of hats as middle school teacher, instructional coach, and author (@tweenteacher).

Skills 167

Skills Critical Thinking Communication Gamification 167

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Recently, EdSurge spoke with Malkin about his company's expansion into curricular areas beyond math, including literacy and world languages, and how research is the foundation of all its products and services. Outside of mathematics, we are focused on literacy and languages. We like to say that while others teach what , we teach why.

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Learning Outcomes Learning Math Language 156

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

From how to delve into the nuances of student learning and removing the heavy lift of teachers trying to figure out how to individualize instruction, to enabling someone like me to speak in seven languages so that I may express ideas or collaborate with others from around the world, AI holds endless potential.

Gamification 360

Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 360

Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2017

She thinks it’s “kind of seen as old-fashioned,” and most college and university campuses would go with composition and writing textbooks such as “The Little Seagull Handbook,” “The Everyday Writer” or “The Writer’s Reference.” But Hall does think that Strunk and White has been replaced.

Writing 105

Writing Textbooks English Assignments 105

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Bean backpack along with my textbooks and kelly green Trapper Keeper. Like some educators, I spend way too much time thinking about ChatGPT and other language model-based chatbots, trying to figure out what they mean for students, faculty, and instructional technology geeks like me. Did using CliffsNotes constitute cheating?

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Syllabus Academic Integrity eLearning Assignments 124

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

With their advanced degrees and English-language skills, they represent a selective set of perspectives. Chasing Shadows On the second floor of her sister’s shop, Kali Yan coaches children in English grammar, writing and recitation. “You just do it secretly,” she says. Jiao asks. “I Why is it so expensive?

Culture 162

Culture English Exams Cognitive Development 162

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Bean backpack along with my textbooks and kelly green Trapper Keeper. Like some educators, I spend way too much time thinking about ChatGPT and other language model-based chatbots, trying to figure out what they mean for students, faculty, and instructional technology geeks like me. Did using CliffsNotes constitute cheating?

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Academic Integrity eLearning Assignments 119

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. They sought assistance with engaging their Facebook and Instagram audiences and differentiating social media content for each audience.

Teaching 110

Teaching Ethics Assignments Students 110

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. They sought assistance with engaging their Facebook and Instagram audiences and differentiating social media content for each audience.

Teaching 107

Teaching Ethics Assignments Students 107

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. It is all about the prompt – this can support English Language Learners or students who may learn differently. But fear not! This year, you have a secret tool in your back-to-school arsenal: AI.

Syllabus 119

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 119

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

The college is moving away from textbooks to free open-source online materials. He has been an outspoken spokesman for issues of college access and promoting his model (below is a recent talk he gave at ASU+GSV Summit this year), and he takes a personal approach with coaching students. Tax status: Non-profit, accredited college.

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Laboratory Lecturing Art Curriculum 131

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Is someone coaching you or advising you? Use rubrics as a shared language of the route that teachers and students can use formatively to navigate the path toward high-quality work rather than as a summative tool to justify grades. Ruiz: Um, Someone else asked me that, Im not sure what intervals are. What are they?

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Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 88

Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2016

Constructionism,” a term Seymour coined in the mid-’80s in connection with the academic work on LOGO, (the children’s computer programming language) and the education movement it spawned, became the basis for our work together at the MIT Media Lab (described in a book we published in 1991). Seymour’s genius goes far beyond the academic.

Knowledge 129

Knowledge Curriculum Design Intelligence Math 129

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. It is all about the prompt – this can support English Language Learners or students who may learn differently. But fear not! This year, you have a secret tool in your back-to-school arsenal: AI.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 111

eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

Future Directions: The speakers anticipate a shift towards AI-first tools and experimentation with smaller language models, aiming for practical applications across diverse educational contexts. But to start to see what’s happening at the edges with people experimenting with some of the small language models. 00:10:16 What?

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Education Intelligence Discussions Internet 216

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2023

In this portion, instructors possess the autonomy to utilize instructional aids by offering visuals to accompany the podcast, offering class notes, figures or graphs, or reflecting pages from a textbook to proficiently convey the new material. JELE (Journal of English Language and Education) , 3 , 97. References Bustari, A.,

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Instructors Lecturing Learning Textbooks 111

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Carnegie Learning currently offers online math courseware for middle, high-school and college students, along with accompanying print textbooks as part of its blended-learning programs. Since then the company has swapped hands between other private-equity firms and private investors.

Learning 69

Learning Math Textbooks Blended Learning 69

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

” This involves establishing norms, values, and language around the application of social media, socialization, and learning. Dr. Gilpin’s academic journey began in K-12 education, where she gained invaluable experience as a teacher, instructional coach, and special education administrator.

Culture 128

Culture Learning Instructors Discussions 128

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2023

In this portion, instructors possess the autonomy to utilize instructional aids by offering visuals to accompany the podcast, offering class notes, figures or graphs, or reflecting pages from a textbook to proficiently convey the new material. JELE (Journal of English Language and Education) , 3 , 97. References Bustari, A.,

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Instructors Lecturing Learning Textbooks 90

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

” This involves establishing norms, values, and language around the application of social media, socialization, and learning. Dr. Gilpin’s academic journey began in K-12 education, where she gained invaluable experience as a teacher, instructional coach, and special education administrator.

Culture 106

Culture Learning Instructors Discussions 106

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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Coaching Communication Instructors Questions 97

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

From how to delve into the nuances of student learning and removing the heavy lift of teachers trying to figure out how to individualize instruction, to enabling someone like me to speak in seven languages so that I may express ideas or collaborate with others from around the world, AI holds endless potential.

Gamification 130

Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 130

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 23, 2025

Technology-Enhanced Learning Experiences Online education isnt just textbooks uploaded to a computer. Each move often brings a new school, new teachers, a new curriculum, and sometimes, an entirely new language of instruction. Todays platforms are dynamic, interactive, and designed for engagement.

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Schools Exams Assignments Culture 52

Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2023

For one teacher of AP Chinese Language and Culture, that morning changed from confusing to horrifying when a group of white supremacists infiltrated the virtual class, inundating the students and teachers with racist slurs, mocking noises and violent screen images. This was an additional tax to their mental health.

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Education Culture History English 162