eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

During the pandemic, hints of changing grading standards and possible grade inflation raised concerns for parents and caregivers about their accuracy and fairness given the disruption of school closures and a shift to remote learning. Academic achievement and behavior must be evaluated separately and communicated distinctly.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Complete with 34 slides including blank, customizable slides, a form for peer feedback, and a set of teacher notes for implementation, this no-prep activity is a great way to practice CCSS for speaking and listening. 6 An interactive set of Google Slides introduces students to the basics of speech and debate in class.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Using rubrics helps teachers stay focused during the grading process and ensures that grading is objective, consistent, and fair. Rubrics also provide students with feedback, helping them understand their strengths and areas where they need to improve. This feedback can help students improve their skills and knowledge over time.

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Fairness Assignments Feedback Languages 545

eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2024

This could include science fairs, art exhibitions, or community service projects. Communicate effectively with stakeholders : Transparent and open communication is key to building trust and collaboration within the school community. Clear communication helps to reduce confusion and stress.

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Achievement Schools Counselling Feedback 299

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

However, C-suite leaders also acknowledge they have fallen short on providing mentoring, constructive feedback, and clearly defined paths to advancement. As edtech companies strive to maintain aggressive growth targets, more than half (54 percent) of respondents indicate that their company has conducted layoffs in the past year.

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Fairness Intelligence Communication Feedback 286

eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2023

Here are just five alternative assessment strategies teachers can try in their classroom: 5-Word Challenge: Challenge students to summarize their learning in 5 words or less (this can be on video or on paper or other mode of communication). It promotes student ownership of learning and provides a quick visual of progress.

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Metacognitive Skills Critical Thinking Fairness Testing 297

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

It can help teachers save a tremendous amount of time on administrative tasks like researching and developing lesson plans, creating rubrics for assignments, and communicating with parents–time that can be refocused on students instead. AI has the power to revolutionize education.

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Accessibility Ethics Learning Fairness 311

eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Make it known that we desire their feedback, because by doing so, we implicitly communicate to them that we trust their needs. The mind of a young student is wired to sniff out fairness, or lack thereof. Thus take to heart all reasonable requests or grievances they have. Partners are also accountable to each other.

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Learning Students Feedback Testing 256

eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2023

Here are just five alternative assessment strategies teachers can try in their classroom: 5-Word Challenge: Challenge students to summarize their learning in 5 words or less (this can be on video or on paper or other mode of communication). It promotes student ownership of learning and provides a quick visual of progress.

Metacognitive Skills 253

Metacognitive Skills Critical Thinking Fairness Testing 253

Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2019

-based startup offers a platform that texts parents to invite feedback about teachers and schools. But most importantly, says Dowell, it explicitly asks for positive feedback to share with educators. They can do even more with feedback.” And now, it’s won over a fair share of investors. Schools get better faster.

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Feedback Schools Fairness Communication 86

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

Communication is key in classrooms, and recent 21st century initiatives describe the importance of students understanding the reasoning of others and engaging in meaningful conversations using critical thinking. The course, Effective Conversation in the Classroom, launches in August with three online sessions. Read more.

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Teaching Exams Disabilities Learning 186

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

It’s a fair question given the widespread concern in the field about students using AI to write their essays or bots to do their homework for them. So as teachers are learning to use generative AI tools themselves, they’re also wrestling with when and how to communicate what they’re trying. Should they disclose that to students?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Much like participation in an athletic team, esports players learn how to work together as an effective team by communicating and collaborating with each other. We saw that communication between parents and educators soared during and after the shutdown. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company. — Keith Look, Ed.D.,

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Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Languages 363

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

Aliza Strassman , a second-grade general education teacher, leveraged the educational technology specialist at her school and her knowledge of best practices under Universal Design for Learning (UDL, a framework for designing inclusive classrooms) to create a technology-based approach to creative writing, publishing and peer feedback.

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Accessibility Distance Learning Learning Students 218

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 27, 2021

Topics include: copyrights, fair use, public domain. digital communications. Provide students with effective feedback in a collaborative, sharing manner. Teachers will actively collaborate, share knowledge, provide constructive feedback to classmates, and publish digitally. cyberbullying. digital commerce. netiquette.

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Teaching Internet Authentic Assessment Writing 194

Edsurge

MAY 1, 2023

Teachers can help students with their applications by providing feedback and referring to the detailed guidance and examples available on the application page. We give students opportunities to talk to leaders at T-Mobile and people in the trenches doing day-to-day jobs such as marketing, finance or communications.

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Students Feedback Fairness Participation 164

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Ensuring that assessments are fair, inclusive and meaningful for all students is a growing priority for educators. Assessment feedback is key to showing performance and areas for improvement. Communication and relationship building have always been in the background, but technology allows us to bring them to the foreground.

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Education Testing Fairness Discussions 191

Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

Spoiler: it may boil down to good communication. For him, there are no shortcuts to buy-in: it’s all about transparent—and frequent—communication. there are no shortcuts to buy-in: it’s all about transparent—and frequent—communication. “At We check in with the schools in the process of figuring that out. Getting teacher buy-in.

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Grades Evaluation Feedback Communication 132

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Much like participation in an athletic team, esports players learn how to work together as an effective team by communicating and collaborating with each other. We saw that communication between parents and educators soared during and after the shutdown. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company. — Keith Look, Ed.D.,

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Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Languages 291

Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Its clear that the ways we communicate, make decisions and solve problems are changing as we embrace this new technology. This framework should provide a practical and comprehensive guide on using AI within an institution, incorporating feedback and perspectives from all faculty, including teaching staff. Education is no exception.

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Education Ethics Knowledge Fairness 153

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

I also work with product designers and engineers to prototype new features based on real-time feedback from those teachers and students. Join us at one of our jobs fairs! Coming from an academic setting, expect a brief learning curve with the abundance of new technology, from video conference software to internal communications apps.

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Education Fairness Culture Communication 160

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 27, 2021

Topics include: copyrights, fair use, public domain. digital communications. Provide students with effective feedback in a collaborative, sharing manner. Teachers will actively collaborate, share knowledge, provide constructive feedback to classmates, and publish digitally. cyberbullying. digital commerce. netiquette.

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Internet Authentic Assessment Plagiarism Writing 158

Edsurge

MAY 29, 2017

Teach Students to Fish Students need practice in putting together strong resumes and cover letters, successfully applying and interviewing for internships, and communicating with professional polish. They must be able to plan projects, use data to solve complex problems, and give and get feedback. And Jalil’s hard work paid off.

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Students Essay Feedback Fairness 136

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Furthermore, managing disruptive behavior while maintaining a positive classroom climate requires skillful use of behavior management strategies and interpersonal communication. Managing a disruptive classroom involves employing a combination of proactive strategies, effective communication, and consistent discipline.

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Classroom Management Learning Disabilities Disabilities Communication 130

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

feedback from teachers —to self-evaluate their learning. Administrators must balance state accountability requirements with formative instructional approaches and communicate that balance in a way that parents and the community will embrace. What’s In A Word? Students must effectively use the data available to them—especially.

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Evaluation Teaching Learning Students 163

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

You will actively collaborate, share knowledge, provide constructive feedback to classmates, publish digitally, and differentiate for unique needs. digital communications. fair use/public domain. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Topics include: cyberbullying. digital citizenship.

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Instructors Authentic Assessment Plagiarism Participation 157

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Topics include: copyrights, fair use, public domain. digital communications. Provide students with effective feedback in a collaborative, sharing manner. Teachers will actively collaborate, share knowledge, provide constructive feedback to classmates, and publish digitally. cyberbullying. digital commerce. netiquette.

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Blended Learning Teaching Learning Internet 158

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Could an AI chatbot be integrated into an online grading platform and provide feedback to students? Then, I dropped it into a ChatGPT window and typed, “Can you give me feedback on this?” ” The instantaneous feedback it spit out was remarkably good. And, again, the feedback was sharp, thorough, and targeted.

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Feedback Writing Intelligence Attention 124

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Nathan Holbert, an associate professor of Communication, Media and Learning Technology Design at Teachers College, Columbia University says the market is saturated with “poorly designed, thoughtless, apping experiences,” and it may prove difficult to find games teaching academic skills.

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Mobile Devices Cognitive Development Communication Languages 200

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

candidates at MIT’s Lifelong Kindergarten research group, say it all started with a single piece of feedback: “Just make learning fun.” Scratch projects are also released to everyone on Scratch for feedback, comments or “remixing,” but on CoCo, projects remain within a digital “corridor” curated by an educator.

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Gamification Motivation Game-Based Learning Math 203

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

There’s a critical need for more funding for schools, including fair pay for teachers. One of the silver linings to come out of the pandemic is that parents and communities now have a renewed respect and appreciation for the invaluable role teachers play in our kids’ education. Collin Earnst, CEO, LearnWell.

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Distance Learning Hybrid Learning Accessibility Culture 362

Faculty Focus

JULY 30, 2023

While students can learn at their own pace, they have the disadvantage of limited contact with instructors and reduced opportunity of immediate feedback. It may not be fair to give a student a second chance if other students have submitted their assignments on time.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Instructors Fairness Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Could an AI chatbot be integrated into an online grading platform and provide feedback to students? Then, I dropped it into a ChatGPT window and typed, “Can you give me feedback on this?” ” The instantaneous feedback it spit out was remarkably good. And, again, the feedback was sharp, thorough, and targeted.

Feedback 116

Feedback Writing Intelligence Attention 116

Faculty Focus

JULY 30, 2023

While students can learn at their own pace, they have the disadvantage of limited contact with instructors and reduced opportunity of immediate feedback. It may not be fair to give a student a second chance if other students have submitted their assignments on time.

Student Engagement 96

Student Engagement Instructors Fairness Assignments 96

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

It works well for giant projects like museum displays, science fair projects, but it also works well for weekly vocabulary assignments,” says Robyn Tanksley, third-grade teacher at the Sexton Mountain Elementary School in Beaverton, in a video about Adobe Spark. . Boost Stakeholder Engagement Through Effective Communication.

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Schools Fairness Testing Elementary School 116

Teach Hub

MARCH 24, 2025

Assessing student presentations can feel overwhelming, you want to be fair and consistent, but you also want to provide meaningful feedback that helps students grow. It ensures consistency, minimizes bias, and makes it easier to provide constructive feedback. Thats where rubrics come to the rescue.

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Students Feedback Fairness Evaluation 73

Faculty Focus

MAY 25, 2023

Bovill et al., 2016) depict co-creation in learning and teaching as an activity involving staff and student collaborative work to create parts of the curriculum and pedagogical approaches. There is certainly scope for starting small and finding which aspects and classifications are fit for purpose and beneficial in one’s own classes.

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