Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 24, 2015

Here are seventeen concepts you’ll want to include in your preparation: Students are graduating from high school unable to work in the jobs that are available. Besides, what you use at school may not be what students have at home. Critical thinking Education reform Lesson plans play' Play is the new teaching.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2019

Now, with a clear-eyed focus on where students need to be before graduation, they must build on the habits of mind that allow success not only in school but life. This includes knowing how to speak and listen to a group , how to think independently, and how to solve problems. Lesson plans must reflect those skills.

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k12 Digest

MARCH 6, 2025

I began my career as a traditionally trained educator, teaching elementary and high school visual arts. This is time well-spent prior to making life-changing decisions post high school. How can schools and businesses collaborate to create meaningful work-based learning opportunities?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

–Lisa Cumming, Science Teacher, Olmsted Falls High School. Some of our kids haven’t been in school for two years and are having a hard time adjusting to being back in the classroom. As schools continue adjusting to the return to classrooms, educators are searching for ways to reignite student engagement and collaboration.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Unfortunately, many students leaving elementary school are still not proficient in reading, and that creates a significant barrier to their ability to learn across subjects. Middle and high school teachers will need support to help older students with foundational reading skills to address this problem.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2015

Some had been teaching for thirty years and still enthusiastically embraced everything from twitter to the gamification of education. This modeled not just problem solving but critical thinking. They wanted to get it right, see how it worked. They are life long learners. They were problem solvers.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

–Lisa Cumming, Science Teacher, Olmsted Falls High School. Some of our kids haven’t been in school for two years and are having a hard time adjusting to being back in the classroom. As schools continue adjusting to the return to classrooms, educators are searching for ways to reignite student engagement and collaboration.

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k12 Online Schools

MAY 9, 2025

Why It Works Gamification works because it introduces immediate feedback and visible progress, two elements that keep learners engaged. Gamification doesnt mean turning every subject into a video game. Real School Example A teacher introduced the Cold War by comparing it to a dramatic “high school friendship breakup.”

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