eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2023

Poptential course packages boost student engagement by using a variety of pop culture media to illustrate concepts, including those taken from sitcoms, movies, animations, cartoons, late-night shows, and other sources. Click to tweet.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

Through the anger and frustration of their feedback, I could see what my students were really trying to tell me: they felt a distance and lack of support in my classroom, and it was unfair. I dug into the existing research about student engagement and realized that my challenge was actually that my students lacked agency over their learning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2025

For 2025, schools and districts are focused on making learning more engaging for students, creating a more positive environment for educators, and transforming school culture to meet the diverse needs of the school community.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2024

Highlighting their achievements can boost morale and encourage a supportive school culture. Engage students in meaningful activities : Keep students engaged and motivated until the last day of school by planning meaningful end-of-year projects or events.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In the evolving landscape of online education, post pandemic, it has become increasingly essential to use technology to foster student engagement. Among the many digital tools available, e-portfolios have emerged as a powerful means for enhancing student involvement, motivation, and learning outcomes.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

For example, if an AI-driven tool is used to recommend personalized learning paths for students based on historical data, it could disproportionately suggest lower-level material to students from marginalized communities if past data reflects past systemic biases.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The mind of a young student is wired to sniff out fairness, or lack thereof. For example, we ask students to make commitments to the class, such as preparing for a test scheduled on a certain date. The best part is that establishing meaningful human connections with the students is actually a boon for inspired learning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

How educators respond to this next pandemic –students’ anxiety and stress–will certainly remain a critically important priority for school administrators, counselors and psychologists in 2021. There’s a critical need for more funding for schools, including fair pay for teachers. Collin Earnst, CEO, LearnWell.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2023

The LGBTQ community is under attack with more than 300 pieces of legislation targeting this population across the country, some directed at schools, where all students should feel safe and accepted. high school students. Students also reported feeling more supported, and on the whole, experienced increased perceptions of inclusion.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Key points: It’s tough to balance student engagement and diverse learning needs Discover the advantages and disadvantages of classroom management Stay up to date on the latest in classroom learning trends The landscape of K-12 classroom management is fraught with various challenges.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Tradition is comfortable, and shifting away from it can be hard, but positive effects such as increased student engagement, trust, and growth mindset make the challenge worth it! Transitioning to student self-evaluation of learning is a cultural and instructional shift for everyone–administrators, teachers, students and parents.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This creative approach resonates with students and helps bridge the gap between theoretical concepts and practical business applications. The goal is to help students better understand various leadership styles and how they can be applied in a business management context. Wonder Woman (Diana Prince) is another interesting superhero.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

Early implications are that VR has the potential to enhance and optimize collaboration between teachers and students—in both remote and classroom-based environments. The goal was to use this VR simulation with German high school students so that they could better understand the experiences of their new Syrian classmates.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 6, 2025

Ruba also reflects on our work together implementing Universal Design for Learning and blended learning models, and the impact these approaches have had on teacher practice and student engagement. Youre putting yourselves in the students shoes and asking: What will help them build understanding? Ruba: Play is powerful.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

As students enter the online classroom, they bring with them diverse educational experiences, backgrounds, and expectations of faculty interactions. Alongside the benefits of online learning come challenges, particularly in ensuring access, engagement, and inclusion for all students.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This creative approach resonates with students and helps bridge the gap between theoretical concepts and practical business applications. The goal is to help students better understand various leadership styles and how they can be applied in a business management context. Wonder Woman (Diana Prince) is another interesting superhero.

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Assignments Teaching Ethics Textbooks 97

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In undergraduate classrooms, instructors encounter a variety of students with diverse backgrounds and different personalities. Since discussion-based learning, both in-person and virtual, remains important, teachers should find ways to encourage student engagement in classroom activities and discussions. Invite student feedback.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

As students enter the online classroom, they bring with them diverse educational experiences, backgrounds, and expectations of faculty interactions. Alongside the benefits of online learning come challenges, particularly in ensuring access, engagement, and inclusion for all students.

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Accessibility Disabilities Education Culture 98

Dangerously Irrelevant

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

If we have a great first day with our students and then gradually (quickly?) School culture, classroom learning climates, and student engagement are year-round issues. Can we please also remember that we want kids running back into school on Day 37 and Day 89 and Day 138?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Just think: Remote education means no Friday night invitations to a Shabbat dinner for students unfamiliar with Judaism; no public Diwali celebrations that spark conversations of Hinduism and Indian cultures; no late-night pancake parties the night before exams hosted by campus Christian clubs that foster meaningful discussion over a meal.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 30, 2024

Part 1 of this series is available here: [link] This is the second article on Teaching through Translation, based on material adapted from the work I presented on in, Teaching across Cultures (Shaw 2021, used with permission). The notion of what is funny varies from culture to culture. References: Shaw, P. Dahlfred, K.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 30, 2024

Part 1 of this series is available here: [link] This is the second article on Teaching through Translation, based on material adapted from the work I presented on in, Teaching across Cultures (Shaw 2021, used with permission). The notion of what is funny varies from culture to culture. References: Shaw, P. Dahlfred, K.

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2019

I am passionate about including stories that reflect the patrons I serve whose identities differ from mine, and books that broaden horizons for those with whom I share much intersectionality. For years, the options available seemed to be few and far between.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In undergraduate classrooms, instructors encounter a variety of students with diverse backgrounds and different personalities. Since discussion-based learning, both in-person and virtual, remains important, teachers should find ways to encourage student engagement in classroom activities and discussions. Invite student feedback.

Instructors 98

Instructors Feedback Discussions Participation 98

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In high school, I competed in statewide competitions with the Business Professionals of America , a student organization focused on career and leadership development, through which I learned how to receive feedback and how to lose with grace and maintain pride. Competition can be thrilling and motivating to those who choose to engage.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

By fostering a culture of continuous improvement through pedagogical observation, educators engage in dialogue to share insights, plan for instructional improvement, self-reflect, adopt effective strategies, and refine teaching practices. Faculty members are mostly reluctant to voluntarily participate in peer observation.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

By fostering a culture of continuous improvement through pedagogical observation, educators engage in dialogue to share insights, plan for instructional improvement, self-reflect, adopt effective strategies, and refine teaching practices. Faculty members are mostly reluctant to voluntarily participate in peer observation.

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Evaluation Teaching Teaching Methods Faculty Development 95

Faculty Focus

MAY 25, 2023

The difficulties in student engagement with instructor-directed reading, both in terms of the amount of reading undertaken and the participation and benefit from in-class discussion around readings, can be a prevalent problem. A Model of Active Student Participation in Curriculum Design: Exploring Desirability and Possibility.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

This surge in demand will continue post-COVID, as schools work to increase their engagement with parents, provide more detailed reporting, and create more efficient, paperless administration systems. As schools continue adjusting to the return to classrooms, educators are searching for ways to reignite student engagement and collaboration.

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Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Languages 363

Faculty Focus

MAY 25, 2023

The difficulties in student engagement with instructor-directed reading, both in terms of the amount of reading undertaken and the participation and benefit from in-class discussion around readings, can be a prevalent problem. A Model of Active Student Participation in Curriculum Design: Exploring Desirability and Possibility.

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Discussions Reading Instructors Lecturing 96

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

College settings foster collaborative learning environments, where students engage in dynamic discussions and group activities. Combating bot misuse in higher education Faculty can play a crucial role in mitigating the misuse of bots in higher education by implementing proactive measures and fostering a culture of academic integrity.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

As schools continue adjusting to the return to classrooms, educators are searching for ways to reignite student engagement and collaboration. AR and VR, for instance, brings a fun element to a lesson and can help students develop critical thinking skills. –Carol DeFuria, President & CEO, VHS Learning.

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Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Languages 288

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

College settings foster collaborative learning environments, where students engage in dynamic discussions and group activities. Combating bot misuse in higher education Faculty can play a crucial role in mitigating the misuse of bots in higher education by implementing proactive measures and fostering a culture of academic integrity.

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Academic Integrity Education Plagiarism Students 111

EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2022

You can also have a member of these programs talk to students during tours, open houses, and student organization fairs. Located in Holyoke, Massachusetts, HCC met the challenges they were experiencing in Latine/x student recruitment and enrollment head on by creating El Centro, a learning community for this student group.

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EAB

JULY 11, 2023

EAB’s Wenie Lado is joined by Dr. Brian Peterson from the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches, advises students, and serves as the Director of Penn’s Makuu Black Cultural Center. So I am Dr. Brian Peterson I run University of Pennsylvania's Black Cultural Center, which is called Makuu. DP: Absolutely. No I'm great.

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Culture History Questions High School 40

Edsurge

JULY 14, 2023

When my class wrote a book last year about artifacts of New Orleans culture and what they mean to them, a third of the class wrote about food. In every class I’ve taught over the last 12 years, cooking comes up repeatedly when I ask about my students’ goals, skills, dreams and little-known facts.

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Culture Schools Discussions Fairness 115

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Students are eager for honest exchanges about these important issues; even if they can’t vote, they know that many of the issues on the ballot impact their lives. This leaves us with the question: Where can students engage each other on these important topics most constructively? Both of you are really committed to fairness.”.

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