eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2024

It’s possible to combine PBL and maker education across the curriculum–and during a must-see ISTELive 24 session , Nicholas Provenzano , a teacher, technology coordinator, and makerspace director at University Liggett School in Michigan, demonstrated just how to do it. The best part? Why maker education?

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APRIL 29, 2024

From the three-paragraph essay to one that lives up to the purpose of essays is a big leap both scholastically and skills-wise. Abbie Kay from State of Writing emphasizes that solid writing is about expressing ideas and effectively engaging and persuading your audience.

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eSchool News

JULY 22, 2020

Revising in response to formative feedback is a cornerstone of effective writing instruction. Providing substantive comments on stacks of student essays, however, is highly time-consuming for busy teachers. Despite the potential of AWE systems to support writing instruction, they have not been widely adopted by schools or teachers.

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MAY 2, 2024

Is using AI in your essay writing unethical and a potential reason your teacher may debate your work’s authenticity? This is the same concern that has been posed about essay writing services and the people who use them. However, boundaries become murkier when it comes to AI and its role in writing essays.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

Writing an essay paper like a pro needs specific critical skills. Keep reading to enhance your ability to curate a unique essay paper. We are talking about essay writing, which you find a daunting task. Writing an essay is mostly difficult for students as they need to rely on their research and writing abilities.

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MAY 18, 2023

Many students dread IB essays. Read how to draft an IB extended essay below Writing Strategies for an Extended Essay in the International Baccalaureate Program IB is a rigorous two-year project for personal and academic development. One of them is the extended essay. So, right off the bat, avoid this pitfall.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 28, 2021

I enjoyed the tactile experience of writing down my events, notes to myself, and lesson ideas. Provides a place to write notes, but lesson needs are kept separately in a binder or in separate files on a computer. The level of detail may be limited by a lack of space to write detailed notes. For years, I used a daily planner.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2017

How do you know when a student has turned in a good essay? For Patti West-Smith, the answer is simple: Does the piece of writing do its job? There’s no magic prescription for that,” said West-Smith, a former teacher, principal, and instructional supervisor who now heads the curriculum team at Turnitin. Purpose and Audience.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 28, 2017

If students are working 0n an essay, I dedicate one station each day to providing real-time feedback as they write. There are other aspects of writing covered in the rubric, but I don’t try to assess them all for every single assignment. I’m barely getting through all of the curriculum.”

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eSchool News

MAY 22, 2017

I feel confident that education will always be needed; but, occasionally I wonder if writing education has value in a computer-driven world. Schwab profiles a report titled “2017 Designs in Tech” which references writing as among the unicorn skills in design. Writing as Job Market Differentiator. Writing for Great UX.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2017

As with any skill, the key to better writing is more practice. But that creates a dilemma for the teachers tasked with helping students improve their writing skills: How can they build more opportunities into the curriculum for students to practice writing, while still giving students both timely and meaningful feedback?

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eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2017

Certain teacher professional development could have a positive impact on academic writing by English learners in grades 7-12, according to a study from the University of California, Irvine. During the academic writing assessment, secondary school students composed timed, on-demand essays interpreting themes from fiction and nonfiction texts.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

Teaching Critical Thinking Through Essay Examples: Unlocking Minds We’re exploring a fun classroom adventure where teachers teach us to think carefully and write good essays using examples. We’ll see how these great teachers turn simple essays into smart thinking tools. Why Essays?

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eSchool News

JULY 19, 2016

has partnered with Story2 , a company that teaches students to tell their stories out loud and write authentic admission essays, to use the Story2 EssayBuilder Plus platform to improve college access and readiness among its high school students. Perris Union School District in Riverside, Calif.,

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MAY 27, 2025

True leadership involves not only encouraging teachers to reconnect with their purpose but also ensuring that they are seen, heard and supported, writes Ryan Burns, an instructional coach and adjunct professor in Warwick, Rhode Island, and a 2024-2025 fellow of the EdSurge Voices of Change Writing Fellowship.

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eSchool News

MAY 7, 2019

Anyone who says you can’t apply computational thinking and digital learning strategies to strengthen students’ writing skills is wrong. I especially enjoy using their Curriculum Connectors , online resources for teachers across disciplines to help their students apply computational thinking techniques. Collecting data.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

In a setting where the pace is dictated by the teacher or the curriculum rather than the learner’s needs, students may rush through the material without fully understanding it. I’ve built project playlists, close-reading playlists, and writing playlists.

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MAY 16, 2023

This post will introduce you to some quick tips for writing a research paper along with the importance of samples. Simple Steps for Research Paper Writing and the Importance of Samples Research papers are academic writings that offer rigorous analysis, evaluation, assessment, and interpretation of a specific topic.

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

I think students are reading and writing more than ever. Is it quality writing? I think students are reading and writing more than ever,” says Jeremy Hyler, an eighth-grade English teacher at Fulton Middle School in Michigan. “Is Is it quality writing? But it’s like learning how to write an argument for the SAT.

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eSchool News

MAY 4, 2017

You take a student’s essay, start reading it, and it doesn’t feel right. The writing structure, word constructions, and deductions are unlike this mentee of yours! You go to PlagiarismCheck , Copyscape , or any other resource to check that essay for plagiarism and…ta da! Everything starts with suspicion.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Classes have a wide mix of strengths and weaknesses, and a one-size-fits-all curriculum does not meet most children’s needs. Instead, the curriculum was compartmentalized and decisions were consistently made about students without their voice. With UDL, teachers proactively design the curriculum to eliminate barriers.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

While AI tools can indeed generate answers or essays, this highlights the need to rethink assessment strategies. For example, students can use AI for initial brainstorming or as a tool to refine their writing, requiring them to demonstrate understanding by reflecting on or critiquing AI-generated content.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

When was the last time you wrote an essay? Whether text, video or something else entirely, each of these mediums encompasses a form of writing. The ubiquity and impact of digital writing can’t be ignored. The ubiquity and impact of digital writing can’t be ignored. We can not omit digital literacy from our curriculum.

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MARCH 12, 2025

I know–many consider online services that write papers for you as a hard no, but let’s talk about that. Thats why students look for ways to make the process easier, and one of the smartest moves is using a term paper writing service. Avoiding last-minute panic Nobody writes their best work at 3 AM the night before its due.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2024

Z enny Ulloa, a curriculum support specialist at Miami-Dade County public schools, told me at ISTELive 24 that part of this creative learning process should require students to explain how they used ChatGPT or other AI tools. Students then engage in “intelligence augmentation,” or the enhancement of human intelligence through AI tools.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

You can talk to ChatGPT like you would with a person, and it will generate text that sounds similar to human writing. ChatGPT can be used for a variety of text-based tasks such as having a conversation, answering questions, writing content, and more.” She loves to share bright ideas and her discoveries in writing.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The MLA-CCCC Joint Task Force on Writing and AI Working Paper highlights AI’s manifold advantages to higher education. It has been instrumental in breaking down the initial hesitations and barriers often experienced during the writing and revising process.

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Essay Writing Critical Thinking Language 290

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

In this article, I’ll focus on preparation for the SAT essay portion. General preparation hints include: practice good writing with every school essay students write. read a lot — and let that inform your writing. Khan Academy SAT Reading and Writing Practice. take practice tests.

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MARCH 12, 2018

“I love teaching and helping kids grow,” she added, “but I hate that writing instruction takes up hours and hours of my life.” A 2016 study of 3rd to 8th grade educators found that only 55% of teachers said they enjoy teaching writing. 9% of writing assignments in grades six to eight include long form writing.

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Writing Teaching Education Feedback 156

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

How can I best support students with very poor writing skills when the class is not one specifically focused on writing? I'm already encouraging them to use the Writing Center and giving feedback that highlights one or two specific grammar/ clarity issues to focus on. Inoue, director of the writing center at the U.of

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Writing Skills Teaching Essay 155

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JANUARY 23, 2017

But Mayfield’s true passion is language—particularly writing. He also spent time consulting for high profile companies like CTB McGraw-Hill and College Board, which wanted to learn more about student writing. One thing that I’m working very hard to change is the baseline premise that writing is a high-stakes thing.

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OCTOBER 9, 2017

Coding and computer science have yet to make their way into every school curriculum in the U.S. And while these programs attempt to arm students will the ability to code, they sometimes overlook a critical skill that developers, computer science scholars and tech recruiters say is key to landing a job in their field: writing.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 28, 2023

BOSTON – As part of its human-centered approach to AI in K-12 education, learning technology company HMH today announced new OpenAI-powered integrations within Writable , its award-winning writing practice and assessment solution for grades 3-12. To learn more about HMH’s Writable , visit hmhco.com/Writable.

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eSchool News

JULY 25, 2023

It’s like a digital Picasso, but instead of painting, it might be writing essays, producing music, or even generating feedback on students’ work. In doing so, it allows for the creation of a truly personalized curriculum, with targeted feedback and resources for each individual student. Exciting, right?

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

And I’ve noticed that technology usage usually fits into one of two categories: independent practice or procedural support—such as writing an essay in Google Docs. Thankfully, increasingly accessible technology is allowing teachers to look beyond textbooks, worksheets, and five paragraph essays. Insist on quality.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

students to write well goes back decades. Newsweek published its ballyhooed screed Why Johnny Can’t Write in 1975. This past summer, The New York Times chimed in with Why Kids Can’t Write. Who says Americans can’t write?) So West-Smith has tried to give her teachers the write stuff. “A Turnitin , an Oakland, Calif.-based

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MARCH 15, 2024

To be clear, this assignment would require students to analyze documents and write their own responses using evidence, which are important skills of course, but it would inevitably lead to me manically red inking papers that ultimately were written because I assigned an essay that would only ever be read by me. To what end?

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