eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2025

When students fail to see the connection between what theyre learning and the real world, they lose motivation to engage meaningfully with the content. Additionally, teachers can integrate discussions on the value of learning and integrity into the curriculum, using tools like student reflections and peer feedback to reinforce these values.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2018

This is a good thing, because it will take motivation from all sides to achieve simpler data connections between systems. They see the bigger picture and nicely bridge the tech and curriculum sides of the discussion. I see Project Unicorn possibly filling this role. Chakrapani Appalabattula, CEO, Bloomz. •

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2019

In education, a design thinking curriculum immerses students and teachers (i.e., The journey begins with empathy work—an opportunity for understanding the needs and motivations of a group of people (i.e., Understanding how to articulate mastery and growth as it relates to a design thinking curriculum can be a struggle.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Otus , which he describes as a student performance platform—a learning management system that also spans classroom management, curriculum, and assessment. She was this person who had brought a curriculum to the entire state of Illinois. What motivates you, both as a teacher and an entrepreneur? Failure also motivates me.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 21, 2023

Leadership is about more than just delegating tasks; it also involves developing relationships with coworkers, figuring out what motivates them, recognizing their strengths and weaknesses, and managing expectations accordingly so that everyone is on the same page about what needs to be done and when it needs to be done.

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Skills Failure Motivation Communication 186

eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

Key points: When it comes to K-12 innovation, change isn’t a consideration–it’s an imperative Students know best when it comes to transforming education Schools must embrace these 4 innovative focus areas to avoid failure For more news on K-12 transformation, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub Across the U.S., The takeaway?

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Education Internet Interdisciplinary Testing 309

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2023

The Learning Ally Audiobook Solution As children age and learning shifts from learning to read to reading to learn, support can mean the difference between learning from reading or suffering sustained academic failure.

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Reading Failure Motivation Study 168

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Among the many digital tools available, e-portfolios have emerged as a powerful means for enhancing student involvement, motivation, and learning outcomes. This ownership is important as it fosters motivation, leading to greater engagement and investment in their own education.

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Student Engagement Motivation Students Failure 126

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2020

I went to Texas to attend SXSW EDU and talk with potential partner schools about Project Wayfinder , the social-emotional learning curriculum company I run. We all understood the consequences of failure and how each of us could contribute to our organization’s success. Our employees are adults. Remember those days?)

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2023

Arts education belongs in every student’s curriculum — and not just because the arts can improve skills in other content areas. Over the years, I’ve used research about how the arts increase math and reading comprehension to defend their existence in the public school curriculum. What Does This Mean for Today’s Students?

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Art Education Multidisciplinary Students 218

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2022

What motivates them–what drives them to live in this world? This is great motivation for critical thinking and problem solving. Make failure fun. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 29, 2023

Even if your students only enjoy sports or other non-tech activities, you can still relate these things to coding so they get excited and are motivated to continue. Getting to know each child’s learning style will help you better understand what motivates them.

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Teaching Learning Styles Language Languages 143

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2017

This focus on individual students requires a high level of student autonomy and intrinsic motivation—which makes growth mindset a natural complement to personalized learning. It’s about trying different strategies, seeking out and making use of feedback, asking for help, and analyzing the reasons behind successes and failures.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Arcadia took care not only to define values— collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, empathy and learning from failure—that would cut across those historical restraints, but also to implement new processes that would signal to its people that it was serious about those values. No risk-taking means no innovation.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2017

What followed was an amazing example of student motivation, creativity, resourcefulness and personalized learning at its best. Specifically, how could I motivate students to push their learning beyond set rubric requirements or specific targets? As I began considering the challenges, I realized there were quite a few of them.

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Motivation Failure Students Knowledge 120

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Among the many digital tools available, e-portfolios have emerged as a powerful means for enhancing student involvement, motivation, and learning outcomes. This ownership is important as it fosters motivation, leading to greater engagement and investment in their own education.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Motivation Students Failure 98

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

He also ponders whether games can both teach and measure 21st-century skills, considers the barriers to a broader use of GBL in schools and discusses the not-so-mysterious motivational power of Pokemon. A third reason is the opportunity to experiment with different identities in a safe environment where failure doesn’t matter.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

The COVID effect has impacted students’ communication, critical thinking, and motivation. These solutions will prioritize the relationship between teacher and student, enabling teachers to serve as motivators and facilitators of student learning, which is critical to student engagement and success.

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Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 338

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 6, 2015

If you’re looking for a curriculum on digital citizenship for K-8 , click the link. Teaching keyboarding requires two steps: 1) an overarching curriculum map of what to teach when, and 2) reinforcement every time students sit at the computer. If you’re looking for a keyboarding curriculum for K-8, click the link.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2018

That’s the premise of the Flex Program being piloted by Susannah Johnson in Honolulu, Hawaii, which seeks to leverage the intrinsic motivation of students to build the necessary skills for success in school and beyond. There may be no better example of meeting students where they are than Arnold’s gamification of the learning process.

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Gamification Learning Learning Disabilities Students 133

Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They bought other companies to try to blend assessment and curriculum as they also continued publishing. On the other hand, companies like Curriculum Associates took the path of blended learning and have seen significant growth driven by a technology-first model. They were the most powerful companies in education.

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Education Textbooks Blended Learning Failure 143

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

While grades provide extrinsic motivation for some students, not all students are driven by the sole purpose of getting a good grade. If you make this clear to them, you might find that they will find more value in the assignment and be less motivated to cheat with AI. This helps with executive functioning and improves motivation.

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Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

While grades provide extrinsic motivation for some students, not all students are driven by the sole purpose of getting a good grade. If you make this clear to them, you might find that they will find more value in the assignment and be less motivated to cheat with AI. This helps with executive functioning and improves motivation.

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Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2020

Be intentional and nurture relationships with motivated friends and professionals who support your goals but who are also constructively critical. College enables us to network with alumni, learn the foundational principles of a challenging curriculum and talk with professors about the “big” picture.

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Students Failure Beliefs Skills 159

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2017

17, Rudolph explained the motivation behind the decision: “It’s hard to argue with personalized learning… but when everybody is sitting there saying ‘yes, this looks good,’ maybe we should ask some more critical questions.” “Khan Academy is in our backdoor, and a lot of parents are used to technology,” Rudolph said in an interview with EdSurge.

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Learning Multiple Choice Questions Math Evaluation 147

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 6, 2019

Many people believe that plagiarism is simply the direct cause of laziness, and while this may sometimes be true, there are underlying psychological factors that increase the likelihood of plagiarism -besides just a lack of motivation. Here are just a few reasons why you might cheat: You have a fear of failure.

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Plagiarism Failure Schools Collaborative Research 89

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2015

Their motivation is often failure, and taking the wrong path again and again. The Common Core is not a curriculum, rather a collection of forty-one overarching Standards in reading, writing, language, math, and speaking/listening that shape a student’s quest for college and career. Taking Responsible Risks.

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Critical Thinking Knowledge Failure Communication 140

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Knowing that their work could potentially be seen by others beyond our school community raised the bar for my students in motivation and execution. The design process can focus on building apps, curriculum, exploring new pedagogy, creating educational content, as well as building out innovative learning spaces—both virtual and place-based.

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Gamification Game-Based Learning Art Education 137

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2025

Without considering the emotional and social aspects of a student’s educational journey, particularly the connections they build with faculty and peers, institutions risk overlooking the things that keep students engaged, motivated, and ultimately enrolled. Simply put, data is not enough.

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Motivation Counselling Intelligence Failure 104

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The big idea is that VCs simply assumed that any failure to execute the plan was a failure of the founders or the key people in the company. You don't want them to adopt the latest fad because by the time you get a syllabus approved or a new curriculum and whatever, if it's a fad you just wasted a ton of time and resources.

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Education Failure Syllabus Motivation 123

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 24, 2016

I also shared that the research on motivation and engagement from Deci & Ryan, Hallie, and others shows quite clearly that autonomy and self-direction are fundamental human needs that we violate to the detriment of both our students and our proclaimed academic goals.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2017

In order for us to reach the full potential of a child and, more generally, personalized learning, we need to recognize that the student’s pace and intrinsic motivation matter more than an arbitrary bell schedule or school calendar. Every teacher and every child have the opportunity for immediate feedback on student learning. See their face.

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Learning Coaching English Failure 137

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2025

Without considering the emotional and social aspects of a student’s educational journey, particularly the connections they build with faculty and peers, institutions risk overlooking the things that keep students engaged, motivated, and ultimately enrolled. Simply put, data is not enough.

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Motivation Counselling Intelligence Failure 96

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

Yes, but first, I want to know more about their experience of teaching, and what is motivating them to seek out a solution. How does it connect to the broader curriculum? The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Do I have a briefcase full of quick-guides? F., & Leary, M.

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Teaching Syllabus Instructors Disabilities 122

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Knowing someone else is working in tandem with you can serve as a strong motivator to immerse yourself in the grading mindset without feeling disconnected from the collaborative space. This is the person or people you can work with to set goals, cheerlead, and/or provide gentle nudges. She has taught composition for over 25 years.

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Grades Interdisciplinary Evaluation Feedback 115

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Knowing someone else is working in tandem with you can serve as a strong motivator to immerse yourself in the grading mindset without feeling disconnected from the collaborative space. This is the person or people you can work with to set goals, cheerlead, and/or provide gentle nudges. She has taught composition for over 25 years.

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Grades Interdisciplinary Evaluation Feedback 111

Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2023

None of us were prepared to move an entire nursing curriculum to a virtual environment. Students are required to work with me if they are on probation due to a course failure, and they are recommended to see me if they fail an exam or are deemed to be at risk for failure. Nursing students also weren’t prepared.

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Coaching Exams Failure Learning Styles 98