eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders in participating states are invited to submit a 500-word essay addressing a community issue. A panel of judges will review the essay submissions and the top 20 students will move on to their local competition to show off their civics knowledge. The submission period is open through January 8, 2024.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

We spent time brainstorming a list of feelings students had about high school, the hardships, the exciting moments, and everything in between. Instead of hosting a class discussion, my students host roundtable discussions about their books, designing their own discussion questions and takeaways to share.

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JANUARY 7, 2025

Why Early Childhood Teachers Require a Unique Approach to Tech Coaching By Debbie Tannenbaum I have found that there are many ways to empower even the youngest students to get creative with digital tools, writes Debbie Tannenbaum, a school-based technology coach, in an essay. Can AI Aid the Early Education Workforce?

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Edsurge

JULY 19, 2022

When teachers tell their authentic stories it can lead to powerful insights and spark discussions about how to solve the many problems facing school communities. The discussion took place during a panel at the ISTE Live conference in New Orleans last month. Deitra Colquitt, co-principal at Pershing Elementary School in St.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

On the day of a crucial match-up between South Korea and Germany, I chose to project the game on the TV in class while they pretended to write essays, knowing I had already lost their attention for the day. With other current events, I’m quick to brush up on the latest news, curating articles for my students to discuss in class.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Whether it’s a group of retirees who cluster in the back of your corner coffee shop or the so-called Ponzi schemes of MFA programs like the famed Iowa Writers’ Workshop, assessment comes in the form of peer feedback—marginalia and discussion. It also helps break down the barrier between critical and creative thinking.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2024

After all, students quickly spread the word on TikTok and other social media platforms that with a few simple prompts, a chatbot could write an essay or answer a homework assignment in ways that would be hard for teachers to detect. Many teachers at the event weren’t actively worried about being replaced by bots. I have that human connection.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

Schools have already begun to adopt machine learning initiatives to help teachers and students fill learning gaps, and the results have been received well so far. Public Schools, AI has helped increase graduation rates. SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! For Tacoma (Wash.)

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2023

But I somehow missed that he published a new, different kind of book in 2021 — “ The Anthropocene Reviewed ,” a collection of personal, contemplative, funny and deeply human essays. The essays start off sardonically but become increasingly earnest and reflective.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Teaching Partner – To highlight the importance of collaboration, librarians should work as teaching partners with other educators in the school to build engaging learning materials for students. This collaboration can take place in the form of guiding a class discussion, creating assignments and responding to student work.

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Schools Languages Language Reading 246

Teach Thought

MAY 18, 2025

Grant Wiggins offered a definition for the Socratic Seminar — something he would also call simply a ‘Seminar’: “A Seminar is a question-focused, student-led, and teacher-facilitated discussion, based on appropriate texts. Whatever we call it, a seminar is different from a talk/recitation/ lecture-with-discussion.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2023

Picture a high school student who balances his studies with a variety of other responsibilities and activities. Maybe he walks his younger siblings to their elementary school each morning, demonstrating a knack for caregiving. Maybe he works at a part-time job when the school day ends, showing his diligence and drive.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2024

With open discussions, we can embrace innovation while guiding children to use technology safely and responsibly,” said Kim Allman, Head of Corporate Responsibility and Public Policy at Gen. 69% believe it should be utilized for research in classrooms or at school. 48% trust lesson plans and curriculum created with AI tools.

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