eSchool News

JULY 21, 2017

As Dan Rothstein, executive director of the Right Question Institute, tells the story: “The teacher presented the following equation: 24 = (smiley face) + (smiley face) + (smiley face).” Then, she asked her students to think of as many questions as they could about the equation. 3) Write down every question exactly as stated. (4)

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Internet Fairness Students Questions 271

Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2020

As schools, teachers and families face the shock of abruptly shifting to online education, one small question has been how to shift these read alouds to Zoom, Facebook, Google Hangouts and YouTube, the spaces where many classes continue to meet. What Is Fair Use? The short answer is, well, yes. In the U.S.,

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Reading Fairness Teachers Disabilities 218

eSchool News

MAY 6, 2024

The question is, are we going to have people equipped to fill those jobs?” said SREB President Dr. Stephen Pruitt during a conference to discuss the group’s first meeting. But we want to do all that in a really careful way and make sure the AI we’re using is fair and unbiased. We want to make sure student data stays safe.

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Skills Laboratory Education Fairness 334

eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2016

We started by asking ourselves two questions. To answer this question, we turned to the leadership effectiveness framework we had created in 2013 with Insight Education Group. In addition, they are expected to create a culture of high expectations, manage innovation, and lead with integrity and fairness. How we started.

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Fairness Schools Culture Questions 261

Teach Hub

MAY 16, 2025

Think-Pair-Share is a three-step discussion routine that helps students build confidence in their ideas before they share them with a larger group. Heres the breakdown: Think Students take a moment to reflect on a question or prompt independently. Start with a Strong Prompt The way you ask questions matters.

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Fairness Social Studies Questions Science 77

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The critical question is, “ What is the right type of co-learning ?” Individual essays, science fair partner projects, group programming assignments, digital and physical art pieces–every single assignment from now on has a silent partner. Sometimes group projects work well. How do we evaluate their knowledge?

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Essay Plagiarism Assignments Learning 337

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. Bovill et al.,

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Discussions Reading Instructors Lecturing 115

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

They started by asking a series of questions that were on their minds. The Questions are in bold and my answers in italics : I allow my kids to have “Friends” in Roblox or Instagram and only chat with friends. Let’s start this question with a poll. Wow, that’s a lot of hands. Don’t rush.

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Questions Internet Ethics Fairness 104

Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2023

This year has seen ample debate about the value and fairness of colleges prioritizing diversity among the students they serve. New research suggests one way to consider the question: by looking at how the mix of students in a given course affects their grades. The study was conducted using administrative data from 20 colleges.

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Study Grades STEM Fairness 211

eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The mind of a young student is wired to sniff out fairness, or lack thereof. Responses to student questions) Thank you for clarifying. Once, when a students look of confusion led to a productive classroom discussion that clarified the lesson, I turned back to her afterwards and said, Thank you for your face.)

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2017

Join education thought leader Alan November in Boston July 26-28 for his 2017 Building Learning Communities edtech conference , where hundreds of K-12 and higher-education leaders from around the globe will gather to discuss the world’s most successful innovations in education. My son, Dan, took the course.

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Teaching Education Learning Fairness 257

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 8, 2019

If your goal for a lesson, unit, or other instructional activity is to infuse technology more robustly, consider these 12 questions from Section D* of the 4 Shifts Protocol. If you’re not where you want to be yet, pick a couple of questions and select your desired answers instead (e.g., Let me know what questions you have.

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Questions Technology Fairness Coaching 99

eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2024

.” Survey findings also indicate that high school teachers are more likely to be approached by their students with permission-based AI questions (67 percent vs. 52 percent). In contrast, college teachers are much more likely to get questions about proper use cases (59 percent vs. 40 percent).

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High School High School Fairness Study 277

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. Bovill et al.,

Discussions 97

Discussions Reading Instructors Lecturing 97

Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

And with this change comes a host of new questions—concerns about the ethical design and implementation of these new tools. Educators’ ethical questions around AI education must start by ensuring equitable access to this learning for all students—across subject areas, grade levels and demographic backgrounds.

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Ethics Intelligence Education Plagiarism 217

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 9, 2015

I discussed how we won’t see desired changes in student learning outcomes until we change what students experience in their schools on a day-to-day basis. One of the obligatory questions in the interview process is What will you do if you disagree with the Governor? 5 big questions for the Iowa Council on Educator Development.

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Questions Schools Fairness Failure 111

eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

And I think there’s no question that when you think. John Watson So first of all I want to just echo the point that you’re making in your question, which is in these online settings relationships and student engagement are absolutely critical and I don’t. So that’s one version of the answer to your question.

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Learning Discussions Gamification Technology 130

Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Meanwhile, almost 40 percent of the American public still contest the results of a free and fair election, and with the 2024 federal election around the corner, political polarization in the United States seems neverending, leaving democracy in an arguably fragile state. Thinking historically is at the root of those skills.

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History Education Social Studies Essay 194

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 19, 2022

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. A year-long digital citizenship curriculum that covers everything you need to discuss on internet safety and efficiency, delivered in the time you have in the classroom.

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Plagiarism Internet Fairness Curriculum 190

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

Many teachers and professors are spending time this summer experimenting with AI tools to help them prepare slide presentations, craft tests and homework questions, and more. As more instructors experiment with using generative AI to make teaching materials, an important question bubbles up. Should they disclose that to students?

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Teaching Education Ethics Instructors 217

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Hey, We’re All on the Same Team Here’ Fans of flipped learning had some questions about the new study’s conclusions. It’s a great discussion starter, and I’m never going to say we can’t publish things that are critical to flipped learning,” Talbert said. I didn’t think that was fair to people practicing flipped learning.”

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Lecturing Learning Instructors Failure 211

Edsurge

MAY 25, 2021

For decades, that question has largely been decided by a test. After the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police a year ago, momentum grew to try to reform the admissions process at the school to try to make the process more fair, and the student body more diverse. That means for every 6 students that apply, just 1 gets a spot.

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High School High School Fairness Education 164

Catlin Tucker

MAY 6, 2025

Ruba: Great question. Ruba: Instead of stating the understanding, we pose it as a question. Ruba: Eventually, we ask conceptual questions like: How are challenge, growth, and character connected? Ruba: Great question. Its about being fair and balanced. Catlin: You focus on concept-based inquiry. Or to reflect?

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Blended Learning Coaching Students Universal Design 195

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2019

Dan Levy had long considered himself an equitable instructor in terms of calling on students to participate in class discussions. In spreadsheets, he manually recorded each interaction he had with students during discussion. It was a total shock to me—I thought I was calling on them fairly,” says Levy, 48. “It She hasn’t used Teachly.

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Lecturing Participation Instructors Beliefs 160

eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2015

Questions remain on whether LAUSD’s bond use for iPads was legal. That fall, problems immediately plagued the rollout of devices to campuses, and questions soon arose about whether Apple or Pearson had an unfair advantage in the bidding process. billion iPads-for-all project. Unified acknowledged meeting with an agency attorney.

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Fairness Testing Curriculum Questions 189

Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

One student, standing up and projecting his voice, declared: “Virginia objects to New Jersey demanding that She give away Her fair and right voice in the new government. Therefore, it is right and fair we have more influence on the actions of government.” We have a larger population. A student on the opposing side retorted: “No way.

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History Social Studies Education Knowledge 217

eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2023

To be fair, Powerschool’s announcement this week that it will integrate Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service to use OpenAI’s large language models within the company’s Personalized Learning Cloud will probably be the biggest news to come out of ISTE next week. Just try to have a conversation about edTech these days without mentioning AI.

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Multiple Choice Questions Fairness Language Languages 141

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Esther considered the question, sitting in a small room with Ms. Importantly, they create a universal, neutral platform for discussion of the language acquisition levels of students, free of judgment. “What do you want your teacher to know about you?” Odette guided Esther as she wrote her answers in English. “I

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English Languages Language Teachers 194

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 14, 2024

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. A year-long digital citizenship curriculum that covers everything you need to discuss on internet safety and efficiency, delivered in the time you have in the classroom.

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Plagiarism Internet Fairness Curriculum 158

Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2022

One question often lurks in the minds of college students: “What am I going to do after I graduate?” One way is for remote learners to join digital networks, especially those that engage them in online class discussions with offline participants. For those who plan on graduate school, their immediate future is pretty much set.

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Study Participation Fairness Communication 193

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2021

For questions, email askatechteacher@gmail.com. Students join a Google Classroom-based class and meet weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments. Students join a Google Classroom-based class and meet weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments. fair use/public domain.

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Instructors Authentic Assessment Plagiarism Participation 31

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 29, 2020

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. A year-long digital citizenship curriculum that covers everything you need to discuss on internet safety and efficiency, delivered in the time you have in the classroom.

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Curriculum Plagiarism Internet Fairness 159

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Student joins a Google Classroom-based class and meets weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments. Student joins a Google Classroom-based class and meets weekly with instructor to discuss class activities and assignments. fair use/public domain. We take POs, PayPal, or we’ll invoice you. netiquette.

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Instructors Authentic Assessment Plagiarism Participation 158

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2022

A note: Any time students use the internet, start with a discussion on how to use it safely. In my classes, students must qualify to use Minecraft by answering a series of questions I pose. How students answer this question is always interesting. Discuss why you collaborated with others in surviving this world.

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Writing Reading Teaching Evaluation 199

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Survey respondents were overwhelmingly extremely negative in their response to every question, according to a summary of the survey results the released Monday, ahead of Tuesday. Nearly 1,300 teachers, representing less than 5 percent the state’s teaching corps, responded to the online survey.

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Testing Teachers Math Essay 152

Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

These improvised or newly created tabletop games do have to go through a fair bit of testing before being introduced as a lesson plan. Angie says despite testing the games in advance for timing and the desired learning outcome, actually using it in class can get derailed when students start to ask too many questions.

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Teachers Quizzes Testing Learning Outcomes 213

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 18, 2023

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. A year-long digital citizenship curriculum that covers everything you need to discuss on internet safety and efficiency, delivered in the time you have in the classroom.

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Plagiarism Internet Fairness Curriculum 147