k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam is the co-founder of the Vietnam Innovative Educators Foundation (VIEF), a professional network of over 157,000 educators committed to advancing technology-enhanced and student-centered teaching practices nationwide. In a recent interview with K12 Digest, Nam Ngo Thanh discussed his experience with technology, innovation, and education.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 247

Edsurge

JUNE 20, 2025

While edtech vendors race to integrate AI into every aspect of teaching and learning, educators are drawing clearer boundaries: AI should save them time, not replace their judgment. Most of all, they want tools that align with the values and realities of teaching. They want support for differentiation, not decision-making.

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Teachers Art Knowledge Coaching 177

eSchool News

JULY 17, 2025

In traditional instruction, teachers spend a great deal of class time teaching students information from these physical resources. By teaching students how to refine their searches and discussing the impact of these search skills, students will be more discerning when it comes to reviewing search results.

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Learning Lecturing Internet Textbooks 272

Faculty Focus

JULY 8, 2025

We can teach students to critically analyze AI-assisted work and promote authentic learning as we do. He recommends using this framework to guide your thinking: break down each assignment, project, or discussion board activity into disparate steps, then decide for which parts of the process AI use is appropriate.

Critical Thinking 127

Critical Thinking Assignments Academic Integrity Intelligence 127

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2025

Their initial list of options included: “Tech-Free Teaching Blocks” — Select specific class periods across different subjects where all phones are collected in a secure charging station at the start of class. Teachers design highly interactive, discussion-based lessons for these periods. Track sleep quality and morning alertness.

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Schools Students Feedback Participation 191

eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Sometimes they will cold call students, while other times they will ask students to share what they learned after theyve had a chance to read the assigned material or discuss it with their classmates in groups. Multiple times in any class period, teachers call on students to contribute to the lesson of the day.

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Culture Feedback Languages Language 269

Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2025

Meanwhile, in my online section of the same course, students worked through carefully crafted modules at their own pace, their participation in discussion boards ebbing and flowing unpredictably. One of the most powerful techniques in my traditional classroom is the think-pair-share discussion format.

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Active Learning Activities Learning Minute Papers 66

Faculty Focus

JULY 10, 2025

That kind of insight changes how we teach. Consider using written reflections, discussion boards, or tools like Jamboard and Padlet. Lloyd has been featured on Good Morning Houston and KTSU Radio for his impactful community work and continues to champion culturally responsive teaching and student empowerment at all levels of education.

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Teaching Elementary School Elementary School Failure 54

Faculty Focus

JULY 10, 2025

That kind of insight changes how we teach. Consider using written reflections, discussion boards, or tools like Jamboard and Padlet. Lloyd has been featured on Good Morning Houston and KTSU Radio for his impactful community work and continues to champion culturally responsive teaching and student empowerment at all levels of education.

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Teaching Elementary School Elementary School Failure 54

EdTech Magazine

JULY 9, 2025

School leaders are deliberating how best to use, teach and secure AI through the lens of maximizing its value for students and K–12 infrastructure. They discussed the practical and possible benefits of AI in education, as well as where they see it going next.

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Intelligence Education Discussions Teaching 185

Teach Hub

MAY 16, 2025

Whether youre teaching elementary students or high schoolers, this strategy works for everyone. 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. Whether youre teaching little ones or older students, it just fits.

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Fairness Social Studies Questions Science 80

Faculty Focus

JULY 8, 2025

We can teach students to critically analyze AI-assisted work and promote authentic learning as we do. He recommends using this framework to guide your thinking: break down each assignment, project, or discussion board activity into disparate steps, then decide for which parts of the process AI use is appropriate.

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Critical Thinking Assignments Academic Integrity Intelligence 98

Teach Hub

APRIL 30, 2025

If youre looking for something new to try, one simple yet powerful strategy might surprise you: take your teaching outside. So instead of trying to overhaul your entire teaching approach to make outdoor learning work, with a little planning and flexibility, you can incorporate outdoor teaching in a manageable and fun way.

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Activities Teaching Learning Attention 81

eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2025

Not just general practitioners–these middle schoolers aimed high and discussed specialties like cardiology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, plastic surgery, and anesthesiology. The range of careers students presented was impressive and included jobs like animators, hospice nurses, and lawyers.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam is the co-founder of the Vietnam Innovative Educators Foundation (VIEF), a professional network of over 157,000 educators committed to advancing technology-enhanced and student-centered teaching practices nationwide. In a recent interview with K12 Digest, Nam Ngo Thanh discussed his experience with technology, innovation, and education.

Interdisciplinary 144

Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 144

eSchool News

JULY 1, 2025

InsightMath creates an intentional learning experience with an integrated digital platform, engaging printed materials, classroom manipulatives, supportive teaching guides, and more. “To That involves making predictions, testing ideas, discussing their thinking, and revising along the way.

Math 130

Math Curriculum Lecturing Education 130

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 18, 2025

Beyond being enjoyable, these activities encourage meaningful discussions and deepen their understanding of the day. It’s a great way to spark class discussions and works perfectly as a low-prep option for a substitute teacher. Walsh or The Wall by Eve Bunting to give students an introduction to the history.

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Activities Teaching History Writing 97

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Creating a classroom in the service of social justice (The Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, 2008) requires a profound understanding of the impact of human diversity on teaching and learning (Cushner et al., Create community guidelines for discussions that include intention and impact/anti-bias language. Jennifer E.

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Accessibility Disabilities Learning Disabilities Special Education 96

eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2025

These “snacks” are short, creative experiments that use easily accessible materials to teach key scientific principles. From building mini solar ovens to exploring magnetism or water tension, each activity includes clear instructions, an explanation of the underlying science, and discussion prompts to extend learning.

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STEM Learning Science Textbooks 243

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2025

Afterward, the participant’s mom, who helped them publish the book, discussed the use of AI with the student. Usually parents who attended college or are wealthier teach their children about new technology and how to use it, Hayes says. Opinions also differed on how to discuss AI with their children.

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Essay Ethics Fairness Assignments 167

Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

Without adequate reading, students will be reluctant, or unable, to participate in class discussions and conversations for lack of understanding and fear of not measuring-up to peers (Severe, E., Course Context I teach a required, writing-intensive course for students in their junior year of their undergraduate studies. Stalnaker, J.,

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Instructors Assignments Participation Students 93

Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

Music, in particular, has long been an ally of instructors teaching a second language (L2)—a language learned after one’s native tongue—especially since the field transitioned toward a more communicative approach. Interpret and Discuss   Within their groups, students analyze the song’s meaning. 3 (2014): 438-447. Degrave, Pauline.

Languages 96

Languages Language Instructors Culture 96

Teacher Cast

MAY 8, 2025

The guide discusses using Google Sites, Google Classroom, Notion, and Google Gemini to streamline teaching, enhance organization, facilitate lesson creation, and ultimately foster improved student interactions and learning outcomes. Teachers today face significant challenges due to increased workload and engagement demands.

Teachers 130

Teachers Learning Outcomes Discussions Teaching 130

Teach Hub

MAY 2, 2025

For example, If youre teaching a unit on community helpers, create a mini post office, grocery store, or hospital. Grow a plant from a seed to teach about life cycles and responsibility. Class Discussions & Debates Older students love sharing their opinions, especially when they can back them up with evidence.

Activities 81

Activities Learning Students Critical Thinking 81

eSchool News

MAY 29, 2025

Todays generation of school-aged children prefer to use their phones to have deep and meaningful conversations; this is especially true when it comes to discussing or asking for help with their mental health and wellbeing. Platforms that offer AI-powered character bots have become the new counselors office.

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Ethics Schools Students Math 283

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Teaching 8th grade ELA can be a uniquely rewarding experience, as long as you’ve got the right tools. Keep a copy of your teaching philosophy nearby 8th Grade ELA teacher Essentials You Didn’t Know You Needed Seamlessly transition 8th grade ELA students to high school 1. by staying true to your teaching philosophy.

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Grades Teaching Teachers Teaching Philosophy 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 22, 2025

A great ELA curriculum doesn’t just teach mechanics; it lifts the veil to a powerful and enchanting world of language. Students study six novels, learn to write multiple essay formats, write and study poetry, and learn discussion skills. It includes 150 premade lessons and a hands-on approach with partner work, discussions, and games.

Curriculum 98

Curriculum Social Studies Art Learning Styles 98

Teacher Cast

MAY 8, 2025

The guide discusses using Google Sites, Google Classroom, Notion, and Google Gemini to streamline teaching, enhance organization, facilitate lesson creation, and ultimately foster improved student interactions and learning outcomes. Teachers today face significant challenges due to increased workload and engagement demands.

Teachers 130

Teachers Learning Outcomes Discussions Teaching 130

EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2025

Teaching artificial intelligence concepts to students at any level can be intimidating for teachers who aren’t technology experts, but it can feel especially overwhelming to those with students of elementary school age or younger. That’s what a group of educators came together to discuss at ISTELive 2025 in San Antonio.

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Elementary School Elementary School Intelligence Schools 153

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

AI-enabled systems such as adaptive learning platforms, chatbots, and generative tools like ChatGPT can provide students with on-demand explanations, simulate peer discussions, offer low-stakes quizzes, and give instant feedback. These data-driven approaches make it possible to transition from reactive teaching to proactive guidance.

Critical Thinking 89

Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 89

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

In those environments, creativity was often seen as defiance, and culturally relevant teaching was just as perilous. That quiet defiance — teaching banned literature — changed me. Given that we are discussing learning environments for students and families, in many ways, it is. Teaching has always come naturally to me.

Schools 148

Schools Beliefs Culture Testing 148

eSchool News

JULY 1, 2025

At its Awardee Showcase, AERDF is presenting learning science-based, cutting-edge prototypes and technical innovations that are redefining what’s possible in teaching and learning. Thought-provoking discussions about how R&D can create significant and positive change in education at scale.

Math 130

Math Culture Knowledge Science 130

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

AI-enabled systems such as adaptive learning platforms, chatbots, and generative tools like ChatGPT can provide students with on-demand explanations, simulate peer discussions, offer low-stakes quizzes, and give instant feedback. These data-driven approaches make it possible to transition from reactive teaching to proactive guidance.

Critical Thinking 95

Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 95

Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Over the last nine months, weve worked with eight fellows whose pathways in education are as diverse as they have ever been, including a trauma psychotherapist turned early childhood counselor, a physics teacher with a penchant for storytelling and a Jordan-born immigrant who moved to the United States to pursue her passion for teaching.

Education 117

Education Essay Culture Math 117

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

We’ve discussed grit, growth mindset, intrinsic motivation, relevance, autonomy, and purpose. Kids teach themselves astonishingly complex things through trial, error, iteration, and YouTube. Our job isn’t to teach them how to learn. And motivation, for adolescents, flows from that deep biological imperative. Or basketball.

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Motivation Learning Students Achievement 276

Faculty Focus

APRIL 22, 2025

Since the public release of ChatGPT in December 2022, educators have faced the challenge of effectively integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into their teaching. One student posited that AI could extend and enrich student learning by assisting in generating ideas, discussion points, and encouraging critical thinking.

Ethics 89

Ethics Plagiarism Education Intelligence 89

Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

Music, in particular, has long been an ally of instructors teaching a second language (L2)—a language learned after one’s native tongue—especially since the field transitioned toward a more communicative approach. Interpret and Discuss   Within their groups, students analyze the song’s meaning. 3 (2014): 438-447. Degrave, Pauline.

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Languages Language Instructors Culture 65