eSchool News

APRIL 9, 2025

NoRedInk and NWP are committed to providing educators with professional learning opportunities that enhance their ability to help students find their voice and develop critical thinking skills in a new age of technology. Learn more and access free resources from NoRedInk and the National Writing Project by visiting [link].

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In education, case studies are widely used as a pedagogical tool to encourage critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and the application of theoretical knowledge. They serve as a bridge between theory and practice, promote active learning and the development of practical skills that improve their teaching methods.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2023

AI Literacy applies 21st-century skills , including communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity. The skills and practices necessary to engage with AI are relevant to all disciplines. However, over and over, it has been highlighted that teachers need to have professional learning on AI.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2023

For one thing, it requires an educator with the knowledge of and access to tools to help students thrive, an educator whose passion for teaching is nurtured — not extinguished. Investments in adult SEL are investments in the heart of education — the educators themselves. What would it take to get there?

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2024

In our current educational landscape, you have to either receive a traditional high school diploma or pass the General Educational Development exam to access most postsecondary schooling options, including trade schools and community colleges.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2016

KQED Teach , which launched on July 11, provides a series of free, self-paced courses to help K-12 educators develop the media skills necessary to bring media production and communication to their learning environments.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2022

Peter Newbury, an educational developer at Red River College Polytechnic, even invites us to take advantage of the minutes before a class starts to get students thinking. Along with many other members of the astronomy educators community, Newbury used to include an astronomy picture of the day from NASA as students came into class.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Faculty development is in dire need of transformation to reflect the realities of teaching in digital, online environments. Faculty developers and centers for teaching and learning can play a huge role in helping educators develop digital literacy skills. Untethering Faculty Development.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2021

—July 19, 2021 — DreamBox Learning, the leading education technology provider that in 2006 pioneered intelligent adaptive learning, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Reading Plus, an evidence-based online reading program for grades 3-12 designed to help students boost their literacy skills and reading confidence.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 16, 2023

In his book, Pedagogy of the Oppressed , he discussed his ideas about education as a collaborative process where both the educator and the learner work together to create knowledge and learn from one another. “The Educators must use plain and straightforward language that learners from diverse backgrounds can understand.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

We’ve discovered that the five-part working definition of competency education developed by 100 innovators six years ago hasn’t protected us from misunderstandings. If you don’t understand that the traditional system of education is designed to rank and sort students, then it’s really hard to understand competency-based education.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 16, 2023

In his book, Pedagogy of the Oppressed , he discussed his ideas about education as a collaborative process where both the educator and the learner work together to create knowledge and learn from one another. “The Educators must use plain and straightforward language that learners from diverse backgrounds can understand.

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Learning Styles Teaching Feedback Teachers 98

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Modeled after the program at Bryn Mawr College, the student-faculty partnership program at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (URTGV), one of the largest Hispanic-Serving Institutions in the nation, aims to create educational spaces in direct response to students’ experiences, knowledge, and insights. link] Cook-Sather, A.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

3 Other elements that educators can employ to encourage viewing comprehension include the adoption of “ before-during-after ” structures with anchor strategies such as predict, clarify, analyze, and create, which serve as “thinking templates” that can be applied to different contexts and video types. Dr. Spencer Willis, Jr.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

Now, with nearly 20 years of teaching experience, and nine working as an educational developer, I know that while those planning steps are needed, they are not the most important. Teresa Focarile is the associate director for educational development at Boise State’s Center for Teaching and Learning.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 14, 2023

3 Other elements that educators can employ to encourage viewing comprehension include the adoption of “ before-during-after ” structures with anchor strategies such as predict, clarify, analyze, and create, which serve as “thinking templates” that can be applied to different contexts and video types. Dr. Spencer Willis, Jr.

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Instructors Quizzes Students Assignments 95

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

Now, with nearly 20 years of teaching experience, and nine working as an educational developer, I know that while those planning steps are needed, they are not the most important. Teresa Focarile is the associate director for educational development at Boise State’s Center for Teaching and Learning.

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Teaching Syllabus Feedback Instructors 109

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The reflective educator should have self-acceptance with a desire to improve, patience with themselves and their students, the organizational and time-management skills to incorporate reflection, and the ability to self-analyze and identify their strengths, weaknesses, goals, and challenges (Leon-Henri, 2020).

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The reflective educator should have self-acceptance with a desire to improve, patience with themselves and their students, the organizational and time-management skills to incorporate reflection, and the ability to self-analyze and identify their strengths, weaknesses, goals, and challenges (Leon-Henri, 2020).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Department of Education, Newfoundland Labrador. Young children learn the most important things not by being told but by constructing knowledge for themselves in interaction with the physical world and with other children – and the way they do this is by playing.” Play is a healthy, essential part of childhood.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

A case study is a short story followed by (or interspersed with) guiding questions that put students in the shoes of a key player in the narrative so they can practice the skills of thinking in that discipline. I am a scientist, so for me, cases are tools to help learners practice the skill of thinking like a scientist.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

A case study is a short story followed by (or interspersed with) guiding questions that put students in the shoes of a key player in the narrative so they can practice the skills of thinking in that discipline. I am a scientist, so for me, cases are tools to help learners practice the skill of thinking like a scientist.

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Study Writing Evaluation Instructors 109

Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 16, 2025

For the past 30 years, Ive been running faculty and educational development programs, always adapting to new trends and helping educators create better learning experiences for their students. Every day, my genAI self-efficacy and skill grows. Ive been teaching for nearly 40 years. My self-efficacy got a bit of a boost.

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EAB

OCTOBER 30, 2023

She excels in streamlining operations, possesses comprehensive knowledge of philanthropic programs, and is skilled at building high-functioning teams. My professional journey started as a high school teacher, but I soon shifted my focus to higher education development and psychological counseling.

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