eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

For nearly three decades, I used purposeful play in my classroom and have seen firsthand the impact it has on both students and teachers,” said Alicia Miller, a retired elementary school teacher from Evans, GA. On top of that, almost 80 percent of students want more playful learning experiences in the classroom.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Since the pandemic, more instructors at schools and colleges appear to have embraced “flipped learning ,” the approach of asking students to watch lecture videos before class so that class time can be used for active learning. The researchers do think that flipped learning has merit — if it is done carefully.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 28, 2017

Although elementary school teachers have long been familiar with learning centers as a way to provide different activities for literacy and math, learning centers are becoming more popular in middle and high schools as a way to differentiate learning and keep students more engaged than they would be with an endless stream of traditional lecture-based (..)

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

A new survey of K-8 teachers and students from LEGO Education found that nearly all (98%) of students say purposeful play helps them learn and the majority (96%) of teachers believe it’s more effective than traditional methods like lectures or textbooks.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Consider what happens if students leave knowledge on the table year after year, from elementary school to college. Now imagine if I told you that the pilot achieved the 90 percent mastery by watching someone else, reading about it, and hearing lectures about it. And what about students who receive a B or C? I know I wouldn’t.

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Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2021

Take Concourse Village Elementary School, a South Bronx, N.Y., district school with whom we have been partnering on an innovative project-based learning model called RevX. This approach is resonating with schools across the country, and some will pilot RevX in their own contexts later this year.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Wong says her team realized through those conversations that high schools and elementary schools had plenty of data-literacy resources to draw from. It was middle school that experienced a gap. That really motivated our focus toward middle school teachers and students,” Wong says. “Our Census Bureau.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2023

A couple months ago I visited a big public university – Texas State University – and observed three large lecture classes, to get a sense of what teaching looks like these days. That’s not to say that he can easily hold students’ attention for a whole lecture. Students are having trouble focusing regardless.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Today, during parent-teacher conferences, a parent approached me and asked, “Did you used to teach at Meramec Elementary School?” Someone who values conformity might emphasize strict due dates, teacher-enforced rules and consequences, and lecture-style learning. I remember being so frustrated and ready to quit.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2023

Today, during parent-teacher conferences, a parent approached me and asked, “Did you used to teach at Meramec Elementary School?” Someone who values conformity might emphasize strict due dates, teacher-enforced rules and consequences, and lecture-style learning. I remember being so frustrated and ready to quit.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Blended learning “can provide educators and students with a wealth of actionable insights on student learning, needs and preferences, empowering them to deliver the right learning resources at the right time for the right students,” according to the Consortium for School Networking’s Tech Enablers 2019 report.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Initial growth came as a repository for students to share course specific material such as tests, quizzes, study guides and lecture notes. It offers step-by-step explanations to problems ranging from simple elementary school questions through complex calculus queries. Course Hero was founded in 2006. to $40 per month.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2024

Teachers no longer lecture from a dais with student learning contained within the schoolhouse walls. They already visit web-based edutainment sites as early as preschool, use ‘Instagram’ and multi-player XBox games in elementary school, and have made text messaging and Facebook their communication of choice by Middle School.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2020

Five years ago, I ditched whole-class lectures in my fifth grade brick-and-mortar classroom in favor of small group rotations. That’s a smart move considering a recent USA Today/Ipsos poll found that 20 percent of teachers are “unlikely to go back to school if their classrooms reopen in the fall.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2024

During the day, I teach Algebra I classes to high school freshmen in Springfield, Missouri. One night per week, I teach preservice elementary school teachers who serve as paraprofessionals at K-12 schools in Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama and California through Reach University. Math is hard. Teaching math is even harder.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

We are happy that it is now available to high school students.” Students will listen to two to three recorded Stanford faculty lectures per week, while also attending two synchronous online sessions in which the course instructor will expand on the material, and facilitate group discussion and work.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

The new guidelines encourage teachers to move beyond a lecture-style pedagogy to teach computer science, and instead find creative ways to show students how computational thinking can be used in vastly different ways across a wide spectrum of topics.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2024

So they’re looking for inspiration from other sectors — including video game design and elementary school classrooms — to keep lectures interesting. Check out part two of our series reported from the back of large lecture classes to see how teaching is changing. What Will ChatGPT Mean for Teaching?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

As an elementary school teacher, my highest priorities were always the following: Cultivating agency, autonomy and independence in my students. After all, students are interacting with content, and sure, it’s probably better than simply watching a lecture and sitting quietly.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

At the beginning of the year, Layla and her parents were concerned that her classes would be too easy for her; she had excelled at everything in elementary school and is both self reflective and motivated. Take a student of ours named Layla. In effect, this has freed us to focus on students’ self-management skills.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

This sense of inclusion is particularly important for Morris’s growing ELL population, a group which has historically faced racial, economic and linguistic isolation within the American school system. It build rapport in a way traditional lecturing simply cannot.” Meanwhile, In High School and Middle School.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Elementary schools, high schools, universities and even vocational training courses are ideal places to incorporate 3D printing as part of the curriculum. . 3D printing adds new emphasis to the proven theory that hands-on learning is more easily grasped and retained than pencil-and-paper classroom lectures. Final Word.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For instance, teachers may consider replacing one-sided lectures with more group discussion, or they may make sure to ask follow-up questions to students’ answers. Keara Phipps, an elementary school teacher from Atlanta, says that TeachFX showed her she “talked too much” in her classes.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

with teachers using its materials on a monthly basis in 20 percent of elementary schools. Elementary school is often a forgotten place but it’s the most critical.” The company claims it has reached 1 million children in the U.S., TechCrunch reports the company is forecasting $3.5 million in revenues this year and $1.5

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Mostly an administrator these days, Fisher still teaches honors algebra at Breakwater, a pre-K-8th independent school in Portland, Maine. Too often, math teachers present information through lecturing and worksheets to students, forcing learners to decipher the context and usefulness on their own. Another Word for Fun?

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2024

PHOENIX – ASU Prep Pilgrim Rest announced a new partnership with Dreamscape Learn , making it the first elementary school in the country to offer students a dynamic new learning experience that blends the power of experiential pedagogy, cinematic engagement, and advanced virtual reality (VR) technology.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2019

Because I did well in school, nobody was ever concerned. However, from the time I was in elementary school, it was difficult to complete assessments on time, and it always took me unreasonably long to finish homework in the evening. When I was in grad school, I had a teacher who carried a stack of name cards around the room.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2017

You've been in school for quite a while now, so, what has your experience been as a student both when you were in K-12 and now in college? Middle school and elementary school were extremely challenging for me. So, while you're listening and reviewing, you can listen to what the lecture says AND read your notes.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 18, 2019

The full-size keyboard is backlit and very quiet , perfect for working in darkened lecture or study halls. Available tools also support remote troubleshooting through Microsoft System Center and LANDesk — a boon for elementary schools without onsite IT support.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Questions/ d iscussions: Throughout lectures, instructors ask periodic questions and correct wrong answers as they occur. This adds a tactile/kinesthetic factor to help members slow down and focus on key points of the lecture. This linear method assures that students are tracking important learning points from the lesson.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The story by John Woodrow Cox follows 10-year-old Uvalde survivor Caitlyne Gonzales as she seeks to heal from the horrors of the May massacre she witnessed in her elementary school classroom. Emily I can recall little else that moved me this year the way the Washington Post story, “ An American Girl ,” did.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Questions/ d iscussions: Throughout lectures, instructors ask periodic questions and correct wrong answers as they occur. This adds a tactile/kinesthetic factor to help members slow down and focus on key points of the lecture. This linear method assures that students are tracking important learning points from the lesson.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

As online resources develop and create more curricula, teachers will transform classroom dynamics by devoting less time to lecturing and spending more time enriching and mentoring. Felicia Zorn has taught both middle school in Georgia and elementary school in Tennessee. About the Author.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Additionally, the tablet has Bluetooth, so I am able to carry on a lecture while walking around the classroom monitoring students as they take notes or work through problems. –Lisa Cumming, Science Teacher, Olmsted Falls High School. — Nicollette LeTellier, STEM Specialist for K-5, Swift Water Elementary School.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2015

From elementary school grades upwards, a student may be given a book to read and asked to write a review afterwards. I can use the color codes to categorize the recorded information by subject, lecture, or information priority. They then may move on to reading a poem and answering questions.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Additionally, the tablet has Bluetooth, so I am able to carry on a lecture while walking around the classroom monitoring students as they take notes or work through problems. –Lisa Cumming, Science Teacher, Olmsted Falls High School. — Nicollette LeTellier, STEM Specialist for K-5, Swift Water Elementary School.

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Teach Thought

MAY 18, 2025

Whatever we call it, a seminar is different from a talk/recitation/ lecture-with-discussion. Sometimes we call it a ‘class discussion’ to signal that the class will discuss, with the teacher playing a moderator role.

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