EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2018

In one NASEF class, English 9 and Game Design , participating students develop English-language skills by writing about topics covering the history of esports to comparing mythological heroes from literature to those in video games. Skills aren’t the only rewards for virtual athletes.

Teachers 167

Teachers Failure English Participation 167

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

After more than a decade of researching, writing and presenting, one of the many things he's learned is that course failures are major events for students. Research has shown that traditional variables like attendance and in-class behavior play a role in course failures. The answer? How can schools use your findings going forward?

Failure 157

Failure Math Academic Development English 157

Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2017

Two and a half million laptops later, some critics point out the project’s failures with its Western-centric approach and “technologically utopian” vision that hailed technology as the answer to difficult social problems. The app is currently available in Hindi and English with plans to add other regional languages soon.

Educational Technologies 166

Educational Technologies Technology Mobile Devices Education 166

Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Lessening Grade Anxiety U-M Professor of Linguistics, English Languages and Literature Robin Queen has been using GradeCraft for several years in two courses she teaches that each have anywhere from 85 to 150 students. “I They can actually learn from failure, so there is really no cost to fail. We don’t want you to be a failure.

Failure 166

Failure Assignments Quizzes Motivation 166

Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Amid growing demands and insufficient support, remember your why often feels like a way to shift responsibility for systemic failures onto teachers. As an English language learner in southern New England, she navigated linguistic and cultural barriers to build a life that nurtured her family and sustained her Portuguese heritage.

Education 185

Education Failure Beliefs English 185

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2023

The need to read is not limited to English Language Arts classes; literacy skills are essential in math, history and all other content areas. Literacy is the foundation of overall educational success. Reading skills are the gateway to success in every classroom subject. Beyond the classroom, literacy is an essential daily life skill.

Reading 168

Reading Failure Motivation Study 168

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

While growth is happening across the district, certain groups of students, including English Language Learners and low-income students, are experiencing less success than others. Even for students with the most basic English skills, she feels “i-Ready is effective.

Blended Learning 147

Blended Learning Learning Elementary School Elementary School 147

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

Yet, after seeing data from the California School Dashboard and learning that close to one-fifth of McClymonds’ students were not graduating, he mentally shifted some accountability to the school, seeing a systemic failure to meet the needs of all students. According to the state data dashboard , only 7.98

Local Government 142

Local Government Schools English Exams 142

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Last year, an English teacher at my school came to me with an all-too-common concern about an essay a student named Kyle had just turned in. When the language is more subtle, we are more inclined to miss it. Organically, they were discussing the subtle connotations of language. And then it got harder. This one did.

Essay 168

Essay Beliefs Language Languages 168

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

As a Hispanic and former English language learner, my path to success was not easy. Additionally, low-income, first-generation, and English language and adult learners lack the financial resources to attend college and often believe that college is not for them, despite community colleges’ unrestricted open-door policies.

English 141

English Achievement Counselling Secondary Education 141

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Psychologist Harriet Lerner, who authored a book all about apologies , has argued that “I’m sorry” are the two most important words in the English language because, as she explained in an interview with Forbes , “a good apology is deeply healing while an absent or bad one can compromise or even end a relationship.”

Failure 191

Failure Counselling Ethics Communication 191

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2023

I asked my English language learners to create films. Did we have failures? And I realized I’m the one who is going to teach them these skills. I integrated project-based learning and technology in all kinds of ways. I asked them to create websites. I asked them to create blogs to interact through blended learning. Absolutely.

Learning 194

Learning Gamification History Learning Outcomes 194

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Squirrel—so named because, like the furry, nut-gathering rodent, it is fast, agile, plans ahead and “cracks tough nuts,” according to founder and CEO Derek Haoyang Li—uses an AI adaptive learning system and human instructors to give students a personalized education on subjects ranging from Chinese language to physics.

Teachers 167

Teachers Intelligence Coaching Failure 167

Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 5, 2015

give as little policy attention as possible to the known educational needs of students who live in poverty or don’t speak English as their primary language (and thus struggle academically), even as those student and family populations increase markedly within the state.

Failure 89

Failure Education English STEM 89

Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2017

I think that writing English might seem mundane compared with writing a iPhone app, but it really gives you a leg up on people who have just the technical skills. Java, which is a really popular language was invented 20 years ago, wasn't popular for a number of years. Trisha Quan: It comes back to growth mindset for me.

Skills 162

Skills Failure Writing Culture 162

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2020

Murphy: Over my career, I've learned that taking a top-down approach to implementation without acknowledging other perspectives and inviting key stakeholders leads to failure—no matter how fantastic your initiative is. We heard comments like…‘It would be incredible if I could do it from home.’

Learning 162

Learning Culture Failure Disabilities 162

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 19, 2017

Orton-Gillingham (officially labeled “Orton-Gillingham Multisensory Structured Language Approach”) came about through the foundational contributions of Samuel T. Orton was a neuropsychiatrist and a pioneer in focusing attention on reading failure and related language processing difficulties.

Learning Styles 109

Learning Styles Students Language Languages 109

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Fifth, increased consolidation Various business models will be rising, From district sales to freemium conversion, A few larger companies will be emerging, Maybe a few failures and consolidation. More English Language Learning students Will need to become fluent. Edtech will be mobile. The fifth mountain will be diversity.

Failure 112

Failure Essay Critical Thinking English 112

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Once I was in my placement school, the families of my Black, Latino, and white Middle Eastern students, a majority of whom spoke a language other than English at home , deferred to me in a way that felt undeserved, almost as if I was perceived to be a savior that could parachute in and fix all their child’s problems.

Teaching 168

Teaching Culture Failure Fairness 168

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2024

And different programs can be better fits for different kids, like for those with special needs or who don’t speak English as a first language. For experts like Gray, the elephant in the room is that the CHIPS fund is trying to compensate for failures at the federal level to pass comprehensive child care legislation.“How

Failure 196

Failure English Language Languages 196

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

Outperforming the citywide average for percent of students in grades three through eight proficient on the PARCC assessments, 16 percent more of our students scored in proficient range on the English Language Arts assessment and 10 percent more of our students scored proficient on the math assessment.

History 138

History Critical Thinking Learning Interdisciplinary 138

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

As educators in the field of higher education today, we are led towards several questions, the most important of which is: Is there a failure to understand the crucial and circular cause-effect relationship between emotions, cognition, and academic success? These opposing mindsets created “different psychological worlds” (Dweck, 2008).

Teaching 116

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 116

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Schoolzilla claims its tools help address issues like absenteeism, course failures and disproportionality in suspensions. Today, Schoolzilla’s data-driven dashboards use multiple sources of student data, including attendance, suspensions and grades, to monitor progress toward school and district goals.

Schools 99

Schools Failure Exams Learning 99

Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2017

When it comes to our children’s education, there’s no room for failure—fast or slow—and layers of bureaucracy and tight budgets often make big changes impossible. With such demanding application structures, companies relying on hyperbolic marketing language will surely be outed. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

Evaluation 93

Evaluation English History Failure 93

Cal Matters

APRIL 17, 2025

Everyone has a theory, but the failure to bring a train to the airport is one of those municipal mishaps whose rationale is lost to time. Did the taxi industry maneuver to block it many years ago? Did nearby neighborhoods quietly object? Did land-use planners simply not think of it? Take Janice Hahn, for one.

Failure 103

Failure History English Language 103

Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You have to provide physical space, emotional space and time for kids to try things and experience either success or failure. But in some subject areas—science and math and English-language arts—the older kids get, the greater the emphasis on written documentation of understanding. We would never ask in a P.E.

Testing 168

Testing Schools Art Feedback 168

Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

As educators in the field of higher education today, we are led towards several questions, the most important of which is: Is there a failure to understand the crucial and circular cause-effect relationship between emotions, cognition, and academic success? These opposing mindsets created “different psychological worlds” (Dweck, 2008).

Teaching 98

Teaching Failure Instructors Motivation 98

Faculty Focus

APRIL 13, 2025

For international students, this act of showing respect is vital, as they fear failure in the course if their communication style is perceived as disrespectful. Adapting to Autonomy in the Classroom Cultural backgrounds and language barriers contribute to international students hesitance to participate vocally in class.

Feedback 92

Feedback Culture Learning Students 92

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 29, 2024

It was not uncommon for Shawn to throw chairs, push over desks, or shout “colorful language” at his peers and teachers. Dyslexia is normally associated with reading difficulty, but math is a symbol system just like written language, so students with dyslexia can also struggle with math.) The louder he got, the more quietly I spoke.

Math 112

Math Testing Learning Failure 112

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

The launch of the artificial intelligence (AI) large language model ChatGPT was met with both enthusiasm (“Wow! Or, an English language learner who relies on an app to translate words as they write essays. When problem solving followed by instruction works: Evidence for productive failure. Whalen, J., & Mouza, C.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

The launch of the artificial intelligence (AI) large language model ChatGPT was met with both enthusiasm (“Wow! Or, an English language learner who relies on an app to translate words as they write essays. When problem solving followed by instruction works: Evidence for productive failure. Whalen, J., & Mouza, C.

Academic Integrity 98

Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Disabilities 98

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

Vulnerabilities vary: aging copyrights, failure to address new standards, outdated technology and distribution channel issues. These companies help school systems meet a new policy requirement—social-emotional learning, English Language Learning, and reading assessment, respectively.

Testing 113

Testing Failure Curriculum English 113

Time 4 Kindergarten

JUNE 25, 2024

A Fresh Look at Phonics In this book, Wiley Blevins shares lessons, routines, word lists, and tips for English Language Learners and advanced learners. It offers a simple framework to support classroom conversations and the language comprehension strand of Scarboroughs Reading Rope.

Reading 52

Reading Science Failure Beliefs 52

Faculty Focus

APRIL 13, 2025

For international students, this act of showing respect is vital, as they fear failure in the course if their communication style is perceived as disrespectful. Adapting to Autonomy in the Classroom Cultural backgrounds and language barriers contribute to international students hesitance to participate vocally in class.

Feedback 83

Feedback Culture Learning Students 83

k12 Online Schools

MAY 9, 2025

Real School Example One middle school teacher at K12 Schools designed a Grammar Quest for English class. It can be baked into how we teach science, math, language, and even history. Real School Example At K12 Schools , a Grade 6 English teacher introduced a Book Trailer project. This creates a natural sense of progression.

Schools 52

Schools Motivation Gamification Essay 52

Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2017

In spite of the legal wrangling and the failure of the settlement, Mary Sue Coleman considers the project a net gain. The headline result we found is that women were equally represented as writers of English-language fiction in the 19th century, and lost ground dramatically in the 20th,” he says. That work still lies ahead.

Fairness 167

Fairness History English Internet 167

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

In fact, whatever you’re already reading in English, science or history may showcase incredible acts of resilience. His continuous failure—or iteration, as we’d call it today— taught him to innovate. Discuss how despite repeated failures, all heroes complete their journey. or Bessie Coleman.

Failure 142

Failure Motivation History Learning 142