eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2019

Approximately one in seven of our students are English language learners. Those TVs—three in each room—are all wired together so that teachers and students can show one example on all three or operate each one individually for small-group work.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

Our blended model starts with an engaging digital curriculum, one-to-one instruction, and small-group work. This systematic process of introducing phonetic and decoding skills allows students to rapidly and efficiently crack the “code” of the English Language to become more successful readers. Teaching students to decode .

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This gave way to more movement, flexible group work, and games. I got a small whiteboard and filled a cardboard box with dry-erase markers and extra writing utensils. I even started adapting my lessons to the park with fewer papers that could fly around and no screens. My students were super engaged in learning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

Gardner, who teaches kindergarten to English learners in Salisbury, N.C., Others have parents who are working essential jobs and no older siblings to help with schoolwork. Teachers of older students are assigning group work and creating breakout chat rooms in Zoom. Another piece of the puzzle?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Because what they note is, if you’re in a safe environment with a safe class, they would rather use English, because they’re trying to practice their English and become proficient in English.” Group work in face-to-face classes can be challenging as it is,” Parra said.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Our class management tools foster online collaboration, group work and feedback. Hapara Analytics enables K-12 educational leaders to maximize the impact of their school or district’s G Suite for Education strategy, allowing them to see: who and what is having the biggest impact. who is being left behind.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2023

Also during that period, teachers with a high share of students classified as English learners were more likely to report that their students regularly struggled to understand lessons, complete assignments and get help from an adult. Government Accountability Office. And research from the U.S.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2020

If classes are too small, say 5-10 students, classroom discussion and group work may be more difficult. We’re putting out fires and not planning for success,” says Jessica Camacho, whose English language learning classes in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, have shot up from her usual 30 to somewhere between 43 and 46 students. “I

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

This model is similar to the center rotations that already occur in many elementary classrooms, in which students rotate through stations in small groups, working both independently and with the teacher. However, encouraging students to take ownership for their group members is difficult.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

Using the second/third grade pod as an example, Allen explains how two teachers start their morning together with a group of nearly 58 students who work on their own tablet devices. Each student is assigned an individualized learning schedule that involves group work or one-on-one interventions with a teacher.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Last summer, not far from the doorsteps of Oakland Unified School District, a group of parents came together to build an academic program from scratch in an effort to close the gap between the education their children were getting in school and the education they deserved.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

This allows English language learners in my LASD classes to safely experiment without worrying about how to communicate at each step. Collaboration and group work is fundamental. But as students work on more advanced projects, the tasks can quickly get difficult. Beginner coding exercises are simple and fun to start with.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 9, 2018

I’ve used this space for flipped classrooms when I have students do group work in class, like this example from a course on Greek archaeology: Each group of students can work simultaneously on one page, adding content which is marked with a vertical colored stripe and the student’s initials so you can see which student added which content.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2018

If a student masters a subject such as English or Chemistry, then professors give them letter-grades for their transcripts indicating their level of mastery. deLaski stresses that her group worked closely with employers, consulting more than 50 of them and getting feedback on how to improve each badge they’re offering.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2020

Below are reflections from three of my students: 10th grader Amal Sakran, who already speaks English and Arabic, and is working on Korean; ninth grader Oyinade Falope, originally from Nigeria, and ninth grader, Kayla Rengel. Amal : I work from my bedroom while sitting on my bed. Q: Where does ‘school’ happen for you now?

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Gaggle Speaks

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Pair collaboration with group work or team projects. While this might seem like a difficult task, particularly for disciplines that require extensive writing like English or reading, consider allowing students to blog. Drop the pen and paper.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2017

This involves group work to solve authentic problems, choice and independence, technology as a learning tool and a focus on college, career and civic readiness. Instead of teaching English, math, history and science independently, projects often weave multiple subjects into the same learning experience.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

What exists in Arabic in terms of Sunday school curricula, youth work materials, and home Bible studies is largely translation from English, often poorly translated and culturally inappropriate. I Hate Group Work!”: Addressing students’ concerns about small-group learning. References: Allan, E. Ambrose, S.,

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k12 Online Schools

MAY 7, 2025

Building a Digital Learning Culture In a traditional classroom, culture is built through physical presence: greetings at the door, shared lunchtime, or spontaneous group work. But online schools have to work harder to build this same community. Thats where social media can help.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

A flexible classroom is a learning environment that utilizes an “agile physical setup that will accommodate both independent and group work,” according to a CDW white paper on constructing modern classrooms. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out the basics of a modern learning environment. What Is a Flexible Classroom? by Eli Zimmerman.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2017

The department head forced me to use the same texts used in every other English class—so there I was, in a room full of black kids reading the whitest things ever written. Advanced placement students, in mostly white classes, were actively engaged and sitting in circles. Our classrooms were chaotic—everyone sitting in disarray.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2022

To him, that means students who are Black, Latino, poor or who speak a language other than English at home. One way edtech companies in our sample tap teacher knowledge is to form advisory groups of educators or focus groups. I'd much rather they build for Abbott Elementary than for Palo Alto High School.

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