Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2017

For Abby Longcor, Senior Director of the Tech Challenge, that’s what really sets the program apart: the interdisciplinary approach to engineering. “We We often neglect to tell students that reading, writing and communicating are just as necessary to success as technical skills,” Longcor explains. “In

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The strategy: GRADE We both teach composition and interdisciplinary courses at a regional state university in Georgia. Many of our courses have 48 students enrolled, and writing is assigned in all classes. The writing assignments include invention work, draft work, and final versions, which all require feedback and evaluation.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

In my third year, I decided to write my own advisory curriculum, grounded in debate and civil discourse. Life is interdisciplinary, and while our education system has finally started to acknowledge this (e.g. I can say with confidence my students didn’t learn anything in advisory in my first two years teaching it.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

, those who encourage students to use AI freely in their writing processes (open-ocean swimmers), and, finally, those who want to embrace AI with guardrails (learning to surf). Open-ocean swimmers have argued that their strategy might equalize the playing field for students or mimic workplace writing processes. What can be done?

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

, those who encourage students to use AI freely in their writing processes (open-ocean swimmers), and, finally, those who want to embrace AI with guardrails (learning to surf). Open-ocean swimmers have argued that their strategy might equalize the playing field for students or mimic workplace writing processes. What can be done?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Students at Dayton are focused on large interdisciplinary projects and problem-solving. Going from point A to point B is the same process whether it’s technical writing or fiction. What are you seeing that is engaging students in the gaming and interactive space?

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

As an English major, there is maybe no reason that I should retain information on the taxonomy of living things or plate tectonics. The first activity I tried in class was a pre-writing workshop, speed-dating-style. At my university, for example, we have a thriving “sandbox-style” working group comprised of interdisciplinary educators.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

As an English major, there is maybe no reason that I should retain information on the taxonomy of living things or plate tectonics. The first activity I tried in class was a pre-writing workshop, speed-dating-style. At my university, for example, we have a thriving “sandbox-style” working group comprised of interdisciplinary educators.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2025

Simple active learning techniques such as a quick temperature check or low stakes writing activity (Lang, 2021) can allow space for students to express their feelings, particularly when discussing challenging or emotive material, which simultaneously builds empathy and inclusion. Padlet is a good digital tool. References Barbezat, D.P.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Translation technologies can be included for students and parents whose native language is not English. With tools such as Wakelet, ELL students can write in their native language and teachers can translate on their own. Holzweiss said she avoids outdated book report questions and formats. Evolve your programming.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2025

Simple active learning techniques such as a quick temperature check or low stakes writing activity (Lang, 2021) can allow space for students to express their feelings, particularly when discussing challenging or emotive material, which simultaneously builds empathy and inclusion. Padlet is a good digital tool. References Barbezat, D.P.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2023

These courses are geared towards supporting freshmen in their transition to college by introducing them to academic discourse and college-level writing and research, among other skills. Choose an interdisciplinary topic for broader appeal Freshmen often have not yet decided what their major would be, nor should they!

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Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 7, 2025

Well-crafted journal prompts for high schoolers accomplish all of these goals and they arent just for English class! Weve included tips for classroom use and a range of subjects to interest every writer in your classroom, no matter their writing skills. Write a paragraph to convince someone in class to try an activity you love.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 13, 2025

Beth Blankenship , an English teacher who has figured out how to use competency-based learning at her Virginia high school, a school that still uses traditional grading. All of (the teachers) are assessing reading artifacts, writing artifacts, research artifacts, Messer explains, with the same rubric across our building.

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Cult of Pedagogy

AUGUST 20, 2023

Some quick background on me: My experience is in English language arts for grades 6 through 12. That edition includes 300 strategies to support many aspects of reading — from fluency to comprehension to writing about reading to engagement and motivation and more.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

While we certainly share these concerns, we do remain relatively optimistic about one aspect of higher education: learning to write. From the moment ChatGPT hit the scene, articles proclaimed the death of the college essay , and students have begun questioning the need to develop skills in writing. literature). literature).

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

While we certainly share these concerns, we do remain relatively optimistic about one aspect of higher education: learning to write. From the moment ChatGPT hit the scene, articles proclaimed the death of the college essay , and students have begun questioning the need to develop skills in writing. literature). literature).

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Edsurge

JULY 1, 2019

And his work draws from his experiences in school, weaving across the realms of interdisciplinary thinking, social-emotional learning, self care, and the steady search for creativity on a human scale. I had a good art teacher and a good English teacher, and those two things, English and art, are part of my journey.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

No longer is travel or student visa status a barrier, English as a second language a challenge, nor the “right” appearance, class or race a deterrent to participation. We tried free-writing and journaling as ways to informally check in with ourselves at midway points through online class.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2021

No longer is travel or student visa status a barrier, English as a second language a challenge, nor the “right” appearance, class or race a deterrent to participation. We tried free-writing and journaling as ways to informally check in with ourselves at midway points through online class.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2018

About 125 students and a faculty team that teaches core classes, such as English, math, science and social ­studies, are assigned exclusively to each neighborhood. “It It becomes a school within a school,” Cryer says. Maybe a student wants to record a video or make a ­presentation or type something out using Google Docs.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2023

And they wanted to change what felt to them like segregation taking root in their school building, creating tension between the two-thirds of students who are Black and the fifth of students who are English language learners, most of whom are Hispanic. After all, as a spokesperson put it, flatly, in writing, “XQ does not operate schools.”

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

And that means making sure everyone writing computer code also pays attention to the cultural and ethical implications of their tools, the effort’s leaders say. I think students will soon all learn English, Spanish and Python.” To some students, the announcement of the new college felt abrupt—and surprisingly vague.

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