Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2024

We’re excited to bring you more episodes this year, including more installments in our new series about growing public skepticism about higher education and the impact that is having on the choices students make after high school. If you have a suggestion for a topic or guest for 2024, please send that my way at jeff@edsurge.com.

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Instructors Attention Lecturing Essay 134

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The opening to this essay , penned by Finck, sheds some light on why I find her work so entertaining. “A I was struck by the tight argumentation in the recent Vox essay, “ The incredible shrinking future of college ,” written by New America’s Kevin Carey.

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Reading Essay History Science 166

Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2023

Classes aren’t led by a lone professor lecturing at the front of the classroom, but by teams of educators, with at least three virtual instructors and as many as ten to fifteen assigned to larger classes. Performance assessment varies, with students submitting essays, videos or presentations to demonstrate they’ve learned the material.

Teaching 173

Teaching Instructors Syllabus Assignments 173

Faculty Focus

JUNE 13, 2024

Nothing has informed my teaching practice as much as serving as a writing tutor for high school and college students. It’s a typical weekday afternoon and I’m sitting down with one of my students to begin brainstorming ideas for her essay. On to the second essay option. Believe me, I’m guilty too. Yes, that’s it.

Assignments 119

Assignments Essay Writing Questions 119

Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 16, 2025

So grab your pens and get ready to write down some smart resources specifically geared toward financial literacy for high school students. What might be a good goal for high school with finances might not be the same when they become adults. The key is to keep it real and relatable so students stay engaged.

High School 52

High School High School Activities Schools 52

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

In an earlier essay, we discussed how teachers are leaning into SEL to adapt student services and unlock opportunities that, just months ago, may have seemed impossible. When he transitioned his high school classroom in Phoenix to distance learning, Neal was already using ClassDojo as a way to track positive behaviors.

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Accessibility Distance Learning Learning Students 218

Faculty Focus

JUNE 13, 2024

Nothing has informed my teaching practice as much as serving as a writing tutor for high school and college students. It’s a typical weekday afternoon and I’m sitting down with one of my students to begin brainstorming ideas for her essay. On to the second essay option. Believe me, I’m guilty too. Yes, that’s it.

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Assignments Essay Writing Questions 111

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2017

I went to a small high school there in the city, and yeah, that's a little bit about me. So,I was able to take those skills to high school where I was successful. What it does is it records the lecture, divides up the components of the lecture, and then to the side of that, you can take notes. Go Aggies!

Disabilities 124

Disabilities Lecturing Learning Disabilities Learning 124

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 22, 2025

Introduction High school is a defining period in a teenagers life. But over the last decadeand especially in recent yearsan alternative model has emerged: online high schools education. But over the last decadeand especially in recent yearsan alternative model has emerged: online high schools education.

High School 52

High School High School Exams Schools 52

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

At the all-girls boarding high school that Ruth Cady attended in a small Virginia town, she recalls being a middling student. By March 2000, during her senior year of high school, Ruth Cady was chatting with her assigned freshman roommate. Should their essays have a thesis statement? Fascinating,” Charlotte says.

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Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 176

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 16, 2025

A few weeks ago, I went to my daughters open house at her high school and had a chance to meet her teachers. Who I am in that space is simply one version of mejust as I’m a different version of myself at a family gathering, my daughter’s high school open house, or even waiting in line at the DMV.

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Instructors Lecturing Essay Art 93

Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

High school student Jeff Bliss famously said in 2013 , “If you would just get up and teach them instead of handing them a freakin’ packet, yo. Unfortunately, too many alternative high schools are just about worksheet packets and self-paced online courses. It’s kids in here that don’t learn like that.

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Students Essay Textbooks Lecturing 76

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 24, 2018

Geared for college-level classes, this also works well for high school AP classes. Use it to provide rigor in high school AP classes for students who love the learning. How to Prepare for the SAT Essay. You can sign up for free to watch a limited number of videos. More on college prep: How to Prepare for the SAT.

Textbooks 86

Textbooks Exams Syllabus Essay 86

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Utilizing technology and AI in schools, which generates perspectives aggregated from myriad sources, allows for an expanded understanding of a certain topic or theme, which was initially seeded within the four walls of the classroom, but now can be encouraged and further explored with support from platforms like ChatGPT. newsletters.

Plagiarism 130

Plagiarism Education Intelligence Textbooks 130

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 16, 2025

A few weeks ago, I went to my daughters open house at her high school and had a chance to meet her teachers. Who I am in that space is simply one version of mejust as I’m a different version of myself at a family gathering, my daughter’s high school open house, or even waiting in line at the DMV.

Instructors 59

Instructors Lecturing Essay Art 59

Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2018

And Jones admits that guidance counselors at high schools she’s approached have been reluctant to recommend the unusual college with no accreditation. For one thing, students quickly asked her not to lecture. I did well in traditional school, but I was very unhappy all throughout high school,” she says.

Grades 119

Grades Discussions Curriculum Assignments 119

Teach Thought

MAY 18, 2025

Whatever we call it, a seminar is different from a talk/recitation/ lecture-with-discussion. Students will first read a shared text of any length, from a haiku, photograph, painting, or song to an article, essay, short story, or novel. Some educators count it as a summative assessment, similar to an exam, essay, or project.

Critical Thinking 52

Critical Thinking Coaching Discussions Evaluation 52

EAB

JULY 11, 2023

And a significant portion of my work revolves around engaging these institutions and being more effective in terms of, one, recruiting these students, but also marketing to the community’s organizations, the advocates, the advisors, the counselors, high school teachers who might be also engaged in this work, too. But Penn is hard.

Culture 40

Culture History Questions High School 40

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

My high school students were sometimes doodling on the paper, staring out the window, or hoping to just get the answers at the end from myself or a friend. In a field where lecture-based learning is the norm, I began to reflect on my own education experience and what kept me engaged. They were not.

Active Learning 280

Active Learning Activities Learning Feedback 280

eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2015

My high school students were sometimes doodling on the paper, staring out the window, or hoping to just get the answers at the end from myself or a friend. In a field where lecture-based learning is the norm, I began to reflect on my own education experience and what kept me engaged. They were not.

Learning 279

Learning Feedback Essay Lecturing 279

Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2024

As AI Chatbots Rise, More Educators Look to Oral Exams — With High-Tech Twist By Jeffrey R. Young fizkes / Shutterstock The introduction of ChatGPT has educators looking for alternatives to assigning essays. One idea that has bubbled up is to bring back oral exams. We looked at what the new group plans to do with that windfall.

Exams 157

Exams Education Essay Lecturing 157

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

So she relies on support from William Barry, the philosophy instructor who records her delivering brief lectures for his undergraduate class on the ethics of emerging technology. Thumbing through its pages, you might have discovered a brief essay penned by a prolific writer of science and science fiction, Isaac Asimov.

Teachers 154

Teachers Education Instructors Intelligence 154

Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2024

There’s no neatly wrapped solution to tie up her essay — because her school hasn’t devised one. Gen Z Teaches History” is her Millennial take on how today’s high school students might deliver their own classroom lectures one day, with youthful slang (what’s “rizz?”) and Taylor Swift references to spare.

Essay 155

Essay Lecturing History Group work 155

Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

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. Prioritize Information : Before students can write effectively, they must learn to identify and rank key ideas from their readings, lectures, or discussions.

Writing 122

Writing Reading Assignments Disciplinary Thinking 122

Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

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. Prioritize Information : Before students can write effectively, they must learn to identify and rank key ideas from their readings, lectures, or discussions.

Writing 105

Writing Reading Assignments Disciplinary Thinking 105