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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In an English class, for instance, teachers might give students a list of books relating to a certain theme and let students choose which book to read. They might write an essay, compile a slideshow presentation, or create a video, for instance. Choice in product lets students decide how to show what they’ve learned.

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JULY 28, 2017

Barrow Elementary, the project begins with each student selecting one of six nominees from civil rights history to research. They then create a persuasive video essay as well as a watercolor painting showing why their chosen nominee best displays the qualities of peace. I also read Peace Is an Offering by Annette Lebox.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Machado was nominated by the Bilingual Department Chairperson Brian Donovan who submitted an essay describing how Machado helps his students. Runner-up McGrath wrote in his essay , “Parent-Teacher Conferences are a big part of our school year. The essays submitted by these entrants were incredibly inspiring. About Rosetta Stone.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2017

As the media specialist, I created the annual “Barrow Peace Prize” project in collaboration with the 2 nd grade classroom teachers and art teacher, where students from across all the second-grade sections pick six nominees from civil rights history and decide what attributes the winner must embody.

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JULY 10, 2024

Ethan, a high school junior studying to become a secondary history teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning, was presenting findings from his extensive research to the staff at our school. For example, my students read a variety of books about education to learn more about challenges and solutions in the field.

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MARCH 16, 2018

Here’s a slightly Orwellian way to check whether your students may have plagiarized part of their essays: the Chrome extension Draftback , which plays back the revision history of any Google doc you can edit—down to the keystroke. showed off three Chrome extensions useful for those with reading difficulties.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

I recently read. Nobody in the “learn to code” movement argues for this, and every educator would agree with Wolfram's analogy that teaching raw coding syntax alone would be like teaching English handwriting without teaching how to write an essay. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Wolfram’s blog post. through legislation such as.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Josh Davis spent 14 years teaching high school special education and middle school history, so he’s well aware of a few classroom constants. Read Grading for Equity by Joe Feldman. Maybe they get fewer problems or customized tasks to meet their reading level. History course assignment about the Constitution.

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JUNE 2, 2025

How do you decide whether to keep reading a book or to stop reading it? Students can keep a long-term journal to respond all year long, or they can use journal prompts as a springboard into a class essay or assignment. Imagine a world where you could read everyones mind, but no one could read yours.

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MAY 16, 2023

They are similar to essays but usually more detailed and longer. Regardless of the course (science, history, or literature), every student has to prepare a research document at some point or the other. You can collect information from various citing sources, including journals, books, articles, and free essays online resources.

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JUNE 17, 2024

As an educator reading headline after headline about AI in education, it’s hard to not get lost in an existential tailspin to the tune of Billie Eilish’s “What was I made for?” (if The television person values immediacy, not history. if AI can do all of this.) Integrating generative AI into education is complex. What is the cost?

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AUGUST 14, 2024

eSpark, an online supplemental curriculum provider for math, reading, and writing, is bringing AI-powered phonics practice to foundational reading instruction this school year. This update strengthens eSpark’s already strong alignment with the science of reading.

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MAY 6, 2019

One session on AP European History alone got 845 viewers. “I In its first year, she claims, more than 90 percent of the 400-plus students on the platform passed their AP World History and US History tests. Screenshot of AP World History review session on Fiveable. And she’s starting with subjects that she knows best.

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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. The teacher’s 10th grade class had just finished op-ed essays on a topic of their choice, and Kyle had chosen to examine the economic impact of illegal immigration on the U.S.

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APRIL 11, 2018

Whether you call it “right fit,” “best fit” or good fit, the concept of an institution being a suitable match for a student’s needs—be they social or academic—is probably one you’ve read about or discussed in the classroom or at the dinner table. But does AI have a role on the admissions office side of the process?

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MARCH 7, 2024

As a Google Docs rookie, none of the articles I read told me exactly how to track this process. When I went to Google Docs and clicked on version history, I was only getting days of drafts saved rather than actual changes made during a composing session. My essay didn’t pass the AI-generated content test. References Helmond, J.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

He passed away the other day, and you can read an essay looking back at his life and work that we published at EdSurge. From everything we’ve read about Christensen, we’re guessing he’d be happy to see his ideas debated and engaged with. Or read the partial transcript, which has been lightly edited for clarity.

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MARCH 28, 2019

Read part 1 here. Bryan Alexander Audio has a long history that is important for edtech folks to understand. He even tracked down a recording of Campbell reading his essay aloud, sampled it, then excerpted it in his finished work—all on their own, without my prompting it We started class with a dive into audio history.

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MARCH 7, 2024

As a Google Docs rookie, none of the articles I read told me exactly how to track this process. When I went to Google Docs and clicked on version history, I was only getting days of drafts saved rather than actual changes made during a composing session. My essay didn’t pass the AI-generated content test. References Helmond, J.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Library innovations in the 21 st century include building a space that students actually want to inhabi, whicht is imperative to facilitating their learning and curiosity when it comes to reading. During the 2021-2022 school year, the Reading School District saw over 13,000 ebooks and audiobooks checked out through the Sora K-12 reading app.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2022

On the day of a crucial match-up between South Korea and Germany, I chose to project the game on the TV in class while they pretended to write essays, knowing I had already lost their attention for the day. All too often, the books on these reading centered traumatizing and marginalizing protagonists.

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JUNE 16, 2020

In her presentation of the history of treating programming as a mass literacy , she suggests that programming and literacy have faced similar historical trajectories and questions what aspects might be lost when they are framed as professional activities, accessible to only a few.

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OCTOBER 2, 2017

He avoids assessing creative writing altogether by assigning his students to write critical essays about their own short stories. He avoids assessing creative writing altogether by assigning his students to write critical essays about their own short stories. It also helps break down the barrier between critical and creative thinking.

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JULY 25, 2023

It was a podcast version of the BBC radio show In Our Time, where a panel of academics discussed the history of ideas. Professors often spend years writing a paper or a book, he adds, and then it takes years or months to get published, and then read by very few people. Or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2018

It counts when an essay expands from one unclear sentence to three paragraphs of of compelling narrative, even if three paragraphs doesn’t cut it on the rubric. I wanted to empower him to find his voice, so we came to the decision together to strip away the traditional in-class readings and extended response questions. Probably not.

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JULY 7, 2022

They want to read and write and think. During the semester, students read “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,” “The Secret Life of Bees” and “They Say/I Say.” Students will need to craft a research question, read relevant sources and synthesize what they learn in a short paper. Some worry whether they’re ready.

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MARCH 2, 2017

Here are the most-read posts for the month of February: 169 Tech Tip #116–How to Take Screenshots. Bring an expert to your classroom for Black History Month. How to Prepare for the SAT Essay. Read Jacqui’s debut tech thriller, To Hunt a Sub. 169 Tech Tip #115–Three-click Rule. Edit and Share Videos Like a Rock Star.

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AUGUST 13, 2016

It will not push you to go read a book, even if it is better than the movie. It doesn't encourage you to expand your movie watching habits by suggesting movies you may not like but are seminal in cinematic history. Psychology and the real world: Essays illustrating fundamental contributions to society, 56-64. & Bjork, R.

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JUNE 6, 2024

Here are the most-read posts for the past month: Books You’ll Want to Read This Summer Tech Tips to End the School Year AI has potential to upend student testing A Typing Website With a Twist 5 Innovative Tech Projects for High Schoolers How do you teach the hard to teach class? Watch the video.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

This inspired me to seek out a game, or online environment, that could provide more expansive experiences for them—a place that would allow them to explore, on their own or with others, and where I could embed history content for them to discover. Read more tips for classroom management and creating a positive classroom culture.

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DECEMBER 28, 2016

Rewordify is a tool that teachers can use to differentiate reading texts for readers of all levels. For example, click on Rome in 14 AD and read about Emperor Augustus. Students can see how data on major religions, empires, and populations fluctuate throughout history in one of the site’s many data visualizations.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

For example, design a lesson for a fifth grade boy with a reading learning disability who is interested in sports. Spark their interest and you know, get them excited about math or reading or whatever. Now you get. At least it’s not going to be a complete lesson, but you’ll get a spike. He’s interested in sports.

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JULY 31, 2019

“The era of trying to measure aptitude is finally over,” wrote the College Board’s president, David Coleman, in an essay in The Atlantic earlier this summer, referring to the version of the test that has been in place since 2014, when the SAT was last revised.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

As director of the futures initiative at CUNY's Graduate Center, Davidson studies and thinks a lot about cultural history and technology. Well, that essay was called The New Education and it was so important that Harvard hired this young man—he was only 34. On a personal level, I'm kind of geek. I'm also dyslexic.

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JUNE 16, 2020

In her presentation of the history of treating programming as a mass literacy , she suggests that programming and literacy have faced similar historical trajectories and questions what aspects might be lost when they are framed as professional activities, accessible to only a few.

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

Assessing student learning used to be as simple as giving a test that consisted of multiple choice, True/False, short answer, and/or essay. Classtools Mapmaker Game enables teachers and students to create maps that track the plot of a book, record the progress of history, or share a tour of geographic locations. Google Forms.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

When ChatGPT was first released, questions swirled around higher ed about it stoking an increase in plagiarism, promoting a lack of critical thinking, and what the future would hold for classic functions like the college admission essay. When answering basic questions, AI can read a student’s answers. AI could transform tutoring.

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