Edsurge

MAY 16, 2025

The guide breaks down the edtech purchasing cycle into three processes: edtech selection, implementation and evaluation. They rely on 1EdTechs TrustEd Apps program, Lightspeed Insight and internal help desk tracking to evaluate tools for privacy, use and impact. AI is transforming tools and pushing prices up, says Magley.

Evaluation 136

Evaluation Secondary Education Disabilities Feedback 136

Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

To guide this transformative learning process, critical thinking will become an invaluable commodity. Critical thinking is defined by Paul and Elder as “the art of analyzing and evaluating thought processes with a view to improving them” (Paul and Elder 2020, 9). Model Critical Thinking As educators, we serve as leaders.

Critical Thinking 128

Critical Thinking Intelligence Education Learning 128

eSchool News

APRIL 28, 2025

We’ve learned from our lengthy discussions and research that for schools to truly partner with parents, something has to change in many organizations’ approaches to K-12 apps.” and Edsby. . “The challenges with this approach depend on which type of user you are.

Schools 266

Schools Communication Evaluation Feedback 266

Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2025

These parallel yet distinct teaching environments demand intentional strategies that can adapt while maintaining their power to actively engage students in the learning process. Instead, we need to reimagine active learning for both spaces, maintaining the core principles while adapting the execution.

Active Learning 66

Active Learning Activities Learning Minute Papers 66

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

In the digital era, especially post-pandemic, this strategy has gained renewed importance for fostering active learning, critical thinking, and academic resilience. Today, the flipped classroom is no longer just about moving lectures online but about curating immersive, personalized learning environments. Flipped Classroom 2.0:

Critical Thinking 95

Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 95

Faculty Focus

JUNE 17, 2025

The integration of AI technologies presents unparalleled opportunities for enhancing teaching, learning, and administrative processes. We also explore the role of continuous evaluation and stakeholder engagement in maintaining an AI framework that remains true to an institution’s mission over time.

Ethics 118

Ethics Education Evaluation Fairness 118

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

In the digital era, especially post-pandemic, this strategy has gained renewed importance for fostering active learning, critical thinking, and academic resilience. Today, the flipped classroom is no longer just about moving lectures online but about curating immersive, personalized learning environments. Flipped Classroom 2.0:

Critical Thinking 89

Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 89

Faculty Focus

JULY 20, 2025

Students often view general education requirements (gen eds) as “hurdles” to overcome on their way to the learning that matters to them. Campuses invest enormous time and energy revising their gen ed programs of study to create the kinds of interconnected learning experiences that produce broadly educated degree completers.

Syllabus 96

Syllabus Education Ethics Instructors 96

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

Educators may evaluate what worked well and what didn’t, including instructional strategies, classroom management techniques, student engagement efforts, and time management. What routines supported a positive learning environment, and which caused friction? Teachers might ask themselves: Which lessons sparked curiosity?

Schools 234

Schools Motivation Science Teaching 234

Elevate k12

JUNE 27, 2025

Schools across the country use various versions of quality assurance (walkthroughs, observations, evaluations, learning walks, etc.) It is also often the biggest area of concern for our school leaders, students, and parents when it comes to learning in a virtual teaching modality. Why Classroom Engagement Audits?

Coaching 98

Coaching Feedback Achievement Evaluation 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Today’s modern liberal education typically encompasses a general education curriculum that offers extensive learning across various multiple disciplines and perspectives, paired with focused study in a chosen major. Systems thinking complements interdisciplinary learning.

Art 114

Art Curriculum Interdisciplinary Teaching 114

Faculty Focus

JUNE 26, 2025

By guiding students in crafting effective prompts and critically evaluating AI-generated content, educators can help them leverage AI as a thinking partner rather than a content generator. Students who learn to create precise, open-ended, and iterative prompts can use AI to support their cognitive engagement.

Critical Thinking 82

Critical Thinking Skills Ethics Academic Integrity 82

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

This article includes a free, open-access resource for educators: What Your Students Arent Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading with Empathy. The book, co-authored with students, offers actionable strategies and insights to help create more inclusive and humane learning environments.

Disabilities 54

Disabilities Course Design Students Lecturing 54

Faculty Focus

JUNE 17, 2025

The integration of AI technologies presents unparalleled opportunities for enhancing teaching, learning, and administrative processes. We also explore the role of continuous evaluation and stakeholder engagement in maintaining an AI framework that remains true to an institution’s mission over time.

Ethics 75

Ethics Education Evaluation Fairness 75

Faculty Focus

JULY 20, 2025

Students often view general education requirements (gen eds) as “hurdles” to overcome on their way to the learning that matters to them. Campuses invest enormous time and energy revising their gen ed programs of study to create the kinds of interconnected learning experiences that produce broadly educated degree completers.

Syllabus 95

Syllabus Education Ethics Instructors 95

Faculty Focus

JUNE 26, 2025

By guiding students in crafting effective prompts and critically evaluating AI-generated content, educators can help them leverage AI as a thinking partner rather than a content generator. Students who learn to create precise, open-ended, and iterative prompts can use AI to support their cognitive engagement.

Critical Thinking 69

Critical Thinking Skills Ethics Academic Integrity 69

Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

In my more recent students evaluations, students say they are less stressed, they are more motivated, and they understand assignment expectations at the beginning of the semester. Blum (2020) argues that grades provide minimal feedback, they deemphasize learning, and what they actually measure is inconsistent (10-14).

Grades 75

Grades Evaluation Assignments Instructors 75

Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

Inclusivity and feelings of psychological safety in the classroom should not be reserved solely for K-12 learning environments. Instead, it is an educator’s responsibility to design cooperative learning structures that facilitate comfort and collaboration regardless of grade level.

Assignments 73

Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 73

Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Today’s modern liberal education typically encompasses a general education curriculum that offers extensive learning across various multiple disciplines and perspectives, paired with focused study in a chosen major. Systems thinking complements interdisciplinary learning.

Art 97

Art Curriculum Interdisciplinary Teaching 97

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

That vision became AEF Schools , a place designed for students who needed something differenta structured, supportive environment where learning goes beyond textbooks and tests. Learning That Works for Every Student Imagine a student who is bright, curious, and eager to learn but constantly struggles in a traditional classroom.

Skills 137

Skills Schools Learning Students 137

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

There are multiple pathways to holding students accountable for their evidence of learning; one is to focus on cheating, the other is to focus on integrity. A claim about integrity is supported by a learners ability to transparently document and reflect on the learning process and explain or expand on their results.

Academic Integrity 92

Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 92

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Gotta Know the Rules Anyone who has ever taught professionally knows that classroom management is one of the most important aspects of creating a good learning environment and foundational to instructional practice. I have control over their actions and learning. One day, Ms. This stuff doesn’t matter!” Yeah, I was a real rebel.

Multiple Choice Questions 112

Multiple Choice Questions History Students Beliefs 112

Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

Inclusivity and feelings of psychological safety in the classroom should not be reserved solely for K-12 learning environments. Instead, it is an educator’s responsibility to design cooperative learning structures that facilitate comfort and collaboration regardless of grade level.

Assignments 62

Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 62

Whiteboard Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

This new framework highlights how AI can be a powerful ally for teachers, helping to streamline tasks and enrich the learning experience. The DfE, in collaboration with the Chartered College of Teaching and Chiltern Learning Trust, has not only provided a roadmap but also the tools to navigate this new terrain.

Quizzes 59

Quizzes Schools Disabilities Exams 59

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

As students increasingly seek flexible and interactive learning experiences, the conventional approach may not meet their needs any longer. What innovations might redefine the learning environment? Data indicates that online learning offers flexibility that traditional classrooms often can’t match. A study from the U.S.

Hybrid Learning 135

Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 135

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2017

Writing is used to assess student learning more often than it is used to facilitate learning. Rarely do we hear people, even teachers, discuss writing as a process for learning. Writing enables us to find out what we know—and what we don’t know—about whatever we’re trying to learn.”.

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Writing STEM Learning Critical Thinking 634

Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

As scholar-teachers, we know that the habit of reflectioncan be a powerful tool for workplace learning and performance, which can separate high-performance professionals from mediocre ones. During the Covid-19 pandemic, I set a before-action directive in my international business for students to engage in a virtual consulting-based learning.

Lecturing 56

Lecturing Faculty Development Knowledge Laboratory 56

eSchool News

MAY 23, 2025

For them, learning can feel like trying to play an instrument that was never built for them. For neurodiverse students–those with ADHD, dyslexia, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and other learning differences–this need is especially acute. Success stories from the classroom Across the U.S.,

Multidisciplinary 293

Multidisciplinary Evaluation Reading Feedback 293

Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2025

The birth of generative AI is a bit like the arrival of electricity, says Beth Rabbitt, CEO of education innovation nonprofit The Learning Accelerator, explaining that the technology has the potential to change the world for the better and, if were not careful with it, also to spark fires.

Intelligence 215

Intelligence Schools Science Math 215

eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

Our education community across the country is still working to overcome setbacks in student achievement and learning progress , all while facing ongoing challenges such as chronic absenteeism, teacher shortages and burnout, and a noticeable increase in student mental health and behavioral concerns. What is being measured–and why?

Grades 158

Grades Evaluation Students Achievement 158

Elevate k12

JULY 3, 2025

This change may shift how districts structure their instructional models and how state agencies evaluate the use of federal dollars ( EducationCounsel ). Every Elevate teacher is assigned an Academic Coach who oversees their growth, provides regular feedback, and guides them through personalized learning pathways.

Special Education 94

Special Education English Languages Language 94

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

That includes everything from Common Core to the IB philosophy, from Depth of Knowledge to Project-based Learning. That’s when I heard about John Hattie at an education conference I attended and his concept of Visible Learning. Visible refers to making student learning visible to teachers so both parties know it’s working.

Learning 193

Learning Failure Evaluation Feedback 193

Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Founders have a bias toward action, wanting to try ten things to find one that works, to fail fast in order to learn. Cultivates a culture of experimentation, with rapid-cycle feedback loops for evaluating what is working (and what is not). An effective founder is an impatient optimist, a tinker, a maker, and an entrepreneur.

Culture 276

Culture Motivation Evaluation Feedback 276

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

In todays technology-rich classrooms, digital literacy is becoming a foundational skill–students are learning to navigate devices, use educational software, and collaborate online. They must learn how to understand and interpret data that drives so many aspects of their lives. The same goes for students.

Ethics 295

Ethics Education Culture Social Studies 295

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2022

When I facilitate blended learning workshops, I ask participants to think about these three roles and identify the role they spend the most time and energy in. Hattie’s and Timperley’s (2007) research on feedback identified it as having a significant impact on student achievement and learning.

Blended Learning 498

Blended Learning Feedback Learning Instructors 498

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 27, 2021

Feedback is how students feel seen and supported. When we give feedback as students work, we signal that the work they are doing is important, and we care about their progress. Teachers want to give students timely, focused, and actionable feedback, yet it is easy to neglect. Peer Feedback Choice Board. I really liked __.

Feedback 546

Feedback Peer Review Assignments Online Learning 546

Catlin Tucker

MAY 25, 2020

As the year comes to a close, I encourage teachers to take a moment and collect feedback from students about their experiences learning online in the last few months. I think it’s likely that schools will begin the year online or adopt a blended learning model that allows for fewer students on campus at one time.

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Evaluation Online Learning Distance Learning Learning 546