k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam is the co-founder of the Vietnam Innovative Educators Foundation (VIEF), a professional network of over 157,000 educators committed to advancing technology-enhanced and student-centered teaching practices nationwide. This mindset ensures that tools never overshadow the human core of teaching and learning.

Interdisciplinary 145

Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 145

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 114

Ethics Education Evaluation Fairness 114

Faculty Focus

JULY 20, 2025

Please design a semester-long work-based learning experience to teach me the psychology concepts and learning outcomes that are described in the attached syllabus. Feedback Analysis : Evaluate customer feedback to identify patterns in behavior and make informed decisions for service improvement.

Syllabus 91

Syllabus Education Ethics Instructors 91

Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

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). The key is to teach your students ways to improve their thinking and using the Paul and Elder model can be an effective tool.

Critical Thinking 98

Critical Thinking Intelligence Education Learning 98

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

JULY 13, 2025

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). The key is to teach your students ways to improve their thinking and using the Paul and Elder model can be an effective tool.

Critical Thinking 128

Critical Thinking Intelligence Education Learning 128

Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2025

That’s when it hit medespite years of teaching experience, I’m still searching for ways to spark the same level of engagement whether I’m interacting with students face-to-face or through carefully designed asynchronous activities. For my online students, I’ve transformed this into structured reflection journals.

Active Learning 63

Active Learning Activities Learning Minute Papers 63

Faculty Focus

JULY 20, 2025

Please design a semester-long work-based learning experience to teach me the psychology concepts and learning outcomes that are described in the attached syllabus. Feedback Analysis : Evaluate customer feedback to identify patterns in behavior and make informed decisions for service improvement.

Syllabus 92

Syllabus Education Ethics Instructors 92

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 73

Ethics Education Evaluation Fairness 73

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

AI-enabled systems such as adaptive learning platforms, chatbots, and generative tools like ChatGPT can provide students with on-demand explanations, simulate peer discussions, offer low-stakes quizzes, and give instant feedback. These data-driven approaches make it possible to transition from reactive teaching to proactive guidance.

Critical Thinking 92

Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 92

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. Teaching Students How to Interact with AI Teaching students how to interact with AI begins with understanding prompt engineering.

Critical Thinking 77

Critical Thinking Skills Ethics Academic Integrity 77

Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

When considering a teacher’s pedagogical content knowledge, eliciting student feedback is paramount. solving a case study, evaluating evidence, or designing a project). By designing, facilitating, monitoring, and evaluating inclusive learning spaces, we can contribute to a sense of belonging and bring joy back into the classroom.

Assignments 97

Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 97

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

AI-enabled systems such as adaptive learning platforms, chatbots, and generative tools like ChatGPT can provide students with on-demand explanations, simulate peer discussions, offer low-stakes quizzes, and give instant feedback. These data-driven approaches make it possible to transition from reactive teaching to proactive guidance.

Critical Thinking 84

Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 84

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. Teaching Students How to Interact with AI Teaching students how to interact with AI begins with understanding prompt engineering.

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 70

Grades Evaluation Assignments Instructors 70

Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

When considering a teacher’s pedagogical content knowledge, eliciting student feedback is paramount. solving a case study, evaluating evidence, or designing a project). By designing, facilitating, monitoring, and evaluating inclusive learning spaces, we can contribute to a sense of belonging and bring joy back into the classroom.

Assignments 71

Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 71

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

After years of teaching, I noticed how often students carried academic, emotional, and personal burdens without sharing them. From Curiosity to Campuswide Inquiry The project began in two large general education courses I teach at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: FSHN 101: The Science of Food and FSHN 120: Contemporary Nutrition.

Disabilities 53

Disabilities Course Design Students Lecturing 53

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

In fact, in my practice as an educator who teaches U.S. Therein lies a paradox I have struggled with in my career: How can I continue to teach students that questioning authority is not only okay, but sometimes necessary, while maintaining a position of authority myself? history in an urban St.

Multiple Choice Questions 112

Multiple Choice Questions History Students Beliefs 112

Whiteboard Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

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. Easing the Burden: A Focus on Teacher Workload The DfE sees AI as a key to unlocking more time for what teachers do best: teaching. Handling administrative tasks.

Quizzes 59

Quizzes Schools Disabilities Exams 59

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Here are three key expectations that are redefining modern education: Interactive Learning : Students expect dynamic, interactive lessons that incorporate multimedia elements and real-time feedback. Additionally, the importance of emotional intelligence in teaching is gaining recognition. Passive learning is no longer acceptable.

Hybrid Learning 135

Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 135

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Use strategies that support integrity, maximize learning, and minimize cheating As I argue in my book AI with Intention , if we want students to use AI tools with integrity, we must teach them how. Affirm and provide feedback on (but dont grade) baseline evidence so students know that you are aware of and accept their starting point.

Academic Integrity 92

Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 92

Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

Therefore, Schon has designed reflection-during-action in which we learn to frame and reframe unexpected outcomes, talking-back and back-talking to ourselves while teaching simultaneously. Thus, I paid attention and reflected during the action in order to construct adjustments, while doing hybrid-teaching at the same time.

Lecturing 55

Lecturing Faculty Development Knowledge Laboratory 55

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Instead of relying on rigid teaching methods, AEF Schools tailor their curriculum to each student, ensuring academic progress while strengthening executive functioning, social skills, and real-world problem-solving abilities. At the heart of AEFs teaching methods is the belief that learning should be engaging and accessible.

Skills 137

Skills Schools Learning Students 137

eSchool News

MAY 23, 2025

This could be gamified lessons that minimize cognitive overload, voice-assisted content to reduce reading anxiety, or real-time emotional feedback to help manage frustration. Its impact depends on thoughtful integration into curricula, alignment with proven pedagogical goals, and ongoing evaluation of its effectiveness.

Multidisciplinary 293

Multidisciplinary Evaluation Reading Feedback 293

Elevate k12

JULY 3, 2025

Funding for “Grow Your Own” initiatives, emergency credentialing programs, and university-district partnerships has been reduced in several states, undermining efforts to build sustainable local pathways into teaching ( Brookings ). Co-teaching models, scaffolded instruction, and sheltered content strategies help meet this bar.

Special Education 94

Special Education English Languages Language 94

eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

We have an opportunity to evaluate and re-think what weve always done and consider how to effectively and frequently engage families about student progress. Academic achievement and behavior must be evaluated separately and communicated distinctly. Evaluate what platforms and tools your schools currently use.

Grades 161

Grades Evaluation Students Achievement 161

Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2025

The directives primary aims are teaching students and training teachers to use AI in order to improve education outcomes. Examples listed include creating AI-based teaching resources, supporting higher ed advising and boosting intensive, high-impact tutoring.

Intelligence 215

Intelligence Schools Science Math 215

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Over the years, I’ve struggled to teach in ways my students would understand. The same could be said of Standards and curricula adopted in my varied teaching gigs. Learning refers to the need to place learning at the forefront of teaching where it has the greatest impact on students. I confess, I found it frustrating.

Learning 193

Learning Failure Evaluation Feedback 193

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Students, too, interact with data daily, whether analyzing graphs in math class or using feedback from educational platforms to guide their learning. Teaching data literacy helps students succeed academically and develop the civic skills theyll need to navigate the wider world. Teachers use data dashboards to track student progress.

Ethics 297

Ethics Education Culture Social Studies 297

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

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Feedback is a powerful tool that can profoundly impact student learning and success. However, not all feedback is created equal; some approaches to feedback can propel students toward growth, while others may hinder their progress. What is the secret to effective feedback?

Feedback 363

Feedback Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Failure 363

eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2022

At the Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township , we’ve found that one of the pandemic-related changes we’ll be keeping around is the use of video for teacher evaluations. Teachers will overcome anxieties about video evaluations. We hadn’t planned on using video to evaluate our teachers.

Evaluation 256

Evaluation Teachers Feedback Coaching 256

eSchool News

JULY 22, 2020

Revising in response to formative feedback is a cornerstone of effective writing instruction. Automated writing evaluation (AWE) systems offer a promising approach to relieving the burden of giving formative feedback to students on their writing. Related content: 10 distance learning writing lessons.

Evaluation 269

Evaluation Writing Essay Teachers 269

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Giving regular feedback to roughly 100 middle and high schoolers has been my greatest challenge as an English and writing teacher, and it hit home for me sometime in 2013. My challenges with the feedback load were officially impacting my health and family life. Students were getting the feedback they needed faster.

Feedback 217

Feedback Peer Review Teaching Writing 217

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

This shift has led to the growing adoption of co-teaching models, where general and special education teachers collaborate to meet the diverse needs of their students. First, let’s explore the benefits of using the station rotation model to enhance co-teaching and create more inclusive classrooms.

Teaching 395

Teaching Writing Essay Discussions 395

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

As I’ve said in previous blog posts, teaching in a concurrent classroom is the most challenging teaching assignment I can imagine. Despite their best efforts, teachers feel like they cannot be successful in teaching and reaching all students. What’s working? What are they struggling with?

Evaluation 546

Evaluation Feedback Writing Assignments 546

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Tutoring can make writing less of an isolating process because students can access different audiences and, as a result, receive feedback that is in the function of its message and not only for the sake of a grade. Tutoring practices that include non-evaluative feedback and mindful approaches support writers’ growth holistically.

Evaluation 119

Evaluation Feedback Writing Languages 119