Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2022

There’s a lot to be learned from failure. Here’s more detail on how students learn fro m failure. For example, if you use Google images in the classroom, let students know this is legal because of the concept of ‘fair use’–and explain what that is. I’ll give you ideas. There are too many.

Skills 167

Skills Failure Learning Knowledge 167

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Students serve as the editors of a publishing platform and must make quick judgment calls on what is accurate and fair, but also popular. And she figured that games are not only fun and engaging, but they allow for greater agency and more room for failure, according to Dubé.

Failure 161

Failure Fairness Participation Writing 161

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 3, 2024

This reflective practice enhances self-awareness and encourages a growth mindset, where students view challenges and failures as opportunities for improvement. Rubrics and guidelines can help maintain consistency and fairness in evaluation. Students critically assess their strengths, weaknesses, and growth over time.

Student Engagement 126

Student Engagement Motivation Students Failure 126

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2016

When schools and technology providers attempt to work together without understanding each other, the result can be a costly failure. Give them fair feedback on their price. Perceptions matter, and empathy is a two-way street. Companies blame the schools for not devoting enough resources or implementing tools with fidelity.

Education 141

Education Failure Feedback Fairness 141

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The climate anxiety international survey found that “a perceived failure by governments to respond to the climate crisis is associated with increased distress” among youth. Overall, Lowe explained, the number of college students who say they’re experiencing climate anxiety is fairly low.

Students 196

Students Failure Fairness Study 196

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

The problem is that as an educator, my natural inclination is to provide these students more direct instruction, increased support and even hand-holding at times—but in a society that values individuals who are motivated, persistent self-starters with initiative, that’s not fair.

Learning 161

Learning Assignments Students Motivation 161

Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2022

I often thought mistakes meant failure. I think it’s fair to say that ungraders would like there to be no game (or grades) at all. I think that this is a fair goal for grades as well: To provide just enough structure to encourage learning and growth, without getting in the way of it.

Feedback 186

Feedback Fairness Grades Assignments 186

Edsurge

JULY 13, 2023

Failure to do so would have dire consequences, causing widespread economic impact and exacerbating the existing strain on the child care system. Normally, I prioritize paying my employee, but now I can ensure fair compensation for my own efforts.” Blackmon added: “These grants have enabled me to compensate myself as well.

Failure 148

Failure Fairness History Culture 148

EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2020

Failure to adapt in a way that puts student learning needs first could cause irreparable setbacks for children who already face their fair share of challenges.

Languages 78

Languages Language Failure Fairness 78

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2022

Make failure fun. A note: Any time students use the internet, start with a discussion on how to use it safely. This is especially important with multi-player games like Minecraft (you will close the system at school, but that may not be the case in the student’s home). Encourage this rather than entering an unknown server-world.

Writing 199

Writing Reading Teaching Evaluation 199

Faculty Focus

JULY 30, 2023

Repeated failures without the opportunity to improve can impact students’ self-esteem and confidence in their abilities. It may not be fair to give a student a second chance if other students have submitted their assignments on time. The second chance guidelines must be included in the course policy to be fair to every student.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Instructors Fairness Assignments 98

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Privilege, opportunity and happenstance led to my first encounter with TFA at a career fair during my junior year of college, where I was eventually recruited. Thanks to TFA, you can leave after a few years and they’ll find a new young, energetic and inexperienced person to fill the spot. Is This the Best We Can Do?

Teaching 168

Teaching Culture Failure Fairness 168

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2019

George Siemens: There’s a fair bit of change going on in the university sector, and I think you and your readers or listeners are well informed on that, because we see that with the amount of attempted new projects and innovations and so on in the learning process, more and more of those are driven from the corporate end. Learn more here.

Failure 167

Failure Curriculum Fairness Teaching 167

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 3, 2024

This reflective practice enhances self-awareness and encourages a growth mindset, where students view challenges and failures as opportunities for improvement. Rubrics and guidelines can help maintain consistency and fairness in evaluation. Students critically assess their strengths, weaknesses, and growth over time.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Motivation Students Failure 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 30, 2023

Repeated failures without the opportunity to improve can impact students’ self-esteem and confidence in their abilities. It may not be fair to give a student a second chance if other students have submitted their assignments on time. The second chance guidelines must be included in the course policy to be fair to every student.

Student Engagement 92

Student Engagement Instructors Fairness Assignments 92

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2017

That's been the guiding mantra of fairness in our system. In this world, would there be such a thing as failure? Imagining taking little kids who have a passion for something into school for the first time and giving them decent environments.It’s hard to imagine that those kids would not care or that you’d have a lot of failures.

Intelligence 147

Intelligence Failure Science Beliefs 147

Edsurge

JULY 14, 2016

Failure is a valuable part of the process, and your attitude toward failure will shape the attitude of your students. Ask students to help you present at fairs and carnivals, school events and parent nights. Provide leadership opportunities for a diverse group of students currently enrolled in your classes.

Science 110

Science STEM Failure Middle School 110

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2023

That was sort of her first one really looking at the failure of early reading instruction. But thank goodness for the amazing journalism of Emily Hanford. We listened to her first podcast about four-and-a-half years ago called “Hard Words.” Is it evidence-based? Is it working for all of our kids?

Reading 162

Reading Failure Fairness Testing 162

EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2020

Failure to adapt in a way that puts student learning needs first could cause irreparable setbacks for children who already face their fair share of challenges.

Languages 60

Languages Language Failure Fairness 60

EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2020

Failure to adapt in a way that puts student learning needs first could cause irreparable setbacks for children who already face their fair share of challenges.

Languages 60

Languages Language Failure Fairness 60

EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2020

Failure to adapt in a way that puts student learning needs first could cause irreparable setbacks for children who already face their fair share of challenges.

Languages 60

Languages Language Failure Fairness 60

EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2020

Failure to adapt in a way that puts student learning needs first could cause irreparable setbacks for children who already face their fair share of challenges.

Languages 60

Languages Language Failure Fairness 60

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2018

The historic Celeste Bartos Forum in the New York Public Library buzzed with ecstasy and creativity recently at the 10th annual Emoti-Con , a fair for students to showcase the projects they’ve been working on all year. Additionally, they got to listen to keynote speakers who shared their successes and failures in the world of technology.

Failure 88

Failure Fairness Students STEM 88

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 9, 2015

At some point the stresses on the system will cause it to break but for now they can continue to push on the edges, knowing that our schools’ eventual failure will occur during someone else’s political cycle. But our ability to make do with less makes it easier for Iowa policymakers to continue to starve our schools.

Questions 111

Questions Schools Fairness Failure 111

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2016

That might work for adults, but it’s a prescription for boredom and failure with K-8 students. Teaching kids keyboarding isn’t about finding the perfect online website or downloaded software and setting students lose on a year-long self-directed journey of progressive lessons hoping their speed and accuracy improves. Nitro Type.

Students 104

Students Failure Fairness Discussions 104

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2018

If they fail at the Science Fair, they’ll fall in love with art instead. In a Fixed Mindset your failures define you like, “I’m no good at dancing!” As soon as they enter school, they figure out the habits and patterns that will help them get through successfully. A fixed mindset never changes. My growth mindsets can change!

Critical Thinking 96

Critical Thinking Failure Evaluation Fairness 96

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 2, 2017

There’s a lot to be learned from failure. Here’s more detail on how students learn from failure. For example, if you use Google images in the classroom, let students know this is legal because of the concept of ‘fair use’–and explain what that is. I’ll give you some ideas. There are too many.

Skills 84

Skills Teachers Failure Learning 84

Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2017

When it comes to our children’s education, there’s no room for failure—fast or slow—and layers of bureaucracy and tight budgets often make big changes impossible. Fair, Honest Product Valuation When a developer has built a new edtech product with blood, sweat and tears, it’s easy for her to see its worth.

Evaluation 93

Evaluation English History Failure 93

Edsurge

JULY 27, 2017

And it is, without question, our biggest failure in nine years. I spend a fair amount of time on our company culture. That turned out to be one of those moments when sticking to your focus is a really good idea.[Going But we learned ton. We believe that it taught us a lot about approaching that market. We’ll be careful with undergrad.

History 99

History Culture Failure Fairness 99

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Be responsible for failures. In looking back at your years at LAUSD and in other districts, you’ve worked a fair amount with bringing technology into the classroom. Also, do your absolute best to work with your board—realize that sometimes you won’t agree, and you have to go back to that first spot of “be true to yourself.”

Language 70

Language Languages Failure Fairness 70

EAB

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Interestingly, Students for Fair Admission also requested that the Court overrule 45 years of precedent that found the educational benefits of diversity to be compelling. And I don’t think that's a fair, balanced, or constructive read of what we know about federal law. The Court actually refused to do that.

Art 64

Art Evaluation Questions Fairness 64

Edsurge

JULY 12, 2022

So he’s pointing out that while we might think the employer-based health care system is fair because anyone can compete for those jobs, a different design would be better from a moral standpoint because it would separate this basic need from a competition for jobs? But neither’s success depends on the other one's failure. That’s right.

Fairness 168

Fairness Ethics Failure Lecturing 168

Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2017

And while Google vastly improved its scanning technology as the project went along, it wasn’t ultimately able to resolve a persistent cultural challenge: how to balance copyright and fair use and keep everybody—authors, publishers, scholars, librarians—satisfied. That work still lies ahead.

Fairness 167

Fairness History English Internet 167

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 31, 2023

But, to try to teach this topic in a thirty-minute set-aside dug out of the daily class inquiry is a prescription for failure. Discuss the meaning of ‘Fair Use’ It provides rights to use images for education purposes without obtaining permission from the creator. How does ‘fair use’ apply to your academic research?

Plagiarism 125

Plagiarism Fairness Discussions Art 125

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

But, to try to teach this topic in a thirty-minute set-aside dug out of the daily class inquiry is a prescription for failure. Discuss the meaning of ‘Fair Use’ It provides rights to use images for education purposes without obtaining permission from the creator. How does ‘fair use’ apply to your academic research?

Plagiarism 124

Plagiarism Fairness Discussions Art 124

Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2022

To be fair, the pandemic forced many instructors who have never been trained to teach online or have no experience with online teaching to do so—quickly with limited support. Therefore, I have a fair mixture of skills and experience to better understand what may or may not work using an all-online modality.

Instructors 178

Instructors Fairness Attention Failure 178

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

And to be fair, Carol Dweck has acknowledged that this is part of her research program, so I'm not criticizing her particularly. But actually, learning is failure driven; it's when surprising things happen that you're forced to learn new things. And what that teaches us is really good learning is about never making mistakes.

Teaching 149

Teaching Laboratory Motivation Testing 149