eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2024

If you don’t have failure built into your maker education and your PBL system, just forget it. Embracing those failures has to be part of your culture.” Do your students feel safe to build? Do your students feel safe to screw up? I don’t want a kid to not try an idea because they won’t get the A.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Across the globe, teachers are continually asked to integrate technology into their curriculums to keep up with future-ready skills and in turn they complain that they need more professional development. To support this effort, some schools offer tech-based PD as an added option, which may or may not set it up for failure.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In an era consumed with teaching 21st-century soft skills, are games any good at building critical thinking or collaboration skills? I never want to make claims that games writ-large for any kid—under any circumstances—teach these sort of skills.” minimizing failure and providing immediate feedback for students.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 21, 2020

In an effort to help ensure that students are prepared for fall classes, McGraw Hill is offering new customers a free two-month trial of its ALEKS MathReady program, allowing current and rising college-age students and others to refresh their math skills efficiently and effectively.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

The game had given them a reason and a context, not only for using English, but also for activating 21st-century skills. Here are six examples of higher-order thinking skills my students developed while creating and playing games: 1. The novices raise their skills very quickly, uncovering ideas even the experts didn’t know.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

This fall, I will return to the classroom for my second year teaching English at Philadelphia’s Excel Academy South , an accelerated high school experience for students seeking a smaller, more personal setting, intensely focused on elevating social skills, emotional wellness, and academic success. . It was about the outside world.

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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. This not only makes submitting work painless (and less likely to get lost) when submitted to a public forum, students benefit from each other’s knowledge. Learn from others and share your knowledge.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Imperative 2: Raise the bar with rigorous, transformative, and innovative learning and skills. School leaders should encourage educators to use edtech that promotes skills like creativity and problem solving, which will serve the student no matter what profession they choose.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

The issue is not just that K-12 education lacks challenging work; its that the system actively discourages failure. This wasnt a sign of failure; it was an essential part of learning. The emphasis on grades instead of growth fostered a fear of failure, making students hesitant to take risks.

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eSchool News

JULY 4, 2024

Educators should examine the number of parents who are not knowledgeable about the various methods of communication that are available to them through their school district. We have to realize that while we are in a 21st century digital world, not everyone has the digital literacy skills to navigate the world today.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2017

School used to be about gaining a shared body of knowledge. If you were clever, paid attention, had good memorization skills and could afford it, you could even progress to college and possibly to graduate school, where your agreed-upon knowledge would qualify you for a profession. I have no verifiable job skills.

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eSchool News

MAY 31, 2024

Key points: Deeper learning helps immerse students in a more engaging education model Redesigning the educational model after COVID Educational leaders must leverage collaboration for success For more news on district leadership, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub Today’s students need to develop a broad and well-rounded body of knowledge.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2018

As schools are adopting and using more digital tools, they are looking for solutions that not only consolidate functions to reduce the risks of privacy or security failure, avoid confusion among teachers and parents, and also better connect and engage school communities. Carolyn Brown, president and co-founder, Foundations in Learning. •

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2025

The recent national assessment underscored that by revealing that 24 percent of fourth graders are still performing below basic math skills, also shining a spotlight on an ever-growing inequality in math performance across the country. Early math skills are associated with higher literacy and higher earnings. That has consequences.

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eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2019

Biggest challenge: Our school is required to enforce a series of standardized tests every year to assess a student’s achievements and knowledge learned in the grade level. Solution: I teach English, so I started using mini-lessons for essay writing to break down skills. Lessons learned: Confidence affects effort.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

If struggling students are asked to read and practice at a level that is too challenging, they’re simply being set up for failure. Teachers may need to revisit foundational reading skills and determine specific skill deficits that require remediation. The goal is the mastery of a reading skill while keeping that student engaged.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

In the 100 years since we sterilized our schools with “scientific management” , there has been vast transformations in the skills that power the workforce and a shockingly small number of modifications to the system we use to educate our children and very few updates to the content we choose to teach them.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 26, 2015

US News blamed math knowledge for a 33% failure rate by Oklahoma high school seniors on their exit exams. Now, they want to use their kids’ native interest in online gaming to scaffold math knowledge. Each game is designed with unique features to bring out distinct academic and strategic skills in students.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

The workforce has undergone significant changes, and today’s jobs require advanced skills and specialized training, particularly in STEM fields. The importance of identifying and instructing students at any grade who cannot reach fluency and comprehension because of gaps in foundational skills cannot be overstated.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2019

When I first wrote these teaching maps, they concentrated on aligning with standards and ticking off required skills. Lesson plans must reflect those skills. Transfer of knowledge is key. Collaboration and sharing is treated as a learned skill. Respond to their varied time constraints and knowledge levels.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2016

I kept on looking at how we could take these skills of being able to read, write, and think, and take them to the next level. I kept on looking at how we could take these skills of being able to read, write, and think, and take them to the next level. Failure also motivates me. EdSurge: How did you get your start in edtech?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 4, 2018

She didn’t try to be my best friend and she didn’t make excuses for my third-grade failures. I started by reviewing knowledgeable websites like Benchmark Education. They are knowledgeable. It was a challenge to correct her without having her shut down, declare herself a failure, and move on.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A 2022 report published by that task force revealed that about 1,000 aspiring educators were unable to begin a preparation program each year due to their failure to pass the Praxis Core. In 2015, 25 states required teacher candidates to pass a basic skills test for admission into a preparation program. By 2021, that had declined to 15.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Consider these definitions that I share in my book, AI with Intention: Principles and Action Steps for Teachers and School Leaders : Cheating is using a tool or resource to misrepresent ones knowledge and skills to receive undue credit for a task. This establishes a baseline of each students writing style, vocabulary, and skills.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

The person has to be prepared to set aside time to improve skills and understanding of what is required. Degree of technical knowledge and understanding of technology. It also requires a reasonable skill set. Even a person who believes that education needs to change has to then be willing to change.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

She views the seeming “chaos” of making as a tool for students to take ownership of their own learning, adapt to changing circumstances, sit with frustration, develop problem-solving skills, collaborate with others, and exercise creativity. In other cases, they found no evidence that making could teach these skills.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2023

Arts education belongs in every student’s curriculum — and not just because the arts can improve skills in other content areas. I’ve pointed out the social skills that band, orchestra and choir ensembles build. Fear of failure can lead to a lack of creative thought and progress within communities.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2018

You own your successes and your failures. If you’re a local, the spot is common knowledge. It requires bravery in the face of repeated embarrassment and failure. Plus, bilingualism has even been found to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease. Language learning gives you power. So, let’s keep teaching language. .

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Languages Language Failure English 158

Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2021

Altitude’s services are based on a “learner-centered” pedagogical model that champions helping students develop agency over their learning, designing authentic learning experiences and assessments, and applying skills and knowledge to real life.

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Failure Coaching Evaluation Knowledge 179

Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

As a bonus, these accelerated learning approaches give a lower priority to repetition or “skill-and-drill” uses of instructional technology. Some standards are so foundational that failure to master them sets a student up for significant struggle later on—hence the term “gatekeeper standards.” Move to a competency-based focus.

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Math Learning Schools Failure 217

Edsurge

JULY 17, 2017

Now “industry” workers, rather than serving on a production line, are required to have an entirely different skill set: problem solving, adapting, integrating multiple academic disciplines simultaneously. They develop the same skills expected of the students, as determined by industry leaders. THIS IS THE RIGHT WORK.

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Multidisciplinary Schools Failure Evaluation 142

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 24, 2015

Morph the purpose from ‘knowing’ to ‘understanding’ Teach the process, not a skill. Transfer of knowledge is critical. Failure is a learning tool. It’s not a stressful event, rather viewed as a life skill. Keyboarding skills are granular. Or a spreadsheet instead of a slideshow?

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Critical Thinking Textbooks Gamification Knowledge 163

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

We have decomposed knowledge points to the super nano level,” says Li. “We While the student tackles subjects online, the AI generates ongoing analysis of the student’s state of knowledge. He was already using physics knowledge in real life! More information about Squirrel AI. It could reshape how the world learns. “One

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 17, 2015

A lot of learning happens through failure. With your knowledge and teaching skills, you’ll understand the directions and how they connect to the bigger picture. Computer skills Critical thinking Education reform Teaching' Don’t expect to be perfect. Embrace mistakes. You will never finish learning this topic.

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Technology Teachers Critical Thinking Failure 167

Edsurge

JULY 13, 2016

In Paul Tough’s new book, he writes that the people who are best at engendering “noncognitive”—or character—abilities like grit in students hardly ever mention these skills in the classroom. Students only move on once they demonstrate mastery of the knowledge and skills at hand. If they fail, that’s fine.

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Teaching Failure Feedback Skills 125

eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2016

The Challenge taught me the importance of the three C’s of science – creativity, collaboration and communication – as well as embracing failure as an opportunity for learning. Video entries will be evaluated based on their creativity, scientific knowledge, persuasiveness and overall presentation. Paul, Minn.,

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STEM Failure Science Communication 141

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2015

Their motivation is often failure, and taking the wrong path again and again. One curated list of cerebral skills that has become an education buzz word is Arthur L. Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations. They excel at activities that aren’t the result of a GPA and an Ivy League college. Managing impulsivity.

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