Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 21, 2023

The skills required to succeed in your post-High School life, be it college, a vocational training program, the military, or a job, are surprisingly similar. Graduates looking to hit the ground running should be sure to cultivate a good balance of soft and hard skills.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This use of AI at school will impact how students learn and use their creativity as innovation, which will be increasingly necessary in the future as even higher-order thinking skills become standard. Failure and criticism can lead to students abandoning their own ideas and relying too heavily on AI to be their brains, so to speak.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2019

If playing games is part of our culture, even part of our identities, then it stands to reason that students can be highly motivated by game-based learning opportunities. One of the most amazing shifts I noticed was my students’ response to failure. So what if we make classrooms the game?

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 30, 2024

Recently I had reason to revisit Paul Pintrich’s meta-analysis on motivating students. It’s still the piece I most often see referenced when it comes to what’s known about student motivation. Adaptive self-efficacy and competence perceptions motivate students. Adaptive attributions and control beliefs motivate students.

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

Inspiring district leaders, classroom teachers, and school staff have found unique and innovative ways to engage students in learning, motivating students to see beyond classroom walls and truly immerse themselves in learning. Projects can be individually completed or a collaborative effort, promoting group work and social skills.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 30, 2024

Recently I had reason to revisit Paul Pintrich’s meta-analysis on motivating students. It’s still the piece I most often see referenced when it comes to what’s known about student motivation. Adaptive self-efficacy and competence perceptions motivate students. Adaptive attributions and control beliefs motivate students.

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Motivation Beliefs Exams Students 103

eSchool News

MAY 10, 2016

But until recently, noncognitive skills like perseverance and self-motivation sat at the periphery of an education debate centered on the measurement of skills like reading and math. Books on noncognitive skills pepper best-seller lists. That is beginning to change.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2023

Every teacher knows it’s essential, and every teacher tries to motivate students. But it’s just as true that all teachers have experienced those days when they don’t feel particularly motivated, when the content seems old and tired, and when students (sometimes the whole class) are clearly anything but motivated by what’s happening in class.

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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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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Reduces Fear of Failure When students receive feedback that focuses on the process rather than just the end result, they are less likely to fear failure. Process feedback is vital in enhancing student learning by honing their metacognitive skills , guiding their efforts, boosting motivation, and fostering a growth mindset.

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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

OCTOBER 25, 2024

My motivation was simple: I wanted to help the class build confidence in teaching STEAM concepts. To build up the students’ confidence and skills, I started by having them program and design the KIBO robots on their own. As the lessons progressed, we explored various uses of KIBO in the classroom. We will learn a lot from this!”

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2023

Every teacher knows it’s essential, and every teacher tries to motivate students. But it’s just as true that all teachers have experienced those days when they don’t feel particularly motivated, when the content seems old and tired, and when students (sometimes the whole class) are clearly anything but motivated by what’s happening in class.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 23, 2023

This essay provides tips which are backed by empirical research to help students who are facing challenges to stay motivated and focused when “Plan A” does not work out as planned. By customizing these students’ goals and planning, the students can increase their motivation and engagement in learning. In many classes (e.g.,

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Faculty Focus

JULY 23, 2023

This essay provides tips which are backed by empirical research to help students who are facing challenges to stay motivated and focused when “Plan A” does not work out as planned. By customizing these students’ goals and planning, the students can increase their motivation and engagement in learning. In many classes (e.g.,

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2023

Set Goals With Positive Motivation According to Dr. Kristin Neff, a widely recognized research psychologist, self-compassion can improve well-being and it helps us work toward our goals with positive motivation (the desire for our own happiness) rather than negative motivation (fear of failure and inadequacy).

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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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eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2018

This is a good thing, because it will take motivation from all sides to achieve simpler data connections between systems. In 2019, administrators and educators will gain a broader awareness of the internal growth and consistency required for adults to transfer SEL skills to students.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2019

The journey begins with empathy work—an opportunity for understanding the needs and motivations of a group of people (i.e., Teachers can become skilled at identifying standards relevant to their student work early on,” says Laura McBain, K-12 lab director of community and implementation at Stanford’s d.school. “It the end users).

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eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2019

Solution: I teach English, so I started using mini-lessons for essay writing to break down skills. The goal of these videos was for students to “see” how their writing skills were progressing over time. Before, students were mostly concerned with getting the work done; now, they are motivated to reflect and improve.

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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. What motivates you, both as a teacher and an entrepreneur?

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2023

Reading skills are the gateway to success in every classroom subject. The need to read is not limited to English Language Arts classes; literacy skills are essential in math, history and all other content areas. Beyond the classroom, literacy is an essential daily life skill.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2019

At the same time, employers struggle to fill open positions for jobs that require more education than a high school diploma but less than a four-year college degree This paradox is the result of a market failure: Our education and training systems are increasingly both out of touch with employers’ needs and out of reach for young adults.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

Key points: When it comes to K-12 innovation, change isn’t a consideration–it’s an imperative Students know best when it comes to transforming education Schools must embrace these 4 innovative focus areas to avoid failure For more news on K-12 transformation, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub Across the U.S., The takeaway?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Every time I hear this, I am faced with the gut-wrenching realization that the student has internalized failure by age eleven. This raises two questions for me: How can we turn eleven-year-olds who have internalized failure into students like Abby who retain information for years? And that’s a skill you don’t quickly forget.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2025

Some of that can be attributed to the pandemic and the loss of foundational academic and social skills during online learning. She says that many students, especially if theyre the first in their family to attend college, dont know what a writing center is and even if they do, they believe getting help is a sign of failure.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2016

These failures discouraged him, so he stopped trying completely—which caused his already low skill set to deteriorate even further. When John first started in my class, his academic skills were minimal: His reading was well below grade level. At 19, John was behind in school and still trying to graduate. The path to success.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

EdSurge recently caught up with White to talk about how game-based learning (GBL) can help children develop the skills that will be essential in their future jobs, and how Minecraft, specifically, has influenced classroom education and the learning game industry. Even a game like Candy Crush is hitting some of these skills. Absolutely.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Among the many digital tools available, e-portfolios have emerged as a powerful means for enhancing student involvement, motivation, and learning outcomes. This multidimensional approach not only enriches the portfolio content, it allows the student to showcase their 21st century digital skills with potential internships and employers.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2017

Students may not know something yet, but that shouldn’t stop them from figuring out the answer, improving their skills, or meeting their academic goals. This focus on individual students requires a high level of student autonomy and intrinsic motivation—which makes growth mindset a natural complement to personalized learning.

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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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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

With the advent of each new technology—like AI, automation, VR/AR, and nanotechnology—comes economic shifts that demand different skills from employees and creates new challenges for both employers and educators. Games Make It OK to Fail Failure is a normal part of learning. Games fulfill different core psychological needs.

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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. This increased motivation.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

An Education Week survey found that the vast majority of educators believe that a growth-oriented mindset can help improve students’ motivation, commitment and engagement in learning. They learned about neuroscience, shared personal examples and watched videos of famous failures. At my last school in San Jose, Calif., Gupta, I get it.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2018

A moment of inspiration came while observing my students as they played different types of games—they were fueled by various motivations. I thought, if I could identify what motivated them during play, I could tap into that during learning. I didn’t get all that from gamifying my lesson plans.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Recognizing her potential as a math scholar, I encouraged her to ask questions, embrace mistakes and find motivation in difficult tasks. She started to see mistakes not as failures but as opportunities to learn and grow. It's about equipping students with the skills to navigate and shape an ever-changing world.

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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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