Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

Writing is more important than ever, but many of today’s students are lousy at it. Warner has been teaching writing at colleges for more than 20 years. And he’s written two books on the topic, including his most recent, called “ Why They Can’t Write. John Warner has some ideas about why that is, and how to fix it.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2024

Educators talk about writing across the curriculum–what about arts across the curriculum? 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.” This is where PBL and maker education intersect. Why maker education?

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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. add a comment to a digital document or write it on a Post-it). writing assignments, performance tasks, projects).

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2019

When we consider the studies showing the relationship between bullying, personal failure, and anger to school violence, we must pause and reflect on our own schools and classrooms. Projects ranged from writing songs and developing websites to creating artwork with poetry and coding video games.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

They will have some amazing successes—and some failures—as they light the way forward and the rest of us endlessly discuss the potential uses and abuses of AI in our classrooms. Give your students a short writing assignment and give ChatGPT the same one, then have your students compare them and talk about the differences.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

During the two-week module on positive psychology, I wanted students to experience research and writing as positive and engaging activities. Here is how the project unfolded: Day 1: Setting the Stage for Collaborative Writing The project began by gauging student interest in co-authoring an article on student wellness.

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

They will have some amazing successes–and some failures–as they light the way forward and the rest of us endlessly discuss the potential uses and abuses of AI in our classrooms. In the coming year, early adopters will continue to play with new AI tools to see how they can be used in education.

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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. Students were correcting their work as they read out loud, which translated to better writing the next assignment.

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2025

Students, especially in the middle and high school years, have more opportunities than ever to cheat using AI tools, such as writing assistants or even text generators. This anxiety can lead students to seek out AI tools as a quick and easy solution to avoid failure or mitigate their stress.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Guidance for using AI in education AI is already impacting education in several areas: plagiarism detection, learning management platforms, analyzing student success/failure metrics, and curriculum development. Related : Texting is negatively impacting students’ writing

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

During the two-week module on positive psychology, I wanted students to experience research and writing as positive and engaging activities. Here is how the project unfolded: Day 1: Setting the Stage for Collaborative Writing The project began by gauging student interest in co-authoring an article on student wellness.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

After a semester where I threw out the syllabus, I was left with an inspiring question: How can I make my future courses more practical and still keep the academic writing and the academic requirements intact? This is a key consideration as I continue refining my courses for future educators.

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Teacher Toms Blog

MAY 22, 2025

Not once had I seen a sign of frustration or failure. I didn't like the feeling of failure the exchange gave me, even as I knew I'd not failed. I've been writing about play-based learning almost every day for the past 14 years. Every time she tried to crush the tissue like you showed them, the paper came off."

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The nation must act with urgency and purpose to ensure all students have access to high quality online learning opportunities,” they write. Approximately 9 million low-income students lack both the hardware and the internet connectivity to enable virtual learning, which “represents a national emergency,” the authors of the report write.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

After more than a decade of researching, writing and presenting, one of the many things he's learned is that course failures are major events for students. Research has shown that traditional variables like attendance and in-class behavior play a role in course failures. The answer?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2016

A couple of years ago, I taught a student in an online creative writing class. These failures discouraged him, so he stopped trying completely—which caused his already low skill set to deteriorate even further. His writing was riddled with so many errors that it was difficult for me to read. Sparking a love of learning.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2023

And that can make it hard for students to get used to solving their own problems and learning from the small failures that are meant to happen in school, says Devorah Heitner, an author who advises schools on social media issues. And GPS systems in smartphones and watches let families pinpoint their locations at all times.

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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. I want my students to write every day. Failure also motivates me.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2023

No one told me about the ugly parts of people management, like having to write folks up or design and implement support plans. I had immense guilt as a parent and partner and overwhelming feelings of failure — and I felt isolated. I had never formally supervised anyone, but was required to facilitate difficult conversations regularly.

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2017

Ryan Greenberg: When I was thinking about this, I quickly found that the skill people should master is clear writing—the ability to write well. I think that writing English might seem mundane compared with writing a iPhone app, but it really gives you a leg up on people who have just the technical skills.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2018

In one NASEF class, English 9 and Game Design , participating students develop English-language skills by writing about topics covering the history of esports to comparing mythological heroes from literature to those in video games. By acknowledging this, the North America Scholastic Esports Federation built high-school-level STEM curricula.

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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? We’d discuss and students would get immediate feedback.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Researchers often bemoan finding a failure in their theory. Moyer writes about this as well: “Some researchers, including Luke Wood at San Diego State University, have argued that focusing solely on effort could be detrimental for children of color, who may benefit from being praised both for ability and intelligence.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 21, 2023

Below are five of the most critical skills that graduates should possess to make their mark on the job market: Communication Being able to communicate effectively, both in writing and verbally, is invaluable when it comes to interacting with colleagues and customers.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2023

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). Expecting perfection of ourselves can result in feelings of failure or inadequacy.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2016

When Failure Is an Option “I have seen students really focus on the material and engage with one another and not worry as much about a grade because if they fail something they can always make up the points from somewhere else,” Queen explains. They can actually learn from failure, so there is really no cost to fail.

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Edsurge

JULY 17, 2017

Think of it like this: normally when schools teach how to write a research paper, students taught how to conduct research, format, edit for grammar, etc. The writing process is designed around the form of writing. Not many students get excited about writing a research paper—unless they deeply understand the topic.

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2023

Student disengagement in writing at the secondary level is a pervasive challenge school districts face nationwide. Many students perceive writing as formulaic, disconnected from their life experiences and lacking opportunities for personal agency and expression. How do you hope students benefit from the writing tools you developed?

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k12 Digest

APRIL 15, 2025

Increasingly computer applications are being developed which capitalize on AI technology to provide support and tutoring to students, assist with writing skills, and significantly enhance classroom instruction by pulling from a wide array of resources and materials to provide comprehensive instruction in key concepts and skills instructed.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2019

The Value of Failure In this kind of classroom, you see a lot of failure, just as you would on the playground. Young students may not be able to write about their projects yet, but they can use technology. At the social level, you see conflicts between kids who both want the same toy.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Reforming Developmental Education According to the Community College Research Center, developmental education is essentially a “reteach” of high school and junior high school reading, writing, and math. Failure to do so will only compound the disparities present, particularly with our low-income communities.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2022

Failure to understand this can lead to the loss of your opportunity to serve in the capacity of president. Every decision you make, every photo you take, every text you send, every email you write, every social media interaction you have should never bring shame or dishonor to you, your family or your institution.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2020

Also, realize this is not a failure or misstep on your part. Likewise, you can use platforms like Medium (writing), Etsy (creating), Anchor (podcasting), YouTube (YouTube), Tik Tok (videos), WordPress (blogging), etc. Our first advice? Breathe and take this one day at a time. This is a situation you had no control over.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2018

I also teach remotely and write content for an app-based English language-learning product. You own your successes and your failures. It requires bravery in the face of repeated embarrassment and failure. If you’ve ever communicated solely with facial expressions, gestures and onomatopoeia, then you understand their value.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

“It is my great hope that our nation will commit to educating our youth about civics, and to helping young people understand their crucial role as informed, active citizens in our nation,” she writes. “I 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.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The financial risk of entering higher education was already high, precisely because of the cost of failure. Western Governors University and Utah State University have created low-risk online pathways for students who need math, writing and pre-requisites. These potential students see tremendous risk, and they’re paralyzed.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

It’s equally appropriate for fiction and nonfiction and does a solid job of reinforcing Common Core standards related to writing, literacy, and language. Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. It may be one like Storyboard That! Pixton , or another that you prefer.

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