eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2016

To help educators participate in the process, ISTE today released a free toolkit for facilitating a public forum, Twitter chat, or conference session with colleagues to provide feedback to the process. The toolkit includes a facilitator’s guide, surveys for gathering feedback and annotated presentation slides.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Following the AI analysis portion of the cycle, teachers share their videos on the Edthena VC3 video coaching platform so their peers can review the lesson through the lens of specific strategies highlighted in our rubrics. Have you experienced any pushback or uncertainty from educators around AI coaching for PD?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Because we know that becoming a successful writer is crucial to a student’s overall trajectory at school , work , and as a citizen , teachers must identify the tools that can best support writing instruction including the overlapping processes of drafting, review, and revision. The act of writing, in and of itself, is not enough.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

AI-assisted tools can provide real-time feedback, enabling personalized learning experiences that adapt to each student’s progress. Project-based assessments, peer reviews, and interactive simulations offer students opportunities to demonstrate their understanding in diverse and meaningful ways.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 13, 2019

A solution that has become popular is peer feedback. What exactly is peer feedback and how is it being applied to lower grades? What is peer feedback? When used as an assessment strategy, peer feedback is much more than casual comments shared between classmates. Why peer feedback?

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Feedback Peer Review Writing Critical Thinking 91

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

The university has created a way for automated software to give students in large STEM courses feedback on their writing in cases where professors don’t have time to grade hundreds of essays. After a writing fellow quickly reviews it, the score gets delivered to the student via the eCoach system.

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Essay Feedback Writing Assignments 141

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2018

Founded in 2016, Writable offers tools and templates that scaffold the writing and feedback process to help students become stronger writers. Teachers can select how the feedback process will unfold. Students can do a self-reflection upon finishing the draft, and also engage in anonymous peer-reviews of each other’s work.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

The template features an intuitive layout and essential components such as a syllabus, clear assignment guidelines, feedback and grading policies, detailed discussion forums, and links to student support services. The course template is a key factor in the QM course review process as it ensures consistency in course design.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Digital resources include Literacy Worldwide, research-based articles from the International Literacy Association (ILA), and peer-reviewed reports from journals like Reading Research Quarterly, the Journal of Educational Psychology, and the Journal of Literacy Research.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

Students work through examples where they compare data before and after a reaction to determine if a chemical change has occurred, with the teacher providing targeted support and feedback. Teacher 2 might also provide feedback on their data collection methods and help troubleshoot any issues that surface during the planning phase.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

The template features an intuitive layout and essential components such as a syllabus, clear assignment guidelines, feedback and grading policies, detailed discussion forums, and links to student support services. The course template is a key factor in the QM course review process as it ensures consistency in course design.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2025

Encourage collaboration: Students excel in collaborative learning environment, such as group projects and peer reviews where they can engage with their classmates. Provide ongoing feedback: Providing constructive feedback is essential for helping students identify their strengths and areas for improvements.

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Interdisciplinary Critical Thinking Peer Review Discussions 232

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

There were also a variety of “honorable mentions” as upcoming trends to keep an eye on in the next few years like STEM and online labs, digital literacy and fluency, access, and feedback to name a few. To those working in higher education, some of the trends presented by the team may not have come as a surprise.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2021

Members of the public were also able to review the materials online for two weeks. Finally, the Commissioner of Education assessed the state and district reviewer evaluations, public feedback and cost of the materials before giving approval. Michael Conley Elementary School, Tallahassee.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2015

As part of the iCanHelpline.org initiative, Collier plans to post peer-reviewed research and anonymous case studies in an online database that institutions can use to learn more about the cyberbullying issue and what they can do about it. Positive Feedback. Calling the California helpline rollout “unprecedented” in the U.S.

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Schools Attention Peer Review Feedback 279

eSchool News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

A peer review team from Middle States member schools recommended VHS Learning for reaccreditation, and Middle States voted on the recommendation at its biannual meeting in Philadelphia. As part of the reaccreditation process, VHS Learning conducted a self-study before the peer review team’s evaluation.

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eSchool News

MAY 7, 2021

“It’s wonderful to see Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center earn finalist status in this year’s CODiE Awards’ ‘Best College & Career Readiness Solution’ category and to hear the positive feedback from the judges,” said James Chambers, Editor-in-Chief at Infobase. “So To learn more, visit www.Infobase.com.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 15, 2024

The Beauty of Freewriting Engaging in creative exercises such as freewriting, mind mapping, and storytelling can foster innovation and proficiency in essay writing skills, while seeking guidance from top essay writing services can offer valuable feedback and support in refining one’s craft to achieve academic excellence.

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eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2018

With Writable, students learn to write to a prompt, provide and incorporate peer review effectively, and substantively revise their work based on feedback. At the end of a project, teachers can also have students evaluate peer feedback received. Price : Free to try. Grades : 3-12. Rating : 4/5.

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Peer Review Feedback Writing Evaluation 126

Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2019

Facilitators provide continuous support and encouragement through moderated discussions and by providing thorough peer feedback. Continue to build trust with your learners through meaningful feedback and peer review. Through facilitation and peer feedback, educators learn from one another.

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Teachers Learning Styles Feedback Participation 166

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Without a formal peer-review process, how is it possible to catch mistakes? Anyone with an editable account can fix mistakes instantly, and everyone else can point out mistakes through a feedback function at the bottom of the page. That’s another model,” he says, “but it’s still peer review.” ‘A

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Textbooks Writing Accessibility Peer Review 165

Edsurge

MAY 8, 2018

Combining these two advantages yields another: a tight feedback loop where teachers can introduce a tool, measure success and quickly make adjustments, all while remaining responsive to their busy schedules and limited free time. Our first was PeerView, an app for facilitating faculty-to-faculty peer review and feedback.

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Feedback Schools Peer Review Testing 159

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

These results have not yet been peer reviewed and published by a scientific journal, but are available through a pre-print server in order to get feedback from the research community. If these conclusions hold up, they may yield a couple of important insights, Hartshorne says.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

We sought feedback from our undergraduate students regarding their preferences for faculty use of the LMS. Their feedback yielded three major recommendations for how faculty can use the LMS to enhance the face-to-face learning experience:  1. Easy access to lecture materials and study guides added to their convenience. 

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Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 126

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

Aliza Strassman , a second-grade general education teacher, leveraged the educational technology specialist at her school and her knowledge of best practices under Universal Design for Learning (UDL, a framework for designing inclusive classrooms) to create a technology-based approach to creative writing, publishing and peer feedback.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2023

We sought feedback from our undergraduate students regarding their preferences for faculty use of the LMS. Their feedback yielded three major recommendations for how faculty can use the LMS to enhance the face-to-face learning experience:  1. Easy access to lecture materials and study guides added to their convenience. 

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Syllabus Instructors Peer Review Lecturing 111

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 9, 2023

For educators in pursuit of enhancing their teaching methods, numerous high-quality, open-source, peer-reviewed resources are available online. The NSTA also has nearly a thousand peer-reviewed case studies on various science topics. Where to Find Case Studies?

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Study Teachers Peer Review Instructors 162

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Scaffolded assignments: Break significant projects into smaller, more manageable parts, such as proposals, annotated bibliographies, and rough drafts, to reduce student anxiety and provide opportunities for meaningful feedback at each step, improving learning outcomes (Ambrose, 2010).

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 121

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

As a result, its new certification considers only whether a product is grounded in research, and not whether the company incorporates user feedback to improve the product or can point to evidence showing that the products leads to better outcomes. The premise may sound simple. The product team shares the research behind the design publicly.”

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Education Peer Review Motivation Reading 174

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Self-assessment and collaborative peer review. Overall, the feedback from educators involved in this summer learning opportunity has been positive. To help, we: Supported teachers in creating engaging courses which enhance student learning using: Formative responsive assessments (flexible grouping on “check-in days”).

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Teachers Learning Peer Review Students 167

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In higher education, there has been an over-reliance on administering summative assessments and simply assigning student grades, often with minimal to no feedback provided prior to the conclusion of the course. Providing student feedback on an assessment, or any assignment, provides extensive value.

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Fairness Instructors Feedback Evaluation 122

EdTech Magazine

MARCH 4, 2019

The Chromebook App Hub will let users filter applications by grade level and content area, see peer reviews and comments for apps, and follow links to lesson plans that incorporate specific apps. . “It MORE–FROM–EDTECH: See how Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams can benefit K–12 classrooms. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Peer Review Teaching Methods Blended Learning Evaluation 131

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

We provide training so they all have a good sense of how to evaluate writing and provide feedback to students.” And useful feedback is crucial. We’ve had to work,” Cotton says, “on helping our teachers provide students with actionable, growth-producing feedback they can actually do something with.”

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Writing Feedback Exams Middle School 123

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2019

Dear Bonni, Various times I get feedback from students that they find me too unsure when in front of the class. The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. You can pose a question for a future column here. What are helpful strategies to get better at this?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 19, 2019

Robust reports are available to identify opportunities for enrichment, deeper dives, or additional support while providing feedback on which word skills students have begun and completed. In response to this, peer feedback is growing in popularity as an approach that balances these two realities for the benefit of the student.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2023

Additionally, this policy inadvertently supports a lack of transparency in the review process. While peer review is intended to maintain the rigor and integrity of scientific research, its outcomes can sometimes be influenced by factors unrelated to the quality of the research.

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Peer Review Fairness Feedback Achievement 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2023

Additionally, this policy inadvertently supports a lack of transparency in the review process. While peer review is intended to maintain the rigor and integrity of scientific research, its outcomes can sometimes be influenced by factors unrelated to the quality of the research.

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Peer Review Fairness Feedback Achievement 98