Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

I was part of a cohort of about 100 first-year educators, all united by a common mission: to serve under-resourced and underserved schools. But very quickly, I learned that teaching in a Title I school, where a high percentage of low-income students face significant educational gaps , was far more challenging than I had anticipated.

Culture 202

Culture Motivation Classroom Management Teaching Assistants 202

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Streamlines feedback on student work. Although it is most frequently used to create, collect and offer feedback on assignments (which multiple students can work on at once), Google Classroom also has tools like. New Apple iOS Updates Improve Device Management for Schools. Core Features: Teachers can create and share assignments.

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Mobile Devices Assignments Feedback Quizzes 156

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

This year, you have a secret tool in your back-to-school arsenal: AI. Imagine having a digital assistant that never sleeps, helping you draft syllabi, create lesson plans, and even answer those tricky student emails. Let AI handle rubrics, tailor assignments, and give feedback. generates feedback based on your input.

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Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 119

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. Here’s what they had to say: The demand for online learning will continue to grow in 2022 and possibly lead to the creation of virtual schools, which would introduce new AR and VR learning processes. Founding President, Dasaran.

Learning 363

Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Languages 363

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2024

This year, you have a secret tool in your back-to-school arsenal: AI. Imagine having a digital assistant that never sleeps, helping you draft syllabi, create lesson plans, and even answer those tricky student emails. Let AI handle rubrics, tailor assignments, and give feedback. generates feedback based on your input.

Syllabus 110

Syllabus Assignments Feedback Teaching Assistants 110

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2022

In Susan Blum’s “ Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (And What to Do, Instead) ,” we discover that when it comes to concerns about grade inflation: “The trouble isn’t that too many students are getting As but that too many students have been led to believe the primary purpose of schooling is to get As,” she writes.

Motivation 202

Motivation Reading Instructors Assignments 202

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

Simmons: In my experience, students definitely take those really seriously, because it is the one institutional way that we can give our thoughts that is really validated by the school in its own process. But we were also expected to participate within this online environment that was created through our school.

Teaching 116

Teaching Course Evaluations Evaluation Students 116

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2020

Don Murphy How did a mid-sized New York school district solve some of its most pressing professional development (PD) issues with one tool? or ‘When you keep me after school to do PD, I’m missing my son’s soccer match.’ Or, 'When you keep me after school to do PD, I'm missing my son's soccer match.

Learning 161

Learning Culture Failure Disabilities 161

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2017

Ariana Garcia doesn’t take a break as she goes from tutoring a small group of students to teaching a social studies class at the Great Oak Charter middle school in New York City. Next year, I just want to teach,” Garcia exasperatedly tells EdSurge. She also teaches full time at Great Oaks, a gig that provides her with housing.

Teaching 136

Teaching Social Studies Teaching Assistants Participation 136

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

However, they were more open to having their teaching assistants try new approaches. So he implemented new approaches with teaching assistants for an introduction to biology course. Molinaro says he tried approaching faculty, but found they were hesitant to change. You can’t be a superhero, Burns told the audience.

Teaching Assistants 102

Teaching Assistants Learning Beliefs Feedback 102

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The feedback loop, though vital, is time-delayed. This instantaneous feedback and support prevents these gaps from snowballing into more considerable challenges. To tap into the full potential of AI-driven education, schools and institutions must prioritize building solid technological infrastructure.

Intelligence 120

Intelligence Ethics Feedback Assignments 120

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. Here’s what they had to say: The demand for online learning will continue to grow in 2022 and possibly lead to the creation of virtual schools, which would introduce new AR and VR learning processes. Founding President, Dasaran.

Hybrid Learning 294

Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Languages 294

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The feedback loop, though vital, is time-delayed. This instantaneous feedback and support prevents these gaps from snowballing into more considerable challenges. To tap into the full potential of AI-driven education, schools and institutions must prioritize building solid technological infrastructure.

Intelligence 107

Intelligence Ethics Feedback Assignments 107

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2017

Shiva Kintali: As a teaching assistant at Georgia Tech and while teaching at Princeton, I developed an interest in helping my students learn mathematical concepts in a fun and intuitive way. I observed that students have different readiness levels, but the way we teach is week-by-week lectures with homework.

Textbooks 102

Textbooks Intelligence Math Beliefs 102

Whiteboard Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

School leaders must establish a robust AI policy that governs the ethical and practical use of this technology. Compliance with Laws : Ensuring that the schools use of AI adheres to all relevant legal standards and regulations. However, with great power comes great responsibility. which sets standards for student education records.

Writing 52

Writing Ethics Schools Intelligence 52

Scholarly Teacher

MARCH 6, 2025

How well students know how to complete a lab report relies heavily on the feedback that previous instructors were willing to give to help students improve. Student Buy-In Students piloted the template for several of their lab reports throughout the semester and gave feedback on how to improve it at the end of the semester.

Laboratory 52

Laboratory Instructors Feedback Writing 52

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

Oppositely, small classrooms allow for more intimate interactions, personalized feedback, and flexible teaching methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022). Regular feedback loops, like short quizzes or reflective journals, can also help instructors gauge understanding and adapt their teaching as needed.

Teaching 76

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 76

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 31, 2016

That means it’s accessible from school or home, with any platform (including Macs, PCs, Chromebooks, and tablets). classes can be shared with teaching assistants and co-teachers. ability to give personalized feedback to students on their work and progress. Features include: ability to take attendance.

Assignments 82

Assignments Testing Grades Classroom Management 82

Faculty Focus

MARCH 4, 2025

Oppositely, small classrooms allow for more intimate interactions, personalized feedback, and flexible teaching methods (Wang & Calvano, 2022). Regular feedback loops, like short quizzes or reflective journals, can also help instructors gauge understanding and adapt their teaching as needed.

Teaching 72

Teaching Lecturing Gamification Interdisciplinary 72

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

We invited three guests: Candace Thille, an assistant professor of education at Stanford Graduate School of Education; Mark Milliron, co-founder and chief learning officer at Civitas Learning; and Kyle Bowen, educational technology services director at Penn State University. Here’s Part 1 if you missed it.)

Learning 85

Learning Intelligence Science Questions 85

Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2025

LAs also took on tasks such as leading short sections of class, helping with course content design, and grading/providing feedback. An examination of middle school organizational structures in the United States and Australia. Benefits of a comprehensive undergraduate teaching assistant Program. Ellerbrock, C.,

Learning 98

Learning Instructors Math STEM 98

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2017

Just as professors wouldn’t bring in a teaching assistant they couldn’t talk to or collaborate with, they shouldn’t adopt interactive tools that are mysterious and locked. And they came to Carnegie Mellon looking for other schools that would be interested in putting all of their course materials online—to drive that open access.

Teaching 93

Teaching Ethics Textbooks Laboratory 93

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Or in K-12 settings, where the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum used by many high schools has an oral component. They’re exhausting,” says Beth Carlson, an English teacher at Kennebunk High School, in Maine, who says she occasionally does 15-minute-each oral assessments for students in the school’s IB program. “And

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Exams Essay Instructors Education 215

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2024

A respected math teacher at a K-12 public charter school in Apple Valley, California, Holifield was in steep physical decline. At first, he stumbled and, his hands weak, relied entirely on teaching assistants to write equations on the board for him. Like in many other cases, it was born of a feedback loop.

Math 180

Math Beliefs Teaching Assistants Culture 180

Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2016

The statistics around entrepreneurs creating the tools and the statistics around public school students consuming the tools don’t match up. One way the organization seeks to achieve this is through the BE2T Fellowship , a three-year fellowship for undergrads that involves paid work studies tutoring children after school.

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Counselling Education Special Education Feedback 110