eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2023

Together, these new enhancements drive deeper student engagement and offer even greater support to educators. Pivot Interactives makes teaching science with active learning and scientific phenomena engaging and easy with 10,000 authentic, video-based science interactives crafted by Pivot’s expert curriculum team and teacher community.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 29, 2020

As educators across the country work tirelessly to provide engaging lessons in new and ever-changing environments, there are still understandable concerns about low student engagement, low teacher morale , and a lack of professional development to meet teacher and students’ needs.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Artificial intelligence holds significant potential to address key challenges in education, particularly in enhancing student engagement and facilitating personalized learning. AI's ability to provide instantaneous, tailored feedback can revolutionize how educators evaluate and enhance academic performance.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2021

Lessons that encourage conversation and collaboration are more likely to be engaging for students. They also help students to view one another as valuable resources in the classroom. How might balancing these aspects of your lesson yield a more engaging experience for you and your students?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

And almost every conversation I have with educators regardless of whether they are classroom teachers, instructional specialists or administrators is around student engagement. All of them are asking, with some urgency, about how we can boost student engagement under these difficult and fluctuating circumstances.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

In addition to encouraging students to learn with and from each other, they need timely, mastery-oriented feedback from the teacher to continue making progress, appreciate the role the effort and practice play in improvement, and develop confidence in their abilities.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The 3 Best Strategies For Teachers To Keep Students Engaged Engaging students in the classroom is a key factor in successful teaching and learning. However, keeping students interested and involved in their education can be a big challenge.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 31, 2020

4 Ask students for feedback. Feedback typically flows from teacher to student, but feedback should be a two-way street. Teachers can learn so much from their students if they ask the right questions. Students are the customers in education. Student engagement and teacher engagement are reciprocal.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 28, 2023

Additionally, using a digital format creates space for students to document their learning and for teachers to provide feedback. For instance, students can make notes or comments in the document or slide deck as they progress through the playlist, documenting their understanding, questions, or areas of confusion.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

Complex Problem Solving: Tasks that involve higher-order thinking and problem-solving, such as math word problems, scientific experiments, or coding projects, often require different amounts of time for students to analyze, understand, and solve. These cognitively challenging tasks will require more time for some students.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on student engagement and online or hybrid learning strategies related to pandemic teaching. Floop is a web app that saves teachers time and helps students see the value in feedback. Feedback is a huge driver of student learning.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Charlotte, NC Discovery Education , the creators of indispensable K-12 learning solutions used in classrooms around the world, today announced an exciting new slate of standards-aligned educational content and instructional resources for Back-to-School 2025 that will inspire teachers and engage students.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2021

Floop is a web app that saves teachers time and helps students see the value in feedback. Feedback is a huge driver of student learning. Teachers can collect images, PDFs, and Google Docs from students and leave text and audio comments that lead to conversations.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2024

Following their use of Mystery Writing materials, educators will be asked to share qualitative and quantitative feedback on their experience using the lessons. This feedback will be used in real time to refine current and future lessons. This approach aims to keep students engaged and actively involved in their learning process.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 1, 2021

Teachers learn so much from listening to their students engaging in conversation or observing them as they work through a problem or task. Teachers can also use the teacher-led station to guide practice, engage learners in interactive modeling sessions, and provide real-time feedback.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2024

Parents and educators should carefully review any AI tutoring program’s strengths and weaknesses before students begin to work with it. Targeted assistance and adaptive feedback AI tutoring systems do an excellent job of delivering customizable support and feedback that align with student patterns in need.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 29, 2021

It was exciting to see how the addition of a single device enabled my students to drive their learning and engage in meaningful student-centered learning activities. I customized my instruction, examples, models, and scaffolds for the students sitting in front of me. Students can be grouped flexibly (e.g.,

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 20, 2025

Students were able to ask questions and get immediate answers or feedback, which was particularly satisfying and gave them confidence to move forward. Student engagement in online learning: What works and why. No black and white slides. References: Meyer, K. ASHE Higher Education Report, 40(6), 1114. doi:10.1002/aehe.20018

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eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2021

Comics are a fantastic tool for inspiring student engagement, leveling the playing field so students can demonstrate their learning even if they aren’t great writers, and scaffolding intimidating projects.

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eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

For example, to become better writers, readers, and critical thinkers, Quill.org offers low-income students an AI-powered literacy tutor that provides students real-time coaching and feedback on literacy activities that pair nonfiction reading with informational writing.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2021

Our district went through an extensive process of brainstorming and researching the best approach for renovations, including district leaders attending conferences, testing out several products with their teachers, and discussing feedback and ideas with each other.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

There are a number of ways to make math more collaborative and fun, including shifting the emphasis from procedures to discourse, embracing game-based learning, and using data to continually adapt tools to students’ needs. Engaging students in discourse through an inquiry-based approach is a process.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 15, 2025

This involves evaluating the most effective methods and learning environments to engage students and enhance their achievement of desired learning outcomes. As students and educators adapt to digital platforms, student engagement has emerged as a key concern in online learning.

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eSchool News

JULY 22, 2024

In a virtual setting, it becomes even more critical to find tools that keep these students engaged and provide the support they need. Benefits of using Classkick in special education Classkick’s real-time feedback feature is particularly valuable for special education. Classkick’s instant feedback feature played a crucial role.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

These tools can transcribe and analyze coaching conversations in real time, providing coaches with valuable data and insights into the teacher’s instructional strategies, student engagement, and areas for growth. Natural language processing (NLP) enables coaches to analyze student feedback and identify trends or areas of concern.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Tricider is a free online tool that simplifies the decision-making process and makes it more equitable by allowing users to leave plenty of feedback. The feedback is listed in three easy-to-read columns, which helps make even complex discussions easy to digest. Teachers use their phones to capture an audio recording of their lesson.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

But before you give up on e-learning altogether and grab that printed worksheet, let me tell you that there is a world of wonderful apps and platforms out there that when used properly can actually INCREASE student engagement and motivation, and help you maintain it throughout the school year. My teenage students love technology.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 4, 2024

They are designed to combine educational technology with specific teaching protocols that promote active learning, student engagement, and collaboration in the classroom. Jenn also points out that it eliminates the need to drag papers home because students get immediate feedback in the classroom!

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eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2023

Discover how they can support you in creating an ecosystem of actionable data, intentional feedback, and an instructional workflow for seamless differentiation.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2025

ReadWorks is free and provides all its resources free of charge and has both printed and digital versions of the material available to teachers and students (Education Technology Nonprofit, 2021). Virtual reality gives students an immersive experience that they would otherwise only be able to experience outside of the classroom.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Playlists integrate different types of media and learning modalities to keep students engaged while freeing the teacher to work with individual learners. Benefits of the playlist model: Shifts control over the pace of learning to students. Affords the teacher time to conference with students. copyplaylisttemplate.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2024

Engage students in meaningful activities : Keep students engaged and motivated until the last day of school by planning meaningful end-of-year projects or events. Interactive projects : Implement projects that allow students to apply what they have learned in a real-world context.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2021

He had to get creative to integrate computer science in a way that took into account periods of remote learning, challenges with student engagement, and teacher capacity for trying new things in the midst of uncertainty. This may include group onboardings, webinars, PD sessions, lesson plans, and prebuilt examples.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

This innovative tool, powered by generative AI, analyzes open text responses from students working in small groups or individually and provides educators with a quick and insightful summary of how the class is doing, followed by helpful feedback recommendations. “We know saving them time and helping them engage students is key.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

” These small steps will kick-start engagement right away. While systemic change is crucial, we can’t wait for perfect conditions to start improving student engagement. This simple practice can significantly boost students’ sense of belonging and connection to the school community.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2021

Interactivity: Through the end of our first pandemic-impacted school year, educators, parents, and students often shared concerns about student engagement.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 11, 2021

It took me a long time to reconstruct my image of what a productive classroom looked like, from a quiet space where students sat in rows and worked alone to a buzzing hive of conversation, collaboration, and movement. Similarly, teachers should collect feedback from students about their experience.

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