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5 reasons why game design is the best way to teach STEAM skills

eSchool News

When we teach students to solve complex problems, we must also teach them why we use certain techniques and challenge them to ask WHY questions. Students often rely on each other’s ideas and feedback. Games are complex systems with many interconnected layers. Most systems in games are extremely complex. That fuels teamwork.

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Building an educator’s AI toolbox

eSchool News

Brisk Teaching : This Chrome extension can be used to create resources, exemplars, quizzes, lesson plans, slideshows, and much more. The tool provides feedback on the student’s answer and their reasoning. TeacherServer : Created by the University of St. Petersburg, this resource offers premade AI prompts. Similar to MagicSchool AI.

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Using AI to reimagine teacher preparation for scale, equity, and reflective practice

eSchool News

Because of the high demand, as well as the physical location of our pre-service teachers statewide and beyond, the traditional model of supervision of our pre-service teachers’ practicum and clinical teaching placements was not tenable. The observation process, of course, is just one of the responsibilities of our clinical supervisors.

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Integrating Systems Thinking to Enhance Liberal Arts Curriculum through Learner-Centered Teaching 

Faculty Focus

However, in an increasingly complex and interconnected world, there is a growing need to enhance this traditional model with innovative teaching methods (Barker, 2000). Causation and Feedback Loops Causation: Understanding cause-and-effect relationships is crucial in liberal arts.

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Personalized Learning, Global Citizenship: A Framework for the Modern Classroom

k12 Digest

Nam is the co-founder of the Vietnam Innovative Educators Foundation (VIEF), a professional network of over 157,000 educators committed to advancing technology-enhanced and student-centered teaching practices nationwide. This mindset ensures that tools never overshadow the human core of teaching and learning.

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Teaching Strategies That Help Struggling Students Thrive

Teach Hub

Using the right teaching strategies can make all the difference. Teaching them about how the brain learns can change everything. Teach students that everyone learns differently, and it’s important to find the way that their brain works best. What struggling learners need is specific feedback they can use to actually improve.

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One word, meaningful impact: Creating classroom culture through collective dialogue

eSchool News

Having conducted well over a thousand observations of K-12 teachers over the last 15 years, I have noticed there is one piece of feedback I have given more than any other–and it involves a seemingly minor word change. I gave the feedback to a teacher who was shocked at how many times she said Tell me, when she looked back at the video.

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