eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2025

In a ninth grade class, he researched the earning potential for a STEM degree (“so much more money”) and the demand for mechanical engineers (“exploding”). The law that nixed the exit exam had broad support from the Washington teachers union, state education officials, and parents. Lawmakers passed it unanimously.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

AI-enabled systems such as adaptive learning platforms, chatbots, and generative tools like ChatGPT can provide students with on-demand explanations, simulate peer discussions, offer low-stakes quizzes, and give instant feedback. Simply replacing lectures with videos or adding quizzes does not constitute a true flip.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

AI-enabled systems such as adaptive learning platforms, chatbots, and generative tools like ChatGPT can provide students with on-demand explanations, simulate peer discussions, offer low-stakes quizzes, and give instant feedback. Simply replacing lectures with videos or adding quizzes does not constitute a true flip.

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Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 88

Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

As a teacher, that makes engaging students in math a real challenge. IXL.com is a popular online math practice tool that many teachers swear by. Quizzes to review material in a high-energy way. Plus, they give teachers instant feedback on student understanding. The good news? Online Kahoot !

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Math Textbooks Quizzes Participation 88

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

Use SEL check-in strategies to check up on struggling kids in your class who seem less interested in the instruction, including teacher-to-student journals for learners to keep you up to date on their lives. Once reluctant learners know that success is in their control, you’ll find their grades starting to rise.

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k12

JULY 10, 2025

Here are some ways you can support active learning at home: Breakout Rooms (in live sessions): If your child attends live virtual classes, ask their school or teacher whether breakout rooms are part of the setup. Polls and Quizzes: Encourage your child to participate in polls or mini quizzes if their online platform offers them.

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Online Learning Quizzes Learning Motivation 52

1 plus 1 plus 1 equals 1

JULY 1, 2025

Grades: Grades 4th–12th (levels vary) Approach: Editing-based. Grades: 1st–8th Approach: Traditional workbook style, incremental lessons with exercises. Grades: 1st–4th (Books 1–4) Approach: Classical, scripted, teacher-led lessons with memorization and copywork. GRAMMAR We used Fix It!

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Curriculum Teaching Philosophy Quizzes Learning Styles 52

Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2018

It could be books read, quizzes finished, activities completed.) Teachers can also set weekly usage targets for individual students and track their progress against those goals. K-12 schools, giving the company a strong pulse on what software teachers and students are using. Clever claims usage in more than 60,000 U.S.

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Students Quizzes Study Activities 295

Catlin Tucker

JULY 2, 2019

In a blog post I wrote titled Ask Yourself, Why Am I Grading This? , I encourage teachers to think about the purpose of the work students are doing and evaluate whether it makes sense for them to invest their time and energy grading that work. How is one teacher supposed to grade all of the work that 150+ students complete?

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Grades Assignments Evaluation Coaching 419

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 25, 2019

In my work as a blended learning coach, I observe a lot of teachers facilitating blended lessons. The Station Rotation Model is particularly popular because teachers do not need a device for every student to make it work. One concern I have about this model is the way teachers design and facilitate their teacher-led station.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2017

As the academic school year ends, many teachers come to the unforeseen conclusion that some students lack the motivation to turn in assignments on-time. Grading papers is still a daunting teaching duty. Teachers have many tools available to encourage students to turn-in those assignments on time. It is not an easy task.

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Grades Technology Blended Learning Quizzes 254

eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Technology’s effect on teachers Individuals who struggled to use technology have argued that the incorporation of too much technology is one of the reasons for teacher burnout. Fear of technology influences a teacher’s thinking, perhaps thinking that many students have more knowledge of the technology.

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Collaborative Learning Gamification Teachers Teaching Methods 314

eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Key points: Seeking support from experienced teachers goes a long way in building confidence Technology, student engagement, and balance are all key to a successful first year See related article: 55 back-to-school tips and insights for a great year I’ll never forget my first day as a teacher. Seek out the support of your colleagues.

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Teachers Quizzes Coaching Motivation 335

eSchool News

AUGUST 1, 2017

Today, Google is excited to announce 10 updates to Google Classroom and Google Forms designed to make teachers’ lives easier this school year. Classroom is a useful tool for teachers, and since it launched three years ago, students have submitted more than 1 billion assignments. G Suite for Education-Decimal Grading.

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Quizzes Teachers Mobile Devices Assignments 198

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 18, 2015

Will the class be teacher centered or student centered? Unfortunately, many teachers spend the first day of school reading their syllabus to their students and explaining all of the classroom norms and rules. Students love taking online quizzes, so they enjoy the experience and I get to know their learning styles! 10 Questions

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Syllabus Learning Styles Schools Quizzes 420

eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Key points: With the right AI tools, teachers can enhance their classroom instruction Tracking AI in education Enhancing learning through AI and human educators For more on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Teaching is an uphill battle that grows harder and more exacting as the years roll by.

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Quizzes Lecturing Ethics Exams 294

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The nationwide shortage of teachers has caused a similar shortage in the ranks of teacher assistants. Study guides and practice quizzes: TAs can use these tools to develop study guides and sample quizzes to help prepare students. Diffit provides leveled resources as well.

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Teaching Assistants Teaching Quizzes Intelligence 295

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

I am a third grade teacher in an urban school district in Kansas City, Missouri. Currently, the building I teach in is transitioning to a trans-disciplinary approach to instruction that will utilize a variety of technologies to enhance teaching and learning across the grade levels. Next page: 3 more STEAM tech essentials).

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eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2025

Today, Beanstack announces the addition of Book Talks with Benny, an AI-powered teachers assistant that promotes reading integrity without the need for quizzes or grading.

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Quizzes Ethics History Intelligence 275

eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2020

Remark Test Grading Cloud available to all teachers for free, including electronic bubble sheets for distributing and grading assessments. In an effort to assist K-12 teachers during the COVID-19 crisis with the transition from onsite to remote education, Gravic, Inc.

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Testing Grades Multiple Choice Questions Teachers 114

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Moreover, he points to the product’s assessment strategies focused on student outcomes, employing a combination of automated evaluations and teacher-led assessments to ensure comprehensive learning assessment. 00:00:35 Speaker 1 The math teacher. 00:00:36 Speaker 1 Or the science teacher or the librarian.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2025

With the rise of digital tools, teachers now have innovative ways to assess learning that provide deeper insights and engage students more meaningfully. It also facilitates peer and teacher feedback, making assessment a more collaborative process. I love that I can find a library of pre-created quizzes or create my own.

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Evaluation Quizzes Critical Thinking Feedback 278

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The air is crisp, the colors are beautiful, and, as school has been in session for two months, students and teachers alike have settled into a nice routine. Just as in classrooms nationwide, Montana’s teachers place an intense focus on supporting literacy in elementary school instruction.

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Elementary School Elementary School Schools Quizzes 338

eSchool News

MAY 6, 2015

Creating, sharing, delivering and grading of tests, along with analysis of results, happens in real-time in one platform. Being able to easily create and deliver quizzes and tests to students in the classroom, and then put the results of those tests to work immediately to help improve student learning was the motivation behind Apperson, Inc.

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Quizzes Education Essay Testing 256

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

ExitTicket is a rapid-response tool that lets teachers instantly poll, survey, or test student knowledge via custom quizzes called tickets. Teachers can create their own tickets or browse a library of tickets created by other educators. Grades : 5-12. Cons : Teacher-side features can take a long time to set up.

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Quizzes Feedback Knowledge Testing 254

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2016

Museum of National History) for students and teachers to choose from. A Google Expedition into Buckingham Palace with teacher annotations. teacher), shown above, to reference while students engage with the experience. Quizzes in Google Forms. But today, Google has launched the free. Source: Google). Source: Google).

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Quizzes Education Attention History 113

eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2017

Creating them, administering them, and grading them are just the beginning. It takes so much effort on the part of the teacher, not to mention all the paper and by-hand grading and recording that has to happen on the teacher’s personal time. Kahoot allows the teacher to build fun quizzes, flashcards and games.

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Quizzes Mobile Devices Essay Assignments 217

eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The winning school will receive a one-year subscription to EasyTech and EasyCode Premium, Learning.com ’s digital literacy and coding curriculum for grades K-8. The Code-a-Thon is a fun and engaging way for teachers to introduce their students to coding concepts without having any prior experience teaching coding.”. 4 to Nov.

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Skills Quizzes Middle School Middle School 279

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

teachers are outnumbered on average 16 students to 1 teacher in the classroom (though this number can be as high as 23 to 1 in states such as California ). One issue facing teachers is the seemingly never-ending stream of curriculum changes and standardization. So, what is the root of the problem, and what can we do about it?

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Teaching Gamification Feedback Intelligence 322

Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

It can reduce the onus on the teacher,” Miller says. In January 2022, a review of 17 research studies showed that young kids can learn from “guided play” as well as if they were being directly instructed by an adult or a teacher. Lego has used its signature building-block toys as a basis for play-based activity guides for teachers.

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Teachers Quizzes Testing Learning Outcomes 214

eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2024

Free AI tools out there, from large language models like ChatGPT to image generators like Bing Image Creator, mean that every student (depending on age) can leverage AI to help them complete whatever learning tasks the teacher has given them. What is our role as a teacher? This creates scenarios in which cheating is almost inevitable.

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Quizzes Learning Testing Intelligence 308

eSchool News

JULY 15, 2024

Teachers’ adaptability and creativity allow them to modify their instructional strategies dynamically, providing creative and contextually rich explanations that resonate with diverse student groups. They excel at motivating students, managing classroom dynamics, and offering personalized feedback based on nuanced observations.

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Ethics Education Learning Quizzes 314

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 4, 2025

June 4th-6th: Buy any K-8 School License get 2 free print books of the grade level you purchased with this code: 2FREEPRINTBOOKS (Please note: domestic or freight-forwarders only–no international shipping) Usually, you get one desk copy for each grade level included in your school license.

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Schools Quizzes Intelligence Grades 81

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2019

Kahoot, a game-based learning company with a trove of millions of educational quizzes, also announced its first Alexa skill this week. The skill is not yet equipped to allow multiple-choice or more advanced questions, and it won’t feature the millions of quizzes that the company has in its app, a spokesperson says.

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Skills Quizzes Teachers Testing 167

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

For teachers who have always wanted to use augmented reality (AR)—tech that overlays content on top of the real world—but haven’t had the chance to explore it, Jaime Donally has heard you. It’s not specific to any grade level or subject and can be used across many disciplines. Metaverse . CoSpaces Edu. About the Presenter.

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Quizzes History STEM Science 280

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The CoderZ platform provides a research-based, pedagogically-advanced approach to teaching STEM and computer science for grades 3-12. Any teacher, even those without subject area expertise, can integrate CoderZ’s scaffolded and standards-aligned curriculum into instruction.

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Game-Based Learning Instructors STEM Quizzes 256

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In recent years, educators who want to provide digital content to their students choose among three instructional models: the teacher-directed instructional model, the software-directed instructional model, or a hybrid of the two. Teacher-directed Instructional Model In this model, teachers create the curriculum themselves.

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Quizzes Textbooks Testing Essay 258