Teacher Mood

JUNE 17, 2025

Group work? It’s about learning from last year’s lived experience and using that insight to build a better plan for next year. Ask yourself: What routines ran smoothly without constant reminders? Which expectations did your students consistently meet? Where did things start to unravel—was it time of day? Transitions?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

She works with students with autism and students with specific learning and cognitive needs and loves organizing desks into smiley faces, basic shapes, and even letters for creative classroom seating arrangements. She believes this approach can increase student focus, comfort, collaboration, and excitement for learning.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 18, 2025

Math Visuals & Wall Art : QR-coded concept posters and visuals like the Fibonacci golden spiral help students learn independently and visually, which is especially helpful for spatial and neurodiverse learners. Built-in formulas reinforce learning automatically, especially for visual-spatial learners.

High School 52

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 15, 2025

Consider having groups work together in a team-building exercise or letting individuals try their hand (get it?) Use the eco-friendly engineering project in a unit on sustainable energy, after students have learned about solar panels, wind energy, and other ways to power a home. at this project on their own.

Middle School 52

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From the Pond

JULY 12, 2025

If you're looking for a simple way to combine classroom decor with meaningful math learning, you're going to love my Schoolhouse Number Display Posters ! These cheerful, school-themed posters are designed to do so much more than decorate — they support number recognition, counting, and hands-on learning in engaging, flexible ways.

Math 52

Math Group work Skills Grades 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 9, 2025

Team-Building High School Icebreaker Activities What better way to break the ice than to have students work together as a team? Guess That Song: Student groups work together to guess a song you play within the first few seconds. High School Ice Breakers for Specific Classes Want to get the learning started right away?

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Jodi Durgin

JULY 13, 2025

Learn more about this Lucky Charms graphing and other math activities below! It includes multiple activity formats to meet various learning styles. It’s great for centers, small group work, early finisher tasks, and whole group instruction. It facilitates hands-on learning and real world math connections.

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Activities Math Learning Styles Students 52

Teach Hub

MAY 19, 2025

Assessment is an essential part of instruction and plays a key role in every students learning journey. When used intentionally and thoughtfully, assessments can do so much more than measure learning; they can improve it. Setting clear, student-friendly learning targets sets the foundation for strong assessments.

Learning Outcomes 78

Learning Outcomes Learning Feedback Essay 78

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 2, 2016

Student engagement is “ the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion that students show when they are learning or being taught.” I cannot do that effectively if I place myself at the center of learning and ask students to focus on me. Available on Amazon.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

note : Video of the Week picks are supplied by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Video Description: Collaboration is essential to students’ learning.

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Edsurge

JULY 17, 2023

Educator Jen Manly, left, and EdSurge reporter Nadia Tamez-Robledo address the audience during a discussion about the challenges students face while doing group work. Why does group work suck so much? The first question I'm gonna answer is the second one, which is, why do people assign group work?

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eSchool News

JULY 30, 2020

So much of the support we offer our students with dyslexia is centered around small group work during our intervention block. It certainly made the sudden switch to distance learning quite the challenge! As the dyslexia coordinator for my district, I’m a big believer in individualized, in-person interventions.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

note : Video of the Week picks are supplied by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Click here to watch the video at Common Sense Education.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

As a former social studies educator and current learning specialist, my idea of nirvana is to help grow students who can examine issues from multiple perspectives. Eight years ago, our district began training teachers in cooperative learning as a strategy to maximize student engagement. Group work vs. cooperative learning.

Learning 279

Learning Social Studies Participation Group work 279

eSchool News

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Multimedia learning tools play an important role in classrooms in a number of ways–including, but not limited to, boosting creativity, encouraging student engagement, and helping students learn to collaborate. Natural leaders may emerge during group work as part of a team presentation assignment.

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Learning Tools Learning Assignments Group work 288

eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2025

zSpace unveiled the zSpace Imagine Learning Solutiona headset-free AR/VR laptop system designed specifically for elementary learners. The devices feature zView technology, allowing for collaborative group work and presentations. Each app is designed to align with elementary-level learning standards.

Learning 249

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

In our small language department, we each teach a different foreign language (Chinese, French, German, and Spanish), but we share the core learning goal of student understanding of culture. Together, we decided to experiment with ways that mind maps could support our endeavors. That is not to say that we didn’t encounter limitations.

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Group work Culture Instructors Languages 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

In our small language department, we each teach a different foreign language (Chinese, French, German, and Spanish), but we share the core learning goal of student understanding of culture. Together, we decided to experiment with ways that mind maps could support our endeavors. That is not to say that we didn’t encounter limitations.

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Group work Culture Instructors Languages 98

eSchool News

MAY 25, 2018

Stephen Independent School District, located in central Minnesota, is one of many school districts across the country that recognized a need to dramatically evolve traditional classrooms to create a variety of specialized and flexible learning environments to meet the needs of next-century learners.

Learning 279

Learning Schools Learning Spaces Group work 279

eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

But despite these challenges, there are bright spots in teaching and learning. Inspiring district leaders, classroom teachers, and school staff have found unique and innovative ways to engage students in learning, motivating students to see beyond classroom walls and truly immerse themselves in learning.

Teaching 314

Teaching STEM Education Learning 314

eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2024

Classrooms may be student-driven, might focus on project-based learning, or may offer learning through a specialized topic such as STEM. And while today’s classrooms look different, students and teachers remain at the heart of classroom learning. What is a learning activity in a classroom?

Learning 298

Learning STEM Motivation Activities 298

eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2025

With most of the states nationwide moving towards a phenomena-based approach to learning in science, it is especially important that I integrate high-quality online resources into instruction–resources students can relate to, apply prior knowledge to, and that prompt questions about their curiosities. There is also a free trial.

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Teachers Learning Science STEM 298

eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2023

Cabin John MD – Early learning leader, Learning Without Tears, is now among EdTech’s best and brightest, following the announcement of this year’s EdTech “Cool Tool” Awards. We are all proud of the innovative work our development teams did to create – and continuously improve – these breakthrough learning programs.”

Learning 286

Learning Reading Elementary School Elementary School 286

eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2015

What is the future of learning spaces? We look inside current learning spaces and look at the world; there is a big disconnect. as a society have agreed by doctrine that our children will come together in a building and learn, and yet we allow our kids to be behind desks for a majority of their developing years. The makerspace.

Learning Spaces 279

Learning Spaces Learning Game-Based Learning Teaching Methods 279

Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

Without such support, students may feel less comfortable—or inclined—to engage in an entirely new way of learning. Engagement remains a tricky subject for many teachers, but some are finding creative ways to keep kids coming back, especially during whole-group discussions on video conferencing platforms such as Zoom.

Learning 218

Learning Participation English Internet 218

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Teachers juggling the concurrent classroom with some students physically attending class and others joining remotely via video conferencing are trying to balance the demands of teaching in two learning landscapes simultaneously. ” When I say “less,” I am not suggesting that students learn less—quite the opposite.

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Blended Learning Coaching Feedback Discussions 546

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2021

Last week, my class of teacher candidates explored the topic of building an online learning community. We talked about the importance of nurturing a learning community over time and providing regular opportunities for students to engage with each other to build relationships. So, what can we do? #1 1 Set Agreements as a Class.

Beliefs 494

Beliefs Discussions Assignments Blended Learning 494

Faculty Focus

JULY 11, 2024

When I look at the various articles and comments in the Teaching Professor collection, group work continues to be a regular topic. From a well-designed and well-implemented group activity, students can have rich encounters with the content and learn the value of working collaboratively.

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Group work Instructors Students Research Methods 64

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2018

Data-driven instruction may be the popular catchphrase in education, but in a recent edWebinar, the speakers advocated for data-driven learning. Using Student Learning Data to Foster a Growth Culture ,” featuring Amy Trees Dodson, M.Ed., Using Student Learning Data to Foster a Growth Culture ,” featuring Amy Trees Dodson, M.Ed.,

Education 183

Education Learning Evaluation Discussions 183

Catlin Tucker

MAY 5, 2016

Over the last two years, I’ve spent time exploring variations on the established blended learning models. Stations can be composed of a variety of activities (including, but not limited to): Teacher-led small group instruction. Collaborative small group work. Project-based learning time. Makerspace station.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2021

Many students have been learning remotely–or may have been learning in-person , but the structure of the day was far from normal. Here are six sure-fire ideas to re-ignite learning: 1. Teach Group Work Etiquette: Don’t assume your students remember how to have group discussions.

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Skills Students High School High School 325

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

To limit the time these students spend in intervention programs, we have an “all hands on deck” approach: With parental involvement and our blended learning model, Neshaminy educators identify and build upon students’ strengths to lay the foundation for reading success. Next page: Students learn better standing and having fun.

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Blended Learning English Learning Reading 189

Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2015

They fear that the classroom will plunge into chaos if students are given the autonomy to make decisions and drive learning. Students are at the center of the learning happening in the classroom, which requires that they make decisions and work together. In a teacher-centered classroom, the focus is on the teacher.

Teaching 405

Teaching Assignments Group work Skills 405

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

With this latest—and largest—surge of coronavirus infections in the United States, K-12 schools that hadn’t yet reopened for in-person learning now see few paths to do so in the near term, and many of the schools that were offering some face-to-face instruction are now pulling back into full-time remote learning.

Learning 218

Learning Internet Writing Failure 218

Faculty Focus

JULY 11, 2024

When I look at the various articles and comments in the Teaching Professor collection, group work continues to be a regular topic. From a well-designed and well-implemented group activity, students can have rich encounters with the content and learn the value of working collaboratively.

Group work 59

Group work Instructors Students Research Methods 59

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

There is a dearth of evidence to help teachers make informed choices on how to allocate time to asynchronous vs. synchronous online learning. By looking at research into online learning and human development, we can begin to grapple with the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. Let’s start with the basics.

Lecturing 218

Lecturing Disabilities Learning Assignments 218

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Classroom learning and management all begin with relationships, and SEL can guide the relationship and community building process. Any connected educator has heard buzzwords like flipped classroom, gamification, social-emotional learning (SEL), differentiation, and personalized learning.

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Distance Learning Culture Gamification Learning 218