Teacher Mood

JUNE 17, 2025

In this post, we’ll walk through how to honestly assess what’s working (and what’s not) in your current classroom management system, and how to make thoughtful changes that support both your students and your sanity. Group work? In fact, most veteran teachers swear by having 3–5 positively stated expectations.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 21, 2025

Set up clues and puzzles that come from the novel your class is reading, and let small groups work together to figure them out. Create your own nonsense words (or better yet, let them create a list of crazy words), and have individuals or groups work together to craft the most creative and entertaining definitions.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 18, 2025

Whether you’re a first-year teacher or just looking to stay organized, this quick checklist covers the essentials. It’s perfect for group work and simulations. Just check it off, stock up, and roll into the school year feeling confident and classroom-ready. Students can make quick corrections, making graphing stress-free.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 30, 2025

Keeping students engaged is a daily goal that teachers are always trying to hit, and for good reason: its directly tied to how much students learn and retain. Make the Most of Group Work Learning outdoors naturally invites collaboration. The post Outdoor Teaching Activities to Maximize Learning appeared first on TeachHUB.

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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?) Without wiring, electronics, or robotic features, they can create an arm or claw that can really lift items up! at this project on their own.

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From the Pond

JULY 12, 2025

🖍️ Get the posters here on TpT → Why Teachers Love These Posters Here’s what makes these number posters so versatile and teacher-friendly: Perfect for Building a Math Wall or Number Line - Create a dedicated math space that helps students visually connect to numbers every day. Teacher Tip: Use Them Everywhere!

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 9, 2025

How can you tell if a teacher is going to be nice or not? Team-Building High School Icebreaker Activities What better way to break the ice than to have students work together as a team? Team-Building High School Icebreaker Activities What better way to break the ice than to have students work together as a team?

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Jodi Durgin

JULY 13, 2025

It’s great for centers, small group work, early finisher tasks, and whole group instruction. It’s quick and easy to prep with no complicated math materials – just jell beans! It includes multiple activity formats to meet various learning styles. It facilitates hands-on learning and real world math connections.

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Teach Hub

MAY 19, 2025

I can show respect during group work by listening and taking turns. Feedback needs to lead to change, so make sure to tell students what they did well and what to work on. Keep Rubrics Student-Friendly Rubrics can be powerful tools for both teachers and students, but only if theyre written in a way kids understand.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The 65-inch, 1080p-resolution, multi-point touchscreen JTouch Whiteboard (INF6501w) lets users display and control their Windows, Mac and Chromebook devices, allowing teachers and presenters to show and edit files from the display rather than behind their computers.

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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? And why do teachers and professors continue to assign it? The second question is, why does group work suck so much?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

We believe that successful mentoring and instructional coaching sustains teachers, especially new ones, throughout the year and improves their ability to build strong relationships with students and families. How video coaching works Because video coaching is new to our school, I have been taking the recordings myself this year.

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eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2025

Our rigorous curriculum is taught by Pennsylvania-certified teachers trained to provide virtual instruction in real time and is focused on providing all students the educational resources and out-of-classroom experiences they need to become successful, lifelong learners. There is also a free trial.

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eSchool News

MARCH 4, 2019

How might a lesson run if the teacher were allowed only 1,000 words of whole-group instruction each class period? Speaking 1,000 words at an average pace takes about nine minutes, which means that a teacher could only use nine minutes to address instructions, misconceptions, management, and assessment for an entire class.

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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. A present–pause–discuss format allows the teacher to focus on introducing one concept or skill at a time.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 26, 2024

Tips for Teachers to Balance Work and Life During the Busy Parent-Teacher Conference Season The parent-teacher conference season often demands your full attention since you will have to create and update records as well as give specific feedback to every parent about their child.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2021

Last week, my class of teacher candidates explored the topic of building an online learning community. As teachers in a blended or online learning landscape, it’s our responsibility to help students to develop their social presence or the ability to assert their social and emotional selves online. So, what can we do? #1

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Part of preparing students for the real world is teaching them to collaborate and problem-solve while working with others in small groups. My classroom model includes a lot of group work where students complete tasks with a partner or in groups of four to six.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 5, 2016

In this post, I want to share three different ways teachers can shake up the traditional approach to the Station Rotation Model. If teachers have ample access to technology, they can design multiple stations that incorporate technology. Collaborative small group work. This model does exactly what its name suggests.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2021

“I hope it works, I hope it works,” I muttered to myself as Tonja, the student teacher in our classroom, logged into Zoom to reach the remote learners in our class. As the program started, I couldn’t help but think how different her experience as a preservice teacher was from my own. And there was no pandemic.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 2, 2016

” As a teacher, it’s my job to engage student curiosity, interest and passion in relation to the curriculum. Then groups worked together to write a project proposal explaining how they were going to execute this project. It required them to think through the purpose, strategy, and process before beginning their work.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2015

Many traditional teachers are reluctant to transition from a teacher-centered classroom to a student-centered classroom. In a teacher-centered classroom, the focus is on the teacher. The teacher is in control of the classroom environment and the activities taking place there.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 6, 2018

Modern Classrooms Energize Students and Teachers. A modern learning environment , which allows teachers to manipulate the classroom for any need and think beyond just “typical chairs in rows,” could be the key to making any space the right space for innovative thinking, says David Andrade, a K–12 education strategist at CDW-G. “It

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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. How Does This Apply to Group Work?

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2023

Changes in the classroom that brought many advantages, such as interactive technologies, more small group work, and flexible classrooms, have contributed to noise levels. The result is classroom noise pollution that causes distraction and discomfort for students and teachers.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Eight years ago, our district began training teachers in cooperative learning as a strategy to maximize student engagement. PIES stands for: Positive interdependence : everyone in the group depends on each other for a positive outcome. Our teachers love the training. Group work vs. cooperative learning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2023

There are plenty of reasons that K–3 teachers tend to be less likely than their middle and high school peers to use technology in the classroom. However, by incorporating technology into their classrooms, K–3 teachers can add flexibility and personalization to their instruction—and even get some of their own time back.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

While educational technology does make learning visible, it is the teacher that makes learning meaningful. What follows are four ways that technology transcends analog tools in education, including those that demonstrate simple recall while providing valuable feedback to fuel learning to the true innovators in our classrooms: teachers.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2025

The devices feature zView technology, allowing for collaborative group work and presentations. To help teachers integrate this powerful tool into their classrooms, zSpace offers on-site and virtual professional development. The all-in-one solution offers a platform that integrates hardware, software, and hands-on lessons.

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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. How Does This Apply to Group Work?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Social-emotional learning Most classroom management systems will have some kind of tool that allows students to tell teachers how they are feeling without speaking up in front of the whole class, but that’s just the beginning of the social-emotional learning potential at your fingertips.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Natural leaders may emerge during group work as part of a team presentation assignment. Because there are so many tools and teachers have limited time, we’ve compiled this list of multimedia resources to get you started on your search. Related content: 20 top edtech tools.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 13, 2024

In elementary education, incorporating hands-on activities, promoting group work, and using visual aids are crucial for effective learning. Group work fosters collaborative learning through projects and discussions, thereby encouraging students to consider different viewpoints and ideas. Hands-on activities (i.e.,

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Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 1, 2023

It’s pretty well known in educational circles that cooperative learning is supported by research, but so many teachers still struggle with it, so when things don’t work well, they give it up. Here’s how it works: Students make “appointments” with different peers at specific times.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

As a science teacher for grades 1-3, I wanted to create a completely different science lab experience for my young students. Any time you introduce a project like this, you worry about how it will integrate with what you’re already doing, but these projects connected very well with our existing next-generation science standards (NGSS) work.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Some said the video was never posted, others told me the link didn’t work but I had checked that link multiple times. For the past 13 years, I have been a social studies teacher at the middle school level. To build a classroom culture where risk-taking is encouraged for students, a teacher also needs to be willing to try new things.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Over the past several years, these spaces have transformed into collaborative areas that encourage group work, discussions, and hands-on activities, promoting creativity and innovation–ultimately becoming instrumental in shaping well-rounded, adaptable learners.

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