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OCTOBER 7, 2015

Prepare syllabus and assignment due dates carefully and well in advance so that students know what to expect and when. In our case, we collaborate with The Virtual High School , who we consider an online learning pioneer. Make sure teachers have the best training available.

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Education Syllabus Instructors Feedback 279

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Arrested Development: Children, Trauma and School : The session may bring back memories of the TV comedy series, but the talk from former high-school principal Liz Dozier is serious matter. 3:30 p.m.

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Syllabus Science Learning Styles Testing 117

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Here are popular online resources to teach about using games in education ( click here for updates to the list ): Battleship on Google Sheets Breakouts by BreakoutEdu.com — a bit like Webquests but more comprehensive Breakout Room Template Game Show Templates –Frazzle, Jeopardy, Family Feud, Price is Right, more Gamified Syllabus –a template to create (..)

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Gamification Syllabus Education History 184

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

I think the phenomena of the infographic syllabus has been an effort by many teachers to make that document more accessible, more real,” she explains. “We We can solve a lot of problems as educators if we can just get people to read the syllabus upfront.”. But some schools are trying it out this year, with an eye on student privacy.

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Syllabus Teachers Course Outline English 167

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JANUARY 5, 2021

This semester, I had a great conversation with a French teacher at a high school in my district. Brayton Mendenhall started the school year teaching in a hybrid model, with half of his class in person while the other half worked asynchronously from home. We can create learning that works for all students, not just some.

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Blended Learning Failure Syllabus Schools 195

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

My syllabus had a no-technology policy and it wasn’t perfect, but it helped. When 9/11 happened, my high school English teacher stopped our normal routine, rolled in a TV set, and turned it on. I performed then too. I’d smile wider, make my movements more exaggerated, and even talk in a camp song voice.

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Teachers Syllabus Schools Students 213

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2024

Takayama continues, noting that by and large our students also occupy a liminal space, transitioning between stages, whether that’s from high school to career or one career phase to another. But we have a legal obligation to cover the syllabus. Cover the syllabus later. I am happy to discuss in more detail—email me!—but

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Syllabus Discussions Beliefs Questions 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2024

Takayama continues, noting that by and large our students also occupy a liminal space, transitioning between stages, whether that’s from high school to career or one career phase to another. But we have a legal obligation to cover the syllabus. Cover the syllabus later. I am happy to discuss in more detail—email me!—but

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Syllabus Discussions Beliefs Questions 105

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Consider the following students whose potential remains untapped in the current industrial model: Even though he struggles with dyslexia as a high school junior, Eddie (student names have been changed) had figured out how to do school well enough to get through his day. We just have to answer, “What is individualized learning?”

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Learning Syllabus Social Studies Students 166

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MARCH 21, 2019

I am a former high-tech executive with an MBA, turned severe special needs elementary educator, mother of 7 (4 in college, 3 in high school) who is looking at that next step in my career. I have created what I’m calling my “prep syllabus” and hope to set a solid foundation for myself. Thanks so much!

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Syllabus Writing Schools Research Methods 142

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

Is that a real A, or an A based on turning in the syllabus? The average high school textbook costs $70 and weighs about a million pounds. Have you ever tried to pick up a high schooler’s backpack? Audrey Mullen ( @audreymmullen ) is a rising senior at Presentation High School in San Jose, Calif. Use Canvas.

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Quizzes Textbooks Syllabus Students 144

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2019

Once my family moved to the mainland from Honolulu when I was in third grade, I don’t remember ever having any Asian or biracial teachers through elementary, middle or high school, or even in college or graduate school. Topics of race, nationality, class, gender and sexual orientation were all folded into my syllabus.

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Culture Teachers Schools Syllabus 167

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This is perfect for high school career classes. These are great for sharing discrete knowledge, publishing a digital portfolio of projects, visually presenting a syllabus or collage of artwork, and showing how to solve a problem. Canva makes it easy. All students do is pick a layout, enter data, and they’re done.

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Syllabus Knowledge Achievement Math 172

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MARCH 2, 2023

Students gain access to their courses — syllabus, main project, required engagements, discussion forum and other materials — a week prior to the start of class. Over their working lives, on average, college graduates earn twice what high school grads make. A century ago, just two percent of Americans were enrolled in college.

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Teaching Instructors Syllabus Assignments 176

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JULY 25, 2016

Back in 1988, the College Board offered high schools two options for AP computer science courses: AP Computer Science A, which covered one college semester’s worth of learning a programming language (first Pascal, then C++ and now Java), and AP Computer Science AB, which covered two semesters.

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Science Exams Accessibility Syllabus 113

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APRIL 18, 2018

It’s easier to provide a syllabus with structured projects and assignments that have assigned due dates and clear grading parameters. I want students to use their passions to shape projects, control the pace of their content and set their own deadlines, but building this kind of learning environment is challenging.

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Teaching Education Learning Syllabus 163

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2023

While the syllabus, course modules, and a course calendar can provide students with information on progress toward completion of the course, comments and messages from the instructor can demonstrate interest in the student as an individual and encourage continued involvement in the course. Where is this going?” So far we have focused on.

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Instructors Syllabus Assignments Feedback 105

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AUGUST 9, 2021

He decided to experiment with awarding NFTs to students last semester in the high school finance course he teaches. Instead each token proves the student passed the course and can contain unique details about how well the student did and information about the class, including the syllabus.

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Textbooks Education Syllabus Writing 197

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APRIL 5, 2018

And during the keynote he challenged educators by asking: “How do we create more academic peak moments in school?” He gave an example of two teachers from Hillsdale High School in San Mateo, Calif. These moments don’t just happen, and educators must plan and execute them, he posited. Or they still are able to do __.

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Instructors Syllabus Textbooks Lecturing 107

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APRIL 24, 2018

Geared for college-level classes, this also works well for high school AP classes. pick the school you attend (if available) so the program can match you to their textbook. If your school isn’t listed, you can select by the textbook you’re using. You can sign up for free to watch a limited number of videos.

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Textbooks Exams Syllabus Essay 95

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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In high school, I played sports, but another important part of my life was band and musical theatre. For me, office hours listed on the plaque outside your door or listed on the first page of the syllabus sends the message, “Here are the hours when I want to see you, students.” John Branch: I’d say it’s my entertaining style.

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Quizzes Failure Culture Students 167

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

Below is just a small sample of the range of activities and conversations they engaged in, as described by Andrew Rikard , an undergraduate at Davidson College and the facilitator of the inaugural cohort: “We built our own syllabus, decided what topics interested us and recruited experts to talk to us about those topics.

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Syllabus Students Essay Languages 107

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FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Dave Stachowiak (my husband and host of the Coaching for Leaders podcast ) shares this story of a class that has stuck with him since high school. On the first day of the chemistry course the teacher provided a routine overview of the syllabus.

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Attention Syllabus Students Coaching 120

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Regardless of your schools academic integrity policy, consider how a statement like the one below in your syllabus (Frontier, 2025) could clarify the importance of integrity as the basis for your partnership to effectively teach and learn. AI with intention: Principles and action steps for teachers and school leaders.

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Academic Integrity Learning Assignments Feedback 88

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

This is perfect for high school career classes. These are great for sharing discrete knowledge, publishing a digital portfolio of projects, visually presenting a syllabus or collage of artwork, and showing how to solve a problem. Canva makes it easy. All students do is pick a layout, enter data, and they’re done.

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Knowledge Syllabus History Achievement 122

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2022

I typically don’t describe the idea in the syllabus. I’d like to share one way to encourage more learning between class meetings. I’ve devised something I call “afterthoughts,” and they’re ideas pertinent to any aspect of the course that anyone can share. Instead, in the second or third week of class, I introduce and explain the concept.

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Ethics Minute Papers Syllabus Course Evaluations 98

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JULY 7, 2022

The syllabus is structured to inspire confidence and courage. At the all-girls boarding high school that Ruth Cady attended in a small Virginia town, she recalls being a middling student. By March 2000, during her senior year of high school, Ruth Cady was chatting with her assigned freshman roommate.

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Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 176

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? Capabilities, benefits, and role of ChatGPT in chemistry teaching and learning in Vietnamese high schools. Here are the schools and colleges that have banned the use of ChatGPT over plagiarism and misinformation fears.

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Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? Capabilities, benefits, and role of ChatGPT in chemistry teaching and learning in Vietnamese high schools. Here are the schools and colleges that have banned the use of ChatGPT over plagiarism and misinformation fears.

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Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

I embrace progress; I do not want to teach in elbow patches from a dusty syllabus. The irony of a Sci Fi loving, former Atari-playing, Gen Xer who learned to type on a word processor that weighed 500 pounds waxing nostalgic for the low-tech olden days is not lost. I’ve stopped trying to make blue books happen.

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Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 116

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

I embrace progress; I do not want to teach in elbow patches from a dusty syllabus. The irony of a Sci Fi loving, former Atari-playing, Gen Xer who learned to type on a word processor that weighed 500 pounds waxing nostalgic for the low-tech olden days is not lost. I’ve stopped trying to make blue books happen.

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Plagiarism Ethics Writing Learning 111

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

Study.com includes standards alignment in the Collection Details that can be found under the Syllabus tab. Make Study.com courses available to highly-motivated homeschoolers who want more depth in studies or college credit while in high school. Here’s more information on that option. Things to know.

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Exams Quizzes Textbooks Syllabus 83

Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2023

Including a culminating presentation on each of the banned books in the syllabus can help communicate the importance of these book clubs while continuing to strengthen student communication, presentation skills, and cooperative skills.

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Critical Thinking Interdisciplinary History Syllabus 89

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OCTOBER 24, 2019

By Rebecca Koenig In Pursuit of Personalized Learning Baraniuk played electric guitar in high school rock bands while growing up in Winnipeg, Canada—the same city, he notes, that spawned The Guess Who. “Our goal,” says Baraniuk, “is positive world domination.” Editors, developers and scientists at work in the OpenStax office. /

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Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 119

EAB

MAY 23, 2023

So advisors will say, "Well, we're creating a syllabus with all this information. So it's attached to the course syllabus because we need to make the information inescapable. I recently read that one in five community college students is a high schooler, right? We'll put the resources in there and we work with faculty."

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Student Engagement Students Questions Syllabus 52

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DECEMBER 9, 2021

Some teachers are former Night School Bar students, others were actively recruited, and still others signed up after hearing about the mission, Andrews says: “The humanities are for everybody.” So Wellmon threw out his syllabus. It was the most meaningful teaching experience I’ve ever had. It was incredible,” Wellmon says.

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Art Instructors Study Reading 218