Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Instead of spending precious class time transferring information live for the whole group in the form of a lecture or mini-lesson, which presents myriad barriers (e.g., auditory processing, attention deficit, lack of background knowledge or vocabulary, absences), teachers record video instruction and assign those videos for homework.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 11, 2019

Classically, the transfer of information has occurred in class via lecture and practice has been assigned for homework. Begin with a collaborative offline activity designed to pique student interest or get them generating questions about a topic. First, teachers need to create context. Second, flip and engage.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Rather than watch a lecture in class and complete homework at home, students would watch a video lecture at home and do the “homework” in class. Question everything. When I committed to flipping, I realized that it would only work if I were prepared to question everything. Flipping the grading.

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Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

At times, however, that stone may feel like a boulder, especially to research faculty who are used to delivering lectures and to whom the switch to activity-based learning may seem like a daunting and demanding venture into unfamiliar territory. Image courtesy of This Is Engineering, Unsplash. Why Start With Think-Pair-Share?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Between budgetary constraints, bandwidth crunches, and a constantly changing syllabus, teachers have their hands full when it comes to structuring and building their class’s lessons and lectures. By distilling a lecture’s knowledge into a set of handy flashcards, teachers can ensure their students’ progress and performance.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

By integrating real-world content relevant to their students’ lives, educators can bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and its practical application. If traditional teaching methods reliant on textbooks, lecture, and rote memorization have proven anything, it’s that one size definitely does not fit all.

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2024

STEM is incredibly important, specifically for skills like critical thinking and problem solving,” said Dr. Erika Neuman, CEO of iSTEMmentors and a lecturer at the University of Texas at San Antonio, during an ISTELive 24 session. Ask a question 2. Design, such as putting a pencil to paper or using a program 4.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2024

The “Bored Board” can help give students options and eliminate the question, “ I’m done, now what? Notes Scavenger Hunt: Turn your next lecture into something interactive and exciting! Wrong Answers Only: Have students come up with the best wrong answers to a question.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2020

In having a real person respond directly to user questions, it gives the experience of a real conversation – something that isn’t available with chatbots or animations, but is desperately needed at this time,” said Kimmel. I see substantial potential for personalized instruction like this moving forward,” said Mr. Walters.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The Bored Board can help give students options and eliminate the question, I’m done, now what? Notes Scavenger Hunt: Turn your next lecture into something interactive and exciting! Wrong Answers Only: Have students come up with the best wrong answers to a question.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

Yet as instructors in the new world of online education, we have access to ever-increasing amounts of data—from recorded lecture videos, electronically submitted homework, discussion forums, and online quizzes and assessments—that may give us insights into individual student learning. So how does one identify a student’s knowledge state?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Students then apply their knowledge to solve a real world problem within the context of a story. Labster makes an educator’s job easier, integrating with the most popular LMS (learning management system) platforms and freeing up their time by automatically grading quiz questions and providing them with a dashboard of student performance data.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

This shift raises critical questions about the future of education: How will teachers adapt their roles? This shift raises questions about the efficacy and long-term viability of conventional education methods. As a result, your role involves creating a learning atmosphere that encourages questioning and exploration.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

First, students individually reflect on a question or prompt, then they discuss their thoughts with a partner, and finally, they share their ideas with the class. Role-Playing and Simulations : Role-playing activities or simulations immerse students in real-world scenarios, encouraging them to apply knowledge and critical thinking skills.

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eSchool News

JULY 21, 2016

Flipping your class by having students watch lecture videos for their homework can lead to richer discussions about the content, but only if students come to class prepared. It also makes sure teachers are prepared to address students’ key questions and areas of confusion—without creating more work for the instructor.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

If you’re unsure where to begin, ask the chatbot for help brainstorming lesson ideas and then ask follow-up questions until you get something you can use. Questions such as these can help guide the conversation: What do you need to learn about AI, and how can you gain that knowledge? Engage in the conversation.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

Given this reality in which AI can provide and synthesize information for and to our students at their requests in seconds, it is not completely paranoid to ask the question, What can we, as college instructors, offer our students in the age of AI? that comprise of a lot of traditional lecturing.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2016

For example, a gamification feature in presentation software can enable educators to set up teams or allow individual students to respond to embedded questions and display aggregate results on a screen; some software solutions also feature a leaderboard so everyone can monitor progress. Turn lectures into a 2-way conversation.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 12, 2023

In his Letters to a Young Poet , Rainer Maria Rilke urged the younger correspondent to learn to love questions, even those that were unanswered. This admonition has stuck with me for several decades, especially in times when I am seeking answers to seemingly tough questions. The most important questions: Who are you?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

“I would not want to stand in front of a group” and lecture, McMullan said, recalling her time as an eighth-grade teacher. “So you flip it, and you let the students be your driver.” ” From there, you can expand your base of knowledge. ” Even a little learning can go a long way.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Assume that students are capable and possess knowledge and skills. Be open and welcome student questions. Provide Closed Captioning on posted videos (lectures, resources, etc.). Refer to people how they refer to themselves. Realize that impact matters, regardless of intention. Support colleagues with disabilities.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2023

He argues that the traditional lecture method for teaching physics and other STEM fields has been proven ineffective, and that shifts to more active methods can greatly improve learning outcomes to make sure the next generation of researchers can make the next Nobel-worthy breakthroughs. You’ve famously compared lecturing to bloodletting.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

When I asked students, who were a mix of general education students and students with disabilities, to do Harvards Project Zeros see-think-wonder protocol, where they look at an image and consider the ideas and questions it brings up for them, I realized that many students had trouble with thinking and wondering.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 12, 2023

In his Letters to a Young Poet , Rainer Maria Rilke urged the younger correspondent to learn to love questions, even those that were unanswered. This admonition has stuck with me for several decades, especially in times when I am seeking answers to seemingly tough questions. The most important questions: Who are you?

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2018

Districts around the country are moving away from teaching models based on lectures and textbooks—but transition isn’t always simple. As the director of curriculum, I help students answer the age-old question, “Why do I need to know this?” Caroline Messenger, director of curriculum at Naugatuck Public Schools.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2017

If a professor is delivering a lecture and he doesn’t look up to see whether half the class is asleep, we can use facial recognition to depict emotions (such as boredom) and send the professor a message. If you have enough knowledge you can probably deconstruct who any person is likely to be. So there need to be industry standards.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

As professors and K-12 teachers adjust to the sudden move to online teaching, one question keeps coming up: How much of class time should be done live—known in education parlance as “synchronous” teaching—and how much should be done so that students can do the work at their convenience—or “asynchronous” teaching.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Interests Many students attend college with the knowledge that they’ll earn an average of $1.2 What questions keep them up at night? Asking these questions will help students navigate their potential major and avoid disappointment in the future. million more over their entire lifetime.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

It can handle a variety of language tasks, including answering questions, writing essays, generating creative content, offering explanations, giving advice, and engaging in natural-sounding conversations” (as explained by ChatGPT itself).

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

There is no question that edtech has brought new ways to support the learning process and was used extensively by schools to connect remotely to students who could not attend classes in-person during the worst parts of the pandemic. Hate it or love – technology in education is here to stay. Parents can feel it, and the numbers back them up.

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Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2022

You can pose a question for a future column here. Though I usually use this space to offer answers to teaching advice questions from professors, I wanted to try something different. In an hour and fifteen minute class, you asked around 20 different questions. Ask questions. With abundant gratitude, Bonni.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2022

In the pandemic many higher ed faculty, forced onto Zoom and other videoconferencing platforms, have continued teaching online just as they always did face to face, delivering lectures over streaming video as they did in person. I never delivered a lecture in real time on Zoom.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Students are introduced to data-science terms and asked to answer questions based on the map, which Wong calls “knowledge checks.” Our goal is to get these middle school students curious and get them asking questions,” Ressler says. Students built the app using R, an open source programming language.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 10, 2023

You graduated sure you’d never teach to the test or lecture for 90% of a class. One or more will resonate with your teaching style: Don’t answer student questions–show them how to do it themselves. Show students how to find answers to their questions. Questions often don’t have yes-no answers.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2015

In that light, the obvious question is, “Why blend?” Some of the newer pieces of adaptive software such as Achieve3000 and TenMarks use algorithms to identify a student’s current baseline knowledge so that instruction is neither too hard nor too easy, providing students with a more personalized experience.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2019

Knowledge Production The content on MOOCs is typically produced in universities from the U.S. Knowledge Production The content on MOOCs is typically produced in universities from the U.S. This gradually leads to the erasure of local and indigenous knowledges, and does a disservice to humanity as a whole.

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eSchool News

JULY 23, 2018

Today’s classrooms use a variety of learning approaches , some formal like lectures and some informal like watching videos. You should get credit for online chats, reading articles, and watching videos because each of these experiences provides you with the knowledge to build your teaching practice. Well, you can with a digital badge.

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