eSchool News

JUNE 19, 2017

Even when students aren’t sitting through lectures, they’re still accustomed to letting their teachers dictate the pace, style, and direction of learning. But some forward-thinking classrooms have turned that model completely on its head, handing students control over lessons and often shifting teachers to supporting roles.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

For example, completing homework requires executive function skills, and the benefits of homework increase as students move into middle school and high school. Extensive lecturing is not a good use of your time, or learners’ time, in synchronous online learning.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Middle school students in grades 6-8 flex their civics knowledge for a chance to win recognition and cash prizes. Chambers of commerce across 27 states will host in-person contests in their communities this school year. We are happy that it is now available to high school students.”

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

Teachers might break down lectures in bite-sized video clips, and use live streaming, or synchronous, time to conduct wellness checks with students and connect with them individually or in smaller groups. Middle school teachers often must focus on combating student distraction and loss of focus.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 14, 2020

A problem with online teaching is that students have to sit through a long lecture-sort of presentation–if you’re trying to replicate your classroom teaching. Flipped Classrooms: “…adjusting to the new way of teaching was easier than expected because he was using a “flipped classroom” while schools were in session.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 16, 2023

I’ve used flipped classrooms in my Middle School classes. A New Analysis Dives Into the Research A new meta-analysis looked at the effectiveness of flipped learning, a model that asks students to watch lecture videos before class so that class time can be used for active learning. But not worse, either.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

Middle schoolers, they warned us, are unable to work at their own pace because they lack academic fundamentals, intrinsic motivation and basic time management skills. This is especially true for sixth graders, they said, who are managing a challenging transition to middle school and lack independence.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

Engaging Middle Schoolers in Math Middle school is when students start wondering, When will I ever use this? Make Math Real with Real-world Connections The best way to hook middle schoolers? Apps like these help kids explore math concepts at their own pace while making learning an adventure.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2022

The assessment is best started in middle school or within the first two years of high school, so students can use their results to work with educators to make individual graduation plans. Aptitude assessments give both student and educator valuable insights and support for education and career learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2017

Even at the middle school level, there is pressure,” says Jessica Lura, director of strategic initiatives and partnerships at the K-8 Bullis Charter School in Los Altos, Calif. There’s pressure from parents to accelerate students in middle school math so they can do advanced placement in high school,” she says, echoing Lura. “We

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2016

I enjoyed science in elementary and middle school. However, in high school, my science classes were primarily comprised of lectures and worksheets. Yet, many girls enter my science classes lacking confidence in their abilities or expressing that they’re just “not good at science.”. I, too, used to have that mindset.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2024

That left the family to decide whether to make him repeat the class in ninth grade — and potentially disadvantage him by preventing him from taking calculus later in high school — or to have him push through. After a family discussion, we decided he would repeat Algebra 1 in ninth grade,” Lynem, a journalism lecturer, wrote in CalMatters.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Numerous online resources exist where you can find lecture notes, study guides, and other helpful materials. homework, lecture notes, practice tests). Keeping lecture notes, study guides, and other resources well-organized saves time and reduces the frustration of searching for materials during study sessions.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Kendall Hunt will offer a customized version of OpenSciEd’s high-quality middle school science instructional materials in a dynamic format through Kiddom’s comprehensive digital curriculum platform. The digital pen allows teachers to enhance lectures and maintain eye contact with students while working remotely.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2017

(And how many elementary and middle schoolers do you see hanging out at Starbucks?) Fifteen years ago, when I was a middle school English teacher, I introduced flexible seating to my class, before it became the latest buzzword. Focusing on decorations and interior design alone is missing the point, however.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2024

Teachers no longer lecture from a dais with student learning contained within the schoolhouse walls. They already visit web-based edutainment sites as early as preschool, use ‘Instagram’ and multi-player XBox games in elementary school, and have made text messaging and Facebook their communication of choice by Middle School.

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2016

The Bartlesville High School and Madison Middle School labs were completed in late 2015 and the Central Middle School lab is scheduled to be completed in August 2016. Details: As of January 2016, nearly 800 middle and high school students are taking STEM courses in the Bartlesville Public School District. .

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

For the past 13 years, I have been a social studies teacher at the middle school level. My classroom was set up with desks in rows and my lessons included lectures with PowerPoint presentations, worksheets and textbook work. The period couldn’t end fast enough. I was tense and ready to throw in the towel.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2023

For Christopher Faidley, a middle school computer science teacher who once taught advanced technology to Bir, it’s a place to send inquisitive parents. “I Bir says the site has about 10,000 users. And teachers say they are finding it useful.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

high school science teacher Nicole Vick says that new approaches to science teaching over the past few years, including the introduction of new standards, has encouraged more hands-on activities and personal relevance that makes the subject more meaningful to students. New Approaches to New Topics In rural Abingdon, Ill., she says. “It

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

To history teacher Joe Welch, too many of today’s lessons still call to mind Ben Stein’s classic classroom lecture in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Welch, an 8th-grade teacher at North Hills Middle School in Pittsburgh, is charting his own path—one that doesn’t include a textbook.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In a comprehensive article written for BMC Public Health Distance learning in Italian primary and middle school children during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national survey , the study revealed gaps in access. The Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Italian Learning Ecosystems: the School Teachers’ Perspective at the steady state.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2020

Having previously leaned toward large-group lectures, we began using small groups to teach straight coding to our campers. Coditum , SummerTech’s Hoboken-based coding lab, earlier this year joined forces with Hoboken Middle School. They wanted to become real-life coders and they weren’t headed in that direction.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2019

High school students have created prototypes for innovations that redefine how we travel in the air and support sustainable living on Mars. We have seen this transformation first-hand here at Arizona Science Center’s CREATE makerspace , where I work.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2017

You've been in school for quite a while now, so, what has your experience been as a student both when you were in K-12 and now in college? Middle school and elementary school were extremely challenging for me. So, while you're listening and reviewing, you can listen to what the lecture says AND read your notes.

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eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2024

Arnold, Director of School Pathways, New York City Public Schools (New York, NY) Nkiru Azza, Elementary Teacher, Digital Lead Learner, Toronto District School Board (Toronto, ON, Canada) Ronda Blevins, Ed.D., Since its inception in 1995, more than 800 educators from around the world have received the award.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

First, online interactions for children have to be fun, not lecture-like. The collaborative aspect of CoCo has caught the attention of high school students like Nagamitesh Nagamuralee, who introduced the beta version in his robotics clubs in his former middle school in Lexington, Massachusetts.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2020

In working to support a middle school student with complex communication needs and behavioral challenges from a distance, speech and language pathologist Rebecca Eisenberg had to work closely with this student’s mother to develop a set of possible solutions. Christina Cipriano, Ph.D., Follow her @drchriscip. Follow her @g_schlichtmann.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The very first year I taught middle school science, I found myself teaching more reading lessons than I had ever expected—and that didn’t change when I switched to a middle school math classroom two years later.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2017

The problem might boil down to a misunderstanding of what active learning actually is, and how it can encompass an entire curriculum, even when teachers rarely deliver traditional lectures. Cator cites Carroll Magnet Middle School in North Carolina as a school that has embraced the challenge-based ethos.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 24, 2018

As an instructional coach at Fairbanks Middle School in Milford Center, Ohio, I have been a core part of charting a new path for PD that uses a blended model of professional learning. The topics we cover through our blended PD require more serious thought, so they can’t be digested in a two-hour lecture to the staff.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Marc Pedersen leads the biotechnology career pathway classes at Paulding County High School, a magnet school in Georgia about one hour away from Atlanta. A former wildlife biologist and lecturer at the University of Wisconsin, he has been teaching since 2005.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

It build rapport in a way traditional lecturing simply cannot.” Tools used throughout Morris School District So, How Well Is It All Working? As teachers across MSD have embraced blended learning, student outcomes have been promising, particularly at the elementary school level. Meanwhile, In High School and Middle School.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2017

Teaching Strategies Cult of Pedagogy Podcast Jennifer Gonzalez, a former middle school teacher, hosts this podcast as part of her popular blog on teaching strategies, education reform, and ed tech. Recent episodes include “How to Approach Your Teaching Like a Master Chef,” and “Creating a Welcoming Classroom for Special Ed Students.”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2016

The lecture and the ole’ stand-and-deliver models of traditional practice tend to continue forward, resulting in little to no change in instructional practice. Pleasant Middle School , who partnered with our agency in the design of classroom (shown above). To date, there have been 13 classrooms redesigned through this effort.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2017

Many of our institutions have been using a variety of lecture capture solutions over the years, but Panopto has really stood out as a partner for accommodating those with accessibility challenges,” Quarles says. Mary Jo Madda ( @MJMadda ) is Senior Editor at EdSurge, as well as a former STEM middle school teacher and administrator.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Sean entered Locust Grove Middle School as it was implementing “competency-based” learning, which tailors schooling to each child’s ability. But no one stopped this Henry County seventh-grader when he stomped on the gas. He accelerated two years ahead of his classmates in math and is now doing freshman-level work.

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