Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

We intentionally don’t use our valuable time together in class to lecture. We want them to be active participates in the learning that happens in N.E.W. Instead, we use that time to get students exploring, researching, collaborating, and, ultimately, leading the learning. We want students to get their hands on learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

David Peña-Guzman starts off his Friday class at San Francisco State University like any other professor might: students file in and pull out their note-taking materials, and he opens his laptop to begin lecture. The course, titled “The Reading Experiment: The Power of the Book,” takes place every other Friday beginning at 9:30 a.m.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 30, 2023

ELs need ample opportunities to practice speaking, listening, reading, and writing in English. Additionally, providing reading materials at different levels and genres with resources like Newsela and CommonLit , and assigning writing tasks that focus on language development, can strengthen their reading and writing skills.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. This year’s 9th most-read story focuses on first-year teaching supports. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. newsletters.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

This research dovetails with the science of reading practices that have been transforming reading instruction to favor a phonics-based approach. While its true that explicit instruction is teacher-directed, it offers opportunities for student participation as well as the teacher to call on students to check and correct understanding.

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2020

Option 1: Paper-based teaching Point a camera at a piece of paper, write on it and lecture. And here’s what your student will see: Option 2: Whiteboard or easel teaching Point a camera at yourself while lecturing in front of a whiteboard or easel+paper pad. Set video to “on” for both host and participant 2.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

“Synchronous online learning” generally refers to live learning activities that must happen at a set time (often over Zoom or a similar platform), while “asynchronous online learning” refers to almost everything else (completing assignments, doing readings, watching videos, etc.).

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2022

But we couldn’t bear to leave you without some worthwhile reading and listening material during this wintery week, filled with short days and long nights. Read more from Marisa here. Read more from Daniel here. Read more from Emily here. Like educators and students across the U.S., Maybe you will, too.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The latest book she co-authored—“The New College Classroom”—is a surprisingly lively read for a how-to book on teaching. Apple’s iPod had only recently come out, and Duke became one of the first to experiment with putting out free lectures online that people could listen to on these digital music players. Active learning wins.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

It’s a game-changing shift,” says Marc Watkins, a lecturer of writing and rhetoric at the University of Mississippi and director of the university’s AI Summer Institute for Teachers of Writing. New AI tools can make audio recordings of lectures and automatically create summaries and flashcards of the material.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 25, 2023

The difficulties in student engagement with instructor-directed reading, both in terms of the amount of reading undertaken and the participation and benefit from in-class discussion around readings, can be a prevalent problem. academic journal article or specific industry press).

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2019

According to research , in a typical classroom lecture students will generally retain only five percent of the material presented. In most flipped classrooms, educators provide materials for students to review before class such as readings from textbooks, worksheets or videos.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

SAN MARCOS, Texas — Live lecture classes are back at most colleges after COVID-19 disruptions, but student engagement often hasn’t returned to normal. To see what teaching is like on campus these days, I visited Texas State University in October and sat in on three large lecture classes in different subjects. I'll skip that class.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 20, 2024

Just as our fixed-menu dining scenario highlights the limitations of a one-size-fits-all approach, traditional classroom settings often mimic this model with lectures or mini-lessons where a teacher presents information in a uniform way to all students.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

But despite their best efforts, online learning failed to live up to in-person education, with students whose schools met mostly in person performing significantly better on math and reading tests compared to their peers who received instruction online. But it’s not the fault of teachers – they weren’t trained for remote instruction.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Now imagine if I told you that the pilot achieved the 90 percent mastery by watching someone else, reading about it, and hearing lectures about it. Think about this: how would you feel if you knew the pilot who is flying your plane achieved 90 percent mastery? My guess is uncomfortable at best. Are you going to get on that plane?

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Teach Your Kids

MAY 6, 2025

A couple months ago, I wrote a post entitled “the end of reading,” predicting that in the next couple decades reading would outlive its usefulness and become extinct. Reading has a unique role to play in the world of education. “But, I taught myself to read at the age of two”, you say!

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Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2023

All participants saw the same slides, but with one of four different voices: “happy female, sad female, happy male, and sad male.” And that did happen for male participants in the study, who did better on a post-video quiz about the material when a happy voice delivered the material than when a sad one did.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 25, 2023

The difficulties in student engagement with instructor-directed reading, both in terms of the amount of reading undertaken and the participation and benefit from in-class discussion around readings, can be a prevalent problem. academic journal article or specific industry press).

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2020

So what’s an online professor to do when students just aren’t participating? The student-body president at Purdue started a petition calling for the administration to add a reading day. 4 an optional reading day, though it’s up to each professor whether or not to honor it. They might be on your roster, but they’re ghosting you.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

At Purdue University, leaders have famously announced they are installing plexiglass barriers in some classrooms that teachers will stand behind to lecture. Listen to the conversation, or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity. And they'll be pretty isolated from each other during the lecture experience.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Key points: Engage students actively for deeper learning and enhanced academic outcomes Enhance learning through active participation, collaboration, and critical thinking skills Stay up to date on the latest in classroom learning trends Active learning strategies engage students in the learning process, fostering deeper understanding and retention.

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Active Learning Activities Critical Thinking Quizzes 141

Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2024

Read the other articles here and here. Accommodations are created to assist students with more significant needs so that they can participate to the best of their ability. Immersive Reader , available in Flip, read prompts out loud for students who needed additional support and provided translations for those learning English.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

Often, that meant moving completely away from replicating in-person, lecture-based models online. Before the pandemic, teachers across the country taught students how to read, how to code and how to determine mathematical concepts like the area of a circle mostly from in front of the classroom.

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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. They are encouraged to ask questions about shared materials, read and comment on them, and use them as resources. In this way, they understand the importance of their participation. Then you got a job and reality struck. Flip the classroom.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

The instructor can lecture and students can ask questions, or the instructor can lead a live discussion. For instance, instructors can ask students to post a one-sentence summary or brief reflection after going through an assigned reading or watching a short video lecture.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

Two of these authors Dr. Michelle Rivers and Dr. Janell Blunt shared theirs on the podcast you can listen to our conversation in the player above or read the full transcript. ” Another advantage is the fact that they require every student to participate “something in social psychology we call the diffusion of responsibility.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2020

Listen to the conversation, or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity. I read in my own campus newspaper that my university’s going to fine people who are violating the state requirements—up to $1,000. Audience question] How are hearing impaired students able to understand lectures when professors wear masks?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Our approach with this MOOC is to provide university-style concept lectures with problem-solving strategies from expert AP physics teachers,” said award-winning Rice physicist Jason Hafner, who co-teaches the course with veteran high school AP physics teachers Gigi Nevils and Matt Wilson.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2017

We were motivated, we did the extra reading, we understood, we were excited about Foucault, saying “Oh my god, I’ve always wanted to read this. We came to class prepared, we liked to participate. It’s the same thing when you go to a meeting and some guy reads his PowerPoint. What do you think about Lecture Capture.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

At one point early in the discussion, several participants attempted to disrupt the proceedings by posting slurs in all caps in the chat window, part of a phenomenon called Zoombombing that we recently wrote about. Audience question]: What advice would you give to your faculty regarding online lectures? to 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2024

That vantage point gives her insight about what’s keeping students from feeling fully invested in showing up for class ready to truly participate in the learning process. The iterative process of learning; the fact that you can't just read one thing once and know it, you have to go through it over and over again. Less papers coming in.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 19, 2024

Read on for more ideas from the Ask a Tech Teacher team: How Virtual Information Sessions Are Changing K-12 Education K-12 education is undergoing a digital revolution. Teachers now integrate multimedia content like interactive simulations, virtual labs, and expert guest lectures from around the world. Personalized Learning.

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Education Feedback Communication Teaching Methods 167

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2019

Read part 1 and part 2. And that has led to new teaching practices, mainly flipped classrooms where professors require students to watch video lectures for homework and use class time for more active discussions or hands-on activities. This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University.

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eSchool News

JULY 19, 2016

Each session includes expert video screencasts, classroom video clips, readings and resources, and assignments that will help participants create a strong foundation of communication within the classroom. K-12 classroom instructors, instructional coaches, and educational administrators are invited to enroll.

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Edsurge

MAY 11, 2020

Over time, I benefited from reading books on online pedagogy, attending online learning conferences and receiving training in online teaching and learning—including good instructional standards from tools like the Quality Matters rubric. What are your students expected to know and be able to do at the conclusion of your course?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The article’s about 1000 words and well worth the read: Simulations as a Teaching Strategy – Everything You Need to Know. Often, educators don’t fully explain the function of a simulation or the role of each student before it plays out, ensuring that participants are actively engaged from the beginning. #3.

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