eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Key points: Creating a culture where all students see themselves as capable math thinkers starts with leaders Key questions that unleash powerful PLCs Ethical PD: Doing right by the teachers who do right by the world For more news on teachers PD, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub One of my first vivid memories of math is of timed tests.

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Math Beliefs Culture Ethics 183

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 10, 2021

” I get this question a lot, so I want to start by highlighting a few of the benefits of flipped instruction and flipped modeling. Engagement Strategy #1 Pair the Video with Questions. You can use Screencastify (a new feature ) or Edpuzzle to insert questions into the video itself.

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Multiple Choice Questions Blended Learning Discussions Art 543

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The teacher has to do the lion’s share of the work compiling a list of items to include on the study guide or creating questions for a game. questions that the teacher can use to create a variety of review activities. Then the teacher can review the questions and answers, selecting the best ones to include in future Kahoot!

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Blended Learning Students Exams Study 520

Catlin Tucker

MAY 3, 2021

In the meantime, we wanted to invite you to submit your questions about our new book, UDL, and blended learning. We will be responding to your questions and posting the answers! You can post your question on Twitter using the #BlendedUDL or submit your question to this form !

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Universal Design Blended Learning Learning Motivation 545

eSchool News

MAY 9, 2025

The purpose of the information (and the algorithm behind it) Students must learn to question not just why a source was created, but why it was shown to them. Is the site, snippet, or AI summary trying to inform, sell, persuade, or entertain? Was it prioritized by an algorithm tuned for clicks or accuracy?

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Evaluation Ethics Academic Integrity Internet 260

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 10, 2023

It is also a cognitively challenging task since it requires thinking about the key concepts in a unit or learning cycle and producing a collection of questions to guide students in recalling information and developing a deeper understanding of the material. Generating high-quality review materials and engaging review games takes time.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2025

With that question in mind, I made the root of my work about connection. When I was in the classroom, I quickly learned that students are feeling this eco-anxiety whether were talking about climate change or not. I asked myself: If a teachers role is to prepare students for the real world, shouldnt we be helping them solve the climate crisis?

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Interdisciplinary Social Studies Art Study 279

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2021

I could not answer a single question about the content of what I read. Their approach contrasts with classic reading comprehension questions, which students typically respond to after completing a reading assignment. It is also an opportunity to identify any areas of confusion or questions that still exist.

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Activities Reading Learning Discussions 546

eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

Other reasons included AIs ability to: build confidence by providing round-the-clock help and enabling students to ask questions and get clarification at their own pace in a nonjudgmental setting (44 percent); deliver a personalized approach that improves students learning experience and makes math more accessible and understandable (33 percent); and (..)

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Math Participation Feedback High School 247

eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2025

Competency level 1: AI data and awareness Competency level 2: AI and data in action Competency level 3: AI and data optimization Dimension 2: Critical thinking and judgment Competency level 1: Question AI output Competency level 2: Evaluate AI output Competency level 3: Challenge AI output Dimension 3: Ethical and responsible use Competency level 1: (..)

Ethics 228

Ethics Critical Thinking Intelligence Evaluation 228

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 11, 2021

I fear schools will revert to what is comfortable and what aligns with existing mental models instead of questioning the status quo, taking inventory of the lessons learned this year, and paving a new path forward. The answers to these questions are likely reflections of our past experiences in school systems. Stagnation or Progress.

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Mental Models Education Hybrid Learning Blended Learning 541

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

It’s a place where interpersonal risks feel doable, interpersonal risks, like speaking up with questions and concerns and half-baked ideas and even mistakes.” Students may lose points on homework assignments or practice activities because they answered questions incorrectly. What characterizes a psychologically safe space?

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Blended Learning Feedback Coaching Achievement 506

eSchool News

MAY 6, 2025

is a great question, but theres a fundamentally better question: How do we learn? The answer may lie in research-based approaches that leverage neuroscience to align math instruction with how the brain naturally processes information. Focusing on how students learn can be the impetus for positive change. How can we teach better?

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Achievement Math Questions Teaching 168

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The engagement strategy can ask students to identify the key points, make connections between concepts, ask questions, make predictions, infer meaning, compare and contrast, and/or classify. Teachers should pair videos with an engagement strategy to encourage students to think more deeply about the information being presented.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2025

Key points: Technology works in service of teaching, not the other way around Teaching ethical edtech for future innovators Leveraging edtech to help students, teachers stay connected through illness For more news on AI, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Artificial intelligence brings opportunities and questions to classrooms worldwide.

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Teaching Ethics Education Teaching Methods 328

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

generate a list of 5, 10, or 15 questions they can include in their pre-assessment. Whenever AI generates questions for a pre-assessment (or anything else for that matter), it is important to look at the content and consider the following before using it. Are the questions clear and unambiguous? MagicSchool.ai

Learning 455

Learning Students Knowledge Math 455

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 18, 2023

However, I often hear the question, “Can I use the flipped classroom if I don’t assign homework?” Quick Writes: Teachers can present a prompt or question related to the video topic and ask students to spend a few minutes writing their thoughts. This encourages brainstorming and prediction.

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Lecturing Knowledge Assignments Writing 431

Catlin Tucker

MAY 13, 2024

Instead of simply listening to a teacher explain a concept, unpack a text, or model a strategy, students are challenged to ask questions, think critically, experiment and explore, and collaborate with classmates to learn. In addition to those questions, teachers may not want students staring at a screen all class period (legitimate concern!).

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Teaching Critical Thinking Discussions Questions 389

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Competence: Students may not feel confident in their writing skills generally or their ability to answer a particular question specifically. If there is only one pathway provided, students may question their ability to complete a writing task successfully.

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Assignments Writing Feedback Motivation 456

eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2024

Ask better questions–and teach students to ask their own Increasing the rigor of the questions we are asking is another way to support critical thinking. That means asking questions that go beyond basic knowledge and comprehension to require higher-order thinking skills such as application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.

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Critical Thinking Metacognitive Skills Knowledge Achievement 337

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Ask them to work together to check, correct, and capture their questions. If not, you can have a strategy in place so students can communicate which problems or questions they struggled with and could not correct on their own. If they got an answer wrong, encourage them to work collaboratively to see if they can correct their mistake.

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Teachers Motivation Assignments Students 544

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Our AI guiding principles started this process of building an ethical AI mindset, which provided pathways to critically question AI in our system. Defining AI in each of these spaces has resulted in the emergence of specific questions that guide AI usage and encourage innovation with AI.

Ethics 325

Ethics Education Intelligence Culture 325

eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2025

It allows you to create or search pre-made question sets and host a variety of games that students can join. Students answer multiple-choice questions on their devices while seeing fun memes, leaderboards, and progress bars. Other question types include fill-in-the-blank, true or false, drag-and-drop, and matching.

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Gamification Multiple Choice Questions Motivation Social Studies 306

eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

Students also use Gemini for real-time academic help, such as asking follow-up questions and details about a particular topic.

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Education Quizzes Coaching Special Education 214

eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2025

While their ambition is inspiring, it raises important questions for educators, such as: What are alternative careers in a students field of interest? Not just general practitioners–these middle schoolers aimed high and discussed specialties like cardiology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, plastic surgery, and anesthesiology.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2025

Its a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Students more immediately see the relevance of courses that relate to careers of interest, particularly data science, which allows students to interrogate data with real-world questions, Henderson says. When would I ever use this?

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Math Motivation High School High School 173

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

Contribution: Does the student contribute relevant ideas, questions, or solutions? Quick checks like quizzes, exit tickets, and questioning techniques provide valuable insights into students’ understanding. What two questions do they have? Given the prompt [insert prompt], does my response address the question entirely?

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Feedback Quizzes Coaching Discussions 428

eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2024

Before I adopted phenomena-based instruction, most of the questions students asked were some variation on, “Is this going to be on the test?” With phenomena-based instruction, students create the “driving question” that they are trying to answer, and therefore never ask me if it’s going to be on the test.

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Science STEM Testing Questions 328

eSchool News

MAY 7, 2025

When students own the device in question, the situation gets a little trickier. These platforms give IT admins a birds-eye view of all apps deployed across devices, making it easier to enforce blocklist policies, manage installations, and create custom app catalogues based on user roles.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2024

Our AI guiding principles started this process of building an ethical AI mindset, which provided pathways to critically question AI in our system. Defining AI in each of these spaces has resulted in the emergence of specific questions that guide AI usage and encourage innovation with AI.

Ethics 338

Ethics Education Intelligence Culture 338

eSchool News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Create a framework ​ Take things slowly and begin by posing open-ended questions that encourage discussion without steering towards specific answers. Finally, summarize key points to maintain focus and encourage students to write down any questions they may have for later. Does it affect anyone in the class personally?

Discussions 300

Discussions Writing Questions Feedback 300

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Actively Engage Students in the Feedback Process In John Hattie and Helen Timperley’s (2007) paper, The Power of Feedback , they assert that effective feedback should answer three questions. The first question Hattie poses is deceptively simple yet profoundly significant: Where am I going? Where am I going? How am I going there?

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Feedback Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Failure 362

eSchool News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

With the example of the book holder, questions to discuss could be: What materials work best to keep the book from slipping? This question introduces friction and material properties into the discussion. This question involves the concepts of force, balance, and structural integrity. They’re also thinking about why it works.

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Science STEM Failure Discussions 324

eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2025

This is a question every educator has faced before. To be fair, its a valid question. In my experience, teachers have two standard replies to this question: Theyll try to explain the subject in detail, which results in a long-winded answer that confuses their students and doesnt satisfy them.

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STEM Fairness Testing Critical Thinking 317

eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Invite questions to drive the next steps in learning. Authentic,hands-on experiments, like this one, will often generate questions from students. And, when students realize their questions are taken seriously and that they are invited to create testable questions, they will become more engaged in the learning process.

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STEM Learning Science Students 309

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Instead, teachers must strive to design student-centered learning experiences that challenge the students to think, discuss, problem-solve, collaborate, question, create, and reflect. What questions did they answer incorrectly? What did they do well? What aspects of the assignment would benefit from further development?

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Blended Learning Teachers Learning Grades 535

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2022

It is in the moments when students are practicing and applying that they encounter obstacles, have questions, and need additional support. I encourage teachers to consider the following question. First, we have to deal with the reality that teachers spend a lot of time at the front of the room talking.

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Blended Learning Feedback Learning Instructors 496