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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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Instead of relying on rigid teaching methods, AEF Schools tailor their curriculum to each student, ensuring academic progress while strengthening executive functioning, social skills, and real-world problem-solving abilities. At the heart of AEFs teaching methods is the belief that learning should be engaging and accessible.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2025

The questions arise as one prominent chain of Montessori-inspired schools shrinks rapidly. Montessori has its own teaching methods and is largely run by independent owners, meaning those owners would have to apply for state certification on their own volition. “So So it’s a double whammy,” she says.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 12, 2025

Be Innovative I was lucky to be mentored by educators who challenged me to move beyond traditional teaching methods. She guided me in designing exam questions that challenge critical thinking and reflect real-world application. She taught me to model resilience and curiosity—traits I now pass along to my students.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 12, 2025

Be Innovative I was lucky to be mentored by educators who challenged me to move beyond traditional teaching methods. She guided me in designing exam questions that challenge critical thinking and reflect real-world application. She taught me to model resilience and curiosity—traits I now pass along to my students.

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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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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2024

While 89 percent of teachers reported in a recent survey that they believe generative AI will have an impact on teaching, recent reporting in the Wall Street Journal and The74 have rightly identified some of AI’s limitations in education, questioning the technology’s ability to serve as, for example, an effective tutor.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Then, have students ask yes or no questions to figure out what is in the box. A simple change in the wording of a question can open up a comfortable space for students to offer solutions. pose the question as “ What is an answer? Instead of asking, “ What is the answer?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 4, 2022

A great way to accomplish a positive environment is by first highlighting the benefits of this teaching method. If you are switching over to a hybrid learning environment, ease any questions or concerns by communicating these benefits and encouraging your students to get the most out of this valuable learning experience.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Phenomena-based learning involves leveraging real-world scenarios and observations in learning to help students better understand their environment and uncover the steps necessary to solve problems and answer complex questions. it’s using a viral Rick Ross video as a teaching moment about camels. Try, fail, learn, repeat.

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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. Instead, teachers can focus on more personalized and effective teaching methods that cater to individual student needs and promote deeper understanding.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Because I have experience in the edtech industry, I have some thoughts on what I think the key question should be: How can I nurture a genuine love of learning? Not helpful : While AI can adjust content, it cannot fully tailor its teaching methods in the same way a human tutor can.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Taking Stock of Current Teaching Practices I encourage educators to question the prevailing reliance on whole-group, teacher-led instructional design. By questioning the status quo and exploring innovative instructional strategies, teachers can become architects of learning experiences that truly serve all students.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

This new functionality makes it easier for educators to use proven instructional strategies like “turn and talk ,” a common teaching method where peers discuss relevant classroom content with one another. “At HMH, we are listening to educators, and we know where the pain points lie with whole-class instruction.

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eSchool News

MARCH 15, 2024

In many situations, students will work on these projects for weeks or months at a time, which helps them develop deeper content knowledge when attempting to answer complex questions and resolve real-world problems. Wrapping up PBL is a powerful teaching method that can help better prepare students for their future.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

This provides an extra layer to the peer coaching process as teachers continuously work to monitor their progress, implement new strategies, and refine their teaching methods. While AI may raise a lot of questions for school leaders and teachers, using AI for teacher PD doesnt have to be scary when it is implemented thoughtfully.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Students aren’t just questioning the value of college–they’re questioning the value of showing up to high school at all. Use this feedback to make real-time adjustments to teaching methods and school policies. This could be through a quick survey, a class discussion, or written reflections.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2022

A great way to accomplish a positive environment is by first highlighting the benefits of this teaching method. If you are switching over to a hybrid learning environment, ease any questions or concerns by communicating these benefits and encouraging your students to get the most out of this valuable learning experience.

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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. Creating a competency-based or mastery-based environment requires re-thinking everything, including teaching methods, assessments, and how to best prepare students for life after school.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2024

Combining PBL with makerspaces (also called maker education) gives educators an infinite number of projects, assignments, and activities that engage students and truly immerse them in learning.

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2020

Distance learning FAQs for commonly-asked questions on how to implement remote teaching methods quickly. Coffee chats to connect educators to a community they can lean on, in addition to mindSpark Learning for resources and support.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

How then are educators to adopt new technology like AI when AI’s usage in education is not a question of “if” but “when.” Yet educators need to take a moment to reflect on teaching methods, rekindle their passion for learning, and embrace change. The technology is only going to permeate more of our everyday lives.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2015

So the question becomes: What kinds of spaces naturally lend themselves to drawing out, rather than pushing in? These are the questions of an educational space designer. The cultivation of the student, the child, the learner is all that matters. How does one draw out what is within? A space for the birth of ideas.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Perhaps the biggest question on the minds of educators, caretakers and policymakers is this: How can we best integrate these new capabilities into our education system to set up students for success in the classroom and beyond? How can schools stay fully informed about how generative AI models are built and trained?

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eSchool News

JULY 9, 2018

And how do we measure the impact of different teaching methods in terms of how they’re improving student outcomes? Teachers report that when they look at professional learning, they ask three questions: What am I learning? How do we apply that brilliance across year levels, subject areas, and student demographics?

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

From traditional classroom learning approaches like lectures and textbooks to innovative methodologies such as active learning and technology integration, these methods aim to promote effective and dynamic learning experiences. What are the 5 methods of teaching?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 14, 2023

AI-powered quiz builders are revolutionizing modern classrooms, transforming traditional teaching methods into captivating, gamified learning adventures. The tool tracks students’ progress and adapts the difficulty of questions based on their performance. But what sets QuizGecko apart is its innovative use of AI.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2024

The answer to these questions lies in assessing the readiness of your teams – do you have the right people in place, equipped with the time and technology to make the investment worthwhile? Where are you now? Choosing the right educational technology to partner with may seem like a gamble, but it can also be a game-changer.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

How technology is impacting education Technology has profoundly impacted education, upending traditional teaching methods and reshaping today’s learning landscape. It’s not just about using technology for its own sake, but about incorporating edtech purposefully to enhance teaching methods and to meet specific educational goals.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2025

Many of the top stories raise fundamental questions about higher education. How should teaching change for a group of students whose studies and social lives were disrupted by COVID-19 (and instructors who had a crash-course in online teaching)? The year ahead promises to raise plenty of surprising new questions.

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eSchool News

MAY 31, 2016

More importantly, teachers should be able to see proven teaching methods in action, with students, in the context of their curriculum requirements and academic standards. There’s little question a change is in order. But we’re not there yet.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

After all, in-person was seen as the gold standard, and the question was whether that could be faithfully reproduced online.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2024

Since then, I’ve redesigned my curriculum, honing in on an overarching essential question for each unit that allows me to explore modern, relevant issues with students. As I reflected on the evolution of my curriculum and why I was teaching what I was teaching, I questioned how I’d landed on the tasks I’d been assigning students.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2019

Whether or not the case method can work online is a question that we haven’t answered yet,” Brian C. He was referring to the business school’s well-known teaching method that uses “case studies,” which the school produces and sells as well.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 24, 2019

To fix this, Vodicka hosted forums to answer questions, using analogies and concrete data to explain why the high school’s education program needed to change. . One of the most important questions superintendents need to make sure their school faculty and staff can answer is what program goals are and how to achieve them , said Vodicka. “It

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Another effective teaching strategy is differentiated instruction, which involves adapting teaching methods and materials to meet the diverse learning needs of students. Furthermore, inquiry-based learning encourages students to ask questions, explore topics independently, and seek answers through investigation and discovery.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Angie says despite testing the games in advance for timing and the desired learning outcome, actually using it in class can get derailed when students start to ask too many questions. The learning objective was to help these students have the confidence to ask questions in front of their peers. “To So we made it more open-ended.

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