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Don’t Waste the First Day of School

Catlin Tucker

Unfortunately, many teachers spend the first day of school reading their syllabus to their students and explaining all of the classroom norms and rules. Students love taking online quizzes, so they enjoy the experience and I get to know their learning styles! I explain that little kids love, love, love to read.

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Beyond Syllabus Week: Creative Strategies to Engage Students from Day One

Faculty Focus

Ever wonder why students dont read the syllabus, despite the time and effort we put into creating it? Yet, many students simply arent motivated to read it. Simply standing in front of the room and reading through the syllabus page by page isnt the most engaging way to showcase what your class has to offer.

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Leveraging collaborative e-learning to support UDL

eSchool News

Online courses can offer content in audio, text, and video formats, each with interactive elements like quizzes, virtual labs, and social annotation to enhance engagement and provide multiple ways for students to absorb the material. It is super important to incorporate the three pillars of UDL into e-learning.

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What a Cool Syllabus…But is It Accessible?

Faculty Focus

Recently, I attended a conference and was sharing my new visual syllabus with some colleagues. After several interactions, I noticed the most frequent comment was, “What a cool syllabus…but is it accessible?” A little background about myself; I love designing, redesigning, and getting creative with my syllabus.

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Beyond Syllabus Week: Creative Strategies to Engage Students from Day One

Faculty Focus

Ever wonder why students dont read the syllabus, despite the time and effort we put into creating it? Yet, many students simply arent motivated to read it. Simply standing in front of the room and reading through the syllabus page by page isnt the most engaging way to showcase what your class has to offer.

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What a Cool Syllabus…But is It Accessible?

Faculty Focus

Recently, I attended a conference and was sharing my new visual syllabus with some colleagues. After several interactions, I noticed the most frequent comment was, “What a cool syllabus…but is it accessible?” A little background about myself; I love designing, redesigning, and getting creative with my syllabus.

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How AI can transform lesson planning and assessment

eSchool News

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. MagicSchool.ai, on the other hand, is a more expansive tool, and lesson planning is just one of the features it offers teachers.

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