Faculty Focus

JUNE 3, 2025

Not surprisingly, more students are using generative AI to assist them in writing. In an undergraduate business communication course that I oversee, the percentage of students who declared their use of generative AI for a writing assessment (i.e. business proposal) increased steadily over four semesters from 35% in 2023 to 61% in 2025.

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k12 Digest

JULY 1, 2025

This approach aligns with research on how students develop passion, purpose, and essential skills for college success and workplace engagement. We use clear rubrics, reflective feedback, and skill progression models that prioritize growth over grades. That’s why we focus on competency-based assessment.

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Edsurge

JUNE 20, 2025

Mark Bannecker, an English teacher at North High School in Missouri, is building AI-powered learning modules that guide students through skill-building exercises. With a module-based system, the AI could serve as mentor and coach while I work with individual students on soft skills that the AI isn’t good at.” asks Manahan. “AI

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

We blend math, robotics, reading, and writing for engaging, collaborative learning. Cultivating Confidence: Transforming Middle Grades Math Education : A public charter school in Orangeburg, SC, offers a dynamic Algebra 1-focused related arts course to enhance math and reading skills while fostering positive math identities.

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EFL Magazine

JULY 14, 2025

Prewriting Activities for EFL Academic Writing Classes Academic writing is not an easy skill to master, and yet it is the most important skill needed in an academic context (Alexander […] The post Prewriting Activities for EFL Academic-Writing Classes appeared first on EFL Magazine.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2025

Transparency throughout the student writing process enables educators to leverage the opportunities that AI technologies present, while upholding the integrity of original student work, said Turnitin chief product officer Annie Chechitelli.

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The Moffatt Girls

JULY 12, 2025

Our August NO-PREP Journal Writing Prompts are designed to make those first days of school smooth, fun, and filled with creativity. Whether you’re teaching kindergarten or early primary grades, these writing prompts are the perfect way to build routines, boost confidence, and get to know your new learners!

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

Albuquerque Public Schools is focusing on grant writing and lesson planning. With Gemini’s help, the district won four grants totaling $100,000, all by using Gemini to aid in grant research and writing. Teachers can use Gemini to create personalized lesson plans in a much shorter amount of time.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 13, 2025

As we consider the role of AI in our lives, one quote has kept popping up on my echo-chamber social media feeds: “I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes” (Joanna Maciejewska).

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eSchool News

JULY 8, 2025

This tool is especially powerful for developing creativity and communication skills. Using Book Creator, educators can align writing goals to multimedia production, making literacy more interactive, purposeful, and relevant. It also includes question sets to aid in developing reading comprehension skills and vocabulary.

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k12 Digest

JULY 1, 2025

This approach aligns with research on how students develop passion, purpose, and essential skills for college success and workplace engagement. We use clear rubrics, reflective feedback, and skill progression models that prioritize growth over grades. That’s why we focus on competency-based assessment.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2025

It was OK to use AI in this scenario, the mom said, but they shouldn’t use it for writing school assignments. Teens in the survey were also concerned about how using AI might affect their ability to develop critical thinking skills, says Jennifer Rubin, a senior researcher at foundry10 who helped lead the study.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

The critical thinking model developed by Dr. Richard Paul and Dr. Linda Elder is pragmatic and fosters the critical thinking skills needed to navigate AI. Determining fact from fiction will be a skill that dedicated educators will train their students to harness in the work they complete.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

We blend math, robotics, reading, and writing for engaging, collaborative learning. Cultivating Confidence: Transforming Middle Grades Math Education : A public charter school in Orangeburg, SC, offers a dynamic Algebra 1-focused related arts course to enhance math and reading skills while fostering positive math identities.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

Meeting the Growing Demand for CS Skills Alexis Johnson First Grade Teacher, Canyons School District Computing and technology shape how we communicate, work and learn. Yet the seamless functioning of these tasks relies on a skilled computer science workforce. Educators recognize the need to cultivate these skills.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

Tools like NoRedInk can help reduce the planning load for teachers while providing students with structured opportunities to continue developing their writing skills. When students are focused on purposeful tasks and feel a sense of accomplishment, they are far less likely to engage in disruptive behavior.

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Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 19, 2025

I’m picturing a lot of family time, slower mornings, and leisure reading in my future, but I also like to spend some time brushing up on my teaching skills each summer. Each of these titles will help you seek fresh inspiration and sharpen your skills in classroom management, student engagement, or a subject area you want to improve.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

For instance, at B.School, we designed a cross-subject project around the theme “Our Green Neighborhood,” where students from Grades 3 to 5 explored science (recycling, energy use), math (data collection), and language arts (report writing and public speaking) through hands-on fieldwork and community interviews.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

The critical thinking model developed by Dr. Richard Paul and Dr. Linda Elder is pragmatic and fosters the critical thinking skills needed to navigate AI. Determining fact from fiction will be a skill that dedicated educators will train their students to harness in the work they complete.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

Research has consistently highlighted the benefits of music in L2 acquisition, from improving pronunciation and listening skills to enhancing vocabulary retention and cultural understanding (Degrave, 2019; Kumar et al. Create Your Own Verse   Each group writes a new verse that matches the song’s style and rhythm.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

True leadership involves not only encouraging teachers to reconnect with their purpose but also ensuring that they are seen, heard and supported, writes Ryan Burns, an instructional coach and adjunct professor in Warwick, Rhode Island, and a 2024-2025 fellow of the EdSurge Voices of Change Writing Fellowship.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 25, 2025

You can also weave in Howard Gardners theory of multiple intelligences to figure out how your students best express themselves; some shine when they write, others when they build, act, or code. This helps foster skills that go way beyond the project itselfskills like communication, empathy, and teamwork.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2025

As AI automates many of the mechanical aspects of programming, the value of CS education is shifting, from writing perfect code to shaping systems, telling stories through logic and designing ethical, human-centered solutions. Creativity now ranks among the top skills employers seek , alongside analytical thinking and AI literacy.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2025

Creative Unplugged Project” — A month-long initiative where students work on creative projects that explore life before smartphones through various mediums (art, writing, drama, music). These TAs receive leadership training and help younger students develop alternative study strategies. Include weekly sharing sessions and a final exhibition.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

All you need is designated time in your class, the right writing materials, and a prompt that really inspires them. This list of 8th grade writing prompts is sure to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboards!) ” You’ll also find tips for getting middle schoolers to write in every class. Yes, even math!

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Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2025

For example, at the end of our discussion on memory formation, I ask students to quickly write down the most important concept they learned and one question they still have. This approach not only reinforces learning but also develops critical thinking skills that serve students well beyond our course.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2025

School shouldn’t just be a place to learn academic skills, but a place for students to practice making meaningful decisions about their learning and lives. By asking these questions, we instill the importance of decision-making skills in students and a sense of responsibility for their learning that traditional school models otherwise lack.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

We blend math, robotics, reading, and writing for engaging, collaborative learning. Cultivating Confidence: Transforming Middle Grades Math Education : A public charter school in Orangeburg, SC, offers a dynamic Algebra 1-focused related arts course to enhance math and reading skills while fostering positive math identities.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

They must talk about what they are learning, write about it, relate it to past experiences, and apply it to their daily lives” (p. Simple Course Design Supports Student Success Darby (2019) writes about how students can easily become overwhelmed by online classes and may struggle using the institution’s portal or LMS. Dr. Jennifer P.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

They must talk about what they are learning, write about it, relate it to past experiences, and apply it to their daily lives” (p. Simple Course Design Supports Student Success Darby (2019) writes about how students can easily become overwhelmed by online classes and may struggle using the institution’s portal or LMS. Dr. Jennifer P.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

DE Original Series Boosting Literacy Skills With The Writer’s Block, middle school students build grammar, literary analysis, and communication skills with relatable hosts and captivating storytelling.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

My Journey in Alternative Grading: From Curiosity to Clarity The first time I stood in front of 20 bored freshmen, all alone, teaching a course I had designed, also all alone, I was teaching a general education writing and speaking course at the University of Iowa. As a TA, I even received rubrics with that language. Inoue, Asoa.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

Course Context I teach a required, writing-intensive course for students in their junior year of their undergraduate studies. In addition to a heavy writing component, there is also a heavy reading component. While students enjoy the subject matter, they are not terribly thrilled by the amount of reading they are expected to complete.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2025

Writing a history that you helped to create is awkward, as Anne Trumbore acknowledges in her new book “ The Teacher in the Machine: A Human History of Education Technology.” Anne Trumbore “I have been an ensemble player in the transformation of online education from experimental and low status to ‘innovative’ and ‘disruptive,’” she writes. “I

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 22, 2025

Getting Meta with AI in the Classroom: A Reflective Approach In a junior-level education course, I assigned students the task of writing a reflective paper on the various uses of AI tools, such as ChatGPT, in the classroom. Highlight Real-World Applications : Emphasize the relevance of AI skills in their future careers.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

Research has consistently highlighted the benefits of music in L2 acquisition, from improving pronunciation and listening skills to enhancing vocabulary retention and cultural understanding (Degrave, 2019; Kumar et al. Create Your Own Verse   Each group writes a new verse that matches the song’s style and rhythm.

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Teach Hub

JUNE 13, 2025

That might mean writing an apology note or checking in on someone they hurt. Remember, you’re not just managing behavior; you’re teaching life skills that will help students become the best versions of themselves for the rest of their lives. It also might mean something more meaningful.

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