eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

I’ll share how I used AI to teach, what I didn’t use, how quickly I rolled it out, and tips for success. We blend math, robotics, reading, and writing for engaging, collaborative learning. How I Used (and Didn’t Use) AI in My Classroom : How quickly should we incorporate AI in our classrooms? What should we use?

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Edsurge

JUNE 20, 2025

While edtech vendors race to integrate AI into every aspect of teaching and learning, educators are drawing clearer boundaries: AI should save them time, not replace their judgment. Most of all, they want tools that align with the values and realities of teaching. They want support for differentiation, not decision-making.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2025

Researchers are looking at whether teachers have what they need to thrive in Teaching for Tomorrow: Educators on the Future of Their Profession, part of a multiyear study undertaken by Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation. They were also the least likely to say they planned to spend the rest of their career as a K-12 teacher.

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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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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

APRIL 25, 2025

A recent Google blog post outlines how four different school districts are leveraging Google AI tools, like Gemini and NotebookLM, for innovative teaching and learning. Albuquerque Public Schools is focusing on grant writing and lesson planning. With Gemini, my planning is so fast and easy, said STEM teacher Natali Barretto.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

Reflection also includes considering the emotional and social aspects of teaching. Tools like NoRedInk can help reduce the planning load for teachers while providing students with structured opportunities to continue developing their writing skills. Our teaching does not stop at our content; it goes so much deeper than that.

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Schools Motivation Science Teaching 238

eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

To meet both needs–ensuring that all students participate while also elevating key voices–give all students time to think, write, or talk before selecting one or more students to share. Then, say Tell us __. Be intentional with your movements.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 8, 2025

While the book focuses primarily on literacy instruction at the elementary level, it offers valuable insights and practices for anyone who teaches or works with disabled students. And because they’re written by disabled authors, they can teach us a lot about those authentic experiences.” Why are these images not linked to Amazon?

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Disabilities Teaching Culture Special Education 91

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 18, 2025

Veterans Day Craft By TNB Creations Grades: K-6th This seven-page craft takes about an hour to complete and includes a picture for students to color, along with space to write a letter. They can even write thank-you cards to veterans. With so many creative possibilities, your class is sure to find a project that inspires.

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Activities Teaching History Writing 95

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam is the co-founder of the Vietnam Innovative Educators Foundation (VIEF), a professional network of over 157,000 educators committed to advancing technology-enhanced and student-centered teaching practices nationwide. This mindset ensures that tools never overshadow the human core of teaching and learning.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 248

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

I’ll share how I used AI to teach, what I didn’t use, how quickly I rolled it out, and tips for success. We blend math, robotics, reading, and writing for engaging, collaborative learning. How I Used (and Didn’t Use) AI in My Classroom : How quickly should we incorporate AI in our classrooms? What should we use?

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Art Math STEM Participation 148

Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

The key is to teach your students ways to improve their thinking and using the Paul and Elder model can be an effective tool. Teaching students to analyze critically the information generated from AI chatbots will become necessary for a progressing society. Use AI to assist you with generating clearer and more concise messages.

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Critical Thinking Intelligence Education Learning 98

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Teaching 8th grade ELA can be a uniquely rewarding experience, as long as you’ve got the right tools. A good classroom management system, a novel list, and a set of writing prompts go a long way to set students and teachers up for success. Keep writing prompts on hand 6. Provide relevant reading materials 5.

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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. Usually parents who attended college or are wealthier teach their children about new technology and how to use it, Hayes says. Otherwise students won’t be prepared for it when they eventually enter the workforce.

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Essay Ethics Fairness Assignments 169

Brown Bag Teacher

JULY 16, 2025

Even if a student has never seen the word, they can reason: autobiographer is a person who writes the story of their own life. Explicit Teach one affix or root at a time. Word building, sentence writing, vocabulary mapping, and word detective tasks build fluency. Pick 10–12 roots and affixes to teach over the semester.

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Teaching Language Languages Writing 52

Teach Hub

APRIL 30, 2025

If youre looking for something new to try, one simple yet powerful strategy might surprise you: take your teaching outside. So instead of trying to overhaul your entire teaching approach to make outdoor learning work, with a little planning and flexibility, you can incorporate outdoor teaching in a manageable and fun way.

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Activities Teaching Learning Attention 81

Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

Music, in particular, has long been an ally of instructors teaching a second language (L2)—a language learned after one’s native tongue—especially since the field transitioned toward a more communicative approach. Create Your Own Verse   Each group writes a new verse that matches the song’s style and rhythm. 3 (2014): 438-447.

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Language Languages Instructors Culture 96

Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2025

That’s when it hit medespite years of teaching experience, I’m still searching for ways to spark the same level of engagement whether I’m interacting with students face-to-face or through carefully designed asynchronous activities.

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Active Learning Activities Learning Minute Papers 65

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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Education Essay Culture Math 121

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2025

Their initial list of options included: “Tech-Free Teaching Blocks” — Select specific class periods across different subjects where all phones are collected in a secure charging station at the start of class. They generated a list of possible changes and then honed in on a few that they want to test this spring.

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Schools Students Feedback Participation 188

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

In the 10 years since I chose a book called Make it Stick for a book study in the summer of 2015, I’ve been encouraging teachers to add more retrieval practice to their teaching. I have encouraged giving frequent quizzes , think-pair-shares , and teaching students to use flashcards , but there are a lot of other ways to do it.

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Multiple Choice Questions Teachers Writing Questions 80

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

From first grade classrooms to high school computer labs, teachers across the state are building confidence in CS instruction and finding meaningful ways to connect it to their everyday teaching. They then advanced to writing code that instructed how to build a specific tower using the cups.

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Science Teachers Critical Thinking STEM 144

Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

Why would students write anything themselves, instructors wondered, if a chatbot could do it for them? Indeed, many students have taken the bait, if not to write entire essays, then certainly to draft an outline, refine their ideas or clean up their writing before submitting it. This year, the college paid almost $47,000.

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Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Writing 118

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

I’ll share how I used AI to teach, what I didn’t use, how quickly I rolled it out, and tips for success. We blend math, robotics, reading, and writing for engaging, collaborative learning. How I Used (and Didn’t Use) AI in My Classroom : How quickly should we incorporate AI in our classrooms? What should we use?

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Art Math STEM Participation 152

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. Melissa Parks, PhD, is an associate professor of education at Stetson University in Deland, FL.Dr. References Deale, C.

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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. Similarly, we think Chickering and Gamson’s approach to teaching applies to the modern day online classroom. Many faculty are often unprepared for the volume of work that comes with teaching online.

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eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 69

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. Similarly, we think Chickering and Gamson’s approach to teaching applies to the modern day online classroom. Many faculty are often unprepared for the volume of work that comes with teaching online.

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eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 67

Teaching with a Mountain View

JULY 3, 2025

As you’re planning your activities, decide which expectations you’ll be teaching with each activity. What To Teach on the First Day of School These first day of school activities can help you practice expectations and build initial rapport in the classroom. Practice, practice, and practice again! Even for the big kids).

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Teaching Schools Math Activities 52

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

In those environments, creativity was often seen as defiance, and culturally relevant teaching was just as perilous. That quiet defiance — teaching banned literature — changed me. Teaching has always come naturally to me. Writing handbooks. The answer was no, but I did it anyway, quietly, like it was something shameful.

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Schools Beliefs Culture Testing 148

Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

The key is to teach your students ways to improve their thinking and using the Paul and Elder model can be an effective tool. Teaching students to analyze critically the information generated from AI chatbots will become necessary for a progressing society. Use AI to assist you with generating clearer and more concise messages.

Critical Thinking 120

Critical Thinking Intelligence Education Learning 120

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam is the co-founder of the Vietnam Innovative Educators Foundation (VIEF), a professional network of over 157,000 educators committed to advancing technology-enhanced and student-centered teaching practices nationwide. This mindset ensures that tools never overshadow the human core of teaching and learning.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 144

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2025

What if grade school were designed to teach students how to make decisions and know themselves deeply as much as it taught them math and literacy? Our teachers explicitly teach students how to make time- and goal-management decisions during daily morning meetings. But it didn’t have to be this way.

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Schools Failure Ethics Textbooks 149

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.

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Grades Evaluation Assignments Instructors 74

Faculty Focus

APRIL 22, 2025

Since the public release of ChatGPT in December 2022, educators have faced the challenge of effectively integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into their teaching. Encourage Reflective Writing : Ask students to write reflective papers that analyze the impact of AI tools on their discipline. References Anthology.

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Ethics Plagiarism Education Intelligence 88

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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Writing Grades Middle School Middle School 52

Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

Music, in particular, has long been an ally of instructors teaching a second language (L2)—a language learned after one’s native tongue—especially since the field transitioned toward a more communicative approach. Create Your Own Verse   Each group writes a new verse that matches the song’s style and rhythm. 3 (2014): 438-447.

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Language Languages Instructors Culture 65