eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Many coaches note that AI tools assisted in grading assignments, offering real-time feedback, and supporting differentiated instruction. Coaches are leveraging AI to curate research, synthesize best practices, and develop instructional strategies tailored to their schools.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

On a short written exercise students had no preference between the physical keyboard and the on-screen keyboard. After we received the proposals and did an initial screening, BCPS evaluated and scored each respondent’s hardware, training proposal, deployment strategy, service model, and pricing. The purpose of Blueprint 2.0

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 5, 2023

While initially, it’s beneficial to have a clear roadmap to follow when implementing a new curriculum; as teachers gain confidence using it, they will desire to exercise their creativity to tailor the learning experience to the unique needs of their students. A similar truth applies to the adopted curriculum many teachers use.

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Blended Learning Learning Groups Differentiated Instruction 263

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 3, 2024

Ensure these activities cater to diverse learning preferences, interests, and strengths by incorporating a range of engagement strategies. Teachers may want to pull individual students or small groups for personalized or differentiated instruction and support.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2023

Teachers can spend time at the beginning of the school year onboarding the class to a few discussion strategies, like team roles, fishbowl, and graffiti team time. At the same time, those who need extra support could work on additional practice exercises with teacher support in small groups to reinforce their understanding.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A Quick Review of Explicit Teaching Explicit teaching is a high-impact teaching strategy in which the teacher shows students precisely what to do and how to do it. Often teachers will use an “I do, we do, you do” structure to guide students through this type of instructional session.

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Blended Learning Groups Learning Assessment 195

eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2020

With hundreds of instructional videos and thousands of practice exercises integrated into a personalized-learning dashboard, Khan Academy helps teachers of almost any subject bring online learning into their classroom. To see Khan Academy in action, check out the BLU profile for Khan Lab School in Mountain View, California.

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Blended Learning Khan Academy Resources Differentiated Instruction 91

Hapara

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In these Google Sheets practice exercises, learners select a question from a drop-down menu and then type their answer into a box. Just like the classic game, learners will use strategy to determine where their opponent’s ships are on the Google Sheet. The activity will let them know right away whether their answer is correct or not.

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Digital Learning Google Differentiated Instruction Learning 130

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

These strategies empower students to effectively acquire, retain, and apply knowledge, fostering lifelong learning skills essential for personal and professional development. Let’s explore the question: What are the 6 learning strategies for students? What are the 6 types of learning strategies?

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Strategy Learning Differentiated Instruction Study 52

Iterating Toward Openness

DECEMBER 13, 2024

For teachers, these activities might include lesson planning, designing an active learning exercise for use in class, differentiating instruction, revising or remixing OER, and drafting feedback on student work. That’s because small models are a key to this strategy over the medium to long-term.)

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Teachers can provide a brief outline or specific topics they want to cover, and ChatGPT can suggest activities, resources, or strategies to enhance the learning experience for students. It can assist in practicing vocabulary, sentence construction, grammar rules, or even engage in conversational exercises.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

In K-12 education, employing effective teaching methods and strategies is paramount for engaging students and facilitating meaningful learning experiences across diverse subjects and grade levels. However, one approach consistently hailed for its efficacy is the use of active learning strategies.

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Tools Differentiated Instruction Flipped Classroom Software 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

We often begin design work with The Marshmallow Challenge , a collaborative exercise in which teams build a tower with the unlikely pairing of spaghetti and a marshmallow. we seek to differentiate instruction to provide scaffolding for all of our 21st century learners”). When can we “put a marshmallow on it” and move on?

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How To Personalized Learning Education Elements Differentiated Instruction 99

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

We often begin design work with The Marshmallow Challenge , a collaborative exercise in which teams build a tower with the unlikely pairing of spaghetti and a marshmallow. we seek to differentiate instruction to provide scaffolding for all of our 21st century learners”). When can we “put a marshmallow on it” and move on?

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How To Personalized Learning Education Elements Differentiated Instruction 97

The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 22, 2020

There’s a gazillion free and paid resources being shared and it’s taking me hours to comb through them and I keep questioning myself because I have no idea what I’m doing and every new strategy I see makes me think what I’m doing isn’t good enough and then I get overwhelmed by all of it and just think, this is never going to work.”.

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 9, 2020

It's a smorgasbord of teaching strategies that uses analog and digital technologies to teach and learn. Wikipedia says, " Blended learning is a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through online delivery of content and instruction with some element of student control over time, place, path or pace. [1]

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 14, 2017

You’ll probably have to teach routines and procedures no matter what group of students you have next year, so this is a worthwhile exercise even if your exact teaching assignment is still up in the air. Were you totally lost when figuring out how to differentiate instruction? Did you spend too much time grading papers?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

From gamified educational apps that engage students to online resources that cater to diverse learning styles, K-12 technology tools empower educators to create interactive lessons, track student progress, and adapt teaching strategies in real-time. What are technology tools for teaching and learning?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Khan Academy videos coupled with IXL exercises aligned to standards we were learning in class. Beyond a library of PowerPoint slides, my mathematics curriculum evolved into a patchwork of in-house and free online resources following a scope and sequence specifically tailored to meet my students’ needs.

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Khan Academy Assessment Differentiated Instruction EdTech 60

techlearning

APRIL 3, 2018

This entrepreneurial activity starts by having students identify a problem to solve through a brainstorming exercise and current technology. 34+ Nonsense Apps, Web Tools and Resources to Wake Up the Brain Cells! Lessons Learned There is never a dearth of great ideas at national events like these and ASCD Empower18 did not disappoint.

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Conference Report Differentiated Instruction Mobility 41

TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 1, 2015

In this model, the desired outcome is for the student is to approach a learning situation with an appropriate set of objectives, an understanding of the resources and strategies available to them, and a sense of how to accurately assess and validate their learning. Enter differentiated instruction.

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Classroom Learning Differentiated Instruction Assessment 40

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

For a new generation of educators, these pursuits have something in common: They’re all appropriate learning exercises that can take place in the school library. Why : Help foster independence, encourage student choice and decision-making, and offer differentiated instruction. Reflect voice, choice, identity.

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 98

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

You will also see a summary overview, tips for success; some will have differentiated instruction strategies for English Language Learners and special accommodations. I love that it includes some tips and differentiated strategies. Students will work in groups of two.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 13, 2021

I can write detailed Notes on an individual student, define learning goals, note down my observations on every child, and plan instructional needs. • I document progress and formulate strategies for optimum student performance. There is a ‘Miscellaneous Notes’ section where I write down the behavioral aspects. And there it was!

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. Suraj Mohandas, Senior Director of Education Strategy, Jamf. Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Territorium.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 7, 2019

You can experiment endlessly with strategies for shifting tasks around and try to do them more efficiently, and that still won’t fix the root of the problem: There are simply too many things demanding your time and attention. That holds for your instructional time, work hours before and after school, and personal time.

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Strategy Differentiated Instruction Meeting Course 60

MindShift

OCTOBER 30, 2015

When Martha Youman was starting out as a second-grade teacher, every Friday she would stay late after school to make what she called “seat work” for her 30 students— packets to help differentiate instruction for the three levels of learners in her classroom. “My My medium level would get the same thing, but shorter.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

Topics include: Personalize Your Math Professional Development, Learn About Differentiated Instruction and UDL, Personalize Your ELA Professional Development, and more. In many of his talks, he describes exercises that increase language fluency -- seemingly a natural fit for Barnwell''s concerns about poor conversational skills.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Moreover, integrating artificial intelligence into your teaching strategies can personalize learning by adapting to individual student needs and progress. Technology also allows for differentiated instruction by providing resources that address varied skill levels within your classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 16, 2025

Students work through interactive spelling exercises, games, and quizzes that are designed not just for repetition, but for true understanding and mastery. It identifies each students weaknesses and presents targeted exercises to improve their skills, building confidence and competence along the way.

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Adaptive Learning Exercises Differentiated Instruction Digital Citizenship 291