Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Gamification of Education This video is from a series I taught for school districts. Encouraging research and inquiry through dedicated projects like Genius Hour fosters a sense of ownership in learning, allowing students to pursue their interests and develop critical thinking skills.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

Teach Speaking and Listening Skills with Student Presentations This video is from a series I taught for school districts. It is now available for free to Ask a Tech Teacher subscribers: Summary This video discusses using student presentations to enhance speaking and listening skills, aligning with Common Core standards.

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JULY 17, 2024

In response to the challenges of COVID, a dissatisfaction with local in-person schools, and increasingly diverse needs of the high school student population, enrollment in US virtual schools is now over 300,000 with about 20% of students taking at least one online course. Social Media Integration.

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ED Surge

JUNE 8, 2022

—Katharine Meyer As residential colleges grapple with decisions about whether and how to continue offering online and hybrid courses , they may benefit from taking a look at student-engagement practices commonly used by their online-only counterparts. It is delivering information to students when they need it, in a timely fashion.”

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APRIL 18, 2024

School absenteeism has been one of the small but chronic problems in the past. Since the pandemic, it is so much more, to the point it is a front-of-mind issue that schools scramble to address. Despite efforts to improve attendance, challenges persist, prompting renewed focus on student engagement and support strategies.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 13, 2024

High School students will soon move into college and career where digital tools are de rigeur. Here are twelve recommended by the Ask a Tech Teacher team: 12 Innovative Digital Tools to Engage High School Students In the ever-evolving landscape of education, keeping students engaged can be a challenge.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2025

How to use Digital Quick Writes This video is from a series I taught for school districts. It is now available for free, here on Ask a Tech Teacher: summarized by NoteGPT Summary In this video, Jacqui Murray discusses the concept of quick writes as a dynamic and engaging way to teach writing in the classroom.

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Cool Cat Teacher

JANUARY 8, 2025

42:11] Parenting, Screentime, and Cell Phone Bans in Schools with Jordan Shapiro [53:00] Innovate Like a Turtle: Learn a sustainable strategy to stay innovative without feeling overwhelmed. 13:49] Classroom Management Tips That Work: Proven strategies to create a focused and positive classroom. [28:01] Other news shows will be posted here.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

As attendees from various languages that Ohio schools shared their experiences, we vented about how often we had to stand up to colleagues to prevent them from pulling students out of our classes and how that devalued our teaching. One time, about six years into my teaching career, a former student reached out to share wonderful news.

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ED Surge

JULY 10, 2024

Ethan, a high school junior studying to become a secondary history teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning, was presenting findings from his extensive research to the staff at our school. These programs exist in many districts across the country, some as standalone schools and others as programs embedded in the district.

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DECEMBER 11, 2024

As a public high school teacher in a state and district with a teachers union, my contract entitles me to a duty-free lunch. Many teachers have a lunch crew that same group of students who choose to make their classroom a home base during the week. My favorite part of my job is not actually part of my job.

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JUNE 23, 2023

My experience has taught me that if students do not believe their school is invested in activities and programs that reflect their community and culture, they will not feel a sense of belonging in the classroom, which will negatively impact student engagement and their ability to understand and appreciate cultural differences among one another.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Tim Lum “I've talked to a lot of other students who went the traditional or conventional path — that came to the university right after high school — and 99 percent of them, I feel like they don’t appreciate it, or they don't realize how many resources are available to them,” he says.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Pandemic closures provided some students with a chance to notice how stressed they are at school, says Jayne Demsky, founder of School Avoidance Alliance, an advocacy group that provides professional training to schools. million students are chronically absent. Long term, it can leave students unprepared for life.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 8, 2025

One of the first times I felt like I was in community was in my high school jazz band as a teenager. I auditioned to be a part of the Ravinia Scholars , joining a group of teenage musicians from high schools all over Chicago. Schools are places where individuals do not always feel included.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 25, 2023

It wasn’t that I didn't value, cherish and miss the face-to-face interactions I had with my students, but because I naively assumed that my more reluctant colleagues would see the light and finally embrace edtech. The Hype Has Left the Building The tech landscape at my school was far from unique before the pandemic.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As education leaders continue to engage in conversations on transforming assessment and accountability for our nation, they must prioritize elevating voices excluded from past education change efforts, including voices of young learners, especially those from communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities.

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ED Surge

JUNE 15, 2022

Monitoring student activity online has become a hot button issue for districts, schools and parents alike in the digital age, where information is often shared freely and copiously via email, social media and other channels. Madrigal spearheaded the research project and interviewed numerous school IT leaders for it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 13, 2015

It’s the end of school. You want to shake things up so students are excited and motivated and feel interested again. Provide some games, simulations, student presentations–whatever you don’t normally do in your classroom. It is student-paced, student-directed, with nominal adult supervision and guidance.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 4, 2023

As our new normal continues on and we begin 2023, I’m reflecting on what my students and I lost in 2022—and what we’ve gained. As a school counselor, I spend my days serving 835 middle school students in a rural district in Livingston, California. Since March 2020, we’ve seen so much change.

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AUGUST 28, 2023

On a Friday morning in March, students and teachers gathered at a hip hotel here to reimagine what their high schools could be. The delegation from Calvin Coolidge High School was thinking big — as in, global. When I first came to this school, I felt as if student voices didn’t matter. WASHINGTON, D.C. —

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Cool Cat Teacher

JANUARY 8, 2025

Cool Cat Teacher Talk – YouTube Key Episode Links Resources: Episode: www.coolcatteacher.com/talknews2025 Download my personal annual planning forms at www.coolcatteacher.com/annualplan Be More Successful: New Harvard Research Reveals a Fun Way to Do It by Shawn Achor 4 Essentials for Every Educator: Lesson Design, Classroom Management, Student (..)

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MARCH 10, 2025

Americas schools are facing a crisis in reading achievement. Evans, the CEO of education nonprofit Project Tomorrow , has found that educators across the country are grappling with the intertwined challenges of declining student engagement and persistent social-emotional issues. Dr. Julie A.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2015

Students who use technology in the classroom perform better, and emerge from their educations better prepared for the challenges of adult life. Technology in the Classroom Keeps Kids in School, Helps Them Learn. Tablets, laptops, educational gaming software, and smartphones allow schools to: Personalize the learning experience.

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ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2023

One of my rituals at the start of each school year is to clean student desks and chairs. Year after year, before students arrive for their first day of school, I scrub and shine these desks. Profanity from past students lives on in the rubber sidings of these desks. But this year, it actually happened!

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ED Surge

MARCH 4, 2025

While many of the students roll their eyes, it may save at least one student a year, says Johnson, who is a writing instructor and head of the writing center at Madison Area Technical College in Wisconsin. Without extra support early on, many students dont know how to play what she calls the game of school, Johnson says.

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AUGUST 30, 2023

This was the reality for many of the students and their families at Luther J. Price Middle School (LJPMS) families after the city of Atlanta condemned property in the Forest Cove neighborhood in 2021. There were over 300 families that resided in Forest Cove, and many of the children from these households attended our school.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 31, 2019

as we discuss Back to School Tips! A general transcript: What would you say the purpose of Back-to-School Night is? . It’s a way of easing everyone back into the education journey after a long summer break and is arguably one of the most impactful days in the school year. Expect a preview of the upcoming school year.

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Defined Learning

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Maintaining student engagement throughout the school year can be a challenge.

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Middle Web

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Elementary and middle school educators searching for practical, adaptable student engagement strategies that can be implemented immediately will find inspiration in 50 Strategies for Summer School Engagement. The post Engagement Strategies for Summer & All Year first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Last year, when Micah Hill was a sophomore in high school, her guidance counselor gave her an application for Mississippi’s student representative program, which allows students to serve on the Mississippi State Board of Education. Hill applied and after two interviews, she was selected as the state’s newest student rep.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Create the five-year vision for your school. It could even be something more abstract but equally important, such as steadily increasing student satisfaction with school. Prioritize student voice. Schools were created for students, not for adults. You need to have goals to understand where you are going.

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Cool Cat Teacher

OCTOBER 2, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode you'll learn about a whole school that moved to personalized mastery-based learning and then you'll meet three teachers from around the US who are implementing this in their classrooms. How does this look when a whole school implements it?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 3, 2024

14 Essential Digital Tools for Educators to Streamline Daily Activities In 2024’s fast-paced educational environment, teachers and all those in the academe face the daily challenge of managing their school or course’s efficiency. They make educators’ lives a whole lot easier, aside from improving the learning experiences for their students.

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ED Surge

JULY 14, 2023

In every class I’ve taught over the last 12 years, cooking comes up repeatedly when I ask about my students’ goals, skills, dreams and little-known facts. Despite inheriting this culinary and cultural legacy, my students find themselves in a tough position during the school day for breakfast and lunch.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

AI tutors, virtual assistants, and adaptive learning platforms are being adopted by schools, colleges, and universities around the world. In addition, many students are using AI to write coursework and essays, which has caused a lot of outrage. This promotes better student engagement and accelerated learning.

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APRIL 30, 2024

Students need this educational benefit to succeed academically and build writing confidence. However, when leveraging such tools for school assignments, it’s crucial to ensure the work remains authentic because teachers always check AI% in Turnitin or other detectors.

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