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Tips for Designing an Online Lesson Using the 5 Es Instructional Model

Catlin Tucker

What happens if students have to stay home for days or even weeks? What strategies and technology tools can teachers leverage to take their traditional classes online? I have fielded multiple questions about the best ways to engage students and leverage online learning tools if schools close for a period of time.

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They Started Teaching During the Pandemic Year. Where Are They Now?

Edsurge

Now, all of them are (or would be) in their fifth year in the classroom — a year by which about 44 percent of educators have left the profession. The most challenging part has definitely been trying to keep students engaged in the classroom and interested in their learning. For the past 1.5 since I first started.

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How Automated Speech Recognition Could Change Studying Forever

Edsurge

Tech entrepreneur Fred Singer is the CEO and founder of Echo360 , a company which he launched after a visit to his son’s classroom. The real issue is that the teaching and learning process in class is not engaging students via technology that is an integral part of their lives.

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How Speech Recognition Could Change Studying Forever

Edsurge

Tech entrepreneur Fred Singer is the CEO and founder of Echo360 , a company which he launched after a visit to his son’s classroom. The real issue is that the teaching and learning process in class is not engaging students via technology that is an integral part of their lives.

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Leveling Up Language Learners’ 21st-Century Skills with Minecraft

Edsurge

“Or video games,” one student suggested. Fast forward a few weeks; Minecraft kept finding its way into my classroom. Oral presentations became screen-casted videos of student-created builds. This resulted in several of my students engaging in lengthy and demanding composition tasks. Language Learning and Minecraft.

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How to Learn Better with Ulrich Boser

ProfHacker

Learning how to master new skills and relate new information to existing knowledge is especially important as technological and societal change continually alter the kinds of work we perform throughout our lifetimes. These questions provide very useful insights into how learning operates throughout our lives, not just in the classroom.

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How Sustained Silent Reading Keeps Students Curious and Engaged

Edsurge

In this discussion of the benefits of Sustained Silent Reading, it’s apparent that encouraging his students’ love of reading was an effort to extend his curious nature to them—an effort that, after almost four decades in the classroom, clearly paid off. The Read-Aloud Handbook. More about Sustained Silent Reading.

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