Some schools have even integrated DuoLingo
into classroom assignments and as part summer studies to help students prepare for the year to come.
Hopefully, this article will clarify your thinking about building motivation
into classroom assignments.
Once your students find their interests, you can incorporate those interests
into classroom assignments, presentations, and projects.
Not exact matches
Our «Create
Assignment» button hooks right
into your Google
Classroom, allowing you to take advantage of Science Buddies» trusted resources for K - 12 STEM education within your digital
classroom management environment.
English teacher and connected educator Michelle Lampinen shows how weekly blogging
assignments can transform a high school
classroom into a community of enthusiastic writers.
Embedding new words
into classroom conversations and
assignments pegged to topics teens care about
Funders are wise, then, to focus on new initiatives around curriculum development and adoption, student
assignments and grading, next - generation professional development, and efforts to integrate technology and personalized learning
into the
classroom.
While the study focuses on the kinds of technology being brought
into the
classroom and used by educators at home and in the
classroom, little is reported about how this has changed teachers» pedagogical approaches aside from how they give and collect
assignments.
The random
assignment of students to
classrooms, however, meant that pairs of children with the same birthday fell
into different positions in their
classroom age distribution by the luck of the draw.
But in general, instruction is both lively and practical, such as in one
classroom where a biology teacher, donning a lab coat, leads a lab on extracting DNA from strawberries, or a ninth - grade math class in which a teacher integrates a Texas Instruments navigator system
into every part of her lesson; she has her class turn
assignments in via a graphing calculator and checks for comprehension with every student in real time.
Gamify a
classroom by introducing a fun narrative, reframing
assignments to fit
into that narrative, and making students care about the outcome.
A teacher shares how she gamified
classroom learning (including turning
assignments into quests, and encouraging students to mod them), along with what worked and what didn't.
Many teachers want to ban the popular video game from
classrooms, but others are weaving students» passion for it
into classroom discussions and
assignments.
Teacher Education Programs Too often new teachers walk
into their first
classroom assignment full of educational theories but short on practical training, according to consultant Dr. Howard Seeman.
Each
classroom (at least among the three I visited) represented a unique approach to teaching and learning — one English
classroom looked like a Flex model, where some students were working alone and others had sorted themselves
into small groups to move through online
assignments, and still others were in small group instruction with the teacher.
The WCPSS school board will have to make several unpopular choices including putting more than 30 students in fourth and fifth grade, converting non-instructional spaces such as closets and offices
into small - group
classroom spaces, and adjusting student
assignment plans.
So if the statistical controls used did not effectively «control for» the lack of non random
assignment of students
into classrooms, teachers may have been assigned high value - added scores not necessarily because they were high value - added teachers but because they were non-randomly assigned higher performing, higher aptitude, etc. students, in the first place and as a whole.
Ninety - one percent of teachers agree that technology gives them more ability to tailor lessons and homework
assignments to the individual needs of each student, but only 16 percent of teachers give their schools an «A» grade for incorporating it
into their
classrooms, according to a new national survey.
We hire district program specialists — teachers on special
assignment — who present but also go
into classrooms to work with teachers.
Although writing tasks and
assignments are often exclusively associated with English classes, there are ways you can integrate WriteLab
into classrooms across disciplines.
Districts are re-working school
assignment and transportation plans, retro - fitting closets and offices
into classroom spaces, reducing elective courses, and hiring between 3,000 and 5,400 new, possibly under - prepared K - 3
classroom teachers.
The Fellow's job is to support faculty in integrating reading, writing, speaking and listening pedagogy
into classroom work and
assignments.
Instead of being forced
into certain
classroom hours and forced to complete homework
assignments on their teacher's schedule, students can instead go through their drivers ed course at their own pace.
He has a portal to log
into to get
assignments and participate in a
classroom blog.
Apple also announced Schoolwork, a new app that helps teachers create
assignments, see student progress, and tap
into the power of apps in the
classroom.
Rugged Combo 2 lets you easily bring iPad
into any
classroom to better support students» learning no matter the grade level or
assignment.
• Assisted Spanish teacher in implementing lesson plans for language learning • Lent a hand in integrating appropriate technology
into classroom instructions • Supported students in weak areas and grade
assignments as required • Handled student behavior in order to comply with the school's policies • Kept accurate record of students and their progress reports