Videos
Explore videos that showcase evidence-based learning practices in preK-12 schools, and see our core strategies and key topics in action.
- Classroom Management
Facing Cell Phone Distractions Head-On
When students—and teachers—aren’t distracted by cell phones, everyone can focus on learning. Here’s how one teacher came up with a system that works.Your content has been saved!
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Using Discussions to Inspire Active Participation in Learning
By tracking academic conversations with a visual map and sharing it in class, teachers can encourage more students to contribute.Your content has been saved!
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Edutopia Sessions: Reclaiming Your Time With AI
Discover how AI can help you enrich your teaching—without losing the personal touch that makes your work impactful.Your content has been saved!
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Winning the Battle for Student Attention
A 2024 study demonstrated that the social cues which hold classroom norms together can quickly fray, and inattention can spread from desk to desk.Your content has been saved!
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Developing Empathy Through Storytelling
After interviewing a community member who has endured hardship, high school students practice their ELA skills—and their empathy—to turn it into a public performance. - Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
How to Teach Self-Regulation in the Elementary Classroom
By creating structures for students to practice self-regulation in the classroom daily, teachers can foster healthy environments for young minds and bodies to flourish everyday. - Interest-Based Learning
Tapping Into Curiosity to Engage Teens in Challenging Content
Using topics students care deeply about in an AP Statistics course can leverage their natural interest to encourage them to develop new skills and content knowledge. - Formative Assessment
60-Second Strategy: Quick Sorts
In this formative assessment game, table groups compete against each other to categorize key terms and concepts from the previous night’s assignment.Your content has been saved!
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Teaching Teens How to Separate Fact From Fiction
When students study their region’s scariest urban legends, they learn about oral history—and how to look for kernels of truth from the past. - ChatGPT & Generative AI
AI Tool Demo: Making Music With Suno
Assistant Editor Daniel Leonard shows how the AI music-generation tool Suno turns text into a song in any genre—and shares how teachers are using it in the classroom.
