Omega Notes

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The Role of Engagement in Education Success. Studies suggest that strong student engagement positively correlates with student performance, as well as student retention and program completion. Ed tech platforms make collecting, aggregating, and analyzing student activity easy and accessible. By: Andrew Lang.

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Ditch That Textbook

JULY 19, 2021

James was selected as Teacher of the Year at his building in 2019. This post is written by James Hunt, a 6th grade science and geography teacher in Southeast Missouri. You can connect with him on Twitter at @Mr_JamesHunt. Have you ever tried stations in your classroom before? Stations are centers (or areas) set up […].

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 27, 2019

Wed, 03/27/2019 - 03:53. So far this school year, students in Schaumburg School District 54 have visited the Great Hall at Ellis Island, walked on the moon and experienced trench warfare during World War I. Virtual Reality Matures in the K–12 Classroom. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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MIND Research Institute

AUGUST 6, 2019

Teams of one or more students, along with a teacher or parent in a coordinator role, invented card games, board games, apps, and outdoor games that addressed one or more mathematical topics. Throughout the process, students developed critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration skills and more.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Fri, 09/06/2019 - 11:01. Classrooms are dynamically impacted by the dual forces of technological evolution and student expectation. Student engagement is changing, driven by digital natives looking to combine organic social interaction with science, technology, engineering and math discovery. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

However, the effectiveness of online learning varied depending on factors such as instructional design, teacher involvement, and student characteristics. Conversely, a 2020 report by the National Education Policy Center found that online charter schools generally underperformed traditional schools in terms of student academic growth.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 8, 2019

However, a growing number of high schools and colleges across the country are implementing their own on-campus esports programs to capitalize on student interest, increase students’ engagement and sense of belonging, and (in the case of colleges and universities) entice prospects to enroll. Mon, 07/08/2019 - 15:10.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Students in upper elementary and beyond “do little writing in or out of school for academic purposes” (Graham & Harris, 2019). . ” Yet, national surveys of writing indicate that teachers beyond third grade spend little time on explicit writing instruction. ” Dr. Novak and I wholeheartedly agree!

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Ditch That Textbook

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

She is the author of three ISTE titles, New Realms for Writing: Inspire Student Expression with Digital Age Formats was published in 2019. This post was written by Michele Haiken, a middle school English teacher at Rye Middle School in Rye, NY and adjunct professor at Manhattanville College.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

K-12 educators are increasingly turning to digital resources to enhance instruction and address student needs. That’s why, in 2019, Discovery Education conducted a comprehensive research study—including a literature review, focus groups, interviews, surveys and an analysis of data usage—across our digital products and platforms.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In 2019, an estimated 32 million American adults were classified as illiterate. Around 40% of third-grade students do not read at their expected grade level. 8 International Literacy Day activities for students. The ramifications will continue for years if we don’t actively work at improving basic skills.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Thu, 09/19/2019 - 10:46. I’ve found that digital tools schools used to keep students on track work just as effectively for the adults in the school building. . MORE FROM EDTECH: See how blended learning platforms such as Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams can improve student engagement. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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eSchool News

JULY 3, 2023

The authors drew on data from the 2016–2017 to 2019–2020 school years involving more than 2,900 teachers and 79,000 students in grades K–12 in 101 schools in a large, diverse urban district in California. “We

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Zest Simmons on episode 626 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Zest Simmons is an award-winning AP English recognized for how she helps diverse students achieve excellence. Presently, Zest Simmons is an award-winning AP Teacher and Alabama State Teacher of the Year 2019.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 11, 2020

In fact, the education sector is one of the top industries for VR and AR investments, according to the “ 2019 Augmented and Virtual Reality Survey Report ” by Perkins Coie and the XR Association. That’s because tools such as VR headsets and 3D spaces are helping boost student engagement and enhance classroom learning.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 20, 2020

In fact, the education sector is one of the top industries for VR and AR investments, according to the “ 2019 Augmented and Virtual Reality Survey Report ” by Perkins Coie and the XR Association. That’s because tools such as VR headsets and 3D spaces are helping boost student engagement and enhance classroom learning.

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Technology Future Ready Learning Survey 150

EdTech Magazine

MARCH 17, 2020

In fact, the education sector is one of the top industries for VR and AR investments, according to the “ 2019 Augmented and Virtual Reality Survey Report ” by Perkins Coie and the XR Association. That’s because tools such as VR headsets and 3D spaces are helping boost student engagement and enhance classroom learning.

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Technology Future Ready Learning Survey 150

EdTech Magazine

MARCH 12, 2020

In fact, the education sector is one of the top industries for VR and AR investments, according to the “ 2019 Augmented and Virtual Reality Survey Report ” by Perkins Coie and the XR Association. That’s because tools such as VR headsets and 3D spaces are helping boost student engagement and enhance classroom learning.

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Technology Future Ready Learning Survey 150

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

In spring 2019, we collected nearly 350 survey responses from stakeholders working in all levels across public schools. These practitioners provided feedback on all 38 challenges, including their perspective on which challenges are the most urgent, affect the most students and teachers, and are experienced most often.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

After experimenting with new approaches for in-classroom, at-home, or hybrid learning, it’s clear that technology’s use will continue to evolve as a means to improve student engagement and the overall learning experience.

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Digital Learning Learning Survey Data 133

EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2019

Today's CTE Investments Help Boost Students' Success. Tue, 08/06/2019 - 12:12. In modern schools, vocational instruction — now career and technical education, or CTE — often takes students beyond the oil-stained floor beneath an automotive hoist or a shower of sparks in a welding lab. Andrew.Steger_zKQu.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! One way to motivate students to continue using the knowledge acquired in our classes is to set up a virtual learning community. Seesaw is the student engagement platform and digital portfolio tool I use with my elementary students.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 28, 2019

Thu, 03/28/2019 - 10:11. Some teachers who have already incorporated augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) technology into their classrooms or lesson plans have seen amazing benefits in student engagement and retention. 3 Exciting Ways to Use Augmented and Virtual Reality in the K–12 Classroom. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2021

As we know, the majority of students around the world lost a huge part of their 2019-2020 school year. An Increased Focus on Student Engagement. COVID-19 caused students to learn from home pretty much overnight. We then began to notice a significant shift in student engagement. In the U.S.,

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

When researchers at my company, Lexplore, compared the fall 2019 and spring 2021 assessment results of more than 57,000 Swedish students in grades 2 to 6, they found that students in 2021 were, on average, 10 percentile points, or seven to eight months, behind the 2019 students in reading ability.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

OCTOBER 7, 2019

On Friday, November 1, GRREC (in Bowling Green) will be hosting the first Kentucky Digital Citizenship Academy , with educators across the region highlighting the importance of students engaged in positive digital learning. If you are interested in presenting a session, there may still be time if you contact Amy Buss. (I

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Media Lit: A Make-or-Break Competency for Teachers : As students engage more and more with media, how are they to make sense of what’s reliable—or not? The CEO of nonprofit Chicago Beyond will explore “unconventional ways” in which her group has helped children overcome trauma and build the networks and supports they need. 4:00 p.m.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 22, 2020

And finally, gamification can have an engaging place in the classroom if intrinsic motivation is prioritized.[4] When an activity or reward is focused around intrinsic motivation—like giving a child a calculator as a prize for winning a math contest—student engagement improves. Motivating Students. Education Week, 2019.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Absenteeism is a persistent challenge for their population of 1,649 students, mostly from Latino and Hispanic families. During the 2019–2020 school year alone, 13 percent of Golden Plains students experienced chronic absenteeism.

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Educational Technology Guy

AUGUST 29, 2019

Launching this fall, Ozobot Classroom will offer teachers an even better way to bring coding into lessons on any subject and at any grade level—with features that include an educator dashboard, real-time insights into student progress, a curriculum builder, and more.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! One way to motivate students to continue using the knowledge acquired in our classes is to set up a virtual learning community. Seesaw is the student engagement platform and digital portfolio tool I use with my elementary students.

Moodle 195

Moodle Digital Badges Classroom Edmodo 195

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

And it’s not a far leap to assume a lot of educators are familiar with makerspaces, which offer open-ended creative spaces for students to explore these concepts as they engage in project-based learning or attempt to solve real-world challenges. But how are these three things impacting classrooms and the students in them?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The 2019–20 school year was unlike any other, and there is uncertainty about what teaching and learning will look like this fall. School closures this spring caused students to miss important learning opportunities in mathematics, and educational inequities and unfinished learning have become more pronounced.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2024

More than half of Latino students were enrolled either exclusively part time or had “mixed enrollment,” which the analysis describes as between part-time and full-time enrollment, during the 2019-20 academic year. That may be in part because many also work while going to college, whether to fund their education or support themselves.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 6, 2019

4 Ways to Get a K–12 Student Help Desk Going. Wed, 03/06/2019 - 21:43. As one-to-one programs see significant growth in K–12 schools across the country, IT teams will need extra support to manage and maintain the surge of student devices. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Learning in Hand

DECEMBER 28, 2020

2019 Education Research Highlights from @Edutopia : ?? Keeping students engaged ?? Reviewing my top postings helps me see what resonated during 2020. Of course, you are invited to follow my posts on Twitter , Instagram , and Facebook. My top tweets from each month of 2020 ?? Doodling is not the same as drawing ??

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Post-pandemic, educators identified several bright spots, including the use of digital platforms to improve student engagement (31 percent in 2023 v. 14 percent in 2019) and increased attention to the social and emotional needs of students (50 percent in 2023 v. 33 percent in 2019).

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