eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Key points: Literacy is critical for students–and elementary years are a pivotal time These online tools help students develop essential literacy skills See related article: How efficacy studies improve literacy instruction For more news on literacy, see eSN’s Innovative Teaching page Fall is the best time of year in Montana.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2023

When I watch Abbott Elementary, one thing that stands out is seeing the less tenured teachers – Gregory, Janine, and Jacob – hold themselves to extremely high standards, but not always knowing the best strategies to effectively engage their students.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JANUARY 2, 2022

We've compiled our best articles on classroom management for novice & experienced teachers to refresh their skills & reframe their thinking. The post 10 Of Our Best Articles About Classroom Management For Teachers appeared first on TeachThought.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2023

If Abbot Elementary can represent Black educators and give educators a stress-relieving laugh that buoys them as they go back to their classrooms the next day, that’s a win. “We Key points: Black male teachers are desperately needed in U.S. We need Black teachers.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 7, 2024

Brisk Teaching – A Google Chrome extension that helps busy teachers save time in the tools they already use, like Google Classroom, Docs, Slides, YouTube, and online articles. During coaching sessions, I have helped elementary teachers create images for sight words. Ideogram – A free image creation tool.

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Hapara

MAY 9, 2022

I am currently a fifth grade teacher and Digital Learning Coach at Oak Grove Elementary School in Lexington, South Carolina. Being in an elementary classroom, it is hard to help students understand how their digital habits affect themselves and others. Article: 7 Tips and 1 Activity to Help Digital Citizens Engage with Empathy.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Abbott Elementary is a television series about a fictional elementary school in Philadelphia. After watching the entire season twice , I’d love to share 8 great things about Abbott Elementary. Abbott Elementary was created by and stars Philly-native Quinta Brunson. That’s a problem explored in Abbott Elementary.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 23, 2016

With efforts like Rhode Island School of Design’s championing of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math, the arts remain at the forefront of dialogue about best practices in elementary education). Arts-based Teaching Models in Elementary Schools. in Elementary Education from Florida State University.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

MARCH 31, 2023

Next week, Next Generation Learning Challenges will publish an original article I wrote on the same topic! I'll do an Edtech Elixirs entry next week with links to the episode and the article once they go live online. I started at Borden Elementary School in southern Indiana last November as a 5th grade teacher. That’s tough.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Co-Teaching Pear Deck (formative and targeted assessment)* Nearpod (formative and targeted assessment)* Padle t (cooperative learning, closure, checks for understanding) Linoit (cooperative learning, closure, checks for understanding, annotation) Flipgrid (video creation for closure, checks for understanding, blended learning) Newsela (assign current (..)

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 31, 2015

There is a collection of magazines that include articles about animals, plants, stars, etc. I’d love to hear what elementary teachers are using to get students reading online. The word being read in the text is highlighted in a different color so it is easy for the kids to follow along with the audio clips. Read-to-Self Books.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Math Books for Elementary Grades. How to Interest the Next Generation of Great Minds to Work in STEM Fields. 32 Websites to Support Math Automaticity in K-5. 3 Websites to Gamify Your Math Class. Website Review: ProdigyGame.com. How to Teach Students to Solve Problems. Bundle of lesson plans mixing math and tech.

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User Generated Education

MAY 4, 2017

In order to support interest and passion driven learning (all – I mean all – of my students play video games) as well as address cross-curricular content area integration of language arts, science, and technology standards, I had my gifted elementary learners, grades 2 through 6, do a semester long project on video game design.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 9, 2020

By Lori Jackson and Steve Peck If you’ve opened any education journal, read an online article, joined a PLC or participated in professional development in the last few years you’ve no doubt heard “growth mindset” discussed and debated. What is it? How can you teach it? Why do we need it? Can we test for it? Are you doing it?

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 17, 2012

I was at one of our elementary schools working with a principal on some technology ideas when we started to get the news about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, just 15 miles north of us. Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article. Friday was a shocking day.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 27, 2022

Here’s a great article from ASCD and EdSource on that subject: Math in early childhood is key, studies show. Read more… For more on math, read these articles: Need math resources? The solution according to some students, is to instill the cerebral skills that support math prior to kindergarten. Have students try these.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 6, 2023

Materials such as a variety of textbooks, articles, websites, technology, or other resources to assist with or demonstrate learning. I also encourage you to check out these posts from Wells Elementary (TX), Snow Horse Elementary (UT), Juab School District (UT), and the Corinth School District (MS).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

We are taking the next two weeks–two articles–to answer the questions that should help you as a teacher or administrator decide what type of keyboarding program is best for your school. Week 1 (this article). Is elementary school too early—or too late? Why learn keyboarding? –Type to Learn, 1986.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Using her ideas as well as some found on the New York Times article, Lesson of the Day: ‘With Nowhere to Go, Teens Flock to Among Us’ , I created a language arts Among Us type of game. Here is the slide deck I used with my upper elementary gifted students: Here is the link to the presentation – [link] if you want to use it.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

Out of all the articles we've done comparing tools in a particular genre -- from quizzing to typing to screencasting -- this was the easiest choice. BrainPop, like PBS Kids, is a huge name when it comes to elementary school learning. Our selections Best overall: PBS Kids. Runner-up: BrainPop.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 4, 2020

Making Black Lives Matter in Our Schools What We Don’t Learn About the Black Panther Party–but Should Black Muslim Meet-and-Greet: Rethinking Islamophobia Collection of articles (e.g., “A Talk to Teachers” by James Baldwin and “Black is Beautiful” by Kara Hinderlie).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 4, 2023

It uses a wide variety of media (photos, diagrams, videos, animations, articles, and podcasts) to explain traditionally-complex concepts such as magnetism, genes, and thermal imaging. This includes topics such as animals, culture, automobiles, politics, money, science, and entertainment.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2024

Key points: A national STEM festival will encourage STEM engagement among students See article: Elementary-level STEM education fosters our future innovators See article: STEM programs can’t keep up with AI–let’s focus on Power Skills For more news on STEM education, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM page EXPLR and the U.S.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 5, 2023

See, Think, Wonder Thinking Routine “I see, I think, I wonder” is a simple yet versatile thinking routine that can be used in elementary and secondary classrooms. Using See, Think, Wonder at the Elementary Level Science Exploration: Use this routine during nature walks or while exploring the schoolyard.

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EdNews Daily

JANUARY 3, 2023

In the updated version of this classic tale, I recently saw an elementary school teacher deliver, Chicken Little read online that the sky is falling. In some corners of the internet, I have read articles outlining the failure of EdTech in the COVID era of instruction. By Scott Kinney Do you remember the story of Chicken Little?

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 17, 2020

If you want more information about planning online learning experiences, check out my article “ Successfully Taking Offline Classes Online ” that was featured in a special distance learning edition of Educational Leadership. You are welcome to make a copy and use any of these health and well-being choice boards.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Teaching elementary school was the hardest job I ever had, but there are many parts of the role I miss. As any elementary educator will tell you, seeing a child’s eyes light up as they grow into individuals capable of expressing themselves and exploring their own interests through the written word is one of the greatest joys in life.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This shortcoming means that, every year, nearly 100,000 elementary teachers across the country enter classrooms with false assurances that they are ready to teach reading. Key national findings: Of the 25 elementary teacher reading licensure tests in use by states, the majority (15) are weak.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

PBL is not a new concept; in fact, education research articles refer to the idea, though in a much broader sense, beginning in the 1970s. In the early elementary grades, the assumption that PBL is simply too much for young learners can be a frequent roadblock. In their recent book Pedagogy of Play , researchers Mardell et al.,

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Digital Promise

APRIL 1, 2019

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The elementary math textbook market is concentrated, but market share for specific texts varies by state. This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2024

Key points: States should take steps to strengthen teachers’ reading instruction See article: The science of reading, beyond phonics See article: What’s next for literacy learning? Adopting a strong elementary reading licensure test. Setting specific, detailed reading standards for teacher prep programs.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 19, 2023

Elementary and middle school children can read the books or have them read aloud to them. World Cat World Cat is a comprehensive curation of books, CDs, articles, videos, and more available at all libraries in a geographic area or around the world, for all age groups. Access this collection via the website. Books are read online.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2019

Melissa Mann on episode 488 When I shared a USA Today Article on PBIS on my Facebook page , teachers started responding and yelled volumes about mis-implementation mis-understandings and mis-use of discipline — specifically PBIS — in their schools. Melissa is dual certified in Elementary Education and Special Education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 5, 2022

I posted this article from Catherine Ross, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, a year ago and it’s worth repeating. I think you’ll enjoy her article: We live in a millennium where technology has disrupted many of the traditional systems and ways. World Environment Day is June 5th.

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Waterford

APRIL 9, 2024

Social Skills Activities for Elementary Students with Autism Students with autism often have trouble interpreting and mirroring neurotypical social cues; the same is true of non-autistic students for interpreting and responding to autistic social cues. This means that about 1 in 36 of the children you teach will be diagnosed with autism.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 31, 2023

We sat down and decided that those would be the first schools to get the upgraded media centers, and we’d tackle the high schools next (the elementary schools would be last because we needed to secure some supplemental funding before we could actually finish those).

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This article features HP Teaching Fellows Sebastian Basualto and Samira Parhizkar in their journey with AI integration. AI programs can also help teachers differentiate content to meet students' learning needs, allowing them to generate leveled content based on an article, video or website.

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