eSchool News

JULY 5, 2022

The 3M Young Scientist Challenge asks students in grades 5-8 to identify an everyday problem in their classroom, community, or the world and submit a one- to two-minute video communicating the science behind their solution. The ASUS Chromebook CR1 is a dependable option ready for a wide range of scenarios. AVer Information Inc.,

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

To that end, his company built a new software tool designed for classroom use and piloted it in five school districts — including the massive Clark County School District serving Las Vegas and its suburbs — in the 2019-20 school year. 30 minutes per week — recommended time students spend on classroom-based Khan Academy tool.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. Thanks to the efforts of many devoted professionals and the financial support of more, there are a wide variety of free/inexpensive sources for books that students can use for classroom activities as well as pleasure. Listen and Read.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 7, 2018

Deb Ramm helps us learn the techniques to help powerful improvement happen in classrooms. IT Coaches Leading Change in the Classroom. Now, Deb, you work with implementing lighthouse classrooms, but you’ve also recently moved into instructional technology. Vicki: But how do you keep your classroom focused? Listen Now.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

The advent of interactive large format displays further expands the options for achieving the documented benefits delivered by this transformative classroom technology. Classroom display board technology is a powerful thing. Introduced in 1801, the chalkboard was a transformative classroom technology.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Now, as has been reported , a number of districts have opted to move back to laptops from iPads. Way back in 2002, when Friendster was the biggest social network and people were gathering in Internet cafes, the State of Maine implemented the first 1:1 laptop initiative in the country. So, what happened?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2022

It’s a professional assessment of a flawed model. As the pandemic dragged on, Bartlett decided to turn the short-term project into a long-term survey and oral history of what was happening in classrooms around the country. The teachers worked in elementary, middle and high schools. teaching work force.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 31, 2022

Currently, Monica serves four elementary schools in her district. Returning to the Classroom with Technology. Monica shares that many of her teachers, upon returning to the classroom from remote learning, wanted to simply feel like a teacher of students once again. Going Global in the Classroom. Lumio for Teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

As humans continue to unleash greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, fires, hurricanes, floods, droughts and heat waves are intensifying, in some cases forcing kids to flee their homes and classrooms and shattering their sense of security. Josie Chelotti, vice principal and athletic director for Greenville Elementary and Jr./Sr.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 10, 2010

The purpose of my trip here was to learn about the deployment, facilitation, and observable impact of 1:1 laptop programs in various Iowa school districts. First a little history on 1:1 laptop programs in Iowa. Teachers can easily and effectively differentiate content, projects, and assessments for students.

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Laptops Student Engagement Elementary Assessment 259

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Miller asked as she stood in front of her class at Doss Elementary. When I do an H, I do a straight line down, another straight line down and then I cross in the middle,” Miller said, demonstrating on a projector in a front corner of the classroom. A student works on a writing assignment in Heather Miller’s classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

BRUNSWICK, Maine—Like many school districts, Brunswick School Department in Maine suddenly has a lot more laptops and tablets to manage than it planned for. My goal for this year is to see how I’ll make [digital tools] effective in the classroom.”. This story also appeared in The Christian Science Monitor.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Ramos would connect to the library’s Wi-Fi — sometimes on her cellphone, sometimes using her family’s only laptop — to complete assignments and submit essays or tests for her classes at Skyline High School. Ramos’ parents promised to buy her a laptop eventually, but bills mounted and it wasn’t in the family’s budget.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

At first glance, the binders incorporating a whole year of learning at the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester look a little like Candy Land, the beloved game of chance where players navigate a colorful route past delicious landmarks to arrive at a Candy Castle. At the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester, N.H.,

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 31, 2021

Bethel Elementary School students get a break from reading and math lessons with an engineering activity during summer school in Simpsonville, S.C. About a dozen fourth and fifth grade students sat at scattered tables in Bethel Elementary School’s media center, trying to build bridges out of toothpicks and tape. SIMPSONVILLE, S.C.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 8, 2018

We're excited to share this story and idea from experienced classroom teacher Kali Kopka. This blog was originally published on Elementary Geek and is reposted here with permission. I’ve talked about using Seesaw in my classroom quite a bit in the past on Elementary Geek. Personalized and Quick Formative Assessments.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. Teachers rarely stand at the front of the classroom. LINDSAY, Calif. —

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

the installation of interactive whiteboards in all classrooms that lacked this technology. Additionally, mobile devices were provided to additional subject areas, including laptops to all elementary schools. Assess your needs and the skill sets of employees. the deployment of mobile devices. Start slow.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 4, 2021

How teachers are benefitting from teaching outdoors: Jain, a high school teacher from Texas, experienced an immediate effect on her physical health and forced her to take advantage of her lunch break while her laptop finishes charging. Classroom on a ferry, NY, 1915. And what could outdoor learning mean in YOUR classroom?

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MSEDTechie

JANUARY 26, 2015

Our students now in elementary school have never had a time in their lives where mobile technology wasn''t present. As educators, we need to embrace this reality, and allow our classroom learning experiences to mimic what our students encounter everyday. Kahoot.it : This is a free, game-based classroom response system.

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MSEDTechie

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

I remember being that shy little girl in my elementary class who would sometimes know the answer, or had a question, but didn’t feel comfortable speaking out. I wish my teachers had access to the digital tools and resources available in our classrooms today. Creative Formative Assessments Can Help: Save time assessing students.

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

In 2011, Utica Community Schools decided to transform how students learn, starting with their first day of elementary school. In 2012-2013, UCS adopted personalized blended learning in its 80 full-day kindergarten classrooms. Located in a suburb of Detroit, MI, the district had recently passed a bond reserving $28.5

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

In 2011, Utica Community Schools decided to transform how students learn, starting with their first day of elementary school. In 2012-2013, UCS adopted personalized blended learning in its 80 full-day kindergarten classrooms. Located in a suburb of Detroit, MI, the district had recently passed a bond reserving $28.5

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edWeb.net

JULY 19, 2022

From developing lesson plans, to performing administrative functions, to implementing creative strategies to spark student engagement and collaboration, today’s classroom teacher juggles more responsibility than ever and does so in less time than ever. Hybrid Learning and Flipped Classrooms.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

Doug: Kids walk in there.They hand them a Mac laptop. Doug, as we finish up, could you give us a 30-second pep talk about personalizing learning for the students in our classroom today? In 2006 I gave up my job as an elementary principal to care for my wife who had Lou Gehrig’s disease. Vicki: Give us some examples.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 20, 2015

One of education’s hottest buzzwords these days is g amification: the integration of games into classroom instruction to enhance student learning. This website makes it easy to create engaging, media-rich “quizzes” for formative assessments, appropriate for students in upper elementary, middle, and high school.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

PBL provides students that authentic learning experience that allows for real world applications, immediate purpose, student relevancy, and an audience beyond their classroom walls. In fact, content knowledge is only useful to students when applied to concepts found outside the classroom. Why are these connections important?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2017

There was a catch, however: school leaders had to commit to implementing personalized learning models as a prerequisite to receiving free laptops and iPads. We might even be dealing with misconceptions all the way up the ladder,” from classroom teachers to district administrators. Hodge reflected on the last school he observed.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

One Wicomico mom, who asked for anonymity because she feared retaliation from the school, recalled the terror she felt when she got the phone call saying that her son’s school was going to have him assessed for a forced psychiatric hospitalization. Educators stretched thin By law, certain classroom removals must be recorded.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Special ed teacher Melissa Mann shares six of her favorite edtech tools for the special education classroom. From collecting data to parent communications to taking care of yourself, Melissa has something for every classroom (as well as a pretty cool pep talk!). Nobody really wants to carry the Chromebook or a laptop with you.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

The Innovation Academy workspace at Dysart Unified School District looked more like a tech startup’s headquarters than a classroom. In the middle of all this activity, seventh-grader Jacob Higuera sat alone with his laptop, intently typing out a social studies assignment. Photo: Jamie Martines. SURPRISE, Ariz. — Right now, most do not.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

A team of fifth grade teachers at an elementary school invited Muri, the superintendent of Ector County Independent School District in West Texas, to participate in an online scavenger hunt they had designed for students. To assess the full extent of the home connectivity gap in Ector County, the school district commissioned a study.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

I have had a lot of noneducators talk to me about technology in the classroom. High-quality learning can happen on laptops, Chromebooks, tablets, or cell phones. If you only had six laptops in your classroom, how would you best utilize them? What is the ideal blended learning environment?

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 17, 2013

Our fourth guest blog post is written by Dara Easterling, a Catholic elementary school teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The one experience was with a session called "Classroom Gymnastics"presented by Kate and Liz. You can read about Dara''s adventures in elementary education on her blog, Kontemporary Kreations.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Brook Avenue Elementary School in Waco, Texas has been in the papers before, but not for shiny new laptops or flexible classrooms. Kindergarteners in Mrs. Shuler's classroom learning how to implement their learning stations! This has been this case for Brook Avenue Elementary School six years in a row.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 5, 2017

Listen to Rob Donatelli talk about 5 easy brain breaks for your classroom. But if you’re a phys Ed teacher listening, if you’re a general classroom teacher listening and you’re looking for ways that you can implement technology there’s lots of things that you can do. And obviously this is something that all classroom teachers do.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 1, 2016

My classroom is a blended learning classroom and every student has a laptop. These programs have built in assessments that analyze students’ understanding and mastery. Prior to creating my innovative learning environment, my classroom was similar to others. They collaborate on white boards around the classroom.

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