eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2024

This article explores the significance of digital tools in social studies instruction, delving into their benefits, implications, and the emerging capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) in both elementary and secondary settings.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2022

This year’s 2nd most-read story focuses on creating an elementary esports program. The benefits of esports are well documented. Thus far, conversations around esports have centered on collegiate and secondary levels, however, a recent change in the winds has shifted the conversation to elementary esports.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 13, 2018

Why Teachers Should Digitally Document Evidence Of Learning contributed by Shelley Hudson For early elementary teachers, measuring student learning is especially challenging. Early elementary teachers assess student learning through 1:1 conversations, student artwork and more. Seeking […].

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 18, 2021

On a typical day when I visit classrooms with principals in my partner districts across the country, both the building and district leaders receive a 1000-to-5000-word document laden with practical feedback. It warmed my heart when Amy Rhodes, the principal of Bevins Elementary, shared what she had recently implemented in regard to feedback.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2021

Teachers are freed from orchestrating a lesson and able to conference with learners about their progress, provide feedback on work in progress, or conduct side-by-side assessments. Elementary teachers may use their board to encourage a deep dive into a holiday, season, or weather pattern. Designing Choice Boards.

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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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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Blended learning combines technology and face-to-face interaction to improve student engagement, streamline assessments and open the lines of communication between teachers and students. . These online tools make it simple for teachers to send class materials, grade assignments, conduct assessments and monitor student progression.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

questions, assessments, tech used by kids for learning, student work, etc.). I am fortunate to be involved in several long-term projects where I have been able to document growth over time. Over the years, I have shared all of the wonderful things happening at Wells Elementary, as I am now in my third year as their coach.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Whenever things go awry in the use of this technology (often due to user error), my students like to say, “This SMART board isn’t very smart , is it?” As assessment tools, these tests, and the learning plans they generate, fail to meet the needs of teachers and learners. . We need assessments that can facilitate that growth. .

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 12, 2016

This week I had the pleasure of training a group of elementary teachers on blended learning strategies. Assessment. The example above is a digital choice board I created using a Google Document. Elementary teachers, who are teaching all subjects, may combine reading, math and vocabulary activities on a single board.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. Department of Education’s national educational technology plans.).

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Whenever things go awry in the use of this technology (often due to user error), my students like to say, “This SMART board isn’t very smart , is it?” As assessment tools, these tests, and the learning plans they generate, fail to meet the needs of teachers and learners. . We need assessments that can facilitate that growth. .

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eSchool News

JULY 5, 2022

Aperture was on hand to demonstrate its scalable SEL solution for K-12 that grows with students and staff, from teacher-based ratings and strategies at the elementary level, to student- and teacher-facing assessment and strategy software for high school students and staff. AVer Information Inc.,

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2021

This week, I created a quick review crossword puzzle of the conversations we had in Zoom about technology change, types of interfaces, input, output, and processing devices. There are even technology and sociology map games you can use. Then, I sent it Google Classroom using the share button. Matching Columns Games.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2024

That’s why the development of AI-powered tools that can accommodate all learners must be a priority for policymakers, districts and the education technology industry. These technologies also often impose a rigid information hierarchy that the user must tab through with keys or gestures.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This back-to-school-season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress. Piedmont Elementary School in Piedmont, Alabama. The Math Problem Sluggish growth in math scores for U.S. 31, 2023, in Piedmont, Ala.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2015

If we look at a standard day in any classroom, the activities and assessments are all channelled through writing. From elementary school grades upwards, a student may be given a book to read and asked to write a review afterwards. In the afternoon they might be given a math or science assignment where they have to document the results.

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Tech Helpful

MAY 9, 2019

Our elementary school started with a rolling cart of iPads and we have slowly added more and more into the mix for use and a chromebook cart as well. Most recently, our upper school teachers have been held accountable for the following: All mechanically scorable assessment items must be completed in Canvas. This is our why.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The lack of computer science technology educators in middle schools continues to be a genuine crisis, especially considering the critical role of STEM education in preparing students for future careers. 00:00:41 Speaker 1 And that doesn’t always work because they’re afraid of technology. 00:00:35 Speaker 1 The math teacher.

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Hapara

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Where do educators and technology fit in a heutagogical approach? Technology, used either for distance education or in learning environments with 1:1 student devices, can greatly help educators facilitate this kind of differentiated learning process. Educators have a critical part to play for the class.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2022

Schools are awash in technology in a way never before seen, thanks to the mad dash toward digital that was prompted by the pandemic a little more than two years ago. But how well that technology works to improve outcomes for kids—or when it works, for whom, and under what conditions—remains a mystery to, well, everyone.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Sometimes elementary and middle school teachers come across as apologetic about how “little” they are doing in relation to personalized learning. That’s because at both the elementary and middle school level, we’ve focused on providing tiered, small group instruction on a daily basis. But they’re doing more than they think.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Whenever things go awry in the use of this technology (often due to user error), my students like to say, “This SMART board isn’t very smart , is it?” As assessment tools, these tests, and the learning plans they generate, fail to meet the needs of teachers and learners. We need assessments that can facilitate that growth.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2017

early childhood practitioners are quite comfortable using technology. Children’s learning experiences in pre-kindergarten through early elementary are shaped by many factors, including race and income ; consequently, they often face school readiness gaps that could be addressed with technology solutions.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2018

During a recent visit to our elementary art classroom, I saw students in various stages of their personal learning projects. Others were capturing their work using the app Seesaw to showcase and self-assess their learning. They are becoming self-directed learners because you are guiding them to assess their own work.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

The pace of change, driven predominantly by the rapid encroachment of digital and now AI technologies, has accelerated dramatically. The fast-paced evolution in educational technology and methodologies necessitates a fresh look at what features teachers should exhibit to be effective and relevant in this ever-changing environment.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 10, 2019

Her blog post shares: In 2019, SLSA approved re-imagining the ESIFC to adapt to the changing information, education, and technology environments, as well as the increasing diversity in our student populations. The ESIFC includes a rich repository of downloadable graphic organizers to support assessment.

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EdTechTeacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

While next-generation assessments and instructional data can help educators gain a deeper understanding of students, the sheer amount of information available can prove challenging. As I discussed in a prior post , educational technologies can amplify the impact of proven formative assessment strategies. Questions to Consider.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Related: Inside the middle school math crisis I sat through other new simulations at the summit as well, including Dreamscape Learn, something I’d heard and read about from a colleague who took a trip through its virtual Alien Zoo ) and YouTube Player for Education , which is creating virtual lessons, content and assessments.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Pandemic school closures and remote instruction made learning to read much harder, especially for young, low-income students who didn’t have adequate technology at home or an adult who could assist them during the day. More than a dozen studies have documented that students, on average, made sluggish progress in reading during the pandemic.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The advances in technology that are going to drive where the world goes in the next 50 years are going to come from other countries, because they have the intellectual capital and we don’t,” said Jim Stigler, a psychology professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies the process of teaching and learning subjects including math.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

That post included our school’s limited progress in embedding technology into instruction that made an impact on student learning. We used three strategies to assess growth from fall to spring: Instructional walk trends, student engagement surveys, and digital student portfolios. I have the documentation to verify these results.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

That post included our school’s limited progress in embedding technology into instruction that made an impact on student learning. We used three strategies to assess growth from fall to spring: Instructional walk trends, student engagement surveys, and digital student portfolios. I have the documentation to verify these results.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

Our Canopy Project , which documented student-centered learning plans in schools, found that three-quarters of them are designed to foster learner agency. Teachers can: introduce more student control over activities, schedules, and assessments during remote learning. With students largely running the show, what was there left to do?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools this year, and equity remained front and center, too, continuing conversations around inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. To be intentional and thoughtful to what technology can provide for teachers and students.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Title for Kaylsta: 3 assessment tools that support student individuality and assets (not deficits). Original title: assessment-tools-that-support-student-individuality. There is another approach to assessment that supports students’ individuality and provides teachers with effective information about their learning.

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User Generated Education

JULY 5, 2018

We need to work to show how making is a rigorous process that leads to valuable new technologies, products and experiences. Innovative Designer: Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions. Assessment : How will learners be assessed?

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