eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2023

Little Scholars of Arkansas (LISA) Academy is a tuition-free public charter school with a comprehensive STEM-focused college preparatory program. Established in 2004, all 11 schools across the state are accredited by the Arkansas Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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eSchool News

JULY 21, 2023

In addition, district educators will receive in-depth professional learning opportunities that will help them integrate their new resources into instruction and create engaging lessons that prepare students for success beyond the classroom. Each lesson begins by posing a question commonly asked by young students.

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2023

Charlotte, NC — Students and teachers in grades K-8 across Maryland’s Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) will return to their classrooms this Fall to find new resources in their high-tech pencil cases thanks to a deepened collaboration with worldwide edtech leader Discovery Education.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2019

With the support of technology levies, we have invested $1 million into new technology for both the high school and elementary levels. These devices are used to support a STEM program that is leveraged by every student at every school. Students in one school would have more technology and access to it than students in others.

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2021

Recipients shared how they will utilize grant services: Norwalk Public Schools , Connecticut — Advance student-centered STEM education. The priority focus areas are student engagement, responsive and inclusive teaching and learning, and meeting all learners’ needs. Puerto Rico and 5 countries internationally.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2022

These improvements make it easier for educators to find, build, and deliver compelling lessons that capture students’ attention and drive deeper student engagement no matter the subject.? . More ready-to-use tools to assess student outcomes and address learning gaps.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As an elementary school student, I remember sitting “criss cross applesauce” among my peers during the end-of-the-quarter awards ceremonies, hoping my name would be called. In middle school, I participated in Future City , a STEM competition for middle schoolers. Personally, I have always enjoyed competition.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 16, 2019

I would like to bring practical and affordable PBL, STEM, Makers, and Standards Based Technology Workshops to your school of conference. You see… we really must learn to put into practice some of the best lessons never taught! It might be the basis for a great STEM lesson during this exciting basketball season.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2019

performing formative assessments. student-centered instruction. We developed a district-wide protocol where for each lesson, teachers had to write the state standard, the learning target, the essential question and the assessments they were going to use for the lesson. We’re also a 1:1 district where every student has an iPad.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. The anxiety it created for parents and students—and even teachers, because it was something new—was awful. It was phenomenal to see!”

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 17, 2018

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Engineer Hoopsters – A great article from eGFI that lets students know you can excel in the STEM fields while also playing basketball… and winning. I have done 100?s s of workshops and presentations.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. We knew we needed to do something to support all students, especially English learners and students with disabilities.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

For the past several decades, I have had my feet in both elementary education and teacher training and development. It is learning by doing with a reflective element which, in turn, creates conditions for deeply engaged learning. . Engages the senses. More likely to engage emotions. ”( Hands-On is Minds-On ).

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Policymakers will be looking to leverage their existing data sources to better understand those trends and the remaining gaps, and they will continue to look for innovative approaches to learning and ways to assess the needs of students. I can see a world where we overcorrect, however, and start to view it in a very narrow way.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

A team of students from INCubatoredu, a high school entrepreneurship program based in Illinois, reworked their business Trashbots to make robotics and coding accessible and provide hands-on STEM education at home. Virtual tools give students alternative ways to grasp material, and to complete and submit their work.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2023

Since 2011, national math test scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, fell by 17 points for eighth graders and 10 points for fourth graders in data analysis, statistics and probability. Importantly, students have reported actually enjoying data science courses.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2015

“Cognitive Skills Science is a great addition that will help teachers differentiate instruction, as well as assess students’ understanding of key concepts,” said Elizabeth Was, a teacher at Mark Fine Elementary School in Las Vegas. Was also values Moby’s big-picture approach to teaching.

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

Inspiring district leaders, classroom teachers, and school staff have found unique and innovative ways to engage students in learning, motivating students to see beyond classroom walls and truly immerse themselves in learning. Elementary-level STEM education fosters our future innovators.

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techlearning

MARCH 22, 2018

Engineer Hoopsters – A great article from eGFI that lets students know you can excel in the STEM fields while also playing basketball… and winning. Math Basketball Games – Are you looking for a way to bring a little basketball into your elementary of middle school math class? Where Will it Go? I enjoy learning from all of you.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2017

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

MAY 27, 2015

Accelerate Learning’s custom state versions are currently used by nearly 2 million students across the country. Initially STEMscopes was used primarily by Texas elementary school teachers. We are honored that our solutions were selected to help educate North Carolina students develop a deeper understanding of the STEM subjects.”.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. STEM Workshop – If you are at Pete and C in Hershey, Pennsylvania check out the STAR Educator Discovery Preconference Workshop. I will have a session on STEM to STEAM to MAKERS.

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2018

I treat my bilingual students with the same kindness and set the same high expectations for them. This is my 15th year as an elementary teacher. One of the most effective strategies I’ve found is using the 5E (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate) model of instruction in science. In my experience, here’s how it works.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Policymakers will be looking to leverage their existing data sources to better understand those trends and the remaining gaps, and they will continue to look for innovative approaches to learning and ways to assess the needs of students. I can see a world where we overcorrect, however, and start to view it in a very narrow way.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

One learning center was at her interactive whiteboard where a group of students played a game working on letter sound recognition and identification. Her classroom was, and remains, a lively and engaged place for learning across many platforms. The focus is taken off of the teacher delivering content and placed on the students.

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EdTechTeam

JANUARY 7, 2020

One of my favorite uses of Google Drawings is to use them for manipulatives – and if you’re a middle or high school teacher and think manipulatives are mainly for elementary students, please hang with me. . From collecting data to charting results by student or group, the possibilities are endless.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Prior to the 2021-2022 school year, the district’s assessment data showed math scores were low, contributing to 14 out of 48 schools in the district being identified as low performing in 2019. However, there were still 25 elementary schools in the district without access to Hazel’s mental health resources.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Other virtual schools are often run through for-profit vendors and welcome any Texas-based student. We can have kids that have been face-to-face with us all year long and they weren’t engaged,” Rogers said. Successful student characteristics. Any specialized offering tends to draw a more distinctive student population.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2020

She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Morningside College and a Master’s Degree in Educational Administration from the University of South Dakota. She is also a former teacher and principal, leading one of the first elementary STEM schools in the state of Iowa.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

We know that our students are different, and to capitalize on their strengths, we provide opportunities for students to identify a focused path and to find success. Sometimes elementary and middle school teachers come across as apologetic about how “little” they are doing in relation to personalized learning.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

This remarkable functionality makes an array of assessment types possible – including spelling tests, short answers, fill-in-the-blank, and more. Master Educators use LEGO Education solutions in their classrooms and embody the LEGO Education mission of enabling success for all students through hands-on learning experiences.

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MindShift

MARCH 10, 2016

Several schools in the area are part of a partnership to integrate STEM into the curriculum. When the teacher invites the coach in, the idea is this is a new STEM-integrated lesson and they want to get feedback from the coach,” said Michael Kauffmann, director of Project HISI and a math and science intervention specialist.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

STEM Idea #1: Teach with Passion. Vicki: Yeah, you know, teacher engagement comes before student engagement, doesn’t it? And I think that sometimes as adults, especially when we start talking about STEM or STEAM or whatever buzzword it is that your school uses, we muddy the learning. Aaron: Yes. Aaron: It is.

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wwwatanabe

OCTOBER 27, 2010

You see, all week long I indulged in PBL lessons such as STEM with GPS and students doing amazing projects, projects that I aspired to do when I was still in the classroom but hadn''t quite gotten there. Instead of being wowed, I got consistent active student engagement with seamless technology integration in every classroom.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 27, 2022

Not the ideal way to immerse students in the excitement and possibilities STEM learning offers. A better approach to STEM education is project-based learning (PBL), emphasized by veteran teachers in the edLeader Panel, “ Impacting Student Achievement with Project-Based Learning and STEM.”

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

APRIL 2, 2022

Firstly, while you may not want or need to include every single aspect for every discussion, the formatting suggestions Verso provides is excellent scaffolding to ensure students engage in high quality discourse. Note the potential categories in Step 2 which help shape the objective. How could you use it?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

What is particularly striking is that these schools, public elementary and middle schools across Massachusetts, are truly joyful places; you can see it in the enthusiasm of the students and the smiles of their teachers! The teacher needs to address each student at her appropriate level. The first is differentiated instruction.

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