eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

By collaborating with peers, conducting research, and presenting findings, students not only acquire subject-specific skills but also develop critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication abilities essential for success in the 21st century. This method promotes independence and confidence in learning.

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Linways Technologies

JUNE 30, 2021

As blended learning is implemented using multiple learning models, different instructional methods help the students to perceive the information on a topic in the best teaching pedagogy. In addition, incorporating different assessments in blended learning helps the students to get better feedback on their learning practices.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

With interactive whiteboards, students and teachers manipulate content directly on the surface of the screen. Student engagement increased and classroom collaboration was set to skyrocket. Student feedback and assessment with optional audience response accessories. Teachers were empowered with exciting new tools.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

SAN MARCOS, Texas — Live lecture classes are back at most colleges after COVID-19 disruptions, but student engagement often hasn’t returned to normal. Yes, I did see some distraction here and there—a student checking a text or another who seemed to have a graphic novel open on a window in the background.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

The website offers thousands of hours of video lectures for students from PreK-12 grades in various topics, including Math, Science, Arts & Humanities, Reading & Language Arts, Economics, Computing, and Life Skills. The Math Get-Ready Courses introduce students to third to eighth grades algebra, geometry, and pre-calculus.

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Doug Levin

MAY 27, 2015

I finished it as an agnostic—I’m willing to be convinced that well-designed games have much to teach those Toppo calls “the real rule-makers” about differentiation, assessment, and curriculum—not just student engagement.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 11, 2015

Student engagement that leads to actual learning is the goal of any pedagogically sound lesson. What do the students think while in class? What are students interested in now？ How do I know if they are actually learning? The following is a sponsored blog post by imakiku.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2019

Technology, and especially the internet and mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones, has become ubiquitous in our daily lives and affordable even to our public schools. Increase Feedback and Assessment. On the contrary, when used in powerful ways, technology supports teachers in their efforts to help students engage and achieve.

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eSchool News

JULY 25, 2023

eSchool snuck a sneak peek with Lance Rougeux, Senior Vice President of Curriculum, Instruction, and Student Engagement, on some specifics. New this Fall are: · Draggable tasks structured to incrementally develop students’ skills in the science practices make science now easier to teach, learn, and assess with auto-grading.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

East Campus in Muscatine, Iowa takes a different approach, one that is paying enormous dividends in terms of student engagement, academic success, and high school completion. Instead, they’re engaged in challenging, real world work. Are your high school students doing this kind of complex, authentic work on a regular basis?

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

KITABOO is one of the best digital tools for the classroom because its content is designed for bite-sized learning with knowledge nuggets, interactive assessments and gamification. The platform facilitates instant assessments and feedback so teachers can stay connected to their pupils in real-time.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2015

Tablets, laptops, educational gaming software, and smartphones allow schools to: Personalize the learning experience. Increase student engagement and collaboration through social media, simulations, and games. Efficiently assess student progress as often as once a week, for more carefully tailored educational experiences.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 8, 2016

It all began around 2003 when the smartphone wars started with Blackberry, but was quickly taken over by the Apple iPhone in 2007. Success is contingent upon sound instructional design, quality assessments, and an improved feedback loop. The world continues to change as a result of technological advances.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Below I have summarized some of the pre-planned activities that my teachers planned and had their students engaged in on Digital Learning Day. History class, students learned about the rise of Jacksonian Democracy and had to determine if Jackson was a highly successful president or a corrupt leader. Image credit: [link] In Ms.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2020

I recommend making use of a timer, having an established end in mind for each class session, erring on the side of student engagement versus “covering the material,” having plans for extending the learning if activities are shorter than planned and leaving room for metacognition, meaning, leave time to talk about the learning process.

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edWeb.net

JULY 23, 2021

In a recent edWebinar , hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association and AASA’s Leadership Network , the presenters discussed the findings of the AASA Learning 2025 National Commission and the need to get more students engaged in their own educational experience. Key Challenges Identified by the Commission.

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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. Purposeful gamification can allow for personalized learning , increased student engagement , and greater creativity. ( Check student knowledge before you deliver the content.

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Evelyn Learning

JUNE 8, 2023

Students are already comfortable with technology, and they are more curious to make friends with anything more advanced that might come up. The Ed-Tech space is so vast that it can encapsulate almost every aspect of education, including curriculum development , lesson delivery, and assessments.

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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2015

We attribute this success to our close collaboration with teachers to build and continually improve a digital science curriculum tool that meets their daily instructional and assessment needs,” said Dr. Vernon Johnson, president and CEO of Accelerate Learning. Clearly, the North Carolina evaluators agree.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In short, digital whiteboards, also known as virtual or online whiteboards, enhance the functions of physical whiteboards on devices like computers, smartphones, or tablets—preferably those with touchscreens for interactive use—by incorporating multimedia, interactive modules, and more.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

With interactive whiteboards, students and teachers manipulate content directly on the surface of the screen. Student engagement increased. Student feedback and assessment with optional audience response accessories. Teachers were empowered with exciting new tools. And classroom collaboration was set to skyrocket.

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GoConqr

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Educators will soon need to start thinking like game designers if they want to keep their students engaged. “To To win student attention, educators will soon need to start thinking like game designers.” The most common device among students is the smartphone. GoConqr Click To Tweet. Mobile learning.

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Kathy Schrock

APRIL 8, 2016

The PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Charitable Foundation offers a online comprehensive financial literacy program designed for students in grades 3-12. Students engage with financial literacy concepts through innovative self-paced modules featuring custom videos, animations, and interactive activities.

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Kathy Schrock

APRIL 1, 2016

The PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Charitable Foundation offers a online comprehensive financial literacy program designed for students in grades 3-12. Students engage with financial literacy concepts through innovative self-paced modules featuring custom videos, animations, and interactive activities.

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BYOT Network

JANUARY 24, 2015

This phenomenon also occurs when parents pass smartphones or tablets to their children in the backseat of the car or in a shopping cart. Lessons will need to be carefully planned with short meaningful chunks of information followed by interactive assignments and formative assessments in order to maintain student attention.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Students of all ages love them almost by default. Teachers who use them can discover they can save time with them, keep students engaged longer, improve communication with both students and their parents and even create real learning impact. Smartphones and tablets have become useful extensions to people’s hands.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 17, 2018

Students willingly and excitedly assess the evidence, judge the characters, dissect the testimonies, and break down exactly how Koenig crafted a story that engaged more listeners than any podcast in history. For example, I can't play Serial from their website, so I have to use my phone with its own data plan.

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The debate really centers around the how and why implementing technology can help our students. Smartphones have been around for 10 years now, but in education, the shifts are vastly different within our classrooms. How do we use, integrate, and engage learning with the newest technology?

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Graphite Blog

MAY 17, 2018

Students willingly and excitedly assess the evidence, judge the characters, dissect the testimonies, and break down exactly how Koenig crafted a story that engaged more listeners than any podcast in history. For example, I can't play Serial from their website, so I have to use my phone with its own data plan.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

It’s a major pain point in the education system: Between 40 percent to 60 percent of college students now need some form of remedial math, or English, or both, and the United States ranks 36th out of a comparison group of 79 countries in math proficiency, according to the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Engage with listening. Source: Listenwise ) Currently, 22 states test listening on their annual English Language Arts assessments. Listening is also assessed on the WIDA ACCESS test, as well as other state English language tests, as it is a key aspect of learning a new language. Listen to the Student Podcast PODCAST.

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PlagiarismCheck

JANUARY 27, 2023

With the ever-evolving educational landscape, schools are always on the lookout for the best software products to enhance the learning experience for their students. As we look ahead to 2023, there is a plethora of EdTech available to schools that can improve efficiency and student engagement.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

The 1216BKBT Bluetooth Jackbox provides a cost-efficient way to stream audio from a smartphone, tablet or other Bluetooth-enabled device to six separate headphones. This remarkable functionality makes an array of assessment types possible – including spelling tests, short answers, fill-in-the-blank, and more. No bubbles required.

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MindShift

MARCH 22, 2016

“It doesn’t matter where they come from — private school, public school, charter school, underserved communities — we know they [students] all have a story. But more importantly, they have a smartphone,” said Jaysingh.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

Many educators find that gamifying learning keeps students engaged. Digital puzzle boxes — breakouts Teachers can create activities similar to those in BreakoutEDU, but instead they configure a set of challenges on a computer, and students engage with these challenges via a smartphone, tablet, or Chromebook.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

One student may watch a clip on his smartphone at his kid’s soccer practice, and another may log in at 2 a.m. I’ve seen people make videos on their smartphones or using a GoPro. to clarify a key point while burning the midnight oil studying for a test. That’s not what this is,” says Wooten.

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PlagiarismCheck

JANUARY 27, 2023

With the ever-evolving educational landscape, schools are always on the lookout for the best software products to enhance the learning experience for their students. As we look ahead to 2023, there is a plethora of EdTech available to schools that can improve efficiency and student engagement.

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