eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Educators are rethinking the layout of classrooms and other learning spaces in terms of optimizing use of those spaces for student wellbeing and study. This means users can configure them into arrangements that allow for social distancing as needed,” said Dr. Christina Counts, Vice President Strategy & Development for MiEN Company. “Of

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2021

Then, last year, friends guided Haruza to a fledgling IBM program that pays new workers as they receive classroom instruction and on-the-job training — no college degree needed. That kind of recruiting was a relatively new solution for IBM and other companies that generally require bachelor’s degrees for entry-level white-collar workers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 16, 2024

The key is to invest in technology that not only meets your current educational needs but also has the potential to adapt and evolve as your career progresses. Many companies offer discounted or even free versions of their software for students, which can be a great way to gain proficiency in tools widely used in the industry.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 17, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Librarian Karen Scott challenges us with some non-traditional practices to get kids interested in reading including organizing her library by genre and using social media and graphics to inspire a love of reading.

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N2Y

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The teachers of the future need to be prepared and supported along their educational journeys in order to meet the changing needs of their learners. quality instruction in their classrooms. service teachers as they prepare to lead their classrooms. Students are stepping into our classrooms with diverse academic, social?emotional,

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2021

To help educators make the most of new teaching strategies and tools, MiEN Company has published “ A Guide to Creating Dynamic Active Learning Spaces.”. It shares the example of MySchool@Kent in Grand Rapids, Michigan, how it adapted one of its classrooms and the resulting change in student learning. About MiEN Company.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2023

NEW YORK — Social-first media company, The News Movement (TNM) today announced a new partnership with EXPLR Media (EXPLR), an organization which produces and shares educational videos and curriculum for students in the US. The two companies will collaborate on developing educational news content aimed at grade 7-12 children.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

’ The company saw the metaverse as the future of online social interactions and as the evolution of existing social media. Educators can also interact within these digital learning spaces using their own avatars, resulting in a classroom situation within a virtual learning environment. The Future of Metaverse Education .

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

SYDNEY – Canva , the world’s only all-in-one visual communication platform, today announced the launch of a suite of K-12 education products as part of its Canva for Education platform, making it the first company to introduce AI-powered educational tools at scale. Translate: Make teaching and learning easy in every language.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2019

For years, the privacy community has been urging educators to be more intentional—and careful—about introducing new tech tools in their classrooms. A screenshot of Check the Privacy's searchable library of more than 7,000 edtech products. The Check the Privacy website is up and running, but the library has not yet launched.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The Impact of Education’s Digital Transformation In recent years, education has undergone a digital transformation , and this will be apparent when you consider the average classroom today compared to the average classroom 20 or 30 years ago.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

As an edtech vendor, you know creating a strong working relationship between your company and any prospective client is key. You might think this is obvious—schools aren’t companies, after all. As such, she says, “It’s important for edtech companies to be informed about how schools function.

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TeacherCast

JUNE 19, 2019

This year, I had the opportunity to work with so many great educational technology companies on the podcast and I'm excited to have the opportunity to walk the vendor floor and meet everyone to say THANK YOU for being a part of the TeacherCast podcasting family. The problem always comes up … what booths do I go to?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

BUDAPEST/LOS ANGELES (October 1, 2021) – An acclaimed and multi award-winning English As A Second Language (ESL)appin daily use with over 20,000 classrooms across Europe is launching in the US. Immersive and interactive, digital learning tools can encourage new levels of creativity and concentration in the classroom,” said Horvath.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Instead of assuming that teachers need this or that, make sure to understand what they need for their students, classrooms, or even what they need to make improvements in their personal lives. Helping with classroom supplies. Read more: How to redesign your classroom on a budget. Donating tech teaching equipment. Be a volunteer.

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Edsurge

MARCH 25, 2022

Students who want to use the restroom or visit the library or other office now pull up an app on their iPad and bring it to the teacher, who keys in his or her access code to grant permission. The school uses a system called e-hallpass , by a company called Eduspire Solutions, founded by Nathan Hammond, a former classroom teacher of 20 years.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Since 2005, Y Combinator has funded 1,430 companies and nearly 3,500 founders. featured 124 companies from 18 countries—marking the largest class in the accelerator’s history. The company will not take more than $30,000 over the two years.) The company says it has 50 hiring partners and plans to grow the list.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2022

This provides us with so many options to filter content to meet specific district, classroom and learning needs.”. Content Bundles are a flexible tool that can serve as an effective solution for many common education scenarios, both inside and outside the classroom. Create teacher-specific classroom libraries.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

What are the best-flipped learning apps for K-12 grades in flipped classrooms? The best-flipped classroom tools can transform and remodel classroom teaching, allowing in-depth learning and personalized attention that can help learners improve their grades. Khan Academy. Open Culture for K-12 Grades. Screencast-O-Matic.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2022

For example, educators use Sora to connect students with their local public library for additional age-appropriate materials through Public Library CONNECT. Past Sora Sweet Reads program data indicates significant readership not only of the program collection, but of other books in the school’s library.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

To help schools, parents and caregivers meet the needs of their early learners and further empower their learning journey toward school readiness, Gale, a Cengage company has made major enhancements to Miss Humblebee’s Academy , its award-winning interactive online learning solution for children ages three to six. New Content.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Reading instruction can be challenging when a teacher has many different ability levels in her classroom. Dr. Robb has written more than 25 books on reading but also takes 3-4 months each school year as a classroom teacher. With over 43 years of classroom instruction. And so I always invite parents to come in to the classroom.

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Digital Promise

MAY 22, 2019

If you walk into a classroom at my school, you’ll probably see students scrolling through Instagram and recording videos on Snapchat. Barriers to using technology powerfully in the classroom. Another huge setback for students without access to devices is the requirement to check out textbooks from the school library.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2021

Gale, a Cengage company, is helping educators enhance skills for virtual lesson planning and online teaching. Cengage, an education technology company serving millions of learners in 165 countries, advances the way students learn through quality, digital experiences. Gale, a Cengage company, believes in the power and joy of learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 6, 2023

Interactive, game-based lessons designed by experienced educators help you engage students at all grade levels and bring critical real-world skills like financial education, early literacy, character education, health & wellness, and more to your classroom. Thanks to partners, these lessons are FREE for all K-12 schools and students.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2021

New York – June 6, 2021 – Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, today announced that M. the Company’s Chairman and CEO passed away yesterday unexpectedly. Richard Robinson, Jr. About Scholastic. Learn more at www.scholastic.com.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2023

Classroom Activities Grades 6-9 Grow energy-water literacy and conservation efforts through classroom activities Conservation Station: Creating a More Resourceful World—an educational initiative with Itron. Educators can take learning further with an array of standards-aligned classroom resources.

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eSchool News

JULY 22, 2021

Students will also have seamless access to age-appropriate popular ebooks and audiobooks from the Delaware Libraries’ digital collection as a result of the new partnership with the DDOE. Sora incentivizes reading with fun avatars and achievements within the app and provides seamless access to the local public library in most markets.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

Every now and then, it's been hard to do a call while the kids are screaming or something like that, but between meetings, to see them or have lunch with them or go on a walk with them, that part has been actually quite nice.” EdSurge: How did you adapt to meet the needs of students during the pandemic? They were real education.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2023

Let’s Learn serves as a supplemental resource to support children’s learning at home and in the classroom. ” The Let’s Learn library of more than 250 one-hour episodes and more than 750 segments is available to stream on the new letslearn.org. In the New York metro area, Let’s Learn airs weekdays at 11 a.m. on THIRTEEN and 4 p.m.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 15, 2023

By making individualized academic support available on an unlimited basis for every district student, we aim to meet learners’ needs and support their achievement. Headquartered in New York City, Tutor.com is an affiliate of The Princeton Review , an education services company not affiliated with Princeton University.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — As students return to the classroom for the new school year, Savvas Learning Company is helping educators move learning forward with engaging, easy-to-use K-12 solutions that offer data-informed instruction and adaptive technology to take personalized learning to the next level. “A

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 12, 2021

One point made during the presentation was that free apps are not always the best choice because some companies provide their apps at no charge and then generate revenue by collecting and selling users’ data, and the companies may not be aware of the requirements they need to meet when their users are students. Kevin Lewis Sr.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2021

The new features were developed using feedback collected during the pandemic and thoughtfully designed to more closely mimic an elementary school classroom, supporting both in-person and hybrid learning environments. Updated fonts make letters and numbers more distinguishable, while meeting accessibility guidelines. Comment Library.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

More than 35,000 schools have shifted to OverDrive Education for digital books as the company has significantly expanded its catalog to include grade-leveled class sets aligned to teaching units. Frequent innovative updates are driven by educator and student feedback and performance metrics. overdrive.com/schools.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

With mental health issues and racial injustices on the rise, Gale, a Cengage company, is helping the Charleston County School District (CCSD) provide its students and school staff with authoritative digital resources to support social and emotional learning (SEL) and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). About Cengage and Gale.

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Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2020

They typically gather in classrooms to learn social studies, math, science and language arts from teachers who work at the corrections facility, located about 50 miles down the Mississippi River from St. Access to libraries has been reduced at many facilities. Paul, Minnesota. With schools and colleges across the U.S.

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