eSchool News

APRIL 28, 2021

Wednesday, April 28, 2021) — Discovery Education – the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms – today launched the new Social-Emotional Learning Coalition. Silver Spring, Md.

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2021

Educators, Students, and Families Receive Access to Dynamic Learning Resources for SEL Day. Educators, students, and families are invited to explore social-emotional learning with dynamic digital resources from Discovery Education and its diverse network of partners.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

BetterLesson , a leading provider of high quality virtual and in-person K-12 professional learning, announces Matthew Kennard as its new CEO. BetterLesson launched in 2008 with a mission to provide a simple way for educators to connect and share high-quality lesson plans. Kennard will join BetterLesson as CEO on March 1, 2021.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Achieving educational equity doesn’t just happen when schools change their expectations and goals in the classroom. While teachers and staff agree on the value of educational equity, they need a deeper understanding in order to combat it in the classroom. By Stacey Pusey. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2022

Silver Spring, MD (Friday March 11, 2022) — Discovery Education and leading social impact partners are offering engaging, high quality digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Day nationwide. Discovery Education is the worldwide?EdTech?leader

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

We’re excited to partner with DEED, CORE and ASDN to offer this program to Alaska’s teachers and support their efforts to continuously hone their professional skills in service to their state’s children.”. Our offerings expand the professional development opportunities available to all educators across the state. Portland, Ore.,

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Charlotte, NC — Wyoming’s Holy Name Catholic School (HNCS) today announced a new multi-year partnership with global edtech leader Discovery Education. Discovery Education will help HNCS achieve this challenge by providing engaging STEM learning opportunities throughout the curriculum.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 16, 2018

was preparing to deploy one-to-one Chromebooks a few years ago, the amount of professional development and training needed for educators was overwhelming. In order to make sure educators were getting the professional learning experiences they needed , Douglas and her team went through several steps to create more flexible (and fun) PD.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

For more creativity, exploration, and freedom, educators can incorporate play into their Coding and STEAM lessons. Why is play a forbidden word in education today?” Play can instead be structured for learning, which can benefit all involved by building relationships. Samuelson asked. Model the Workplace. Join the Community.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Included in the weeklong, free festivities are activities and challenges culminating with NFL PLAY 60 Kids Day, a day of action to inspire kids to get moving with their classmates, teachers, and families inclusive of virtual, hybrid, and socially distant classroom settings. About Discovery Education. On Wednesday, February 3 at 1 p.m.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2021

Discovery Education , the worldwide?edtech?leader leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes?place. To empower educators to provide middle school students these essential skills, the district selected Discovery Education’s? the platform?each

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

EL Education K–5 Language Arts. Kiddom is an easy-to-use education platform designed as a centralized hub for teaching and learning. Additionally, the curricula are refined through extensive in-classroom experiences with a focus on the equitable distribution of learning. EL Education Language Arts (Grades K-5).

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 29, 2019

Several years ago, while I was teaching high school, one of my favorite students would regularly come into my classroom and ask, “Mrs. Classroom teachers have very little downtime in their day; (I always envied my husband’s lunch hour at his corporate job). Amanda Taylor is a Director of Professional Learning for EdTechTeam.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

The good news is that many teachers are finding a majority of students are participating in class at some level, says Gail Lovely, founder of the Early Learning Professional Learning Network at ISTE, which is the parent organization of EdSurge. That, she adds, is helping many students feel appreciated during a difficult time.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

20, 2018 — Illustrative Mathematics (IM) today announced it has partnered with Khan Academy to provide free practice exercises tightly aligned to its highly-regarded curriculum, IM 6–8 Math. Educators can access the IM practice exercises on Khan Academy at [link]. “So Learn more at www.illustrativemathematics.org. # # #.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2021

It can be a useful exercise. My seniors have missed out on many milestones; but in my class, I can confidently say that the educational experience I’ve been able to give them in some ways has been better than what I would have likely delivered in a normal year. Learning must be authentic and owned by the students.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

For more creativity, exploration, and freedom, educators can incorporate play into their coding and STEAM lessons. Why is play a forbidden word in education today?” Play can instead be structured for learning, which builds relationships, benefitting all involved. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. About the Presenter.

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Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] While edtech tools are in most classrooms, not every educator understands how to use technology in meaningful ways. Her role was to support educators in innovative practices. Read on to learn how to use technology in the classroom to truly engage students.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 25, 2017

…very little of the work we give students in school provides them with a sense that they are making a contribution to anything other than their own educational progress toward graduation. — Alan November, Who Owns the Learning. Traditional PD uses an attendance sheet as the primary measurement of “learning”.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2018

One of Meg Ormiston’s biggest frustrations with education today is how long everything takes to roll out. A related fifth book focuses on leadership skills for educators). The high school edition comes complete with connections to career and technical education. And the students are the ones most impacted. “We

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 14, 2020

But during the edWebinar, “ Voice Devices and Beyond in the Classroom ,” the presenters made the case for using voice technology in schools to assist with all types of activities, from practicing math to classroom management, and more important, to improve listening comprehension skills. They can also give the time, weather, news, etc.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021 — BetterLesson , a leading provider of high quality virtual and in-person K–12 professional learning, announces that the company’s “Empowered Algebra Learning For All” solution is one of only 11 grantees chosen for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenge. CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

Yet, in the midst of this widespread longing for school-as-we knew-it, educators are equally relishing the opportunity to reimagine education post pandemic. Certainly, it is healthy and normal to exercise feelings of nostalgia—to yearn to return to school, for many of us our home away from home.

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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. Learn more about the 2020 matching grant program here.

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edWeb.net

MAY 12, 2023

While the concept has been around for decades, it is increasingly being used in K-12 education to not only motivate and engage students but also to help them master concepts and content. ” The Science of Gamification and Learning At its core, gamification is about using game design principles to motivate people to take action.

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Edsurge

JULY 1, 2020

It is precisely these students who are trapped in the crosshairs of both pandemics: the coronavirus having laid bare inequities in health risk , access to virtual education platforms and basic safety both in and outside of their homes—all factors compounded by the profoundly damaging effects of poverty and racism.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 24, 2020

In an edWebinar sponsored by the Kaplan Early Learning Company, “Happy and Calm: The Best Tools for Mindfulness Now,” children’s yoga expert and award-winning recording artist Bari Koral introduced mindfulness exercises that can help children reduce the “noise” of negativity to improve their well-being over the long term. Let it out.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

If we want our learners to have that — the knowledge, the skills, the dispositions — we know that we need to transform our classrooms. We also have adopted a set of learning beliefs to help us better articulate what we want our classrooms to look like in the future as we approach 2020. You have learning beliefs.

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edWeb.net

JULY 11, 2018

In a recent edWebinar , Naomi Harm, Strategic Outreach Education Manager at Wonder Workshop, and Angie Kalthoff, Technology Integration Specialist and Code.org Facilitator, presented classroom management tips for successful computational thinking activities and examples of activities to ignite those skills in students.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 7, 2018

The post Back to School with G Suite: 6 Activities for the Classroom appeared first on Shake Up Learning. teachers are gearing up for back to school–gathering ideas, planning lessons, and getting their classrooms ready for learning. Vision boards also support Dynamic Learning and the ISTE Standards for Students !

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 13, 2018

In an age where students seem to be attached to tech, why not take that as an educational opportunity? In his recent edWebinar , Shannon Holden, Assistant Principal at Republic Middle School in Missouri, described how WhatsApp can be used for educational purposes, and discussed how teachers can use Edulastic. Join the Community.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 15, 2015

This January, the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) produced an insightful report based on the results of its Turnaround Arts initiative, a program that seeks to reform schools by implementing art-infused education. The results are astounding. You can view the PCAH’s summary of findings here.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

It should have come as no surprise that I wasn’t seeing much transfer into our classrooms. Personalized Professional Development Takes Root At this point, I decided to shake up our learning plan for teachers and create a personalized experience tailored to their interests and needs. The ILP itself looks like a table.

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techlearning

MAY 9, 2018

The Super Health, Super You Community Health Challenge, designed to help elementary school teachers incorporate healthy lifestyle education into their curricula, inspired elementary school students to develop new ways to help their school’s community healthfully and holistically flourish. Get up and Get Movin’!

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 12, 2016

More recently, Van Meter has been diving deeply into project-based learning, standards-based grading, competency-based education, and flexible, modular schedules in which students can exercise some choice and determine how much time they need to spend on their various learning endeavors.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. This begs the question: What’s next for education? What are the projections for edtech?

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Many educators, especially early childhood and elementary teachers, do not have a STEM background so the task of integrating those subjects into daily classroom lessons can feel overwhelming. Preparing Educators to Teach STEM. Ensuring the experience is relevant to the happenings in their classroom.

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