eSchool News

JULY 1, 2021

SALT LAKE CITY — June 28, 2021 — Today at ISTE Live 2021, Instructure launched the Canvas for Elementary user experience, a combination of features that make Canvas more user-friendly for elementary students. As a result of the success of Canvas for Elementary, our future goal is to push Canvas district-wide.“. Subject Cards.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

More than half of those surveyed teach in public schools (66 percent) and more than half are elementary school teachers (60 percent). Use the same amount of interactive activities that you would in class (every 15 - 20 min or so), but have students respond using a digital tool. ClassTag surveyed more than 1,200 U.S. and tinyurl.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (Wednesday, July 20, 2022) —Hawaii’s Kihei Elementary School today announced that it has expanded its partnership with Discovery Education, which has supported the school’s educators in creating engaging digital learning environments since 2015. We are excited to begin the school year with these new resources.”.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2020

Murray served as an elementary teacher, middle school teacher, middle school principal, elementary principal, and at the district level in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. His most recent book, Personal & Authentic: Designing Learning Experiences that Impact a Lifetime , was released in October of 2019.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2019

Related Resources Simple K12 Webinar available on demand by Melissa = Strategies and Tools to Help Develop Social Skills in Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder h ttps://community.simplek12.com/scripts/student/ Melissa is dual certified in Elementary Education and Special Education. Melissa is also a trainer with Simple K-12.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 20, 2018

The top Edtech Tool Tuesday of 2018 (so far) with Richard Byrne From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In today’s show, he talks about top free tech tools to try in social studies lessons. Sponsor: The STLinATL Conference will be at Woodward Academy in Atlanta July 26-27, 2018.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The post Awesome Feedback Tools, AI, and a Little Inspiration from FETC – SULS0186 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, Kasey chats with Shake Up Learning Team member Susan Vincentz about her favorite takeaways from the FETC conference. She shared several great technology tools for giving effective feedback.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Digital portfolios are powerful learning tools for students of all ages. The digital portfolio tools below help students document their work in multiple ways and also can be used throughout a student’s learning journey. Digital Portfolio Tips, Tools and Resources. Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar

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eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2022

Through this collaboration, educators in all 34 SMSD elementary schools have now joined their peers nationwide in integrating Discovery Education’s award-winning suite of flexible digital resources into science instruction. Those resources are: The Discovery Education platform. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2021

That was the thinking behind Along , a free digital reflection tool developed by the nonprofit Gradient Learning and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and announced yesterday at the 2021 annual conference of ISTE, the International Society for Technology in Education, which is EdSurge’s parent organization.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The post 8 Cool Tools You Didn’t Know! In this episode, Kasey chats with Shake Up Learning Team member, Susan Vincentz about her favorite sessions at the FETC conference. Susan shares 8 Cool Tools You Didn’t Know! Conference season is upon us, and thankfully many are back to meeting face-to-face.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

Now serving Grades Pre-K through six, the administration and faculty of Duquesne Elementary, the district’s sole remaining school, are determined to provide each student with the best educational experience possible. What started as a conference room became the Creation Station, a large open-concept space for students in Grades Pre K-2.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 21, 2019

It is a great teacher PD tool which includes videos and resources to help you learn new techniques and technologies for your classroom. I spend many hours weekly participating in online webinars and virtual conferences to continue my learning and collaborating/connecting with other educators around the world. I hosted the Classroom 2.0

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (Tuesday, June 7, 2022) —Iowa’s Southwest Valley Community School District (SVCSD) today announced it is broadening its partnership with Discovery Education to support science education in elementary school classrooms districtwide. These resources will complement the use of Mystery Science in SVCSD’s elementary classrooms.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

They have a new classroom management tool called Collections. From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Elizabeth Iwaszewicz talks about five strategies for designated and integrated English Language Development (ELD). Today’s Sponsor: Metaverse is a powerful augmented reality app.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 11, 2019

Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen on episode 512 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Karen Lirenman ( @ KLirenman ) and Kristen Wideen ( @ mrswideen ) have written the definitive book on using iPads in the elementary classroom, Innovate with iPad: Lessons to Transform Learning in the Classroom.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

Maria Konnikova speaking at this month's SXSW EDU conference. I would say that poker is a brilliant teaching tool. And I ended up falling down a rabbit hole and became a professional poker player. There are a couple of other books that I love where the writer has gone off and become the thing they’re writing about.

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eSchool News

JULY 21, 2023

VCSC is one of Vigo County’s largest employers, serving nearly 14,000 students across three traditional high schools, five middle schools, 15 elementary schools, an alternative school, and a virtual school. The Discovery Education Science Techbook series is a comprehensive, research-backed science solution for grades K-12.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 20, 2020

They viewed technology as a “toy” or “free time,” Ben Klaus, principal of Jose Ortega Elementary, said during a virtual presentation at CoSN2020, the annual conference of the Consortium for School Networking. “It It was to browse the internet to play games.”. “We

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 4, 2023

Figjam is part of the Adobe Figma suite of tools and is free for educators and their students. Tom Mullaney and Vicki Davis explain this cool tool and talk about how they use Figjam in the Classroom. Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher Stream by clicking here.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Educators are encouraged to view AI not merely as a technological advancement but as a tool to enhance and augment the human experience. Gerstein: I taught machine learning activities to the students with ISTE standards using Google's Teachable Machine as the tool. The website has many other teachable machine activities.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 28, 2023

Teaching Writing in Small Groups A Teacher's Guide to Reading Conferences. 2023), TEACHING WRITING IN SMALL GROUPS (March 2021), A TEACHER'S GUIDE TO READING CONFERENCES (2019), and UNDERSTANDING TEXTS AND READERS (2018). And I think teachers need tools. Her newest books are THE READING STRATEGIES BOOK 2.0 Book and the 2.0

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 22, 2023

As I always do, I am exploring its use in my classes (elementary-level gifted education). I conclude with tools for detecting machine-generated text, and provide a parting shot. I get frustrated when I see conference presentations about 50 educational technologies in 50 minutes.

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2023

In the latest phase of this more than 20-year partnership, Discovery Education will provide district elementary and middle school students exciting new digital science textbooks that will help them explore their curiosity about the natural world. Also, all PGCPS educators enjoy access to the Discovery Education Network.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 25, 2017

She shares her treasure chest of favorite edech tools for those with special needs. Accessibility tools. Why we should help students select tools and empower their own learning. In addition, Jennifer is also certified: administrator, english teacher, elementary teacher and educational technology specialist. Listen Now.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

December will mark the end of the 12-week program, and students will present beta versions of their app at a conference for participants. The Opportunity Project has yielded nearly 150 open data tools created by more than 1,500 participants to date, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Flexible furniture is just one of three key components of a modern learning environment, alongside connected devices and audio-visual tools. While classroom furniture may seem like a decidedly low-tech solution, it can be a high-impact tool that literally puts students in the right learning posture,” the CDW white paper notes.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 21, 2020

They viewed technology as a “toy” or “free time,” Ben Klaus, principal of Jose Ortega Elementary, said during a virtual presentation at CoSN2020, the annual conference of the Consortium for School Networking. “It It was to browse the internet to play games.”. “We

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 21, 2020

They viewed technology as a “toy” or “free time,” Ben Klaus, principal of Jose Ortega Elementary, said during a virtual presentation at CoSN2020, the annual conference of the Consortium for School Networking. “It It was to browse the internet to play games.”. “We

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2023

It’s 7:00 am, and I’m on my second trek from my car to our centralized district meeting space, lugging snacks, supplies and chart paper as I prepare to lead a workshop on best practices for technology integration for a group of 15 elementary teachers in my district.

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My Paperless Classroom

JANUARY 19, 2024

Experiences such as Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Director of Digital Learning and Innovation, elementary school principal, classroom teacher, and district professional development specialist have provided Matt incredible insights on how to best support teaching and learning. For More Information: [link]

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Today’s Sponsor: Edpuzzle is my new favorite flipped classroom tool. Former secretary of education, William Bennett, says, “An elementary school that treats the arts as the province of a few gifted children, or views them only as recreation and entertainment, is a school that needs an infusion of soul. Record your own voice over.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 5, 2020

By using a combination of programs and digital tools, middle school math teacher Kim Gardner in Utah, and high school chemistry teacher Beth Tumminello in New York, have found ways to provide effective instruction and also replicate other important aspects of the classroom experience that can motivate students and enhance distance learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Eric is an authorized Google Education Trainer and Innovator, and provides training to schools, organizations, and conferences throughout Ohio and across the country. He is a co-leader of the Ohio Google Educator Group at [link].

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2023

During a panel discussion at 1EdTech’s Learning Impact Conference in Anaheim this summer, distinguished educators shed light on their districts' digital transformations and emphasized the crucial role of collaboration, professional development and buy-in to ensure the effective integration of technology and curriculum.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

That’s the question my startup co-founder and I asked ourselves when we reconnected at an apps conference for speech language pathologists in 2012. The iPad had been out for almost two years and the App Store was flooded with apps aimed at the pre-k students and those in the lower elementary grades.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Neeb, the principal of Williams Elementary School, and Tickle, a digital learning specialist and Google Certified Trainer, presented “The Whole Ball of Wax: A Place for Everything,” on Monday. Together, they brainstormed a list of possible ways they could deploy this tool at Williams. I just jumped in and embraced it,” she said.

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