eSchool News

APRIL 17, 2024

This AI Guidance document was written specifically for K-12 educator use, an area currently in need of such guidance. The AI Guidance document can be found here , and was created as a complementary resource to Michigan Virtual’s Planning Guide for AI. Additional resources from the Michigan Virtual AI Lab can be found here.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2024

Ken Dirkin, senior director of the Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute, said the group wanted to create a document that was digestible, but “there’s probably 40,000 important things that could have been included.” The more we disclose the use of AI and the purpose, the more we uplift everybody in the conversation,” Dirkin says.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 19, 2019

Elementary-age students rarely know the file name. I teach students to stick with “Save” Some students want to be sure it’s saved so use “Save-as” and invariably lose it under the wrong name or wrong location. Having said that, let students think about how they saved the file. What’s the file name?

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 1, 2019

As elementary students learn how to read, teachers administer reading fluency tests and listen to students read passages. In a coaching session with a second-grade teacher, I suggested we try using Voice Typing in Google Documents to help students track how many words they read in a minute.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 5, 2023

See, Think, Wonder Thinking Routine “I see, I think, I wonder” is a simple yet versatile thinking routine that can be used in elementary and secondary classrooms. Using See, Think, Wonder at the Elementary Level Science Exploration: Use this routine during nature walks or while exploring the schoolyard.

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eSchool News

MARCH 22, 2024

Conversations around the benefits of esports have centered on collegiate and secondary levels, but recently, the conversation has expanded to include elementary esports, too. Here are 6 tips to start an elementary program. The benefits of esports are well documented. How can schools create esports programs and teams?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Many studies have documented the benefits of proper typing technique (McKay, 1998; Owston, 1997; Bartholome, 1996; Bieman, 1996; Hoot, 1986). An overview of research says elementary and middle schoolage students are cognitively, emotionally, and physically capable of learning and excelling at keyboarding skills. Zeitz, 2008.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 14, 2020

For example, an elementary teacher may want to focus on a specific season or weather pattern while a secondary teacher might focus on cell division or energy sustainability. ” Then they can hyperlink the images to online resources or digital document with directions. Choose Your Own Adventure Choice Board.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 18, 2021

On a typical day when I visit classrooms with principals in my partner districts across the country, both the building and district leaders receive a 1000-to-5000-word document laden with practical feedback. It warmed my heart when Amy Rhodes, the principal of Bevins Elementary, shared what she had recently implemented in regard to feedback.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 24, 2021

If a topic is of interest to you or your school, you can download standards-alignment documents to help find a fit. If you’re ready to help elementary-aged children understand financial literacy, Vault is the perfect course for you. Grade level: elementary grades. Grade Level: Elementary School. All opinions are my own.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Use the Assignment tool to send out surveys, provide real-time feedback , request input or share agendas (updates and revisions to linked resources are automatic, ensuring equitable access to the latest version of a document). . Gauge participation with a glance to track staff’s completion of tasks and assignments. by Denise Neeb.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Using Claim-Evidence-Question at the Elementary Level Literature Analysis: After reading a story or book, students make a claim about a central theme or main character’s motivations, provide evidence from the text, and pose questions about the main idea or character.

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The Electric Educator

MARCH 2, 2016

My first project of 2016 was to help Kingsley elementary school , a small school in northern Michigan, build an elementary book report machine. No one wants to read a book report in a spreadsheet, so we decided to use the AutoCrat Sheets add-on to generate a unique document for each form submission. The merge tags (i.e. )

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

You can upload anything you already have in your classroom, every pdf, every electronic document, or the materials you’ve purchased and add to Lumio. In particular, math teachers and elementary teachers will love the manipulatives that you can adapt for your own lessons. . Sponsored Blog Post This blog post is sponsored by Lumio.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2019

This interactive tool let students collaborate on Dell Latitude laptops to create a multimedia narrative using historical documents, 360-degree images, maps, and audio and video clips. They then got to work developing a virtual museum app , “March Through Nashville,” using ThingLink. It automatically grabs them.

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EdTechTeacher

APRIL 29, 2015

Many people fear that computer usage in the early elementary years consists of just “playing games” and want to limit the “screen time.” I’ve seen it happen, and it is pure joy to listen to the squeal of a six year old who discovers his friend’s cursor inside of his document. Technology in Elementary Classrooms.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2024

In 2019, a group of researchers, led by James Kim, a professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, randomly selected 15 of the district’s 30 elementary schools to teach first graders special knowledge-building lessons for three years, through third grade. Students were also given related books to read during the summer.

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eSchool News

JULY 29, 2020

Klassroom, the Paris-based company that reinvents parent-teacher communication in pre-kindergarten and all elementary school grades, just raised a $3 million seed round led by Bpifrance and several angel investors including Jerome Lecat, CEO at Scality, and Andy Myers, President at Waterford.org and former executive at Renaissance Learning.

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TeacherCast

MAY 19, 2022

ORIGO Education is a leading provider of elementary math solutions from Pre-K to Grade 6 committed to helping make learning mathematics meaningful, enjoyable, and accessible to all students and their teachers. curriculum. What Does ORIGO Offer Teachers? The student materials found in Stepping Stones 2.0 Supporting Pre-K Students.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Digital collaboration platforms: Introduce digital collaboration platforms like Google Workspace for Education, Microsoft Teams, or collaborative document tools. Here are five strategies to use edtech to engage shy students: 1. Many times, shy students find it easier to express themselves in writing versus verbally.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2023

A study published in 2023 in the journal of Applied Cognitive Psychology documented that second graders memorized more multiplication facts when they practiced using flashcards rather than by repeating their times tables aloud.

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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. The old method was a mix of paper and cloud-based documents, but it didn’t work very well, Neeb and Tickle said.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Georgetown University’s Edunomics Lab documents the divergence between the growth of school staff and students. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift In the past decade, the population of elementary, middle and high school students in Massachusetts dropped by 42,000 while the number of school employees grew by 18,000.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Puskar Experts say math research hasn’t gotten as much funding or attention, especially beyond the elementary level. This back-to-school-season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress. on Tuesday, Sept.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This back-to-school-season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress. Piedmont Elementary School in Piedmont, Alabama. The Math Problem Sluggish growth in math scores for U.S. 31, 2023, in Piedmont, Ala.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

CHICAGO — In July, in a packed classroom in downtown Chicago, a group composed mostly of early elementary teachers and child care workers read a story about “Wendi,” a fictional preschool teacher who loves reading but struggles in math. The Math Problem Sluggish growth in math scores for U.S.

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TeacherCast

MAY 19, 2022

ORIGO Education is a leading provider of elementary math solutions from Pre-K to Grade 6 committed to helping make learning mathematics meaningful, enjoyable, and accessible to all students and their teachers. curriculum. What Does ORIGO Offer Teachers? The student materials found in Stepping Stones 2.0

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eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2021

More than 27,000 students attend 34 schools in the district including traditional high schools, alternative high schools, middle schools, elementary schools, and 16 preschools, including a federally funded Head Start program. Two elementary schools currently offer full dual immersion in English/Spanish to kindergarteners and first graders. (

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

I am fortunate to be involved in several long-term projects where I have been able to document growth over time. Over the years, I have shared all of the wonderful things happening at Wells Elementary, as I am now in my third year as their coach. Other schools and districts are beginning to follow suit.

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Gaggle Speaks

AUGUST 2, 2016

We’ve done some curation for you and picked out our top websites for elementary school educators. Turn your students into researchers while they sift through interviews, historical documents and photographs. 6 Must-Visit Websites For Every Elementary Educator Click To Tweet. Illuminations.

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TeacherCast

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

However, are document cameras only designed for teacher use? In this blog, we are going to discuss a fantastic Document Camera and share how both you AND your students can use it for dynamic digital learning activities. . Are Document Cameras Only For Teachers? . What is an OKIOCAM? . OKIOCAM S . Designed for students.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The advent of interactive large-format displays further expands the options for achieving the documented benefits delivered by this transformative classroom technology. You’ll find them in elementary classrooms and university lecture halls. The ability to collaborate on text documents, spreadsheets, design projects, etc.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 29, 2021

And probably not as much at the middle school and high school level but at elementary certainly they want to know who their teachers are. Make sure that parents know, if it’s online registration, when they can begin registering, when the deadline is to have that registration done, any documents that they need to provide to the school.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Students in upper elementary and beyond “do little writing in or out of school for academic purposes” (Graham & Harris, 2019). ” Yet, national surveys of writing indicate that teachers beyond third grade spend little time on explicit writing instruction.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2024

Although the legislation proposed in Utah allows for exceptions among students with a documented disability, Brown said medical issues like constipation might not show up on an individualized education program. “This is not a ‘toilet training’ issue and it should not preclude a child from attending school,” Brown said.

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2021

billion in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding into our education system. Perea Elementary in Memphis , for example redesigned how parents, teachers, and children support each other in virtual, in-person, and hybrid settings. We also saw many communities embracing local innovation because they had to.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Her requests for translated copies of legal documents largely went unanswered, she said — until a principal told her that the translation was too expensive. Alonzo noted the district received no additional funding for those services, which included about 1,500 meetings with interpreters and translation of more than 3,000 pages of documents.

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