EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

A recent report from the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) identified five key roadblocks for K–12 schools’ digital transformation in 2020. The gap between technology and pedagogy begins before technology gets to the classroom , according to CoSN’s report. That’s backwards,” notes the CoSN report.

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Digital Promise

JULY 27, 2018

As community makerspaces begin to take root in Ontario’s elementary schools , students are behaving better. In these spaces students are learning how to tinker collaboratively with a problem and keep trying until they find a solution. And these are just some of the benefits teachers are reporting. What are makerspaces?

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2023

A student in an elementary school drops an egg wrapped tightly in paper straws and tape to test whether it can survive a high fall. Introducing these fields in elementary school helps capture students’ imaginations and kindle their interest in STEM. Adopt a curriculum that exposes students to STEM early on.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 23, 2023

Consumer Skills – Learning to comparison shop for cars, houses and being an informed consumer. Insurance – Understanding how to make wise insurance decisions. Saving and Managing Expenses – In this scenario, students help advise a person on how to manage their paycheck and daily expenses. According to the U.S.

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Waterford

MARCH 10, 2022

Communication skills encompass the ability to speak, listen, and write effectively in order to share information and ideas with others.[1] Listening and reading are the receptive domains that help us receive information. Speaking and writing are the expressive or productive domains that help us produce or convey information.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 24, 2021

The unit concludes with a lesson about insurance and how it helps students manage risk. 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. Grade Level: 9-12. Idea #3: Vault. Grade Level: 4-7.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Better attitude toward writing—less frustration looking for keys; more satisfying entering information. If you’ve ever seen a third grader struggle to type a web address into the computer or type a book report when they don’t know where the keys are, you know they should have started keyboarding earlier. Improved creative thought.

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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). Reading comprehension and information retention improve when students write about what they read (Graham & Herbert, 2011). Plus, it works across all subject areas! Kiuhara, S.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2022

One way of equipping students to overcome a lack of information and make informed postsecondary decisions is by giving them a chance to explore diverse job paths. In fact, a report by the U.S. Each year, West-MEC allocates a significant amount of money to our two elementary school districts.

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 31, 2023

Post by Tom Daccord [INTRO: A recent national report by the Watson Foundation found that teachers are using ChatGPT more than students and are using it to create new lesson ideas. Each post will focus on a practical strategy for using ChatGPT and will include ideas for both elementary and secondary school teachers.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

While these tools are becoming more popular and numerous, ones specifically geared toward early elementary students continue to be limited. When considering immersive technology resources for our early elementary students, I’ve shared some important, practical areas to keep in mind. Below are a few ideas to get started.

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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. They clicked “Tools” and selected “Word Count” to see how many words they had read in the minute that had elapsed. They entered their words per minute into a Google Form.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Digital citizenship is about far more than just helping kids be safe online; it’s about empowering them to use technology to solve real-world problems, to know how to balance their time between a variety of online and offline activities, to be curious learners and to use digital tools to deepen their relationships with their family and friends.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 21, 2023

You elementary school teachers have so much power to help students quickly overcome trauma. How to help traumatized students experience success at school There are four main ways we can help traumatized students be successful in our classrooms—and, at the same time, improve the school climate for all of us.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report Donna Araujo has run a child care program out of her home for 20 years. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Araujo jumped at the opportunity.

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Waterford

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

During the first month of school, send an introduction letter to parents with class guidelines and information about the upcoming year.[12] For Educators: How to Run a Parent-Teacher Conference. Avoid using educational jargon, which can confuse parents who aren’t as familiar with elementary teaching terms.[7]. Colorín Colorado.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 14, 2019

Kids aged 8–18 years old are in front of screens for seven hours every day on average, CBS News reports. Because students are inevitably exposed to the online world, it is important that adults teach them how to be responsible digital citizens — to protect both themselves and their peers. by Jennifer Brown.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2024

According to CDC data from 2009-2019, 1 out of 5 adolescents aged 12 to 17 reported having experienced at least some kind of major depressive episode. District officials read guidance from the National Center for School Mental Health and SAMHSA to really understand how to start.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2024

billion program will be fully implemented by the 2025-26 school year across the nearly 900 districts in the state that include elementary grades. Credit: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report There are teachers who should have aides, but don’t. The plan is that the $2.7 That’s the hope.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

For example, the College Board reports that in 2022, Harvard received applications from 61,220 students – the highest-ever number of applicants, but only accepted 1,214, the elite university’s lowest acceptance rate. It can give suggestions for how to write a college application essay for those who lack writing skills, too.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2023

The school year ended at Washington Elementary at 2:35 p.m. Malaysia Robertson, 9, outside of the closed Washington Elementary School in Kenner, La., Washington Elementary School in Kenner, La., The lobby of Washington Elementary School in Kenner, La., JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — on Friday evening, July 28, 2023.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Credit: Magdalena Slapik for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Magdalena Slapik for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Magdalena Slapik for The Hechinger Report. She was in sixth grade at Lakewood Elementary School in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, when the pandemic began in the spring. “A Credit: Corinne Livingston.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2020

In two other counties, three rural high schools reached that postsecondary enrollment for 76 percent (143 students), 82 percent (98 students) and 87 percent (159 students) of their 2019 graduates, the foundation reports. Credit: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Credit: Patrick Wall for The Hechinger Report Now, Louisiana is one of a few states seeking to combine its data sets in order to track students from preschool into college and careers. Education Department spokeswoman said — despite a law requiring states to report students’ post-CTE outcomes. Louisiana bet big on career education.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 1, 2019

As a former elementary school teacher, I remember the pressure the test can sometimes put on students, parents, and even teachers. Furthermore, nine in 10 parents think their child is at grade level in reading and math, when only 39 percent of teachers report their students start the year prepared for grade-level work. Early Reading.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 9, 2023

At the same time, caregivers, many of whom are grandparents, learn about child development and how to navigate toddler tantrums, support early language and math skills and help children learn through play. Nobody is born knowing how to be a parent or caregiver, we all have to learn it.”

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2023

What schools need to do, he said, is provide teachers with a better understanding of what AI is and share examples of how to use it. Instead, he’s encouraging teachers to use the summer to explore AI, in part by selecting an AI tool of their choice and thinking about how it could be incorporated into the classroom this fall.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As schools become more focused on continuous improvement and the development of growth mindsets, educators continue to evaluate how they can assess their students' learning to better inform instructional practices. Teachers get data reports from each assessment. They can see how many minutes students spend on any question.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The state initially agreed to give an extra $50 million to 75 elementary schools with the worst reading scores in the state to improve how they were teaching reading. The structure of the right-to-read settlement offers a possible blueprint for how to bring evidence-based teaching practices into more classrooms, says Stanford’s Dee.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2024

I had to fight against low expectations and conditions that devalued my potential, including “accidentally” being placed into English as a Second Language in elementary school, even though English is my first language. Now is the time not to be complacent but to educate ourselves, stay informed and mobilize.

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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. One of every five requests in the U.S.

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Hapara

MAY 23, 2022

Libraries, of course, still hold a wealth of information, but now learners can go beyond the library walls. Let’s take a look at how students can safely search the internet. Searching the internet allows our learners to become better researchers and evaluate information across multimedia. Cyberbullying.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Related: Reading Matters: Read Hechinger’s reporting on literacy. Disclosure: The Hechinger Report is an independent unit of Teachers College, Columbia University, where Calkins and several other signatories to the letter serve as professors.). I disagree with the contention that Hanford has reduced reading instruction to phonics.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2017

A student offers Principal Macquline King-Morris a hug on his way to the gym with his class at Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center in Chicago. CHICAGO — Principal Macquline King-Morris stepped out of the way of two lines of students heading to the Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center gym. Photo: Lillian Mongeau.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2022

At the start of the school year last August, I spent several days visiting a first-grade classroom in Austin, Texas , to see how the coronavirus pandemic was impacting teaching and learning after nearly two years of disruption. Students often learn how to behave in classrooms and get along with peers in early childhood classrooms.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2019

Makenzie believes that since the world is constantly changing, she needs to know how to fix things, like cars with advanced electronic technology. The field of computer and information technology is expected to grow by 13 percent from 2016 to 2026, among the fastest of any occupation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Monica Williams remembers the late May day she and first grade teacher Lizette Gutierrez reconnected with the four young siblings from Cable Elementary. No teachers from the San Antonio elementary had heard from the children since schools closed abruptly in March due to the pandemic. This time, she knew the family.

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