Waterford

MAY 11, 2020

In a meta-analysis of over 93 studies, educational researchers found that summer school generally provides lasting gains for at-risk students.[4] 8] Before school gets out for the summer, connect parents with guided reading activities and summer learning programs for elementary students. Green, A.M., Feldman, P., Baggett, P.,

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Q&A: Leila Nuland on How to Build Equitable Computer Science Curricula. While some teachers have already started to come up with creative ways to inject computer science into their programs, others may still be lost on how to introduce the concepts into the classroom. . eli.zimmerman_9856. Thu, 10/11/2018 - 12:07.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

How to get to the site. You’ll see when you login that you start off by being able to add activities, explore the resources they have, or get some training on how to use this collaborative learning tool. Add free manipulatives and lessons to your library first. What is included in the Lumio library?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

It can give suggestions for how to write a college application essay for those who lack writing skills, too. The “ Public Libraries and Book Bans – Parent Perception Survey ” gathered insights from 1,527 parents and guardians with children under 18 in two surveys during October and November 2023.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Plenty of students find social studies lessons a bit dull. Eager to build a career out of his interest in social studies, he thought about museum curation, archival work and practicing law. Wright would come to mind as an example of how to do education right. history class and had always enjoyed my social studies classes.

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Waterford

MAY 11, 2022

Whether you’re a PreK teacher or a parent, you can help children build essential pre-reading skills before they start elementary school. Take children to the library regularly to help them develop print recognition. Students are more likely to succeed in elementary school if they know letter names before kindergarten.[10].

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 5, 2018

In today’s show, he talks about top free tech tools to try in social studies lessons. Richard Byrne the author of Free Technology for Teachers has some fantastic professional development courses including a course for history / social studies teachers. 5 Free Tech Tools to Try in Your Social Studies Lessons. Tool #2: TimelineJS.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2017

[ Editor’s note: This piece is the first in our new monthly series focusing on Innovative School Libraries and Librarians. Be sure to keep checking back during the month of August for new library-focused articles!]. This project comes after students have studied Jimmy Carter and Martin Luther King Jr.,

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Buncee

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This year, we reviewed how to use Buncee by having the students each create a Buncee about their own interests. Don’t be scared if you don’t know how to do everything, because your students will be able to figure it out and teach others, and if your students are like mine they will request to “play” with Buncee during their free time!

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Waterford

JULY 24, 2020

A study published by Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences found that students’ learning outcomes significantly improve when teachers use differentiated content that responds to a student’s learning preferences.[5] How to Differentiate Instruction in Your Classroom. Examples of How to Differentiate Instruction in the Classroom.

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Culturally responsive teaching encompasses little steps like adding diverse books in your classroom library , as well as larger ones like adjusting your curriculum to include voices from marginalized communities. How to Improve Your Cultural Competency as a Teacher. That’s where culturally responsive teaching comes in.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 24, 2022

I have also created a full walkthrough tutorial of how to get up and running with Sutori, click the link here to view the video embedded below. Sutori has created a library of templates and lesson ideas to choose from, here are a few that I recommend exploring… Sutori for Elementary Teachers. Science Lesson Sample.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

It should be no surprise that studies show engaged students retain more of what they have learned. This is just as true for the elementary classroom as it is for the lecture hall. A six-year study of students at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York State is a case in point. As the saying goes, “The future is now.”

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 30, 2023

– Kids’ Books and Videos This is a digital library for kids 12 and under. Quizlet This app is superb for study and revision. Photomath This app allows students to scan math problems, and then it shows them how to solve them step-by-step. It offers guided lessons to teach coding with block-based programming.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 7, 2023

It provides a wide variety of educational videos created by teachers and students.Videos are organized into several categories such as Science, Math, History, Social Studies, Language Arts, and more. middle school, high school, elementary, college and university). You can search for videos by school level (e.g.,

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Waterford

APRIL 6, 2021

Then, discover kid-friendly books and activities about music that are perfect for elementary classrooms. How Music Affects Brain Development and Social-Emotional Learning. One study found that children who participated in musical activities had higher overall academic grades than those who did not.[2].

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

These days, school libraries often include makerspaces and librarians are becoming well-versed in the coding, robotics, engineering, and tinkering skills necessary to help students bring their ideas to fruition. Students learn how to navigate challenging situations regardless of what career field they pursue.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2020

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library was one of the book giveaway programs that obtained “impressive” results for early childhood literacy in a May 2020 analysis by international researchers. An analysis of 44 studies of book giveaway programs concludes that free stuff does work. The three programs are quite different.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Further, Johns Hopkins Medicine posits that, in addition to the estimated eight yearly colds elementary children are likely to get, they’re also prime candidates for the flu. One Yale University study found that although cold-carrying germs could be removed from surfaces like desks, they came back a few days later like unwanted houseguests.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Related: A padlocked drinking fountain, tree stump seats and a caution-taped library: See how the coronavirus has transformed schools. She was in sixth grade at Lakewood Elementary School in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, when the pandemic began in the spring. “A Credit: Corinne Livingston. I posted an assignment in [Google] Classroom.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 4, 2021

Benefits of outdoor learning: A new study released a few months ago from Finland shows that kids who go to forest daycares (or outdoor daycares) have improved immune systems, with increased T-cells and other important immune markers in their blood in just within 28 days. Image via Library of Congress. Listen to the audio below, .

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In Fairfax County, Virginia, thousands of middle school students experience what most of their peers leave behind in elementary school — recess. The activities also give his students a chance to learn how to cooperate, accept failure when it happens, and solve problems as a team, he said. “I CHANTILLY, Va. – Lane the STEM Guy.”

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

More than a dozen studies have documented that students, on average, made sluggish progress in reading during the pandemic. Estimates of just how sluggish vary. Before the pandemic, Albalicia Espino often took her 6-year-old daughter Sara to the West Dallas Library. The pandemic made a bad situation worse. Fordham Institute.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

She’s helped the students find books in the library, and she has also helped them learn some ways to navigate ways to share their knowledge through Google Slides or Wixie. Another person in our classroom really wanted to learn how to speak Spanish. Then they even started to go the library and find books for their friends.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 13, 2019

The LVP team recently partnered with ReadWorks , a nonprofit literacy organization that provides free resources, including a library of curated nonfiction and literary articles, to K-12 teachers. While further research is needed to determine how features such as these affect learning, our findings shed a promising light.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 19, 2020

Beyond the tricky technical and logistical issues involved -- not to mention equity and safety issues -- teachers are also trying to understand how to re-formulate their curriculum. Elementary Math and Science Khan Academy Kids. Elementary ELA and Social Studies Epic! Elementary Arts and Creativity Book Creator.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

You’ll find them in elementary classrooms and university lecture halls. For example, we study diseases of the human body in seventh grade. One landmark study of 85 teachers in 170 classrooms showed IWB’s impact on student achievement. In his study, this amounted to an overall 31% gain. Make time for PD.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Over the decades I have added both Educational Technology and TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language) endorsements to my elementary teaching certificate. My graduate studies focused on integrating technology across the curriculum. One evening a man from another culture asked me how to spell a specific word.

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Waterford

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

That way, they can keep track of what’s working with their students and ask for guidance from colleagues on how to work through areas of growth. Stay updated on the science of reading research through ongoing study, and share any resources you find insightful with your colleagues.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

In 2013, I was hired to teach computer science (CS) and video game design to students in grades K-5 at Monte Sano Elementary School in Huntsville, Ala. A year earlier, I had graduated with a teaching degree in elementary education. It was my first full-time teaching job. I decided I was well-positioned to help make a change.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Soft instrumental music played in the background as families walked into the gym at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School around 5:30 in the evening. In January, adults could attend two 30-minute workshops on everything from how to set limits to understanding trauma — topics the parents had suggested themselves. “I LOVELAND, Colo.

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MindShift

JULY 31, 2016

Excitement about school makerspaces has been in the air, but many educators eager to create hands-on learning spaces in their schools still aren’t sure how to get started or why it’s worth the effort. Luhtala is blessed with a big library, but for most of her career it has been dominated by large bookshelves. GETTING RID OF BOOKS.

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The Brookings Institute did a study and found that math and reading scores dropped significantly and that this disproportionately impacted students from marginalized communities. . Many suggestions have been made as to how to catch students up. The pandemic has been hard on schools, students, and yes us teachers.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 30, 2018

She is a high school library media center director in Illinois and author of the book Digital Citizenship in Action published through ISTE. We talk about all sorts of things, from how to engage as a citizen in the United States to different laws and court cases that have an impact on them. Digital Citizenship that Works.

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Turning Learning On Its Head

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

The Brookings Institute did a study and found that math and reading scores dropped significantly and that this disproportionately impacted students from marginalized communities. Many suggestions have been made as to how to catch students up. The pandemic has been hard on schools, students, and, yes us teachers.

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MindShift

MAY 17, 2021

This school year, kindergarteners learned how to turn on and off their web cameras and mute buttons alongside spelling and reading fundamentals. Courtney Miller’s son is in kindergarten at Glen Cove Elementary in Vallejo, California. Parents told her they appreciated the online library provided by the collected videos. “It

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

“Thankfully I have an amazing staff who are very seasoned … I had a number of meetings and said, ‘Here’s the problem, how do we even begin to solve it?’” Innovating on the Fly Among the earliest challenges CTOs faced was how to get thousands of laptops and tablets for students and staff?while

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