eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Nearly 5,800 students attend classes at one of the district’s eight elementary schools, two middle schools, and high school. When the district’s schools were forced to transition to online learning in March 2020, access to devices was paramount. All the schools worked together to pool available laptops and iPads.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 1, 2021

Many schools have proceeded through various stages of student tech, from BYOD (‘Bring Your Own Devices’) to iPads, to Chromebooks. However, despite the technology, many educators often have difficulty offering flexibility and spontaneity within their blended learning instruction. Ways To Use The XP-Pen For Learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Working in conjunction with the Michigan Department of Education and Emmy Award Winning Director, Allyson Rockwell, the Mason-Lake and Oceana ISDs are working on a documentary film chronicling the success in the pilot kindergarten and second grade iPad classrooms in Ludington, Michigan.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2021

On April 20, Kentwood Elementary in Los Angeles opened its doors to students. Lola sat in a room with her classmates while her teacher, who was home for medical reasons, taught them online. “I’m At Creekside Elementary in Durham, North Carolina, kindergarten enrollment is down by 35 students. Credit: Jenna Conway.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 7, 2019

Portable computing power offers learning advantages in virtually any educational environment. Yet, iPads and Chromebooks have their limitations. Elementary school students have the least access to personal devices, at 71%. Or any combination of tech for your school’s ideal 21st-century learning space.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

That changed when his school district in Fairfield County, South Carolina, switched to online learning during the pandemic. Online, he has no problem asking the teacher a question,” said Woodward. who is working on a federally funded study of online learning in three Southern states. Why is she happier? “I

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Two student at Greenville’s Em Boyd Elementary, work on a science project on an iPad. He used that money to buy enough laptops and iPads for every high school student to have their own device, and for every elementary and middle school student to have access to a device in their classroom. Photo: Jackie Mader.

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EdTechTeacher

JULY 2, 2015

Avra: I began my career in education as an elementary classroom teacher – teaching 3rd grade and Kindergarten, but I spent the bulk of my career as a technology coordinator and teacher in a small district outside of DeKalb, Illinois. Q: How did you learn about EdTechTeacher? Q: What are you up to for the rest of the Summer?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Online learning platforms varied by teacher and class. Navigation tools on the iPads issued by the New York City Department of Education were kludgy and complicated. Add in some inconsistent Wi-Fi and the school’s expectations for our students became downright mean.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 4, 2012

In my district I have been involved with a big push to get kids learning about social media and their digital selves as early as possible. We worked the parents to help them understand the same and to help them see that social media and online learning can be beneficial for even kids that young.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2016

Administrators build in regularly scheduled coding for students in select elementary schools, with students utilizing Code.org curriculum to enhance and deepen their critical thinking skills. Highline Public Schools is committed to pioneering a pre-K-12 coding pathway that provides access to coding for all students.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

That’s what led me to thinking through school options last year, with the help of a lovely school psychologist at our neighborhood elementary school in Brooklyn. They got him an iPad and they set up a Google Meet. Credit: Kavitha Rajagopalan. And we would have to instruct him ourselves. Still, they valiantly worked with me to help him.

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MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

For 6-year-old Sadie Hernandez, the first day of online school started at her round, wooden kitchen table in Jacksonville, Fla. She turned on an iPad and started talking to her first grade teacher, Robin Nelson. “Are you ready to do this online stuff?” “Yeah,” Sadie responds. ” “Kind of.”

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

In July 2020, the district received federal stimulus relief funding that allowed it to invest about $1 million to purchase iPads for children in preschool through grade three and Chromebooks for older students. Due to supply chain delays, the district finished distributing devices in January 2021.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Code Kingdoms - One of my favorite sites for learning how to program (Javascript) by drag-n-dropping blocks of code (i.e Also, has an abundance of lesson plans and students can learn how to create their own Minecraft style game. Students can also work on their STEM skills and learn the basics of programming.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2020

Katie Crook, Newington Elementary School’s only ESOL teacher, didn’t hear back from many of the parents she texted early on, perhaps because of literacy issues. But even their best efforts have some educators worried, especially those who teach English to speakers of other languages (ESOL). This story also appeared in PBS Newshour.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

For example, Tressa Norris, a library media specialist at Joppa View Elementary School, recently worked with second-graders on multimedia presentations about American symbols to bolster a unit about patriotism being taught by their classroom teacher. And if it bombs, it’s not on you.”. So far, it seems to be working.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

More info on Harvard online degree programs and certificates. Students can graduate from high school with dual credit then get the rest of their college experience entirely online. Swivl - Apparatus that lets you use an iPad to video record a lecture or presentation. Moves the camera to follow presenter around the room.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Educators in the suburban Chicago North Shore School District 112 retooled after determining that many of the available tech devices weren’t good enough to handle constant use during distance learning, says Superintendent Michael Lubelfeld. million toward new iPads for every student in K-5 and all staff pre-K-8. The district put $1.6

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Thursday, October 23rd at 3pm Webinar: Online Learning for Inclement Weather , Join the discussion! In this session, three districts will share how they implemented online learning options to make up snow days. For more information, click here. Register at [link].

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Amanda Amtmanis, an elementary physical education instructor in Middletown, Connecticut, handed out cards with QR codes to a class of third graders, and told them to start running. Amanda Amtmanis, the PE instructor at Macdonough Elementary, hands a fifth grader a card with a QR code for tracking her mileage. Whoa, look at Dominic!”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2012

Burton Creating Student ePortfolios by Melissa Green Creative Learning Environments Promote Creative Thinking by Gail Casey Digital Authentic Assessment by Kati Searcy Digital Media Festivals for Elementary Students by Kass Bates Directing the Moral Compass: Teaching Digital Citizenship for Social Justice by Lesley Farmerr Enhancing Teacher Learning (..)

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 3, 2012

In my district I have been involved with a big push to get kids learning about social media and their digital selves as early as possible. We worked with the parents to help them understand the same, and to help them see that social media and online learning can be beneficial for even kids that young.

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Graphite Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Examples of services like this include many EdTech products out there, including Edmodo, Remind, ClassDojo, Schoology, most digital text offerings from traditional publishers like Pearson and McGraw Hill, learning programs like Agilix Buzz, and app ecosystems like Amplify tablets, iPads, and Chromebooks.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Many elementary school teachers have had the experience of asking a question, seeing many hands in the air, but then calling on a student who says he forgot. The iPad lessons focus on typical working memory games that require students to remember the order of things, progressively getting harder as the game develops.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

MDR reports a “surge,” with 1:1 schools most likely to be high schools (41 percent), then middle schools (37 percent) and finally elementary (22 percent). And when learning remotely, 56 percent of teachers said student devices were Chromebooks, far and away outpacing tablets like iPads (16 percent) and other mobile computing devices.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Along with Rose, I contacted a middle and an elementary school teacher to see how they are faring. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning. In the meantime, some school districts have decided that providing virtual learning may not be worth the effort. And now it’s all taken away.” said Glick. “I

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

" Tagged on: March 19, 2017 Technology switch leaves some upset | Columbia Daily Tribune → Battle High School students and teachers have had iPads since the school opened in 2013. But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2020

But while many districts around the country have moved to remote learning platforms like Google Classroom, Coe was using the school’s copy machine to put together printed packets for his students to take home. In this rural Tennessee county of just 12,000 residents, online learning simply isn’t an option for most families.

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Kathy Schrock

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

There was a small research study from 2015 by Iaosanurak, Chanchalor and Murphy that piqued my interest entitled “ Social and emotional learning around technology in a cross-cultural, elementary classroom. ” 1 The overview of the process of this study would not be hard to replicate in a classroom using online tools and/or apps.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

In tiny Foster, Rhode Island, teachers at Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School use high-tech methods to teach a largely rural, off-the-grid population. Down Route 6, not far from the Shady Acres Restaurant and Dairy, is Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. PROVIDENCE, R.I.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2020

And though the school is swapping out the devices for iPads, which are more accessible to kids with disabilities, there weren’t enough for all students, he said. Though his students learn from home, Albert Morales is still delivering instruction from his classroom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Shedding light on Multimodality - Lucia Bodeman 6:00pm KEYNOTE: Rafael Parente 7:00pm iAuthor a Global iBook on the iPad by Meg Wilson Around the World in Nearly 80 Days - Sonya Van Schaijik Direct Your Own Learning - Edna Sackson Mentoring is not just for novices - Tamas Lorincz Picture Perfect Apps - Tia Simmons 8:00pm Attending to Student Narratives: (..)

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

This internet speed, enough to use email and host a small group video call, accommodates just a fraction of the tools needed for online learning. If she wasn’t at home because she was running errands in nearby Gallup, she would receive a notification from teachers at Thoreau Elementary School when her kids didn’t show up to class. “If

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Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Tagged on: March 1, 2017 School board approves computer science immersion program | KSFY → The Sioux Falls (SD) school board voted to sign a 5-year contract with Code to the Future to create a computer science immersion program at three elementary schools in the district.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

Pretty sure this is the best MOOC story of the week: “ Russian Underground Launches Online Courses in Card Fraud ,” Infosecurity Group reports. Via Business Insider : “Online learning may be the future of education – we compared 4 platforms that are leading the way.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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