The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

The version of the tool launched this fall focused on late elementary and middle school math, with new topics planned for the future. Studies of those efforts found that students who spent just 30 minutes per week on Khan Academy under the supervision of teachers significantly improved their performance on statewide standardized tests.

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Khan Academy Classroom Training Software 133

eSchool News

MAY 25, 2015

Increasingly, makerspaces are helping students sustain interest in STEM fields. By the end of this week, five out of seven of the district’s public schools will have spaces filled with 3D printers, Legos, laptops, robots and more for hands-on learning. “Every kid deserves to find what drives them,” Pronovost said.

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Facebook Robotics Classroom STEM 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

In the foreground, music teacher Ryan Olsen operates the sound on a laptop. An annual study of Broadway and the 16 top nonprofit theaters in New York City, put out by the Asian American Performers Action Coalition, shows that from 2006 to 2016, Asian actors were hired for 3.7 Photo: Eveline Chao for The Hechinger Report.

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Dropout Elementary Report Common Core 76

techlearning

JULY 19, 2018

There are projects for elementary levels as well as project ideas for middle and high school. To see Project Based Learning lessons sorted by subject go to: PBL Language Arts Projects by grade level PBL Science Lesson Ideas by topic PBL Math Project Ideas by topic PBL Social Studies Project Ideas by grade level 7. Give it a try!

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Resources STEM Elementary Secondary 42

Fractus Learning

MARCH 2, 2017

Whether you’re a toddler or an adult, studies suggest that gaming improves basic skills like problem solving, memory and decision making. The laptop has four modes: ABC Learning, Messages, Games and Music for learning and pretend play. Don’t worry about cyber-safety, as the laptop does not connect to the internet.

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Laptops Tablets Game-Based Learning System 40

techlearning

JULY 16, 2018

Elementary may be different from high school. In fact, in elementary almost any subject can connect to ELA. There could be a unit of study in the near future where students might come up with their own questions, which might lead to their own project. Can you match it to those standards? How long should my project last?

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Strategy STEM Elementary Laptops 44

eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2015

It is difficult for the 1,200-student district to offer STEM, foreign language or Advanced Placement courses year-round. Yet every student in Piedmont is given a laptop in school and to take home and, through partnerships developed by the district, can access free or low-cost broadband 24/7. Blue Valley Public Schools (Kans.)

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

It is difficult for the 1,200-student district to offer STEM, foreign language or Advanced Placement courses year-round. Yet every student in Piedmont is given a laptop in school and to take home and, through partnerships developed by the district, can access free or low-cost broadband 24/7. Blue Valley Public Schools (Kans.)

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wwwatanabe

OCTOBER 27, 2010

You see, all week long I indulged in PBL lessons such as STEM with GPS and students doing amazing projects, projects that I aspired to do when I was still in the classroom but hadn''t quite gotten there. The second group of students worked on graphing on the laptops with the teacher. Two classrooms were using project based learning.

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Differentiated Instruction Laptops Groups Microsoft 40

Fractus Learning

APRIL 28, 2021

We create a list of creative writing prompts for kids to improve different writing styles and multiple topics that will resonate with a child in elementary school to a teen in high school. Describe a life without electronics – no smartphones, tablets, laptops… Describe a hole in the garden. Is there a future on Mars?

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Social Media Smartphone Robotics Elementary 95

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 30, 2022

At home I don’t have the motivation to get out of bed, open a laptop, and start working.”. Evan’s mother also began returning early from work to watch him study, for two-and-a-half hour stretches. “I Midway into that year his math grade hit single digits. “I I started lying a lot to my parents about doing assignments,” he said.

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Exercises Report Assessment Groups 125

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 22, 2017

This fun, visual tool lets students explore 150 different science and social studies units for elementary and middle school learners. So, imagine 175 students taking a look at one laptop screen while I’m teaching them. They’re doing awesome things to drive inquiry based learning.

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Blended Learning Social Media Company Laptops 200

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

One recent spring afternoon, about a dozen Northern Cass students working on laptops made themselves comfortable in a large classroom with mobile furniture, beanbag pillows and a plush blue couch. You are studying what you need to study at your level.”. You are studying what you need to study at your level.”

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Report Personalized Learning Assessment System 111

MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Pane is the lead author of one of the few empirical studies to date of this idea, published late last year. ” Khan Academy is a giant online library, viewed by tens of millions of people worldwide, of multiple-choice practice exercises and short instructional videos, with the strongest offerings in STEM disciplines.

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Personalized Learning Khan Academy Learning Software 34

The Innovative Educator

MAY 3, 2015

This year’s report, Digital Learning 24/7: Understanding Technology – Enhanced Learning in the Lives of Today’s Students , provides landmark findings on the efficacy and value associated with popular digital learning initiatives: blended learning, online learning, school-assigned mobile devices and STEM learning.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Because much of last year was very unpredictable, the normal content and study skills were not fully taught. During the first few months of this year, I spent a lot of time reviewing ways for the students to study, as well as making up for missing content. This is where my Wacom Intuos has been so very helpful. –Amy Gulley, M.Ed

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EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 122

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Because much of last year was very unpredictable, the normal content and study skills were not fully taught. During the first few months of this year, I spent a lot of time reviewing ways for the students to study, as well as making up for missing content. This is where my Wacom Intuos has been so very helpful. –Amy Gulley, M.Ed

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EdTech Learning Data Classroom 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

— Inside a high-ceilinged library at Northridge High School here, seniors are typing on 16-year-old laptops donated by a local Rotary Club. Norton, as the seniors in the library close their balky laptops and head to class. The students live in homes with multiple laptops, iPads, tablets, iPhones – iEverything.

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40