The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2016

Even proponents of educational technology admit that a lot of software sold to schools isn’t very good. But they often highlight the promise of so-called “adaptive learning” software, in which complex algorithms react to how a student answers questions, and tailor instruction to each student.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2021

Ideal for Advanced Placement ® (AP) Chemistry and college-level general chemistry, the affordable and durable Go Direct Platinum-Cell Conductivity Probe from Vernier Software & Technology helps students determine a solution’s conductivity or the total ion concentration with high accuracy and chemical compatibility.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 21, 2022

In a 2021 study by McAfee, the cyber security software company, over three-quarters of American parents wished schools would do more to educate their children about online safety. Moreover, it should begin at the elementary level, as many students 8-12 increasingly use social media sites ( Common Sense Census 2021 ).

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A few years ago, a group of scientists at Carnegie Mellon University decided to study these rapid learners to see what they are doing differently and if their strategies could help the rest of us. The study offers the hope that “anyone can learn anything they want” if they get well-designed practice exercises and put some effort into it.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2021

BEAVERTON, Oregon, June 8, 2021 — Vernier Software & Technology has enhanced its Vernier Video Analysis app with new features and now offers the accompanying Vernier Video Analysis: Motion and Sports e-book for high school and college-level introductory physics. About Vernier Software & Technology.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2018

Robert Slavin, director of the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University, recently set out to find the most effective programs to teach elementary and middle school students. But it was based on very few studies. But he also made an unexpected discovery : teaching assistants were excellent at tutoring. “In

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Waterford

APRIL 20, 2016

UPSTART combines Waterford’s adaptive, personalized learning software with a robust parent engagement program to deliver Waterford curriculum in the home. The post Study: Waterford UPSTART Participants Score Above State Averages in Later Grades appeared first on Waterford Institute.

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Waterford

APRIL 20, 2016

UPSTART combines Waterford’s adaptive, personalized learning software with a robust parent engagement program to deliver Waterford curriculum in the home. The post Study: Waterford UPSTART Participants Score Above State Averages in Later Grades appeared first on Waterford Institute.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Rise Vision, the #1 digital signage software, is excited to announce the release of its newest case study featuring Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204 (CUSD 204). This case study highlights how Indian Prairie has successfully implemented digital signage to communicate with its student body population.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 9, 2021

A novel study released by Proving Ground , part of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, found increasing ST Math use by more than 10 minutes per week correlated with higher math gains on multiple state standardized math assessments. Kathryn Kahler-Rickman Elementary School Math Teacher, LAUSD.

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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. Longer lifespan.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Pittsburgh, PA– Carnegie Learning , a leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education and formative assessment, announced today that elementary students from Buchanan County, Virginia School District achieved unprecedented reading gains using Carnegie Learning’s Fast ForWord ® reading and language program. That’s major.

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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.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Foundational literacy instruction accounts for 50 minutes of the literacy framework; this includes up to 30 minutes for core instruction and 20 minutes engaged in the aligned software. The elementary schools use Units of Study Writing as the core writing resource aligned to standards.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

More group work was associated with greater individual gains in a new study. When I first became an education journalist back in 2011, there was a lot of talk about individualized instruction, particularly by using educational software to tailor subjects for each student. Photo: Tara García Mathewson.

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EdTech4Beginners

DECEMBER 21, 2021

It became clear that in order to be an excellent student, you can’t do without independent study or self-learning skills. Today your home has become both a place for recreation and a place for work and study. Use free video recording software to record some video fragments with the consent of the teacher and analyze them.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 25, 2018

A few years ago, a group at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte received a grant from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction that paid for notebooks and software for creating a professional development program for elementary school teachers. Ensure that the Technology Enhances Learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 10, 2016

This web-based scalable program is available for elementary through high school students and can last anywhere from four weeks to a year. For students, there are CSTEM camps and competitions to showcase the robot wizardry of programmers from elementary through high school. Here’s how you get started: download the free software.

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2022

BEAVERTON, Oregon, March 31, 2022 — Leveraging standards-based instructional content and its award-winning technology, Vernier Software & Technology is announcing Vernier Connections , an innovative web-based platform to engage high school students in hands-on STEM learning and exploration. About Vernier Software & Technology.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

Programs like Century Tech use AI to study student engagement and responses in order to help teachers and education administrators understand how their students learn. Schools have already begun to adopt machine learning initiatives to help teachers and students fill learning gaps, and the results have been received well so far.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

At the heart of formative assessment is the underlying goal of meeting students where they are in their learning,” notes an anonymous study from Digital Promise. In one middle school that participated in the Digital Promise study, teachers used Microsoft Forms, which utilizes Azure to collect and analyze data. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 13, 2021

In fact, some studies have shown that students who listen to podcasts as they read the transcripts might increase their literacy skills, much like reading subtitles during videos. For students from elementary to high school, We Are Teachers offer suggestions. Fatherly recently published a list of their favorite podcasts for kids.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Roughly 3 in 10 Gen Z teens say that gaming is their favorite form of entertainment, according to a Deloitte study , and 70 percent say that gaming provides social and emotional benefits because it helps them stay connected to others. For students, esports teams are a way to make connections with peers and mentors through a shared passion.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

For districts in need of additional technologies to make hybrid classrooms successful, here's a closer look at the new funding available and how to secure it: ESSER Funds and How to Use Them The original CARES Act included an education stabilization fund called Elementary and Secondary Education Emergency Relief (ESSER).

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

It’s important to note that those impressive numbers don’t include remote students at the elementary or high school level. Using complex passwords, installing antivirus software on all devices, and eschewing public WiFi in favor of more secure channels are simple security tools that should be part of every student’s arsenal.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Anyone who studied at least a little bit of Psychology knows that students retain information better when they make a connection between a concept and their personal stories. As this study involving 15,000 students shows , there are many direct and indirect benefits of digital storytelling. Digital storytelling is no different.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 12, 2018

It helps explain the step-by-step nature of coding,” says Todd Burleson, resource center director for this Winnetka Public Schools District 36 elementary school. In District 36, “We have makerspaces in the resource centers of each elementary school, that’s where the robotics activities are happening,” Miller says. “We

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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.” By the end of second grade, students had explored mind-mapping programs and had moved on to presentation software. Google Drive organization can be its own unit of study.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

This past week, I had students modeling processors, hardware, and software using play-dough. Former secretary of education, William Bennett, says, “An elementary school that treats the arts as the province of a few gifted children, or views them only as recreation and entertainment, is a school that needs an infusion of soul.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Makerspaces and maker culture have quickly become a favorite of STEAM advocates, and new research shows that makerspaces can be highly effective at helping elementary students develop skills such as critical thinking, design thinking, and problem solving. Struggling students in particular seemed to to benefit from maker activities.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

He was speaking during a break in a city program for promising local high school students to study calculus for five hours a day throughout the summer at Northeastern University. Among the students who decide to study STEM in college, more than a third end up changing their majors , according to the U.S. Tran also loves math.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

This case study was featured in Chapter 4 of EdSurge's "State of Edtech" report. To the other 13 school/district case studies, click here. This case study was featured in Chapter 4 of EdSurge's "State of Edtech" report. To the other 13 school/district case studies, click here. We chose to go big.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The Kudan Elementary School in downtown Tokyo organized the first robot teacher testing as far back as 2009. On the contrary, it’s a whole category of different tools and software solutions that help students to become better and more productive. Robot teachers are able to work 24/7 without taking a break and don’t need a salary.

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techlearning

MAY 8, 2018

BEAVERTON, Oregon, May 8, 2018 — The new Vernier Thermal Analysis Plus for FLIR ONE app from Vernier Software & Technology allows students to use the latest versions of FLIR ONE cameras—the FLIR ONE Pro Thermal Camera and FLIR ONE Gen 3 Thermal Camera—as they study thermal energy concepts. in the App Store.

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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. Credit: Redland Elementary.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2022

Beginning next year, all DCSS high school students will receive a MacBook Air powered by Apple’s M1 chip, while all middle and elementary school students will receive an iPad and Logitech Crayon. These products will allow all students equal access to their studies in the classroom, at home, and on the go.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 2, 2019

At the elementary school, the teams tinkered with the interactive digital stories children created using Scratch, a block-based programming language. Traci Tackett, director of digital literacy at the eastern Kentucky software start-up Bit Source , points out that resilience runs deep in Kentucky Appalachia.

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