eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

But it’s not all bad–educators found success as they dedicated their efforts to improving student engagement and achievement, creating community-based approaches to learning, and inspiring students to become lifelong learners. Students are not just passively learning math; they’re actively participating.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2024

However, studies suggest that a significant percentage of students feel disengaged in their learning, posing a challenge for educators. As teachers strive to adapt their instructional methods to nurture student curiosity and drive deeper student engagement, the principles outlined in Teach Like A Pirate offer valuable insights.

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eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2024

Let’s take a look at some of the latest online learning trends: Is online learning really effective? Flexible, hybrid learning is key to student success. Schools should reimagine the learning processes and leverage in-person and hybrid learning to help students achieve the best possible results. The short answer: Yes.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The district loaded up on engaging tools to help teachers and students connect and collaborate—TVs in classrooms, whiteboarding devices, and wireless HDMI to name a few. Serendipity struck when Vivi , an Australia-based classroom engagement solution, reached out to Rugg offering a demo. Wait, TVs to Support Collaboration?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Today Liberty Hill has Vivi installed throughout its three elementary schools. I think the students are more on task when you're among them,” she adds. In the Vivi menu, they can offer to present their work with a virtual hand raise; Troy can see all her students’ names on her screen, and knows who is offering to present.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Almost half of students who responded to the survey are engaged with school (47%), with approximately one-fourth “not engaged” (29%) and the remainder “actively disengaged” (24%).A A closer look at the data by grade level reveals a disturbing trend.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

Since 2020, three things have become clearer than ever: Our students of color, English learners and students with disabilities have faced a disparate impact on their educational experience from COVID-19. Recently, EdSurge spoke with Regina Meeks , an elementary math and ELA teacher in North Carolina. How can I make it fun?

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MindSpark

JUNE 7, 2022

“I’ve found it helpful to think of culture as a tool that doesn't so much anticipate how people will act. Dr.Stembridge argues that culturally responsive education is all about meeting students where their culture is and allowing THEM to express it.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

BILLUND, Denmark — To celebrate the second annual World Play Day, LEGO® Education is inspiring teachers to experience purposeful play firsthand by giving students and teachers Permission to Play. Once you see students engaged and learning through play, it clicks and the question goes from how to how do we add more?”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2023

What if teachers had the ability to personalize lessons around the topics students care most about — in the moment? Choice Texts leverages the power of artificial intelligence to create custom reading passages and comprehension questions for each student based on their own choices and interests. Image Credit: eSpark. Amy Lower Ms.

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Discovery Education

MAY 14, 2023

Check out what’s trending in EdTech news! The Simplest Elementary School Science EdTech Every day, educators are using digital resources to meaningfully support science teaching and learning—and the best EdTech tools are the ones that are easy to use. Here’s some recent news on the Tech in EdTech!

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Student Mental Health (Including Anxiety and Depression). Recently, I had to educate myself on the current trends in helping students who are anxious, depressed, worried, or just need guidance about the future. Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education.

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Waterford

JANUARY 23, 2020

While it can be hard to keep up with every trend in educational technology, the mindset you have when it comes to classroom tech matters just as much as which ones you use. By learning to view it as a means of enhancing your lessons and resources, you can provide your students with tools and opportunities they may not otherwise access.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

When the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders at Golden Grove Elementary School in Palm Beach County, FL pad around the classroom in their (possibly) smelly socks, everyone cheers. It’s not because these students and teachers have a peculiar penchant for fetid footsies. Flashlight reading at Golden Grove Elementary School.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2022

We’ll also see a greater increase in educators looking for solutions for their students with challenging behaviors and looking for tools like DESSA to help schools design interventions for students in specific social emotional competencies.” With higher engagement students will spend more time learning.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2023

What do all these new tools and technologies have in common? In K-12 schools, students are facing an onslaught of emerging technologies — new developments arrive by the day — and yet we’re still teaching many of our core school subjects as if our daily lives are unchanged by these tools. We need to reverse this trend, quickly.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Her private school in Toronto, Ontario, had made the transition admirably well, she thought, but she wondered what online tools existed to supplement her studies, and how she’d find the best options. She was also curious how students were faring in other schools. “I But I was wrong.”. Joffe saw an entrepreneurial opportunity.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

It’s a conduit for staying abreast of the latest educational trends, resources, and technologies. For instance, a study by Louis and Marks reveals that schools with strong professional communities not only enhance student achievement and classroom organization but also lead to greater student engagement and reduced learning disparities.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of education, the concepts of portfolio and portfolio assessment have garnered significant attention as comprehensive tools for evaluating student growth. traditional forms of objective, timed assessments are “inadequate for decisions involving student progress” (p.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology’s near-constant change. Currently, the Visualization Tool includes information for 286 organizations. million “Best Technology for Schools” grant program. Read more.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 31, 2017

Creating a Student-Centered Library Where Kids Love to Learn with Micki Uppena (Show #23). Formative Assessment Tools and Tips with Monica Burns (Show #37). 5 Tech Tools to Try in 2017 with Jennifer Gonzalez (Show #20). 5 Ideas to Improve Student Writing with Jennifer Serravallo (Show #10).

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Edthena

JANUARY 15, 2021

Education researchers Laureen Cervone Avery and Patricia Martinez-Miller (2007) describe classroom walkthroughs as a tool that should “drive a cycle of continuous improvement by focusing on the effects of instruction.” Ultimately the person observing is able to identifying trends in teaching and learning across the set of classrooms.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 7, 2019

They ask: Why fund a computer lab when students carry computing power with them from class to class? Why take time from core subjects to teach computing when students have this everywhere learning tool? It’s a case of the right tool for the job. This, in fact, is an ongoing trend.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Now the middle school, along with two of the district’s other elementary schools and its high school, have makerspaces.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

I attempted a schoolwide action research project this past year around literacy and engagement. We used three strategies to assess growth from fall to spring: Instructional walk trends, student engagement surveys, and digital student portfolios. ASCD Arias). .

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Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

I attempted a schoolwide action research project this past year around literacy and engagement. We used three strategies to assess growth from fall to spring: Instructional walk trends, student engagement surveys, and digital student portfolios. ASCD Arias). .

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edWeb.net

MAY 24, 2022

Learning how to best incorporate social-emotional learning (SEL) into classroom instruction was the subject of the edLeader Panel, “ Powerful Strategies for Embedding SEL Across the Curriculum ,” which was led by Dr. Tammy Cruz, an instructional coach for elementary schools at Kenosha Unified School District in Wisconsin.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2017

Engagement in technology-free classes was waning and while the deputy superintendent for Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District (POB) didn’t want students using technology just for the sake of technology—she wanted her schools and students to be future-ready.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

There exist major gaps in teacher knowledge and the availability of curricular tools to support this type of learning. We need to help educators and students better understand the power grid system, how it impacts them and the changes that are coming, including renewables, storage, and electric vehicles. As the U.S.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 18, 2018

This is just a snapshot of what today’s science classroom can look like with thoughtful integration of digital tools. Many classrooms have access to devices that would allow students to collect data just like a scientist would in a modern-day laboratory setting. What are some tools and examples I can use in my classroom?

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Linways Technologies

APRIL 10, 2019

Now students wait for their results and plan ahead for what stream or course they want to pursue and which institution they want to join. Parental & peer pressure, industry trends etc. Students discontinuing courses is also one of the major concerns of higher educational institutions. So that’s not it. So will that be all?

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

Students are already using artificial intelligence tools, so now is the time for educators to catch up by learning how AI can improve teaching and learning, says Julianne Ross-Kleinmann, an Instructional Data Analysis and Technology Specialist with Ulster County BOCES. Elementary-level STEM education fosters our future innovators.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2019

We used the eleot (Effective Learning Environments Observation Tool) to take a snapshot of what was happening in classrooms. We saw classrooms weren’t engaging; teachers were teaching at low levels, and teachers weren’t checking for student understanding. We’re also a 1:1 district where every student has an iPad.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

Along with a 1:1 goal, comes the deluge of edtech tools, software, and applications into classrooms. Schwab said, “There are many tools out there, but many make it super difficult for schools to see how they are using the tools that they are paying money [for]. Data Analytics. Professional Development. Data Privacy.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Consider this post (light on analysis, heavy on the archiving of primary source material) one for the wonks, students, and historians. Federal Program Evaluations and Program-Related Reports: National Educational Technology Trends Study (NETTS). the more detailed program rules, as determined by the U.S. Department of Education video.

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Linways Technologies

MARCH 13, 2020

Usage of tools, application of theorems etc are. This usually includes testing the memory on terminology, facts, conventions, trends and sequences, classifications and. Here, students should be able to break down knowledge into it’s. elementary modules to draw connections between ideas and utilize. Psychomotor objectives.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

If this small district, despite all the challenges, can find a way to keep students engaged outside the four walls of a classroom, it may shine a light on how other districts can make virtual schools work as well. Overall, 190 students are now enrolled in Fairfield’s Virtual Academy, taught by 40 teachers.

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