eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Today’s students, teachers, and administrative staff are facing unprecedented connectivity challenges as the 2020 school year brings more and more distance learning options. Students who don’t have access to high-quality internet service are at significant disadvantage compared to their connected peers.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 13, 2021

As K–12 educators try to adjust to a new reality, many stories in the media note a tension between maintaining academic expectations while also supporting students’ basic needs during distance learning. Students can and should continue their learning during stay-at-home mandates.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2020

For students across Texas and around the country, bridging the digital divide and providing reliable Internet connectivity that enables distance learning for students without Internet access are among the top priorities for state governments, school districts, teachers and parents alike. Many students across the U.S.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2020

As the pandemic continues to uproot conventional learning models, schools throughout the country are looking for new and effective tools to provide students with a virtual classroom experience.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Distance learning has long been a part of the education landscape. Virtual learning has become a permanent fixture in modern academia. Virtual learning has become a permanent fixture in modern academia. About National Distance Learning Week. North Mankato, Minn.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2021

Discovery Museum announced today the launch of its Feel the Force laboratory toolkit, the first offering in a new product series for K-5 remote learning called Field Trip on Tour. Teacher Resources for Distance Learning are curriculum-aligned, hands-on experiences students can do at home or in the classroom.

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eSchool News

APRIL 17, 2020

Infobase, the award-winning provider of digital reference content to the school and library community, today announced that it has created a variety of distance learning packages to help schools, colleges and universities, and public libraries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. To learn more about Infobase, visit www.Infobase.com.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Much of that money is going to devices, software, and internet access for distance learning. The challenge for education organizations here and across the country is knowing how to deploy available funding to have the biggest effect on teaching and learning. So state leaders are providing schools $5.3

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2020

One of the keys to success for any effective distance learning program is taking into account students’ personal circumstances, such as their home life, home resources, and access to technology. Related content: Digital teaching for students in special education.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

You might be wondering how this is possible—how one might actually minimize their dependence on education technology in an era of remote instruction and screen-dependent learning. But doing so is imperative if we want to re-humanize learning experiences for our students. School leaders asked: Which apps should we download?

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2020

To guide educators through this new journey of remote teaching, mindSpark Learning, a national nonprofit that provides one-of-a-kind learning experiences to educators across the globe, launched a free Distance Learning Online Toolkit. Live and on demand spotlight courses focused on online teaching and remote leadership.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2020

It’s a testament to the districtwide Nampa Personalized Learning (NPL) initiative, and one of the reasons Digital Promise and HP designated Lone Star Middle School as an HP Spotlight School in 2019. Internet access is paired with a bilingual help desk for students and parents who need technical support.

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2020

Lerner Digital is granting access to use their books to help enable librarians, teachers, and educators to help students with remote access and online learning. Click this link , to access these digital resources. Click here to access Grades PreK-5. Click here to access Grades 6-12.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2020

In recent months, I've focused on bridging the gap between in-person and distance learning. Reflecting on my own experience and seeking out teachers who are combining analog and digital tools to succeed, I've developed four tips to help educators shrink the divide between the worlds of in-person and distance learning.

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eSchool News

APRIL 27, 2020

Zoobean’s new Beanstack Distance Learning Reading Challenge, sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group, promotes independent student reading through the use of best-in-class digital learning resources with free access to the Lerner Sports Database, featuring athlete biographies using digital literacy tools that correlate with curriculum standards.

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eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2020

Boxlight Corporation a leading provider of interactive technology solutions for the global education market, is offering complimentary training, professional development, and support resources for educators transitioning to distance learning. Customized school and district PD plans are also available through Boxlight-EOS.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

IXL Learning , the K-12 personalized learning platform used by 11 million students, today announced a three-year agreement with Austin Independent School District to bring its adaptive software to approximately 70,000 students. Austin ISD is the fifth-largest school district in Texas and serves a diverse student body.

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2020

Soundtrap’s cloud-based studio offers a safe learning environment that can be accessed via any device, at any time, from any location. The Soundtrap team will work with educators to ensure access continues through the end of their semester. Everywhere across the globe, COVID-19 has presented challenges for schools and educators.

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Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2020

That’s not a new problem for educators who work with jails, prisons and juvenile detention centers, where access to learning is often limited by security concerns, technology constraints and facilities designed for incarcerating—not teaching—people. Access to libraries has been reduced at many facilities.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

It has disabled our education system, creating challenges to educational access, barriers to student academic progress and strains on teachers’ and students’ physical and emotional well-being. The challenge: Remote learning is inaccessible for my students. First, educators had to rethink infrastructure.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Many publishers waived copyright fees for use of materials in distance learning, made teaching resources freely available and aggregated useful content. Online learning platforms and other edtech tools gained traction. Publishers created no-cost licenses to enable teaching under these new circumstance.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

While the full impact has yet to be determined, the fear is that the COVID learning loss experienced during the pandemic could widen achievement gaps for those students furthest from opportunity. Related content: Study shows major learning loss for grades K-2. Some schools provided packets for distance learning.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

After listening to educators, parents and caregivers from across the country, Savvas Learning Company today introduced a range of platform enhancements and new K-12 educational products aimed at making distance learning more impactful. Savvas Realize Optimized for Distance Learning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

One big barrier to sustaining education via remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic has been students’ unequal access to advanced technology tools. Using learning material and platforms that are accessible on any device may help more students stay on track with schoolwork while they’re stuck at home.

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eSchool News

JULY 3, 2020

Before COVID-19, home internet access for all students was a goal—one that some districts even thought they had achieved. But the pandemic and forced distance learning have exposed a plethora of inequities in schools that many district leaders now see as issues they must address.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2021

One of the many challenges with distance learning is finding ways for students to engage in active and interpersonal learning experiences that increase their understanding of STEM. Related content: A device in every hand during COVID-19.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2020

As learners and their families tackle these unprecedented challenges, it is incumbent on school districts, state and local officials, and communities to ensure that students have every support and resource possible to help them learn effectively in virtual learning settings–including access to actionable, culturally-competent digital training.

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2021

The sudden transition from physical classrooms to distance learning during the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated this trend, while also shining a light on the growing reliance of students, faculty, and staff on technology. The growing edtech challenge.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2020

Distance learning is of immediate importance to schools around the world closed temporarily due to the coronavirus outbreak. BrainPOP offers hundreds of topics across all subject areas, and multiple entry points to learning. 4 Ways BrainPOP Supports Distance Learning.

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2020

Pandemic Planning for Distance Learning: Scenarios and Considerations for PreK–12 Education Leaders , a report from New America, asks just those questions. Brick to Click Learning : Districts have resumed some traditional face-to-face classes, but have the ability to quickly move to distance learning if a new wave of COVID-19 emerges.

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eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2020

Please fill out this form to verify your account and request access to Minecraft. Distance learning requires students to be engaged in content in news ways,” explains educator and Minecraft certified trainer Becky Keene. “As As they work remotely, they need to have activities and environments that motivate them to learn.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2021

In the classroom, routines support student learning and build efficiency. The same is true with online and distance learning. Providing daily or weekly to-do lists can answer common questions and help online learning work more smoothly. These lists may include items such as: • What students are learning that day or week.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2020

Numerade—a fully free online education platform founded with a mission to close the educational opportunity gap by democratizing access to extraordinary educators and content—is making it easy for teachers to support students in a distance learning environment through its “ Office Hours ” feature.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 14, 2020

The audience can use any device to access Mentimeter. It has unlimited slides per presentation and additional functionality that is useful for distance learning (e.g., Mentimeter is an interactive online presentation software that has a variety of question types to increase engagement during a presentation (in person or online).

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eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2020

Now, the presenters have encountered previously unthought-of costs like extended loaner devices, increased repair costs from home use, and distance learning options. Some are also becoming de facto internet service providers as they try to provide WiFi accessibility.

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2020

Buncee recently released their new Remote Learning Hub – a centralized collection of resources to support your remote learning needs! Classrooms affected by a school closure can have free access to all of Buncee’s premium features through the duration of their closure.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Here’s what they had to say: As many school districts remain virtual or use a hybrid model, teachers are doing everything they can to help students succeed in a distance learning environment, but at some point they will hit a wall and need help. ” – Bob Cunningham, Executive Director of Learning Development, Understood.

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