Accessibility, Learning Tools and Students

Lights, camera, literacy: Student-created book reviews inspire a global reading culture

eSchool News

MAY 12, 2025

students read for fun almost every day–down from 31 percent in 1984. What began as a simple classroom project to encourage reading evolved into a movement that amplified student voices, built confidence, and connected learners across cultures. Students were given creative freedom to shape their presentations. The result?

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8 fun digital learning tools for the new school year

eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2021

And because schools may move to hybrid or virtual learning despite starting in person, digital learning tools that work in the physical or virtual classroom can prove invaluable. In fact, 90 percent of teachers say they plan to use edtech tools this upcoming school year.

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8 digital learning tools for 2022

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

And because schools may move to hybrid or virtual learning despite starting in person, digital learning tools that work in the physical or virtual classroom can prove invaluable. In fact, 90 percent of teachers say they plan to use edtech tools this upcoming school year.

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K-12 Students Access 100 Million+ Digital Books from their Schools with Sora Reading App

eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2022

CLEVELAND – June 7, 2022 – Digital book access for reading and listening for K-12 students has reached a milestone. Students using the free Sora student reading app have now accessed more than 100 million books from their school’s digital collections since Sora launched in 2018.

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Edtech leaders see expanding roles as concerns over AI and cybersecurity increase

eSchool News

MAY 13, 2025

The loss of E-rate funding would cut off access to essential digital learning tools and online resources. Digital infrastructure is now the backbone of teaching, learning, and school operations–and edtech leaders are the architects holding it all together. What is your top IT concern?

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Delaware Ensures Every Student Has Digital Access to Curriculum and Choice Reading Titles

eSchool News

JULY 22, 2021

The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) announced an agreement with OverDrive Education to provide access to online books to every K-12 student in the state. Students use their school credentials to read required and recreational digital books in the Sora student reading app.

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Why Facebook engineers helped this district build a personalized learning tool

eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2015

What is the Personalized Learning Plan platform? Mira Brown: Like all public school districts, we want our students to truly be college- and career-ready upon graduation. As part of that mission, we’ve always had a personalized learning model in place for our students — even before we started developing this platform.

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Savvas Realize Earns Award for Best Remote and Blended Learning Tools

eSchool News

MARCH 10, 2021

Savvas Learning Company , a K-12 next-generation learning solutions leader, is proud to announce that Savvas Realize has earned a Tech & Learning 2021 Award of Excellence for Best Remote and Blended Learning Tools for grades K-12. Savvas Realize also won a Tech & Learning Award of Excellence in 2020. “We

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What I learned building an AI tool for my own kids (and millions more worldwide)

eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

Key points: Building an app for kids came with unique challenges A new era for teachers as AI disrupts instruction With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts For more news on AI tools for kids, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub A recent survey found that 88 percent of U.S.

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TEA Announce Free Access To Supplemental Math Computer Program for Texas

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2021

offerings, these instructional materials are optional and aligned to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)—the state standards for what grade-level knowledge and skills students should possess. program and ensure access to dynamic learning opportunities for students across the state.” Like other THL 3.0

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3 steps to a more accessible classroom

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Suddenly, all my students were looking at the screen with wide eyes, eager to watch the video. In my first-grade classroom, a third of my students were learning English as a second language. All my students were learning how to read, and the captions helped them connect the audio to the visual representation of text.

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9 ways collaborative learning benefits teachers and students

eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been around for many years, but the introduction of ChatGPT in November 2022 has generated many discussions of how this technology can impact education – both how students learn and how educators teach. Students may know how to use some technology, but not all. Most of the time, this is not true.

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Use Personalized Learning Tools to Boost Classroom Equity

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Use Personalized Learning Tools to Boost Classroom Equity. As personalized learning continues to gain momentum across the U.S., more states, districts and schools are moving toward a competency-based education system that focuses on individualized learning and classroom equity. eli.zimmerman_9856. Thu, 09/27/2018 - 15:46.

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Students need freedom to develop critical skills with edtech

eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2023

After decades of working with educational technology, I’ve come to the realization that technology will have its greatest impact in the classroom when educators allow learners to use digital technology as a self-directed learning tool. Similarly, today’s digital tools can be used to replace repetitive and rote mental tasks.

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5 digital resources to inspire curiosity and engage students

eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2024

During that time, I have enjoyed working with the staff, students, parents, and community members to thoughtfully integrate technology into the classrooms. As educators, it is incumbent upon us to spark students’ curiosity so that they will engage with instruction. Students love them because they are interesting and engaging.

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3 ways to strengthen your student data privacy compliance strategy

eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2021

To proactively thwart these attempts to steal student data, states such as New York are passing legislation that requires school districts to adhere to stipulated student data privacy compliance regulations. Continuously monitor what your students and teachers are using on their school devices.

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How instructional audio amps up physical education classes

eSchool News

MAY 19, 2025

Clear verbal and nonverbal communication build trust and respect, making students feel heard and helping them more effectively develop motor skills. These grab and go units include wireless microphones that teachers and students use to amplify their voices as they move about a room.

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Students need–and deserve–a globalized curriculum

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Key points: In preparing students for the modern workforce, think globally A globalized curriculum helps children learn without barriers See related article: 10 things schools need to do to build students’ networks For more news on global learning, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page Learning should be lifelong.

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Lax NYC school cell phone policies put burden on teachers, leave students confused

eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

Some teachers create their own rules, from zero-tolerance approaches like confiscation to more relaxed policies like allowing phones unless a class devolves into chaos, according to Stephan Menasche, a senior at the 3,400-student school in Queens. But even some critics of phones understand why students want to hold onto their devices.

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Los Angeles Unified School District Chooses ClassVR from Avantis Education to Bring Immersive Virtual Reality Learning to Students

eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Chicago — Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles Unified) has chosen ClassVR from Avantis Education, a global leader in educational virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) technology, to introduce groundbreaking immersive learning experiences to students.

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Digital On-Demand Class Sets for Required Curriculum Books Now Available in Sora Student Reading App

eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2022

CLEVELAND – To help educators provide students with the books they need as efficiently as possible, OverDrive Education announced the new On-Demand Class Set digital access model for curriculum titles. Rostering a list of students is not required, so schools can purchase the approximate number of class sets they think they’ll need.

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Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams for Education: Find the Blended Learning Tool that Works Best

EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams for Education: Find the Blended Learning Tool that Works Best. While both have similar features, they each offer unique tools that suit some classrooms better than others. . Both Microsoft Teams and Google Classroom offer a core package of tools that cover classroom essentials.

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‘Too many apps for that’ in schools

eSchool News

APRIL 28, 2025

With a universe of educational applications available, the study highlights how the proliferation of individual, poorly integrated digital tools in many districts is impacting students, parents, teachers, and district leaders. ” This press release originally appeared online.

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Sora “Content Bundles” Feature Empowers Educators to Easily Reserve Digital Books for Specific Students

eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2022

This new feature allows educators to reserve and bundle digital books from their school’s Sora collection, offering exclusive access for select students based on specific scenarios. This provides us with so many options to filter content to meet specific district, classroom and learning needs.”. Learn more about Content Bundles.

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Edtech orgs outline quality indicators to vet edtech, AI

eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2024

This process aims to help schools quickly and reliably select and implement edtech tools, said ISTE CEO Richard Culatta during the opening of ISTELive 24 in Denver. “It is far too challenging for schools to determine if an edtech product is of sufficient quality to be used by teachers and students.

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Lexia PowerUp Literacy Wins Best Personalized/Adaptive Learning Tool

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The company’s highly-regarded Lexia® Core5® Reading (Core5) was also named a finalist in the category for Best Literacy App or Tool. This is the fourth year of the Tech Edvocate Awards, which recognizes outstanding edtech products that support students across the Pre-K-20 sector by catering to identified classroom and learning needs.

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A district gets creative as it distributes iPads to students during lockdown

eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, and that means educators across the globe are still finding inventive and innovative ways to support and teach students in classrooms, during hybrid instruction, and in virtual settings. Keep reading to discover how this district keeps learning going in the middle of a global pandemic.

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Digital testing, AI, and personalized learning in 2025

eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2025

Key points: Education in 2025 will prioritize the unique needs of each student more than ever before Information literacy is key in the age of AI Where AI and multimodal learning will go in 2025 For more news on digital trends, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub 2024 has been a transformative year within education.

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16 educators share their digital learning strategies

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Digital learning tools are invaluable when they’re used by confident educators. In fact, when used appropriately, digital and mobile learning resources engage students–and they can even help boost achievement. Most importantly, my students are able to track their individual progress on the program.

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New NetSupport Classroom Management Platform: classroom.cloud Keeps Students on Task, Whether in School or Remote

eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2021

With classroom.cloud, a teacher can launch a learning tool or open a website for every student in the class at the same time or bring individual students back on task when they have wandered away from the lesson whether they’re in the classroom or at home or somewhere in between.

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New McGraw Hill Assessment Solution Helps Teachers Support Students Who Have Fallen Behind Following COVID-19 Disruptions

eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2020

As teachers prepare for classes to resume this fall, McGraw Hill today announced the launch of McGraw Hill Rise , a new reading and math supplement with embedded assessment and personalization to help educators identify and address individual learning gaps for each student. this fall. . . this fall. . . McGraw Hill.

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Post-pandemic, a new era of teaching and learning

eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2025

As schools closed their doors, remote learning became the primary mode of instruction, accelerating edtech’s role in classrooms. Digital tools, once mainly supplementary for many schools, became essential for delivering lessons, facilitating communication, and maintaining student engagement.

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3 online resources to encourage student career planning

eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2024

One of the schools I serve is a CTE high school and I am always on the hunt for new tools to prepare these students for their future careers. But there’s a disconnect between what students know they want to learn and what they do learn. I help make the learning last by utilizing the turnkey worksheets.

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Tips for Supporting Students With Special Needs Using Technology

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

As you prepare for the holiday break and then a new year, it’s a great time to think about resources available in your classes for students with special needs. To effectively support these students, you can start by understanding each student’s unique challenges and strengths.

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3 ways to build better edtech processes for teaching and learning

eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2021

It quickly became apparent that reliable virtual learning tools were a must-have for teachers to be productive. However, classroom technology is only valuable if it builds a positive learning environment. Solutions must also be scalable for successful reiteration on the technology itself, based on research, data, and analysis.

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Baked-in bias or sweet equity: AI’s role in motivation and deep learning

eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Key points: It is critical to monitor AI systems for bias and impact on student groups AI use guide helps students navigate AI in learning AI’s transformative role in accessibility For more news on AI and bias, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub In the quickly evolving landscape of AI, education stands at the forefront.

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6 ways you’re already using AI in the classroom

eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

But while generative AI tools like ChatGPT have dominated conversations for the past year, there are many classroom tools that have quietly used AI to deliver personalized and targeted learning to students. This includes on-demand tutoring along with AI tools that offer feedback on written work.

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Prioritizing inclusivity in game-based learning

eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2024

Designing for Inclusion, Designing for All: A mindset shift and practical approaches to further your journey toward inclusive design in EdTech , illustrates how inclusive design practices can improve any edtech solution by providing educational experiences that are more flexible, customizable, and meaningful for all students.

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3 things to consider when designing digital learning experiences

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2024

However, if digital content is created without consideration of accessibility, visual processing, and basic design principles, the message we are trying to communicate can get lost, or worse, misinterpreted. Use online tools. Try choosing one powerful image with carefully aligned text of different sizes or colors. Keep it simple.

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Edtech trends are enabling more diverse learning

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

It comprises the whole world of computer-aided education and training, along with the use of digital tools and resources. Students learn at different rates, and from diverse ways. Efficient reading is best for some students to gain knowledge, while others rely more on audio visual materials.

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A look at AI use in schools across the country

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Iredell-Statesville Schools allows some use among teachers, but not students.” ” Looking closer at North Carolina, Pitt County Schools adopted a color-coded AI use system to help students determine if their use of AI tools is acceptable, or if a given assignment is best completed in an AI-free manner.

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The COVID crisis reminds us that education requires co-creation

eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2020

Unfortunately, not every child grows up in circumstances that easily provide them access to all of those opportunities. If families and caregivers have access to technology, books, and other learning tools, they’re much more likely to be able to provide those experiences to children.

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3 steps we’re taking to ensure true digital equity

eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Across the nation, school districts are investing in one-to-one computing programs and supplying digital devices for their students to use as learning tools. We’re a very diverse community, with a significant population of economically disadvantaged students. 1) High-speed internet access at home as well as school.

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Lights, camera, literacy: Student-created book reviews inspire a global reading culture

8 fun digital learning tools for the new school year

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8 digital learning tools for 2022

K-12 Students Access 100 Million+ Digital Books from their Schools with Sora Reading App

Edtech leaders see expanding roles as concerns over AI and cybersecurity increase

Delaware Ensures Every Student Has Digital Access to Curriculum and Choice Reading Titles

Why Facebook engineers helped this district build a personalized learning tool

Savvas Realize Earns Award for Best Remote and Blended Learning Tools

What I learned building an AI tool for my own kids (and millions more worldwide)

TEA Announce Free Access To Supplemental Math Computer Program for Texas

3 steps to a more accessible classroom

9 ways collaborative learning benefits teachers and students

Use Personalized Learning Tools to Boost Classroom Equity

Students need freedom to develop critical skills with edtech

5 digital resources to inspire curiosity and engage students

3 ways to strengthen your student data privacy compliance strategy

How instructional audio amps up physical education classes

Students need–and deserve–a globalized curriculum

Lax NYC school cell phone policies put burden on teachers, leave students confused

Los Angeles Unified School District Chooses ClassVR from Avantis Education to Bring Immersive Virtual Reality Learning to Students

Digital On-Demand Class Sets for Required Curriculum Books Now Available in Sora Student Reading App

Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams for Education: Find the Blended Learning Tool that Works Best

Popular Ebooks and Audiobooks Keep Students Reading All Summer Long

‘Too many apps for that’ in schools

Sora “Content Bundles” Feature Empowers Educators to Easily Reserve Digital Books for Specific Students

Edtech orgs outline quality indicators to vet edtech, AI

Lexia PowerUp Literacy Wins Best Personalized/Adaptive Learning Tool

A district gets creative as it distributes iPads to students during lockdown

Digital testing, AI, and personalized learning in 2025

16 educators share their digital learning strategies

New NetSupport Classroom Management Platform: classroom.cloud Keeps Students on Task, Whether in School or Remote

New McGraw Hill Assessment Solution Helps Teachers Support Students Who Have Fallen Behind Following COVID-19 Disruptions

Post-pandemic, a new era of teaching and learning

3 online resources to encourage student career planning

Tips for Supporting Students With Special Needs Using Technology

3 ways to build better edtech processes for teaching and learning

Baked-in bias or sweet equity: AI’s role in motivation and deep learning

6 ways you’re already using AI in the classroom

Prioritizing inclusivity in game-based learning

3 things to consider when designing digital learning experiences

Edtech trends are enabling more diverse learning

A look at AI use in schools across the country

The COVID crisis reminds us that education requires co-creation

3 steps we’re taking to ensure true digital equity

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