eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2023

Featuring short videos in English and Spanish that are paired with ready-to-use instructional activities, this exciting new content brings compelling natural science phenomena alive for students.   10 new learning games from Arcademics.

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eSchool News

JULY 21, 2023

In addition, district educators will receive in-depth professional learning opportunities that will help them integrate their new resources into instruction and create engaging lessons that prepare students for success beyond the classroom. Each lesson begins by posing a question commonly asked by young students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 16, 2023

I’ve used flipped classrooms in my Middle School classes. That’s why this article from EdSurge caught my attention: Does ‘Flipped Learning’ Work? After the initial excitment that somthing changed, it fell into a routine with not much better results than any other teaching method. But not worse, either.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2022

12 Tips for Teaching Middle School Tech. Remote Learning: Tips for Thriving in This Ecosystem. It’s Here–the High School Technology Curriculum! What is Actively Learn and Why Should I Try it? Education Galaxy–Personalized Learning That’s Fun. Tech Tip #34: My Program Froze. Top 10 Reviews .

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Community-based learning encourages students to find and solve local issues. And the related place-based learning sees students explore the history and culture of their own region. The concepts inherent to active learning are not new. Many schools are still wedded to the test scores, drill and kill.”

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

However, I am hopeful that this year we will witness a renewed commitment towards providing resources, policies, and initiatives that cater to English Language Learners and promote multilingualism in schools. We are excited to expose our students to all that coding and robotics can offer, and encourage project-based, active learning.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 3, 2019

Ground your refresh in research on how students learn. The University of Minnesota has done compelling work on the impact of active-learning classrooms, and the World Economic Forum’s “The Future of Jobs Report: 2018” illuminates skills students will need for successful careers. How Do We Avoid Design for Design’s Sake?

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

After a few of the district’s schools participated in a pilot program with the digital reading platform Actively Learn, Stanley got a look at teacher surveys and other program details. “I How do we prepare students to do that more actively? The Actively Learn platform provides opportunity for both approaches.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 19, 2023

Thanks to the efforts of many devoted professionals and the financial support of more, there are a wide variety of free/inexpensive sources for books that students can use for classroom activities as well as pleasure. Elementary and middle school children can read the books or have them read aloud to them.

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eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2021

One example is Todd Leff, a CS and technology teacher who has been teaching programming at Kingsview Middle School in Maryland. The CoderZ professional development program has received a lot of positive feedback from teachers who have taken it.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Incorporate mindfulness into lessons: Introduce brief mindfulness or meditation activities during online classes to help students manage stress and improve concentration. Promote physical activity : Encourage students to stay physically active, even when learning from home.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 10, 2019

3D printing also supports inclusion efforts for students of various learning styles and improves collaboration and speaking skills. Jody Britten, a senior associate at the Metiri Group , talked about how 3D technologies and data visualization tools lead to better learning outcomes with EdTech.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2023

Though there are a number of strong language programs across the country, a 2016 report published by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences showed evidence of declines in foreign language course offerings in elementary schools and middle schools over the years. You don’t necessarily need to leave the U.S.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2021

They also provide tutoring classes for children to be ‘college-ready,’ and now they are moving from passive to active learning with their ‘ FutureSchool ’ concept.” Among them: How will products originally developed for the consumer market fit the needs of schools, particularly those that serve disadvantaged students?

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2023

It can answer questions, explain concepts, and engage in interactive dialogue, promoting active learning and deeper understanding. Generate activity ideas that I can use for a 20-minute activity. Generate activity ideas that I can use for a five-minute activity.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2019

Sara Rowe and Lennelle Gilpin, who teach middle school geography in Wentzville, Mo., Michael Milton, a high school history teacher in Burlington, Mass., recalls a childhood love of mystery novels, piecing together clues and what we might call today active learning.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Participating in even one or two PLI professional learning courses has an impact on learning outcomes. For example, middle school math teachers who participated in two PLI sessions saw their students’ math scores on state standardized assessments (SBAC) improve by 6 percent on average.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2023

It can answer questions, explain concepts, and engage in interactive dialogue, promoting active learning and deeper understanding. Generate activity ideas that I can use for a 20-minute activity. Generate activity ideas that I can use for a five-minute activity.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

First, we need to ensure that we are offering strong, evidence-based code instruction beyond the grades where those skills used to be actively taught. We absolutely should leverage technology as a learning partner in 2023. As such, educators will need to focus intently on building these skills in young readers.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 30, 2015

STEM should be a catalyst for active learning. Peek Into a STEM Classroom: Hoover High School. Pleasant Middle School. We need to do a better job of attaching learning standards to our STEM activities – we want to see learning progression occurring. Kim Reynolds & Mary Andringa.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Classrooms throughout the district are outfitted equitably with technology and have an adequate infrastructure teachers need for engaging learning environments. Hess ensured teachers were prepared and informed about ways to utilize their new classrooms.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2018

So they're partnering together to redesign high school to bring active learning into a high-school curriculum. So, how can we redesign middle school where kids could take that entrepreneurial energy and actually put it into practice? Then, in eighth grade, they would launch startups within school.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

When you ask people what the flipped classroom is, they automatically go to the videos,” says Ryan Hull, a Kansas middle school teacher who has been flipping his social studies classes for the past six years. “I The promise of more time for active learning is key to the flipped appeal, its fans say.

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