eSchool News

JULY 1, 2024

Inclusivity and Belonging : Creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all students, particularly in diverse and rural areas, is vital for student success. Access to Resources : Providing students with access to educational tools and extracurricular activities helps bridge the gap caused by socio-economic disparities.

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2023

This renewed collaboration ensures students and teachers in the district’s K-5 classrooms will continue to use the company’s award-winning Mystery Science service to drive deeper student engagement in science instruction. Also, all AMSD educators enjoy access to the Discovery Educator Network.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2025

For example, in my coursework, I introduce a collaborative, screen-free robotics activity that aligns with the ISTE Standards for Students. Teams document their final code with a photograph before progressing to the next part of the activity. ISTE Standard for Students 1.1 ISTE Standard for Students 1.4.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Among the new content and resources now available to users of Discovery Education Experience are: Ready-To-Teach Lessons Enhancing Curriculum Built around research-based instructional strategies, these new ready-to-teach lessons and activities target critical classroom needs and help teachers create unique learning opportunities for each student.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2025

From their desks, they can encounter masterpieces from diverse time periods and traditions, helping them appreciate art as a universal language and a reflection of the human experience. Empowering student voice and identity Art-based learning gives ELLs the confidence to speak and the freedom to explore.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

A playlist is a sequence of learning activities designed to move students toward a desired result. Most playlists culminate in a performance task or artifact intended to demonstrate students’ ability to transfer or apply what they learned working through the playlist.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2023

Recently, I met with two education leaders to discuss how to improve teacher and student engagement through creativity. In schools, creativity can be harder to imagine in core subject areas like math and easier to associate with humanities and arts. Why does creativity matter?

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2022

Through this new phase of collaboration, educators at Kihei Elementary School will add Mystery Science , an award-winning digital resource for K-5 teachers and students, to their suite of Discovery Education resources used across the school during the 2022-2023 school year. stay connected with Discovery Education on social media through?

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 28, 2023

In my Art of Blended Learning Online Course this week, we continued our work on the playlist model. Q1: How Long Should Students Work on a Playlist? The number of learning activities and complexity of the playlist will also affect the time needed to complete it. In this post, I will share answers to some of those questions.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

And they point to a crucial insight for education: the key to unlocking students’ motivation, especially in adolescence, is helping them see that they have value —that they are valued by the people they care about and that they are meaningful contributors to the groups where they seek belonging. They are wired to care about how they’re seen.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

Faith Bongiorno began her teaching career as an “art-on-the-cart” educator. NASA STEM @ Home For Students Grades K-4. STEM Activities for Kids. 18 Stay at Home STEM Activity Sites for Learning and Fun. I’m also seeing students start to build their own little pods. FIRST @ Home Activities & Resources.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 5, 2021

Design a mix of 4-6 online and offline activities that correlate with what you usually cover in the first few weeks of the school year. Note : This station rotation series pictured above is designed for a 6th grade English Language Arts class. Create an overview of the rotations with links to resources and documents.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2022

In the latest phase of this collaboration, a new edition of the award-winning Mystery Science service built especially for Texas educators is helping CCISD teachers in K-5 classrooms districtwide engage students more deeply in science instruction.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 2, 2020

A few weeks ago, I published a blog titled “ 8 Ideas Designed to Engage Students In Active Learning Online.” Below are ten strategies I hope will help elementary teachers to engage their young learners online. #1 2 Virtual Jigsaw Activity with Google Slides. Label each slide with a topic.

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eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2024

Often, my colleagues will come to me with requests for resources to overcome a certain classroom issue, and like in many school systems, among the biggest issues right now is a lack of student engagement. As educators, it is incumbent upon us to spark students’ curiosity so that they will engage with instruction.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 7, 2024

In discussing ways to engage students in STEM, simulators and STEM Kits can significantly enhance student engagement and understanding by providing hands-on, immersive learning experiences that bring theoretical concepts to life. Geogebra offers graphing and analysis technology with premade activities.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Unfortunately, it’s rare to see students engage in play at school after they’ve left elementary school, but secondary students need this time too. One group composed and recorded a song while another station was focused on building a 3D art project.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2025

At Spokane Public Schools (SPS), educators and administrators are reversing the side effects of social media by re-connecting with students through school-based extracurricular activities. With more than 300 clubs and sports to choose from, SPS students are happier, healthier, and less likely to reach for their smartphones.

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2019

Sometimes it’s about empathy —or in the case of some of the latest research coming out of Johns Hopkins, it’s about understanding how art plays a role in learning. EdSurge sat down with Hardiman recently to learn about the Initiative’ recent findings around how injecting art into lessons across disciplines can boost memory and retention.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Incorporate hands-on activities and experiments Hands-on activities let students engage directly with STEM concepts, making learning tangible and memorable. In a unit on electricity, students can create simple circuits with batteries, wires, and bulbs.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2022

Silver Spring, MD (Thursday, June 2, 2022) — To keep students engaged in learning all summer long, Discovery Education and its Social Impact Partners are offering students and caregivers an array of no-cost dynamic digital resources they can use at home. Twitter and LinkedIn.

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2022

Student Learning Activities that feature absorbing student-led activities for every grade level. Discovery Education’s STEM Camp modules offering five fun days of activities, investigations, and innovative learning experiences. . and stay connected with Discovery Education on social media through?

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 1, 2021

Teachers learn so much from listening to their students engaging in conversation or observing them as they work through a problem or task. It’s helpful to dissect the standards, identify the parts, and use those to create success criteria in order to create clarity for students about what they are working toward.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Still, there’s an art to gamifying a lesson and ensuring that students are actually learning instead of just playing a game for points. According to ISTE, “gamification is about transforming the classroom environment and regular activities into a game.” and Prodigy to gamify her instruction and motivate students.

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eSchool News

APRIL 13, 2021

In my experience as an Educational Technology Specialist (ETS) and many years as a middle school teacher, one thing I have learned is that if students have a choice in demonstrating their knowledge and showcasing their skills, they are often more invested in the task or end product.

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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. However, studies suggest that a significant percentage of students feel disengaged in their learning, posing a challenge for educators.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

NEW YORK — To help educators and school media specialists promote community-building and creativity as students come back to school, StickTogether Products is launching its Back-to-School Pixel Portrait Project. In addition to the artwork, a coded worksheet is also saved so students can ‘sticker’ their portraits.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Key points: Crafts can help students develop skills needed to succeed in the 21st century 4 key findings on student engagement More gifted students need accelerated paths For more on deeper learning, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Who doesn’t love arts and crafts? Let’s make every craft count!

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2025

The NEA encourages teachers to bring physical activity into the classroom by incorporating brain breaks in students daily routines or taking classroom activities outside. A university developed a course that meshes physics lessons with martial arts. Learning and physical activity also work well because of the fun factor.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Charlotte, NC To empower teachers and students to explore their world, the Environmental Education Initiative offersa curated collection of free environmental educationresources for K-12 classrooms. and 6 student-facing activities, powered by LyondellBasell.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2024

Recognition events: Plan ceremonies or assemblies where students and staff are publicly acknowledged for their hard work and accomplishments. Awards can range from academic excellence and perfect attendance to contributions in sports, arts, and community service. This could be through surveys, suggestion boxes, or town hall meetings.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2015

1 launched the second annual Active Learning Center (ALC) Grant , a program to provide active learning spaces to schools across North America. The ALC grant program leverages classroom space to implement new teaching practices, centering on student focus and collaboration. Steelcase Education on Dec.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2024

Inclusivity and Belonging : Creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all students, particularly in diverse and rural areas, is vital for student success. Access to Resources : Providing students with access to educational tools and extracurricular activities helps bridge the gap caused by socio-economic disparities.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

The Board wanted to help teachers better engage students; to do this effectively, it needed clearer insight into teacher needs. Leveraging its technology investments, OCSB got that insight—as well as a brand new geography curriculum that increased student engagement and collaboration. .

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eSchool News

JULY 12, 2021

In my experience as an Educational Technology Specialist (ETS) and many years as a middle school teacher, one thing I have learned is that if students have a choice in demonstrating their knowledge and showcasing their skills, they are often more invested in the task or end product.

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eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2024

However, student engagement remains a challenge for many. In speaking with colleagues from across the country, they all seem to agree that igniting student engagement and curiosity has become incredibly difficult since the COVID-19 pandemic.

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eSchool News

JULY 17, 2023

Charlotte, NC ) — To keep students engaged in learning while on summer break, Discovery Education and select partners have created free dynamic digital resources for students and caregivers to use at home. Working in Harmony : Inspire collaborative learning experiences through Country Music.

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