eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2016

We have a fiber network connecting our 13 schools. We have a one-to-one initiative in our high schools, and we’re looking to extend that opportunity to our middle and elementary schools as well. But we realize that’s only a starting point, and we need to do more than just give every child a mobile device.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

According to Common Sense Media’s study “ Zero to Eight: Children’s Media Use in America ,” the percentage of children ages eight and under who’ve used a mobile device nearly doubled from 2011 to 2013, from 38 percent to 72 percent. What’s more, about two in five children under the age of two have used a mobile device.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Apps can be a valuable resource when students have access to mobile devices and can, with a teacher’s guidance, engage with digital resources. But this means everyone misses out on what could be a memorable learning activity. The editors of Common Sense Education review and rate apps for students of all ages.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Apps are fun and engaging tools for educators who have access to mobile devices and who want to use digital resources with students. Check out this list of apps, ranging from kindergarten through high school and touching on topics such as chess, geography, literacy, and more.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

BEAVERTON, Oregon — To support high school and college physics instruction, Vernier Science Education has released Vernier Video Analysis: Conservation Laws and Forces. The investigations in the e-book go beyond simple kinematics, connecting physics concepts to various sports and athletic activities.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2020

With the app, students can use their mobile devices to insert their own videos with recorded motion, mark points to track the object in motion, and set the scale of the video. This application is recommended for high school and college students. Pivot Interactives is recommended for high school and college students.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2018

High Schools Prep Students to Fill Cybersecurity Skills Shortage. Six years ago, during the first cybersecurity course offered at Baltimore’s Parkville High School , a student stumbled upon a mysterious section of the network. No one’s going to come out of high school and be a cyberanalyst,” says Bill Tomeo.

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eSchool News

JULY 4, 2018

Mobile devices are a key component in many classrooms, and apps go hand-in-hand with those mobile devices. When those apps are free and device-agnostic, it’s even easier to integrate them into the classroom. The site also features standards alignment and classroom activities.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Qustodio provides parents with access to a variety of tools and resources, including a CIPA-compliant content filter enabled for school-issued devices at home, ongoing visibility and insights into their child’s online activity and device usage, and expert advice and guidance from digital safety experts.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2018

Apps can be a valuable resource for educators who have access to mobile devices and who want to engage students with digital resources. Check out this list of apps, ranging from kindergarten through high school and touching on topics such as STEM, history, and vocabulary.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Our small community hosts the National Blueberry Festival every year and countless high school students work the local u-pick blueberry fields. Every day, we explored plants through hands-on experiments, farmed in Minecraft, and stayed active with recess breaks. Our economy is driven by tourism and agriculture.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 21, 2018

He also says the flexibility of digital signage creates time and cost savings for the district: “Campuses enjoy being able to brand and share their content for the entire school to see without having to print paper. They can promote activities to students while using the same technology to guide parents to the corresponding events.”.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2021

A recent EdWeek survey indicated that 66% of high school principals are actively searching for effective solutions to battle the escalating levels of student anxiety, avoidance and depression. Students can access the EmpowerU portal on any computer or mobile device. More than 98.5% About EmpowerU.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Nearpod demonstrated Nearpod Math , a K-8 supplemental math program featuring 5,000 new standards-aligned lessons, videos, and practice activities; virtual manipulatives; and enhanced course navigation and reporting. Smartpads pair with any paper and can project onto a PC or mobile device in real-time.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Schools Sketch Out Modern Classrooms and Then Make Them a Reality. When Harbor Beach High School was built five decades ago, the library was a hub of student activity, but in recent years, it had become a veritable ghost town. eli.zimmerman_9856. Mon, 10/08/2018 - 13:41.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 29, 2022

I’ve noticed news stories about schools adding financial literacy to the High School course load (yay!). If your school doesn’t teach personal economics but would like to, there are many online sites that address the topic as mini-lessons. At the completion, students model the discussed activity.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2020

Harvard plans to experiment with the technology in the fall, and Lee says a beta version is available for other colleges and K-12 schools to try. For instance, Frank Noschese, a physics teacher at John Jay High School in New York City, used the Congregate system at a workshop for physics teachers last month.

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APRIL 6, 2020

Age group: middle and high school. Banzai is a personal finance curriculum that teaches high school and middle school students how to prioritize spending decisions through real-life scenarios and choose-. Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school. Age group: high school.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Google Classroom, which is a core app within G Suite for Education, is reminiscent of learning management systems like Schoology or Blackboard or Canvas—but is free for any educator and works on Chromebooks, iPads and other mobile devices. I don’t see anything like that coming out of Apple,” he remarks.

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APRIL 4, 2019

When students finish, they can move on to the next activity. Here’s how to use this for end-of-year activities: Devote the last month or two of school to student-driven reviews of age-appropriate books. Push this out to a summer activity where students review the books they read over the summer. Class suggestions.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

6 Unplugged Hour of Code Activities. Pick an activity—say, taking your seat in the classroom or making a PB&J sandwich. An algorithm is a procedure for solving a problem or completing an activity. This is so simple, you’re going to love it: Open the QR Code reader on your phone or mobile device.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

School administrators and teachers can begin this early development through a competency-based framework like the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning ( CASEL ), which aims to help students build strong relationships with their counselors and peers that allow them to generate an active interest in learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 7, 2021

This is so simple, you’re going to love it: Open the QR Code reader on your phone or mobile device. Once the code is read (which happens within seconds), it will automatically activate the data. Embed concert programs, directions for station activities, and parent contact information as QR Codes instead of printing.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Once content is created, it can be deployed to mobile devices, computers, consoles, AR/VR headsets and a host of other platforms to reach its audience. Yet, in the United States, just over half of high schools actually teach it. Teach for Tomorrow’s Job Market Many parents want their children to study computer science.

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eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2021

“VIO Stream makes it easier and more efficient for them to present their content online in a branded, professional-looking format, while effortlessly extending their reach to OTT devices through the same workflow.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

School districts can’t just invest in laptops, mobile devices and other hardware, then call it a day. Our elementary schools are almost one-to-one, with a 1-to-2 ratio of devices to students. Elementary students don’t take devices home with them because we don’t see the educational need. keara.dowd_i47Z.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

When I first started working with middle school and high school students on organization and time-management nearly two decades ago, most students would tell me their biggest distractions were food, pets, siblings and sleep. Before my first visit, I provided the school with a survey to give to students.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Pick an activity—say, taking your seat in the classroom or making a PB&J sandwich. An algorithm is a procedure for solving a problem or completing an activity. It might include the following steps (which students will have to re-order): For youngers, you might have images like the ones above, that reflect the activities.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 8, 2021

You incorporate that into your passion for teaching by gamifying your middle- or high school classroom. You can blend Classcraft activities into your existing lesson plans or use those available on the website. The more I dug into Classcraft, the more I understood why Sarah Murphy said what she did. It’s pretty simple.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Suskind’s 30 Million Words Initiative has developed programs that encourage parents to communicate verbally with their children and immerse them in language-rich activities at a young age. parents read to their children every day, and that figure drops to 33 percent for parents with a high school diploma or less.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Last year when I visited home, I made a stop at my alma mater, Kongjiang High School, a top-ranking school in Shanghai. At least I can say my high school has Wi-Fi and does not restrain the use of mobile devices after class. After a while she said, “Oh, the projectors are still there.” In the U.S.,

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MARCH 27, 2020

The old style of online class that was impersonally delivered has been replaced by an active teacher fully involved in the online experience. Repurpose cart devices or class laptops to go home. Access the required site through mobile devices. She is simply in the cloud rather than in the room. Learn to Code (for free).

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Pick an activity—say, taking your seat in the classroom or making a PB&J sandwich. An algorithm is a procedure for solving a problem or completing an activity. It might include the following steps (which students will have to re-order): For youngers, you might have images like the ones above, that reflect the activities.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

6 Unplugged Activities for Hour of Code. Pick an activity—say, taking your seat in the classroom or making a PB&J sandwich. An algorithm is a procedure for solving a problem or completing an activity. This is so simple, you’re going to love it: Open the QR Code reader on your phone or mobile device.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 13, 2019

For example, Wabash County issues all students MacBook Airs and iPads (your school could use Chromebooks) that are available to students who can’t get to school: All Wabash County students in grades 3 through 12 have a MacBook Air they take home every day. It works on Chrome and Firefox, iOS, and Android mobile devices.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 18, 2016

Are students engaged in the activity, motivated to use the web tool? Spelling City is a word study website or mobile app that uses popular games to teach vocabulary. The free web version includes lots of top-notch activities, but is limited on mobile devices. is it user-friendly ? Is it functional ? Flocabulary.

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OCTOBER 28, 2019

I teach online grad school classes in how to integrate tech into education. Protocols for these mobile devices have little in common today with how they were addressed a decade ago. In 2009, a National Center for Education Statistics survey showed that about 90% of schools prohibited cell phones during school hours.

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