eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2021

Comics are a fantastic tool for inspiring student engagement, leveling the playing field so students can demonstrate their learning even if they aren’t great writers, and scaffolding intimidating projects.

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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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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. Introduce edtech tools to enhance learning Integrating edtech tools is an effective way to capture (and keep) students’ attention and enhance learning.

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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. As teachers strive to adapt their instructional methods to nurture student curiosity and drive deeper student engagement, the principles outlined in Teach Like A Pirate offer valuable insights.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2024

Lego Education hosted a breakfast panel on ISTE Day #1 devoted to one of the most perplexing post-pandemic problems for schools—how to keep kids’ attention. Vicki continues to write for Edutopia and has authored two educational books, Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds, and Reinventing Writing.

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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

JANUARY 31, 2025

Todays students desire more individualized learning approaches, which empower them to use their creativity, explore their passions, and engage with their peers in more collaborative ways. Teachers want solutions for student behavioral issues, more attentive leadership teams, and more manageable workloads.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

The schools campus near Pittsburgh is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities that enhance both academic and extracurricular pursuits. An AP curriculum challenges students to excel, and Harkness-style classes foster discussion and debate, giving students a voice in their learning. Weekends are a thrill.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The school had a character-focused approach, and during our time there we studied philosophy, practiced mindfulness, and engaged in daily physical movement activities from swimming and martial arts, to hockey, soccer, and rugby.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Research indicates that active participation leads to higher retention rates, which can be upwards of 60% for students engaged in interactive learning. You’re expected to cultivate skills that prepare students for real-world challenges. Cost-effectiveness is another critical advantage.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2016

The ever-increasing omnipresence of digital media in student’s lives can be challenging for teachers as they compete for kid’s attention in and out of the classroom. The DimensionU portfolio of educational games creates high student engagement and offers a solid foundation with demonstrated improvement in students’ achievement results.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Whether a student struggles with organization, time management, or test anxiety, this program provides the structured guidance necessary to close learning gaps and boost confidence. At the heart of AEFs teaching methods is the belief that learning should be engaging and accessible.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

After the pandemic, city, district, and community leaders sounded the alarm about the need to provide more support to improve student achievement. Student performance in math and English language arts on spring state test scores in 2023 went up by 2 percentage points from the prior year, highlighting slow academic recovery after the pandemic.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2020

For almost a decade, Mary Marcy has been president of Dominican University of California, a liberal arts college outside of San Francisco. What began 130 years ago as a religious school for women now serves about 1,750 co-ed students, many of them first-generation. There's a number of different ways small colleges can respond.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 13, 2024

Here are twelve recommended by the Ask a Tech Teacher team: 12 Innovative Digital Tools to Engage High School Students In the ever-evolving landscape of education, keeping students engaged can be a challenge. Digital Art Platforms Digital art platforms are unlocking creative potential in students like never before.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2022

July 28, 2022) — Discovery Education —the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place—today announced a host of new enhancements to its award-winning K-12 platform. stay connected with Discovery Education on social media through? Twitter and? LinkedIn.?.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 5, 2020

But many students are often willing to put up with the uninspiring learning and play ‘the game of school’ in exchange for the other aspects of school. As we try to figure out what schooling will look like in the months to come, we need to pay attention to the motivators and demotivators that help foster student engagement.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on student engagement and online or hybrid learning strategies related to pandemic teaching. Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. This year’s 2nd most-read story focuses on the K-12 edtech predictions educators and experts had for 2021–were they right?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2020

She occasionally asks students to respond non-verbally. Jessica Cardenas is a K-2 art teacher at an independent school in Denver, Colorado. She uses online tools like SeeSaw, which allows students to express their knowledge and feelings while showing their thought process, not just their work.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2021

A school that prides itself on providing an intimate classroom experience for its students might well wish to use the platforms that are designed specifically to mimic the small, in-person, and synchronous classroom. In all of these cases, actually, infrastructure and support must also receive significant attention.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Interactive simulations and virtual field trips bring students face-to-face with historical landmarks, famous works of art, and locations that are not accessible to the general public. These K-12 technology trends help enhance students’ engagement and conceptual understanding.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

Competing [in a game] doesn’t work as motivation for every student. The collaborative aspect of CoCo has caught the attention of high school students like Nagamitesh Nagamuralee, who introduced the beta version in his robotics clubs in his former middle school in Lexington, Massachusetts.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

However, the struggle will be to expand innovation in core subjects and beyond, including integrating technology into ancillary K-12 areas such as CTE, music, physical education, health, and the arts. Teachers will continue to pull out all the stops to boost student morale, attention, and excitement amid the many challenges of the pandemic.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2024

To find out, EdSurge interviewed Terri Hasseler, a professor in the Department of History, Literature, and the Arts at Bryant University in Rhode Island. For students who don’t show up or who don’t engage, do their grades suffer? If so, what’s driving the trend? And what can professors and higher ed leaders do about it?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

The school’s one-to-one iPad program gives every student a sixth-generation iPad and every teacher a MacBook Air laptop and iPad Pro device. Students use iMacs in three digital arts labs to do sound engineering, digital animation, television production, yearbook and photography.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Particular attention should be given to faculty less comfortable with digital tools, offering them personalized support and instruction. More than a third of decision-makers noted that AI has the potential to enhance student engagement and create more interactive learning experiences. educators about their attitudes toward AI.

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Teach Hub

MARCH 15, 2024

How a Tech Break Can Be Beneficial Tech breaks can have a significant impact on both students and teachers. A tech break allows students to adjust their focus and become more engaged in learning with material that is not on a screen. Here are a few of the benefits.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

This number decreases further in schools whose students struggle to meet educational benchmarks, with teachers believing their time is better spent focusing on math, science and reading—in other words, the “testable” subjects. Democracy isn’t a spectator sport.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Some were brilliant and deliberate in their attention to learning and game mechanics, while others focused on strong narrative arcs, consequential decision-making and world-creation. Triple-A titles and companies like Activision, Blizzard and Electronic Arts came to dominate the talent and capital markets.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2021

At a high-level NYU committee, called years ago to review virtual education requirements, most departments—except student services—were represented. When the omission was called to the chair’s attention, it took months before a special subcommittee was appointed.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Suddenly, lessons on the physics of energy were tied to teaching kids how to be theme park engineers, and language arts and math lessons were anchored in running and marketing a profitable startup. She noticed her students were more engaged, and there were other benefits too.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

The grassroots community has garnered much attention in K-12 spaces, but many of today’s college students also exude a mindset that emphasizes practice over theory. In addition to gaining buy-in from your campus chief information officer, you may consider consulting your campus computer department, or even your art department.

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2017

To conduct this research, she interviewed over a hundred Scratch users who are active on the platform not just during or after school, but even after a student has graduated and moved on to another school. Scratch was originally built as a program to introduce children to basic programming concepts.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

These five components of curiosity quickly captivate students attention because learners are immediately engaged in ways that allow for their individual contextualization, cultural connections, and academic comprehension. Curiosity benefits priming the brain for learning (Robson, 2022).

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

That means that teachers’ attention is split. When they should be focusing on the content of the news and how it helps us understand our political system, including elections, they are instead forced to help students understand what exactly it means for something to actually be news—and if it’s worthy of sharing.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

These five components of curiosity quickly captivate students attention because learners are immediately engaged in ways that allow for their individual contextualization, cultural connections, and academic comprehension. Curiosity benefits priming the brain for learning (Robson, 2022).

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