eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

Encore Data Products is set to showcase its latest educational technology at the ISTE 2025 conference. These offerings are a response to modern educational needs, ensuring technology doesn’t compromise the health of students and staff. Their products are designed to encourage teamwork and creative problem-solving.

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eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

Over the next three years, the initiative will provide equitable access to state-of-the-art AI tools and comprehensive professional development for K-12 districts nationwide. River Valley School District inPennsylvaniahas been selected as the first partner to bring this vision to life.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

You need to analyze these implications critically to make informed decisions about the future of education. Technology Investment : Schools must invest in technology like interactive whiteboards, tablets, and online platforms. These upfront costs can strain budgets, but they’re essential for modern learning environments.

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MAY 7, 2025

A March 27 executive order accuses Smithsonian sites, including the American Art Museum and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, of giving a distorted narrative driven by ideology, casting the countrys founding principles and historical milestones in a negative light. The changes are quite alarming, Gillis says.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Founded in 2012, ThinkCERCA offers a set of digital tools and lesson plans to help educators teach critical thinking skills across a variety of subjects, including English language arts (ELA), math, social studies and science. Some districts purchase the product as a wholesale textbook replacement for their ELA classes.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Sam Humrichouse is an eleventh-grade student at Boise's One Stone, who is passionate about computer programming, martial arts, music and making the world a better place.

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JANUARY 18, 2018

It is highly unlikely that virtual education will ever achieve total saturation in the academic market. Many small, liberal arts colleges, for example, representing about 10 to 15 percent of higher ed, say they couldn’t be less interested; digital education does not fulfill their mission. “At

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MARCH 31, 2023

Arts education belongs in every student’s curriculum — and not just because the arts can improve skills in other content areas. As an instrumental music teacher, I am used to advocating that the arts are essential to all students even though they may not be classified as a core subject.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Colby College is carving out space in the liberal arts canon for artificial intelligence. But leaders at Colby say its new AI institute is a first for a small liberal arts college. What we want to do is bring to bear all the expertise of all our disciplines in the liberal arts college on AI,” McFadden says.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In an art class, a middle schooler drew a picture of her bedroom with colored pencils. For some students, art classes during the pandemic were a welcome escape; for others, they were a critical release—an opportunity for self-expression at a time of extreme stress and isolation.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2025

Yet, in the art room, where images are the universal language, his talent shines, allowing his classmates to see his strengths, not just his struggles. The arts give students opportunities to express themselves, their ideas and their feelings in creative ways. In addition, I was placed in an art class.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2022

With humanities and social science degree completions declining over the past 10 years, college liberal arts programs should consider sharing new U.S Until very recently, data available to the public about liberal arts graduates’ salaries and industries were relatively limited. Courtesy of Independent Colleges of Indiana.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2023

WASHINGTON (PRWEB) — In celebration of the 38th annual SIIA CODiE Awards, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced Education Technology finalists. Their innovations stand to improve the teaching and learning experience for teachers and students here in the U.S. and globally.

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JUNE 3, 2021

It’s one of the first, putting the institution in the company of Drexel University and the Savannah College of Art and Design. The seed for the degree program was planted in 2016, when Husson received an anonymous $1 million donation to support the study and instruction of virtual reality.

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APRIL 11, 2023

The pandemic has led to big questions about the value of higher education, and that has been especially true of liberal arts colleges. add caption here Perhaps the best example is a book written by two longtime professors called “The Post-Pandemic Liberal Arts College: A Manifesto for Reinvention.” Is that not what’s happening?

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2023

WASHINGTON (PRWEB) — In celebration of the 38th annual SIIA CODiE Awards, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) today announces the 50 winners of the 2023 CODiE Awards in Education Technology. The SIIA CODiE Awards are the industry’s only peer-reviewed awards program. “We Founder of BrainPOP.

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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. In 1995, I became the Educational Technology Coach for the Verona Area High School. Google Arts and Culture : I have been a fan of Google Arts and Culture for years.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 7, 2024

Rita Mortenson, the educational technology coach for Verona Area High School in Wisconsin, uses Google Arts and Culture. Google Arts and Culture offers over 1,600 experiments and counting. With Kandinsky Music, students can explore art while experimenting with color and emotions.

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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. If our scholars have a choice, they have a voice.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

/PRNewswire/ — IXL, the award-winning personalized learning platform used by 16 million students, has been named a High Quality Evidence-Based Instructional Material for Early Literacy by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).

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AUGUST 16, 2023

The integration of AI tools in English language arts (ELA) instruction has emerged as a potentially transformative pedagogical approach that could redefine the traditional landscape of education.

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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. Learn more about her instructional strategies. Games are part of many people’s lives–so why not use them to benefit students when teaching?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2025

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Iterate.ai , whose AI solutions enable enterprises to build production-ready applications and ready-to-use products for private AI requirements and the AI PC era, today announced a strategic partnership with jp.ik , a global leader in educational technology solutions. About Iterate.ai Iterate.ai

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Esports: Gateway to Careers in Arts, Media and Entertainment: Esports goes beyond just competitive gaming. Ready to tackle the toughest challenges in educational technology leadership? Mega Sessions provide attendees with in-depth insights into the most relevant and emerging educational technology topics.

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2021

This initiative includes curriculum and two STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) educational technology platforms, KIBO and ScratchJr. Students use these tools as they explore themes in the Jewish holiday cycle while expressing their ideas and understanding through building, coding, and art activities.

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2022

Silver Spring, MD (Thursday, June 16, 2022) – The Discovery Education K-12 learning platform won the Best Education Platform award for PK-20 and the Mystery Science service earned the Best Science Instructional Solution award for Grades PK – 8 as part of the recent 2022 SIIA CODiE Awards. For more information, visit siia.net/CODiE.

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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. If our scholars have a choice, they have a voice.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The survey of more than 1,100 educators from across North America highlights back-to-school excitement, challenges, student engagement, and technology usage. As educators welcome students back to their classrooms for the 2023-2024 school year, they are continuing to embrace education technology.

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eSchool News

JUNE 12, 2024

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — Savvas Learning Company , a next-generation K-12 learning solutions leader, is proud to announce that CEO Bethlam Forsa has been named the “Most Influential Thought Leader in EdTech” by the 2024 SIIA CODiE Education Technology Awards.

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

To be clear, I’m not saying that there isn’t a space for career changers or alternative pathways for educators — in fact, that would be welcomed as we need all the help we can get to train and retain quality teachers in the education system. However, that would require us to recognize the art that goes into teaching in the first place.

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2022

IXL language arts also incorporates gamification, but it is a paid subscription (free 30-day trial). Learning A-Z’s Raz Kids , Dreamscapes , and Prodigy English are all free websites/apps that cater to gamification as they encourage practicing reading skills. Learning A-Z provides a variety of genre books at different levels.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2024

Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital solutions learning wherever it takes place.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Through the launch, DreamBox is bringing its patented, state-of-the-art adaptive platform for the first time to PreK-2 readers, offering personalized learning paths that adapt in real-time to every interaction, both within and between lessons, in a playful, engaging learning environment. To learn more about DreamBox Reading Park, visit here.

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2023

Renaissance has launched the second annual “ Shine a Light on Bilingualism ” art contest to celebrate Hispanic culture and bilingualism. Each winner will receive a $500 Visa gift card and have their art featured during Renaissance’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, which takes place between September 15 and October 15.

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eSchool News

MAY 22, 2024

Another great resource from Discovery Education is the Sandbox AR app – it really helps build student curiosity and skills in AR/VR! Civilisations AR The BBC AR brings to life art from around the world. The Civilisations AR is a companion to the BCC TV series by the same name, but it can be used independently.

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MARCH 2, 2021

Education technology that promises shortcuts for “delivering content” cannot substitute for the hard mental labor of thinking, Newstok says, nor the skilled craftsmanship of teachers. That's a complex art.” The kind of teaching and learning that Newstok prescribes takes time and effort.

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2022

The acquisition of Curiosity Media will further diversify and complement IXL Learning’s language and literacy offerings, including the world-renowned Rosetta Stone , IXL English Language Arts and Vocabulary.com. Redefining possibilities in education. IXL Learning has revolutionized educational technology since its founding in 1998.

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