eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2015

includes new student and educator interfaces, advancements in content recommendations based upon individual student interests and Lexile reading level, gamification, and improved enhancements to the state-of-the-art monitoring and reporting functions. myON has announced a redesign of its personalized literacy environment for PreK-12.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2017

As the Curriculum Specialist with Vancouver Public Schools, I oversee Secondary English Language Arts, Advanced Placement, Running Start, and College in the High Schools. 1) ThinkCERCA : Since the onset of the Common Core State Standards, much of the focus in reading has shifted to informational texts.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2019

Compared with the past, the majority of young adults don’t read for pleasure. In 1980, 60 percent of 12th graders said they read a book, newspaper or magazine every day that wasn’t assigned for school, one study found. Reading has the potential to open doors, expand horizons, and provide escape. It’s not that they can’t.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2023

I have read and loved them all. But I somehow missed that he published a new, different kind of book in 2021 — “ The Anthropocene Reviewed ,” a collection of personal, contemplative, funny and deeply human essays. The essays start off sardonically but become increasingly earnest and reflective. Read more from Emily here.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2017

They then create a persuasive video essay as well as a watercolor painting showing why their chosen nominee best displays the qualities of peace. I also read Peace Is an Offering by Annette Lebox. I also show them how to use Google Explore to search for public domain images to use for their art project.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Read about 10 more finalists here !) Read about the three 2023 winners here. But she’ll also have them record their screens and annotate their essays with a stylus. And so, when it came time to focus on elevating his students’ reading scores, Robert was sure he’d found the answer in the principles of Balanced Literacy.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

How do you decide whether to keep reading a book or to stop reading it? Students can keep a long-term journal to respond all year long, or they can use journal prompts as a springboard into a class essay or assignment. Imagine a world where you could read everyones mind, but no one could read yours.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2022

But he was reading and writing at a kindergarten level, according to diagnostic tests. John, whose name has been changed, is dyslexic and had been struggling with reading and writing for years. In my classroom, I usually teach English language arts in 70-minute blocks. So many students are unable to read and write proficiently.

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Accessibility Essay Disabilities Learning Disabilities 174

eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

For example, to become better writers, readers, and critical thinkers, Quill.org offers low-income students an AI-powered literacy tutor that provides students real-time coaching and feedback on literacy activities that pair nonfiction reading with informational writing.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

As the media specialist, I created the annual “Barrow Peace Prize” project in collaboration with the 2 nd grade classroom teachers and art teacher, where students from across all the second-grade sections pick six nominees from civil rights history and decide what attributes the winner must embody.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2024

To be clear, this assignment would require students to analyze documents and write their own responses using evidence, which are important skills of course, but it would inevitably lead to me manically red inking papers that ultimately were written because I assigned an essay that would only ever be read by me.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

I read Susan Blums Ungrading as a first-year graduate student and was immediately smitten. As a first-year graduate student, I had read Susan Blums Ungrading and was immediately smitten. For example, in an eight-point paper, I assign four points to close reading (See Figure 2).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 25, 2024

Writing a great research paper involves more than just retelling what you’ve read. Sites that can lend you an APA essay writer or a PhD researcher can elevate your paper. The foundation of any good paper is solid research. If you’re skilled at using search terms, you can determine scarcity, find anything, and be Jedi-worthy.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

Khanmigo was launched last year in grades 5-8 and used in core content areas, which are typically math, reading, writing, and science, according to the district. District leaders also developed plans in science and English language arts that focus on new approaches to learning to boost student achievement.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

I think students are reading and writing more than ever. I think students are reading and writing more than ever,” says Jeremy Hyler, an eighth-grade English teacher at Fulton Middle School in Michigan. “Is The internet is awash in surveys touting the inseparable connection between kids and technology. Is it quality writing?

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

My students enjoyed it so much that since then, we have participated in several including a one-pager challenge where students respond to a New York Times story, a contest where students submit an original podcast and a contest where students can share opinion essays on issues they care deeply about.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

I recently read. Nobody in the “learn to code” movement argues for this, and every educator would agree with Wolfram's analogy that teaching raw coding syntax alone would be like teaching English handwriting without teaching how to write an essay. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Wolfram’s blog post. through legislation such as.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

I knew of ChatGPT from reading articles online, but I didn't know how it worked. I was just worried that my students would use this to write all their essays! Chelsey McClelland I really loved that every module opened with a fun way that AI can be used — it's not just ChatGPT writing an essay or MagicSchool AI making your lesson plan.

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Teachers Intelligence Essay Social Studies 207

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2018

Here’s a slightly Orwellian way to check whether your students may have plagiarized part of their essays: the Chrome extension Draftback , which plays back the revision history of any Google doc you can edit—down to the keystroke. showed off three Chrome extensions useful for those with reading difficulties.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

So the Rise contest helped build an app for applicants and invited participants to share video essays and to participate in online mixers and video lessons as they made their pitches. She says she thought there was a typo when she first read about the scholarship and saw how many zeros were in the number.)

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

eSpark, an online supplemental curriculum provider for math, reading, and writing, is bringing AI-powered phonics practice to foundational reading instruction this school year. This update strengthens eSpark’s already strong alignment with the science of reading.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Read Grading for Equity by Joe Feldman. For example, if a student is working on an essay in a language arts class and is way off track, the teacher can pop a message on their screen that says, "Hey, this paragraph looks off-topic, try focusing on." Maybe they get fewer problems or customized tasks to meet their reading level.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

Fortunately, I found everything I was looking for (and more) in the online reading and writing program ThinkCERCA. The letters in ThinkCERCA represent the building blocks of an essay: claim, evidence, reasoning, counter argument, and audience. Growth The final piece of the puzzle is the growth the CERCA framework creates.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

They want to read and write and think. Year by year, these adults have gathered threads of wisdom, which the university now invites them to weave into the great tapestry of the liberal arts. During the semester, students read “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,” “The Secret Life of Bees” and “They Say/I Say.”

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2018

I teach middle school English Language Arts at St. But over time I’ve found many middle schoolers are not equipped to critique an essay that meets the expectations of the assignment. But over time I’ve found many middle schoolers are not equipped to critique an essay that meets the expectations of the assignment.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

For example, a philosophy professor at University of Notre Dame designed an introductory course that draws on “ interactive digital essays ” published on mobile-friendly web pages attached to the online syllabus, reports Inside Higher Ed. For example, from 9 a.m.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2017

I went to a liberal arts college and spent most of my undergrad years not focusing particularly closely on the computer science coursework, but instead focusing on different areas of political science, of English. They've gone back and reread their essays, they've thought about their work. Were you born into a technical family?

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

The art and power of coding resembles the art and power of literacy. In 2018, Kira Baker-Doyle, an associate professor and the director of the Center for Literacy at the University of Illinois-Chicago, wrote an essay on her experience taking a Java course. I felt that I was learning how to make tools for social change.”

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

He passed away the other day, and you can read an essay looking back at his life and work that we published at EdSurge. From everything we’ve read about Christensen, we’re guessing he’d be happy to see his ideas debated and engaged with. Or read the partial transcript, which has been lightly edited for clarity.

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Education History Art Essay 207

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

When was the last time you wrote an essay? When was the last time you read one other than for grading? Now think about the frequency with which you read online articles, blogs, social media posts or listen to podcasts that inspire you or provide new information and perspectives. After all, the best way to learn is to teach.

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Writing Teaching Essay Assignments 167

eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2018

They are asked to celebrate the imagination in geometric proofs and formal essays, on canvas, the computer, and stage, in poetry readings and morning assemblies. And, they are guided toward winning attitudes in academics, athletics and arts so that they may meet the challenges that exist beyond their communities and experiences.

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Fairness Technology Essay Schools 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

When a kid analyzes a TV news clip, it’s like she’s reading the paper. The same skills that are required to write a classic five-paragraph essay can be developed through filmmaking. “ The Art of Storytelling ,” a popular course offered by Khan Academy, describes the principles behind filmmaking as Film Grammar.

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Edsurge

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. According to her, the education industry looks at “reading and writing as two separate kinds of tools.”

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Textbooks Essay Writing English 274

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

He avoids assessing creative writing altogether by assigning his students to write critical essays about their own short stories. He avoids assessing creative writing altogether by assigning his students to write critical essays about their own short stories. It also helps break down the barrier between critical and creative thinking.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2017

Teresa Danks made national headlines this year after spending days in the heat on the side of the road in Oklahoma with a sign that read, “Teacher needs school supplies, anything helps.” We don’t want them reading about themselves and thinking, ‘apparently she thinks I am a loser.’.

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Technology Teachers Essay Art 154

Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2017

He explains that writing an essay or report is a complex process that combines language production, memory retrieval and thinking ability. In 2014, Edouard Gentaz, a professor of developmental psychology at the University of Geneva, told the Guardian that bypassing handwriting may affect how students learn to read.

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Writing Essay Learning English 149

eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2017

They are asked to celebrate the imagination in geometric proofs and formal essays, on canvas, the computer, and stage, in poetry readings and morning assemblies. And, they are guided toward winning attitudes in academics, athletics and arts so that they may meet the challenges that exist beyond their communities and experiences.

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