eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Difficulties with concentration, organization, or missed assignments may indicate a student is more focused on their feelings of anxiety than the work. Problems at home can cause sadness or hopelessness, unrealistic expectations can lead to perfectionism and hidden disabilities can cause shame as students fall behind in class.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Thus, the latest shot across the bow might seem an obvious solution: Disable distracting apps while leaving texts and calls unrestricted. More recently, it’s added a feature that lets parents assign their children a list of chores that must be ticked off to unlock full access, which has proved quite popular, according to internal metrics.

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Disabilities Schools Motivation Assignments 129

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Instead of banning AI, educators can design assignments that leverage these tools. For example, text-to-speech and speech-to-text tools support students with disabilities, while language models assist non-native English speakers. AI encourages cheating A common fear is that students will use AI to bypass learning.

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Ethics Critical Thinking Essay Students 331

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

“Synchronous online learning” generally refers to live learning activities that must happen at a set time (often over Zoom or a similar platform), while “asynchronous online learning” refers to almost everything else (completing assignments, doing readings, watching videos, etc.).

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eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2024

Additionally, these digital tools need to support the means of expression through written assignments, presentations, or discussions to make the learning environment as engaging as possible. This approach ensures inclusivity in any online educational setting.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

“A disability may be the result of combinations of impairments and environmental barriers , such as attitudinal barriers, inaccessible information, an inaccessible built environment or other barriers that affect people’s full participation in society [i].” of Australian undergraduate students reported having a learning disability.

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Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

“A disability may be the result of combinations of impairments and environmental barriers , such as attitudinal barriers, inaccessible information, an inaccessible built environment or other barriers that affect people’s full participation in society [i].” of Australian undergraduate students reported having a learning disability.

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Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2025

No surprise there, considering that just about every week brings new AI products, and students rushing to social media to share how theyre using them on assignments. Many Students Dont Inform Their Colleges About Their Disability. But the No. 1 story was about how to provide adequate education to those who cant view screens.

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Disabilities Instructors Teaching Methods Writing 186

Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2019

Curriculum itself must be personalized in order to truly meet the needs of students with learning disabilities. Curriculum itself must be personalized in order to truly meet the needs of students with learning disabilities. Personalized Learning: Meeting the needs of students with disabilities. Bring on the learning revolution!

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Achievement Learning Disabilities Disabilities English 164

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

The surveys included over 20 demographic questionscovering areas like housing, food security, disability status, and employmentfollowed by 1540 experience-based questions exploring academic confidence, mental health, study habits, and perceptions of inclusion. These were not standard end-of-semester evaluations.

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Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 53

eSchool News

MAY 17, 2024

Assigning different user permission levels is a valuable feature that keeps private data and system files safe. In the unlikely case that the touchscreen is taken off-site, geofencing can disable devices that are outside their permitted locations.

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Technology Instructors Quizzes Disabilities 292

Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2018

But because she is legally blind, she had an added challenge of not being able to see the diagrams and notes projected in the lecture hall or assigned for homework. I think the onus is still placed on the student with a disability” to ensure they have learning materials that they can benefit and learn from, says Kwong.

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Accessibility Disabilities Instructors Syllabus 159

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

Colleges have long had offices designed to support students who have learning disabilities and to encourage broader accessibility in the classroom and beyond. Students who struggle because they have reading disabilities or struggle to read on a computer screen because of blurred vision. For that,] a text-to-speech software saves us.

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Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

Tech giants Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have unintentionally assigned educators around the world major homework for the summer: Adjusting their assignments and teaching methods to adapt to a fresh batch of AI features that students will enter classrooms with in the fall. There’s good and bad with these things,” Watkins adds.

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Lecturing Education Assignments Syllabus 216

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Some believe it will cripple the education system and replace human workers ; others denounce ChatGPT as a free essay-writing and test-taking tool that makes it laughably easy to cheat on assignments, while the validity of responses generated by ChatGPT has also been called into question.

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Ethics Essay Syllabus Feedback 335

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

In fact, the National Education Association found nearly every general classroom across the country includes at least one student with a disability. This can help motivate learners to complete assignments, better focus on tasks and avoid procrastinating. Over the past 10 years, the number of U.S. FM Systems Help Students Stay Engaged.

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eSchool News

MAY 24, 2021

McConnell came across Osmo a few years ago when researching tech solutions which are fun, engaging and educational for the district’s students in specialized learning units, which includes those with autism and a range of disabilities. Monster, Detective, Little Genius, and Cases.”.

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Grades Disabilities Schools Learning 137

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

Educators noted that, with the increase in expectations of students, they were also increasing the demands on parents, since most students with disabilities needed support from parents to execute remote lessons—from setting and regulating their students' schedules, to helping them access (i.e.

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Special Education Disabilities Education Distance Learning 196

Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2017

What has repeatedly snagged her ability to study it, however, has been when homework assignments include charts and graphs that her screen-reading software can’t process. “If The law requires campus activities and services to be accessible to those with disabilities, says Hermann, of University of Phoenix.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2019

How I figure it, there are a list of things I find reasonable for all students—letting them stand or wiggle when they are having problems with attention or sleepiness, taking extra time to answer questions for assignments and projects, moving at a pace that is comfortable for the slowest in the group when we are on-the-move for class, etc.

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Disabilities Students Assignments Syllabus 130

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It aims to remove barriers to learning by proactively addressing challenges students may face, such as disabilities, language barriers, or differences in learning styles. It is based on the idea that no one-size-fits-all. Multiple Means of Expression : allow students to demonstrate their understanding and knowledge in different ways.

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Universal Design Learning Styles Disabilities Learning 195

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

By analyzing patterns in students’ grades, attendance, participation, and other behavioral indicators, AI algorithms can predict potential academic risks and learning disabilities. Automated grading and feedback : Automated grading systems powered by AI can significantly reduce teachers’ time evaluating assignments and exams.

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Teaching Gamification Feedback Intelligence 323

eSchool News

JULY 19, 2023

Management As part of its device management duties, the platform should provide administrators with the tools to create and assign various access levels for different stakeholder types. Better yet, admins can remotely freeze or disable any device that unauthorized users are trying to access.

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2025

Do you support student use of AI in school and/or for assignments? High stress, pressure, or anxiety around assessments The pressure to perform well on high-stakes tests or assignments can be overwhelming, especially for students who struggle with anxiety or feel that they have something to prove. World Bank.

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Academic Integrity Failure Students Culture 203

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2016

A classroom using iPads that are stored on a cart, for example, can assign a specific device to each student (e.g., For starters, students could easily turn off their device’s location services, thus disabling the tracking capabilities. Then she can just hit a button and have the assignment sent out to all of the devices.”

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Mobile Devices Schools Assignments Disabilities 188

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

There’s no universal answer,” says Alexis Peirce Caudell, a lecturer in informatics at Indiana University at Bloomington who recently did an assignment where many students shared their experience and concerns about AI tools. Students in biology are going to be using it in one way, chemistry students are going to be using it in another.

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Study Lecturing Instructors Students 213

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Accessibility The fast move from print-based to digital materials and from in person learning events to digital learning events can create additional barriers for disabled students. Ultimately, disabled students, who are already a vulnerable population, are going to struggle even more with the shift to remote learning.

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Teaching Disabilities Evaluation Internet 218

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The position was more widely assigned out of necessity after state budget cuts, and currently, there is no law that explicitly states how many students may be enrolled in an inclusion class like mine. I created multiple versions of tests, quizzes and classwork assignments, and I manually gave feedback using a pen and paper.

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Special Education Disabilities Education Learning 147

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Many coaches note that AI tools assisted in grading assignments, offering real-time feedback, and supporting differentiated instruction. AI-powered feedback helps teachers provide more personalized responses without increasing their workload. However, perspectives on AIs overall impact on education varied.

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Coaching Ethics Academic Integrity Plagiarism 197

Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2019

Without knowing the students, how does a teacher know where to assign their seats? For others, placing students into assigned groups for cooperative learning can produce the optimal learning environment. The start of a school year means a new seating chart for each classroom—full of students that the teacher likely hasn’t met.

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Culture Learning Disabilities Students Assignments 167

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2022

I’m a special education teacher serving students in a self-contained class, and all of my students have moderate to severe learning disabilities including ADHD, intellectual disabilities, emotional disabilities, specific learning disabilities and autism spectrum disorder. Then something odd happened.

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Accessibility Essay Disabilities Learning Disabilities 174

Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2023

Some should focus on how to use AI to increase equity, by, say, supporting students with disabilities and students who are English language learners, according to the Education Department report. It adds that discussions about AI should not forget educational outcomes or the best standards of evidence. At the moment, more research is needed.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2019

When the report came back with the words “learning disability,” I was filled with so much shame. The report said that my intelligence is actually very high but that the gap between my intelligence and my abilities is wide enough that I must have some sort of learning disability. My whole body shut down.

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Learning Disabilities Teachers Disabilities Intelligence 154

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2020

When parents question things like assignments, or the practice of teaching that they see through their lenses, they may not be aware of the overall state of the class, or the range of abilities, disabilities, interests and considerations that go into the planning and teaching.” See also: Want to Show Teachers You Appreciate Them? “I

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Teachers Middle School Middle School Grades 218

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

It offers companionship for some and greater accessibility for those with disabilities. Parents and students 13 and older can request information about school work and assignments directly from Alexa, simply by asking, “Alexa, what did Kaylee do in school today?” or “Alexa, what is my homework tonight?”

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Technology Education Disabilities Communication 208

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Academic Intervention for Students with Disabilities and Special Needs. You can watch the video, rewatch, submit assignments and assessments when you’re ready. Student-led Classroom Management. Elementary Math. Writing Prompts. Blended Learning. Transforming Traditional Classroom Lessons to Online Learning. Here are two examples.

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Teaching Education Learning Assignments 179

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

However, in conversations with faculty, many discuss that although they take the time to write or discuss explicit feedback with their students, the students may not read it or if they do read it, they don’t apply the feedback given to future course assignments which can lead to frustration from faculty leading to a ‘what’s the point then?’

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Feedback Reading Disabilities Assignments 119