Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2022

Instead, he crafted an entirely new curriculum that he felt would better resonate with students, a series of reading and writing assignments that looked at the stages of grief. “I They’re providing additional flexibility, assigning and grading less homework in light of the pandemic. We are where we are. The world has shifted.

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Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2023

In these same conversations, I hear teachers eager to revert back to timed writing by hand, the five-paragraph essay, and other formulaic approaches to writing. The Source of Teachers’ Concerns Years ago, I learned about artificial intelligence (AI) assistance in student writing in an online forum for English teachers.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 8, 2024

AI tools like ChatGPT help me brainstorm titles for events or create writing prompts that I can share with students. One of the most impactful digital tools we’ve implemented at our school is the Sora reading app. Teachers can assign students to new titles available over 90 days within a day.

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eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2025

Panorama defines student belonging as “the extent to which students feel that they are valued members of their schools community,” and its Social-Emotional Learning Survey is one research-backed tool district educators use to identify opportunities for student growth and to celebrate student success.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

For all assignments, Laura responds with affirmative feedback with “glow or grow” information, meaning what students need to be aware of for future assignments or shares what they did great. Nominee: Mark Hess , Mary Helen Guest Elementary School Nominated by: Epson.

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Education Exams Motivation Elementary School 271

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2020

I used to wake up at 5:30 in the morning to teach a preschooler in China how to read, write and speak English. Left: A third grader works on adaptive software in a station rotation blended learning classroom; Right: A third grader designs her own company logo as part of an assignment from her Google Classroom playlist.

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Distance Learning Learning Blended Learning English 218

Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Learning management systems send alerts to parents about missed assignments and grades. And that can make it hard for students to get used to solving their own problems and learning from the small failures that are meant to happen in school, says Devorah Heitner, an author who advises schools on social media issues.

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Failure Assignments Communication Middle School 210

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Today, Generation Genius is used in 30% of elementary schools across the U.S. Newsela also recently launched a new AI-powered writing solution, Newsela Writing, that enables teachers of all subject areas to support writing practice in their classrooms.

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Math Science Quizzes Writing 146

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Victor Machado, an ESL teacher at East Side High School in Newark, New Jersey, won the $10,000 grand prize, along with a schoolwide semester’s subscription to Rosetta Stone English. Maxwell Elementary School in Tennessee, won for creating a Super Families workshop series program and celebrating her ELL first-graders’ “superpowers.”.

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Essay English Language Languages 162

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2018

I talk about Mr. Jasper a lot when I write or speak to teachers about nurturing kids in their classrooms. When Mr. Jasper was an elementary school teacher he did a fine job of making connections and getting to know kids as people. If they don’t know 10 things about you, they won’t learn from you.” Check out this sample.

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2024

This path seemed like the best way to blend his love of linguistics with his interest in teaching — that is, until he took a job as a paraprofessional at an elementary school in his hometown of Corona, California. CGU has a teacher residency program that let him stay in the elementary school he was already in.

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Languages Language Teachers English 203

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

25 on the personal website of Roger Billings, the founder and chairman of Acellus, the company’s courseware development team writes that “about a dozen Acellus lessons have been tagged as racist or as having sexist content. 19, 176 public schools in the state and 12 public charter schools have Acellus licenses.

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Learning Schools Multiple Choice Questions Distance Learning 213

eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2016

On that last point, my school, Shiloh Elementary School in Monroe, N.C., Students in our third-grade immersion class are using the internet to research important information about a person from Latin America so they can write a biography. wondered if we were doing enough.

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Technology Language Languages Internet 189

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2023

5 Surprising Ways Homeschoolers Can Use Canva for Learning and Fun Explore how your homeschoolers can use Canva to enhance their learning, graphic design, and tech skills to level up their assignments. With this feature, they can quickly add creativity to projects, presentations, classroom activities, and assignments.

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Assignments Learning Science History 148

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The 100th day of school is a special milestone celebrated in many educational institutions around the world. It is particularly popular in elementary schools, often filled with fun and educational activities centered around the number 100. Students can engage in various counting exercises related to the number 100.

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Schools Learning History Writing 158

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Either way, the reality is that competitiveness starts early and competition shows up in many ways in schools. As an elementary school student, I remember sitting “criss cross applesauce” among my peers during the end-of-the-quarter awards ceremonies, hoping my name would be called. A rush of emotions shuffles through the crowd.

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Motivation Students Middle School Middle School 174

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

Is it ultimately the responsibility of a district to not only provide a student with a device, but also guarantee them access to anything they’re being assigned at school, at home? I see where technology will play a significant role–there are some awesome programs to reinforce those reading, writing, and math skills.

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Internet Accessibility Local Government Activities 315

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

As part of this program at Morris County Vocational School, in New Jersey, where I teach, students engage in research about key issues at our school and learn how to plan effective professional development to support the staff. For this project, students invite teachers, school leaders and families to engage in the conversation.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Is it ultimately the responsibility of a district to not only provide a student with a device, but also guarantee them access to anything theyre being assigned at school, at home? I see where technology will play a significant role–there are some awesome programs to reinforce those reading, writing, and math skills.

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Internet Accessibility Local Government Activities 283

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2024

After all, students quickly spread the word on TikTok and other social media platforms that with a few simple prompts, a chatbot could write an essay or answer a homework assignment in ways that would be hard for teachers to detect. Many teachers at the event weren’t actively worried about being replaced by bots.

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Teachers Education Instructors Language 217

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

The term “grades” has become almost taboo among some educators in New Hampshire, where seven elementary schools are slowly ditching the word altogether through a program known as. that of 'Grades,'” Earick writes in an upcoming report on the project. NG2] tackles long-standing educational barriers to personalized learning.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

My vision was to increase access and equity in a science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics (STEAM) curriculum for elementary students. After establishing your vision, write a goal of how you plan to achieve that vision. This goes into a spreadsheet that is easily organized for managing printing.

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Art Coaching Elementary School Elementary School 159

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Their natural interests and abilities became apparent—whether it was writing, drawing or a head for numbers. Hidalgo once visited an elementary class where students discussing “Charlotte’s Web” assigned interest codes to the different characters and relating themselves to each character’s actions. ”I

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Counselling Middle School Middle School Testing 215

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Now, in a class of 25 students and within approximately 40 minutes, a teacher can know exactly where each child’s reading level is, and then, with the click of a button, assign them an article at that level. We are assigned an article by our teacher about Citi Bikes in New York City. The Reading & Writing Project.

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English Reading Achievement Grades 161

Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2018

Sure, centers in elementary school made sense, but I wasn’t quite certain at first whether a middle school biology class could pull it off. At the end of September, it was time to give the students their group assignments and Kevin wasn’t the only one I was nervous about. Why did you choose that center?

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Learning Middle School Middle School Students 156

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2019

My 10th grade English teacher, Mrs. Santoro, was the best writing teacher I ever had. She gave me a B- on my first writing assignment, which felt like an F to me. Mrs. Rich was a teacher who supported extracurricular programs, such as the school- and district-wide speech and spelling bee competitions, at my elementary school.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 21, 2018

For the fall of 2016, the district had just built a new elementary school with an 802.11n wireless network from Cisco Meraki. We then followed up over the next two years with wireless deployments in both the middle school and high school. Focus on Establishing Infrastructure. Transform the Classroom with Digital Tools.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 28, 2018

Edgar Ochoa’s middle-schoolers in the Roosevelt Elementary School District in Phoenix took their science, technology, engineering and math learning to the next level when they became Global Problem Solvers and tackled serious issues in their community and beyond. eli.zimmerman_9856. Thu, 06/28/2018 - 14:56. Students are highly engaged.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Now in its 25th Demo Day, the Silicon Valley accelerator has created a machine for turning fledgling ideas into businesses that get investors salivating—and writing checks. with teachers using its materials on a monthly basis in 20 percent of elementary schools. Its graduates have gone on to raise more than $13 billion in total.

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Educational Technologies Technology Education Elementary School 129

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 11, 2024

When I started my encore career as an adjunct professor, I threw myself into the one class I was teaching, eager to update myself on theories and concepts I hadn’t paid much attention to since grad school (which was a long time ago). I read course materials, created assignments, and graded student work in my free time.

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Assignments Elementary School Elementary School Grades 111

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 11, 2024

When I started my encore career as an adjunct professor, I threw myself into the one class I was teaching, eager to update myself on theories and concepts I hadn’t paid much attention to since grad school (which was a long time ago). I read course materials, created assignments, and graded student work in my free time.

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Assignments Elementary School Elementary School Grades 111

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2018

Additionally, educators can streamline assignment management by assigning and collecting work with a click, so they can focus class time on engaging students. Kristine Goworek, a teacher at Middletown Village Elementary School, says before Newsela, “I was stressed about finding resources that were accurate and reliable.”

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Reading Learning Motivation Coaching 129

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

TyKia, who had already attended a previous high school and was in danger of not graduating because of a lack of credits, explained that this type of treatment wasn’t uncommon. From her perspective, her actions had been misunderstood by adults since elementary school. I wondered how to make the most of my time.

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Teachers Learning Schools Elementary School 158

Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2016

Sure enough, when I looked at his screen, Jack’s writing task was completed, a feat that would have been impossible for him to complete in that amount of time by typing on a keyboard. This way, they could complete writing tasks that would otherwise be out of reach. Boosts Writing Speed: Want kids to write more with less time?

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Writing Mobile Devices Students Internet 113

Edsurge

JULY 24, 2019

“In addition to time constraints, we’re limited in how much homework we can assign,” she recently told me. “We In fact, the 2018 National Study of Science and Mathematics Education reported that many elementary school teachers do not even provide science instruction every week. We have to allot most of the time to math.”

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STEM Teaching Science Motivation 167

Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2016

The additional beauty in formative assessments is that we can use the data without always having to assign a grade to it. The free account also includes free writing and drawing options. Save it and assign it to your class in Edmodo or Google classroom. There’s also a summative assessment option (think end-of-unit exams).

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Multiple Choice Questions Assignments Exams Questions 107

Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2018

There’s a really interesting study of the Los Angeles Unified School District, which looked at grades and also performance on standardized tests in math for elementary school students. Teachers and schools are all very focused on what we do. I would encourage young elementary schools to really think about having a choir.

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