Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2022

Ray Salazar has been teaching high school Journalism and English in Chicago Public Schools for over twenty years. 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 We are where we are.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This would not be possible without the efforts of our Information Technology Department successfully providing all of our students with Chromebooks and internet access during the pandemic shutdown. Ronald Taylor, Superintendent of the Schools of South Orange and Maplewood.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

Born in the era of VHS a generation before the Internet became mainstream, Blockbuster built its business catering to customers who liked being able to drop by one of its retail stores on a whim to pick out a new release or a well-known classic. Consider the example of Blockbuster Video.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Districts distributed devices and internet providers allowed free connections. Students often came into my program from all over the world with limited English language skills in their late teens, which makes them at risk for aging out of earning a traditional high school diploma.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2021

Library closures hit patrons hard—especially those who relied on them as their main internet source and used them to access online educational resources. Libraries Close, Internet Access Ends There have been several studies about how the lack of fast home broadband has hurt kids’ access to online learning during school closures.

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eSchool News

MAY 10, 2016

Angel, a sophomore, has a homework assignment that’s due at midnight, and this is the only way he’s able to turn it in. Better internet would help tremendously in our community,” Angel said. Personally, I do not have any type of internet at home. However, students may have no internet access when they get home.

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Internet Essay Assignments English 130

Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

Gardner, who teaches kindergarten to English learners in Salisbury, N.C., Teachers of older students are assigning group work and creating breakout chat rooms in Zoom. She acknowledged that equity issues in terms of internet access might make such connections impossible for some families. “We Another piece of the puzzle?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

This enables the instructor to assign coursework that keeps their students moving forward on their unique learning path. ALEKS gives instructors the flexibility to assign homework, share curated content such as videos, review student progress and provide support anytime, anywhere.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2016

Currently, we have one immersion class—taught full-time in Spanish, with the goal of “immersing” or teaching Spanish to speakers of other languages, like English—in each of our Kindergarten through third grade classrooms. Using the internet, students are able to research, organize, and share information with the teacher and each other.

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Technology Language Languages Internet 189

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

Most of these homes don’t have internet, so now you have another problem, because it’s very expensive. Internet access is not affordable for all families, so that raises the question around whether this is about equitable access to technology or about affordability. In my opinion, the issue is beyond being equitable.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Most of these homes dont have internet, so now you have another problem, because its very expensive. Internet access is not affordable for all families, so that raises the question around whether this is about equitable access to technology or about affordability. In my opinion, the issue is beyond being equitable.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2020

They theoretically help make sure all students have the assigned books from the first day of class. For example, we don't make a decision to charge different tuition rates for English majors or engineering majors, but we do charge engineering majors significantly more for their textbooks. And so this sort of equalizes that out.”

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Textbooks Assignments English Internet 174

eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Before my second year of teaching, my principal suggested that I pilot a class set of 35 Chromebooks in my ninth- and 11th-grade English classes. Through this activity, Nick was able to voice his fears about technology in a Google form and yet complete the assignment using technology successfully.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

The new programs also have increased training for leading special student populations, including students with disabilities, English language learners and early childhood students. The need for high-speed broadband internet in every classroom in the U.S. Approximately 70,000 of Arizona’s K-12 students are ELLs.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Some had tested positive for COVID-19, or had a parent in the hospital, or were paying out of pocket for school because there was some glitch with their FAFSA, or their internet was slow. I can cut a lot of slack, extend deadlines or excuse assignments. Others were taking on extra shifts at work to support their families.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

Google Classroom , the company’s online tool that lets teachers, students and parents manage assignments and discussions, will be getting a small facelift as part of 12 updates that Google is announcing at this week’s ISTE conference, an annual K-12 educational technology expo. In other words, the most recent activity sits at the top.)

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Dually certified in special education and English Language Arts, I teach an ELA inclusion class to 11th and 12th graders, which means I serve students with and without Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) in the same setting. This is my third year teaching at William Penn High School in the Colonial School District in New Castle, Delaware.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2025

To my surprise, I was shocked at my students' low levels of tech and Internet literacy. Over the past three years, I have seen my students gaps in knowledge regarding Internet use and other basic digital skills as a serious and overlooked problem. We were taught not to plagiarize and to cite our sources.

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Internet Schools Students Plagiarism 143

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Just as the technological revolution of the printing press democratized the authorship and distribution of books, so too does social media and the internet allow for more voices to be heard and for a wide variety of authors—including our students—to connect with audiences around the world. engagement and passion. engagement and passion.

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Writing Teaching Essay Assignments 167

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Random assignment is intended to ensure the treatment and comparison groups are the same along both measurable characteristics such as test scores as well as unmeasured characteristics such as motivation to learn. This could mean that the groups of students have similar scores on a state test or a pretest relevant to the study.

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Study Testing Students Peer Review 216

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2021

Class Action Gradebook – This grade book app lets you import student data, import assignments, and maintain a journal. Educators can log into their grade book from any computer with Internet access. It provides automatic English-to-Spanish translation and text-to-speech conversion for special needs students.

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Grades Exams Assignments English 158

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

With the direct integration of Google Classroom and Ed , teachers are now able to share HMH assignments with their students via Google Classroom and benefit from Ed’s auto-scoring and standards-reporting capabilities. Expanded supports and more rich content for English language learners within Math 180 and English 3D.

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Gamification English Assignments Education 130

Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The internet is awash in surveys touting the inseparable connection between kids and technology. 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 I think students are reading and writing more than ever. Is it quality writing?

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

As educators and students grapple with what is allowed when using generative AI (GenAI) tools, I have compiled five tips to help you design or redesign academic integrity statements for your syllabus, assignments, exams, and course activities. Students might benefit from using these tools on some assignments, but not others.

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Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 137

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 19, 2015

Teacher ‘Pro’ accounts are available so educators can track student reading, assign articles, and offer quizzes. Learn, teach or research English language. Write easily readable texts in English. Get keyword suggestions for English language websites. Newsela is free and add-free.

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English Quizzes Writing Language 148

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

The company’s website was written in Chinese and marketed to students who did not speak English as their first language. The problem, though, is that some sites simply set up shop on a new internet server to avoid the ban, and officials say there is no way to completely restrict access to such sites through blocking IP addresses alone.

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Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Attention 157

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2018

When finished, you can save each one to Google Keep as a.png file (to preserve transparency) and pepper them into student essays or assignments on Google Docs. Internet Abridged is a summarization extension that sums up any website in a few paragraphs (perfect for long Wikipedia articles, Sneed said).

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Essay Plagiarism Coaching Learning Disabilities 167

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

Hardware, internet availability and connectivity, alongside learning materials to support instruction—from age-appropriate books to paper, pencils, glue and scissors—vary substantially from household to household, just as the capacity to provide and respond to these needs varies from one district to the next.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Translation technologies can be included for students and parents whose native language is not English. These lessons should target all school leaders and teachers, especially special education teachers and teachers of English language learners. Evolve your programming.

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Schools Language Languages Reading 246

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 16, 2022

While people will still be Zooming for some time, taking time to create, produce, and implement asynchronous videos or asynchronous video assignments for your online class can yield multiple benefits. Students can interact with one another through asynchronous video assignments. Internet and Higher Education, 13 (1-2), 5-9.

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Instructors Assignments Feedback Lecturing 145

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2020

In the 1990s, the popularization of the internet was similarly revolutionary. Thanks to the availability of the internet and free translation software, your students can easily access books, internet articles and even academic courses and degree programs from other countries.

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Skills Teaching Students English 146

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

A former English teacher in Turkey, Abamu’s dabbling with edtech tools inspired her to launch a blog on international education. She’s also built storytelling chops as a broadcast journalist, researcher and assignment editor for NY1 News, covering everything from sports, politics and education to the bitter winter and other grisly events.

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Education English Culture Assignments 106

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Hunter Reardon, an English teacher at Palo Alto High School in California, is an example of this teacher-turned-edtech advocate. Before becoming an administrator, she was a heavy tech user in her own English classroom and an early user of tech products that were often adopted department and school-wide. Internet searches: 21%.

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English Lecturing Attention Internet 140

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Beyond basic editing, students can add specifications such as editing for English as a first language, or editing for the academic environment. This was often for written assignments or take-home quizzes and tests. A fellow instructor suggested I try audio or video presentation assignments instead.

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Intelligence Plagiarism Quizzes Academic Integrity 144

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

University of Texas at Austin psychology instructor Brooke Miller adds that the internet and YouTube have changed instruction. “We One professor might love the idea of “chunking up” the class with a video break, while another might prefer to assign videos as homework in a flipped classroom approach. Address a variety of learning needs.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

As educators and students grapple with what is allowed when using generative AI (GenAI) tools, I have compiled five tips to help you design or redesign academic integrity statements for your syllabus, assignments, exams, and course activities. Students might benefit from using these tools on some assignments, but not others.

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Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 98

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

This intense course runs for four-and-a-half days, and gives teachers a deep dive into the world of computer science—understanding algorithms, data, the internet and of course, coding. Several teachers came from schools that aim to integrate computer science in existing subjects, such as science, math, English, Spanish, or an AVID class.

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