eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2025

Science A-Z is a terrific tool to help educators increase engagement due to all the amazing models, process diagrams, and pictures embedded into all the different lessons. Some lessons also have virtual labs that students can complete on their own to further their exploration. This is where Explore Learning Gizmo comes into play.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In the evolving landscape of online education, post pandemic, it has become increasingly essential to use technology to foster student engagement. Among the many digital tools available, e-portfolios have emerged as a powerful means for enhancing student involvement, motivation, and learning outcomes.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The ELMO Board allows educators to capture ideas and enable student engagement while sharing digital resources. ELMO’s document cameras offer various ways to help students visualize objects and see in detail. Using Kami, teachers can create assignments with their LMS, share class-wide, and offer feedback in real time.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The lab will provide ESUSD with policy recommendations and educational resources for teachers, students, and parents, and facilitate ongoing refinement to ensure policies are in sync with practical applications with a particular focus on community, parent and student engagement.

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eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2024

Often, my colleagues will come to me with requests for resources to overcome a certain classroom issue, and like in many school systems, among the biggest issues right now is a lack of student engagement. As educators, it is incumbent upon us to spark students’ curiosity so that they will engage with instruction.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Below, let me share instructional strategies that I use in my courses (virtual, asynchronous, and in-person) to recover student engagement. I’ve been utilizing mid-semester check-ins for several years now and have noticed that students respond best when I send out informal invitations to reflect on their learning experiences.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In the evolving landscape of online education, post pandemic, it has become increasingly essential to use technology to foster student engagement. Among the many digital tools available, e-portfolios have emerged as a powerful means for enhancing student involvement, motivation, and learning outcomes.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

He also knows that the right OER provides professors opportunities to teach the latest research and even make areas like math and science more inclusive by moving away from traditional texts and homework assignments that often lack diverse perspectives. Read: Lyryx celebrates saving students more than $15 million on course materials.

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2022

With these resources, teachers can create and customize turnkey assignments and track progress in real-time through the platform’s Quiz tool. Student Learning Activities that feature absorbing student-led activities for every grade level. eLearning modules from TGR EDU: Explore that support STEM instruction in the classroom.? .

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Calculus is a critical on-ramp to careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). While there’s been progress of late, it’s been “uneven” and Black, Hispanic and women workers are still underrepresented in some STEM fields. That’s similar to something she noticed in other students who took the course.

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eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2017

Outside of cloud-based or platform-enabled communication spaces, some apps even allow for project and assignment-only collaboration and organization, such as Slack (which Stanford uses for team communication and work management) and Trello (a project management app). Both are available for Android, as well. Better Option?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

The workforce has undergone significant changes, and today’s jobs require advanced skills and specialized training, particularly in STEM fields. The use of AR allows students to interact and problem solve in a space that is free of the constraints of budgets and in some instances time. With the rise of AI comes AR/VR.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2022

These improvements make it easier for educators to find, build, and deliver compelling lessons that capture students’ attention and drive deeper student engagement no matter the subject.? . More ready-to-use tools to assess student outcomes and address learning gaps.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: See how blended learning platforms such as Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams can improve student engagement. Post a question in the Classwork stream to engage staff in inquiry-driven discussions. . Gauge participation with a glance to track staff’s completion of tasks and assignments. by Denise Neeb.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2018

9% of writing assignments in grades six to eight include long form writing. The lack of practice adds up; by 8th grade, just 27% of students are at or above a proficient level of writing. In a rigorous analysis of employee performance, Google found STEM skills have the lowest impact on employee success. So what can we do?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2024

This approach empowers teachers to incorporate students’ differences in interests, readiness levels, and experiences into their instruction in ways that teaching facts and procedures do not always account for. This results in greater student engagement and classroom collaboration.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Teaching is evolving at a rapid pace, pushed forward by advancements in AI, the need for real-world relevance in classroom lessons, and a focus on student wellness. This holistic approach is reshaping how we engage students, pushing us to rethink traditional models and deliver teaching and learning in more relevant, responsive ways.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2022

Given the variety of ways in which high school GPAs were assigned or used during the pandemic, a traditional understanding of high school GPA may not fit grades assigned during this time.” So what does that actually mean for students and colleges? Sanchez, an ACT researcher who co-authored the report.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

This helps build strong retrieval pathways and helps students more efficiently master concepts and skills. Immediate feedback also helps students develop self-efficacy. Second, in response to talent-shortage concerns, schools will place greater emphasis on work-based learning, STEM education, and vocational training programs.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Breaking Down Barriers To STEM/STEAM Dr. Faith Freeman is the former director of STEM for Guilford County Schools, a Title I district in North Carolina, where students of color are the majority. Davison tells of a teacher who, one day, realized that she could extend her class LEGO Education projects into writing assignments.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Instead, Kelly gives credit to a curriculum that engages their creativity and speaks to their interests. I'm not the type of person who likes to assign something and then mill about the room. I'm not the type of person who likes to assign something and then mill about the room. I dive in with the kids. I dive in with the kids.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

A neurobiologist by training, Croft also designs her own STEM games for students, and like Nardolilli and Baselice she is trying to gather more evidence that games can lead to learning outcomes. Croft and Nardolilli also launched their own STEM game design company, Catilli, in 2015. “It

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

Through the anger and frustration of their feedback, I could see what my students were really trying to tell me: they felt a distance and lack of support in my classroom, and it was unfair. I dug into the existing research about student engagement and realized that my challenge was actually that my students lacked agency over their learning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

They were also the first Catholic school in the country accredited as a STEM school by AdvancED. The school’s one-to-one iPad program gives every student a sixth-generation iPad and every teacher a MacBook Air laptop and iPad Pro device. Mosyle allowed our teachers to better focus on student engagement.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 13, 2019

There are several classroom tools available that can keep students engaged while building the science, technology, engineering and math skills they will need down the road. Of course, math lessons in K–12 will vary depending on students’ grade level and skills.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Furthermore, technology offers real-time feedback through online assessments, guiding students toward continuous improvement. Platforms like coding applications and virtual simulations also introduce valuable STEM skills, nurturing critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

Similarly, in a science class, students can collaborate on a virtual whiteboard to solve complex problems, draw diagrams, and illustrate scientific processes—promoting collaborative problem-solving skills. Assigning students to work in groups allows them to engage in shared decision-making, divide tasks, and collaborate on a common project.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2022

The partnership will provide teachers the ability to utilize the ELA curriculum on Kiddom’s platform to share assignments digitally, communicate with students, and deliver personalized feedback on submissions, while prioritizing student reading proficiency and content knowledge of science and social studies. .

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In middle school, I participated in Future City , a STEM competition for middle schoolers. Competition can be thrilling and motivating to those who choose to engage. But it’s important to remember that competition is not a golden key to unlock student engagement. Personally, I have always enjoyed competition.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

Similarly, in a science class, students can collaborate on a virtual whiteboard to solve complex problems, draw diagrams, and illustrate scientific processes—promoting collaborative problem-solving skills. Assigning students to work in groups allows them to engage in shared decision-making, divide tasks, and collaborate on a common project.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2021

Jo Boaler started her teaching career in inner-city London—in a culturally diverse school population with roughly 250 different languages spoken—she was tasked with teaching math to students assigned to the bottom track. She recalls one of her students asking, “Why should we bother?”

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2024

Creating optimal pre-lab videos The applicability of pre-lab videos span across a variety of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) laboratory-based disciplines including biology, chemistry, physics, anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, and engineering. 2006; Saxena et al., 2006; Greene, 2020; Topping, 2014).

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

It's about giving students the flexibility to show their thinking, not guiding them through overly specific linear paths through easy problems. Consider giving assignments back to your students with just highlights. Putting a final grade on something can close off discussion.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

My job is to make sure that the tech use is meaningful and purposeful - when used correctly technology can help enhance and transform my lessons, provide real-world activities, and increase student engagement. We all strive to develop students with the skills necessary to be successful after high school graduation.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Similarly, when motivation levels are high, students engage more deeply in the associated learning task. Ask any educator about the joys of teaching a highly intrinsically motivated student! When students ask, “but how does this relate to the real world?” Simon Sinek’s The Golden Circle. Full sized image here.

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Edsurge

JULY 17, 2023

And why do teachers and professors continue to assign it? The first question I'm gonna answer is the second one, which is, why do people assign group work? And the year before, I had really advocated to make that course open to all students and not just our STEM magnet students. Jen Manly Jen Manly: Good questions.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2024

Creating optimal pre-lab videos The applicability of pre-lab videos span across a variety of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) laboratory-based disciplines including biology, chemistry, physics, anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, and engineering. 2006; Saxena et al., 2006; Greene, 2020; Topping, 2014).

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