eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2015

Like myself, other students with learning difficulties—from dysgraphia (a difficulty with writing, mainly in spelling) and attention disorders like ADD and ADHD—respond well to visual or tactile learning and activities that allow physical participation, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

That discussion could draw the attention of other students–making my students feel self-conscious–or it might be disruptive. We might move quickly from showing something on-screen to asking students to reflect on the information in writing. Before I started using technology, we’d have to have a conversation out loud.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

Attention feels more frayed and fragile during live video lessons for all of us. That’s especially true for our learners who experience challenges to sustained attention when in the physical classroom. Can our students, teachers and caregivers—especially those experiencing it for the first time—navigate web browsers and technology?

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Accessibility Distance Learning Learning Students 218

eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Rather than relying solely on AI to write their essays, students use these tools to foster critical thinking, inspire creativity, and brainstorm potential topics. It can give suggestions for how to write a college application essay for those who lack writing skills, too.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

I write down the anticipated student responses to know when I hear what will allow me to assess student understanding. Since I know this, I write down the directions and expectations in a student-friendly checklist format on all my slides so that students can at least reference them if I am struggling to give coherent directions.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Students who spent formative years learning online may be too nervous to raise a hand in class or have trouble paying attention. Johnson, a writing instructor and chair of the writing center at Madison Colleg “It all sort of feels bundled together,” Cohn says. Teaching The Why Sarah Z. Is it essential by the end of the term?

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2017

Hopkins likes to read singable stories—songs in the form of a book—to target goals in young students like reading comprehension, reading pace, and sustained attention. She also uses instrument playing to teach elements of music like tempo, dynamics, pitch, tonality and mood.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2016

But the impact of this approach in Louisiana has yielded mixed academic results and disastrous results on disciplinary records , particularly for children of color and special education students. The majority of these children are living in homes and neighborhoods where violence, poor education and poverty are the norm.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The STEM gender gap remains an area of much-needed attention that we, as educators, can actively work on improving in our daily lessons. Alternative Instruction for Atypical Learning This is a game-changer for neurodivergent students or those with specialized educational needs.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The last mother she visited opened up about her struggles with her three-year-old son, who was desperate for attention. Left: Pam Helmick with kindergarten students; Right: Mary Beth Pistillo works with students during writing time in Helmick's class. How can you prepare a child to write at birth? Credit: Sharon Lurye.

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2020

The Miacademy team keeps all learners in mind, including those with special needs, as they create the online curriculum. As a former special education teacher, Newman knows how to support a variety of learners and uses these strategies to direct the creation of Miacademy videos. “If They keep the child’s attention.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2018

A few years ago I had a student named Abby in my history class, who had always been in self-contained special education classrooms. I’d randomly choose five things we learned the day before and ask them to write what they could recall. Sometimes the details former students recall from class is nothing short of amazing.

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2024

The science of reading refers to a vast body of research that explores how children learn to read and includes explicit, systematic and cumulative instruction methods focused on phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing and oral language.

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2016

Tool will serve students in general education, special education, Title I, and state-funded Learning Assistance Programs. It starts with cognitive skills such as memory, attention and processing speed and works from the bottom up, using the principles of neuroplasticity.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Virtual learning assistants, or mentors, will, with human overseers, autonomously support personalized development: Imagine personalized learning journeys powered by AI agents that bring relevant topics to your students’ attention, based on your interests. D, SVP, Special Education–Behavior, Specialized Education Services, Inc.

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Autism Classroom Resources

JANUARY 24, 2025

Classroom mission statements are a great way to build teamwork in the special education classroom. You may or may not want to write the classroom mission statement down and post it in the classroom. Set up your classroom with these paraprofessional schedules and zoning plans for managing your special education team.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Using Wakelet, school librarians can work with librarians in their district–or even across the state or country–to draw attention to important resources in the library, offer research tips, and motivate students. With tools such as Wakelet, ELL students can write in their native language and teachers can translate on their own.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Start by exploring a range of assistive technologies that cater to different needs, such as text-to-speech software for students with reading difficulties or speech-to-text for those with writing challenges. Collaborate with special education professionals to tailor these tools to individual learning goals.

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Technology Assistive Technology Learning Styles Students 172

Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2019

I’m a ninth grade English teacher at Collier and all of my students are classified with a disability and have an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) that qualifies them for special education services. Our school has a low student-teacher ratio, averaging about 4:1, which enables us to provide more individualized attention.

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Disabilities Schools Learning Disabilities English 166

Edsurge

JANUARY 14, 2021

Many people, LiBetti notes, are realizing that the existence of early childhood education programs almost single-handedly allows mothers of young children to participate in the workforce.

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Education Disabilities Language Languages 156

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Many have lacked the social skills to interact with their peers, the ability to follow instructions and stick to a routine, the attention spans to sit through an entire story read aloud in class, Lambert says. It has also expanded the program in a few ways.

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Elementary School Elementary School Activities Skills 190

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Digital Citizenship Platforms: Implement platforms like Common Sense Education to teach students about digital citizenship, online safety, and responsible technology use, preparing them for a connected and digital world. One significant impact is the promotion of active engagement. Technology facilitates personalized learning experiences.

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Technology Learning Styles Learning Students 130

Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2024

When the Northwestern freshman excitedly shared how the excerpt we were reading connected to Ta-Nehisi Coate’s “Between the World and Me,” , my seniors nodded attentively before building on what she shared in discussion. My school has only been open for four years, so last May was our first graduating class.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Will it impact their writing ability? This is great if you’re using it to write an essay and turn it in. We’re gonna keep writing. But I think there’s a lot more attention being paid. And you had a one to one that way a lot of the special education dynamics of IEP meetings. They really.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2024

For example, through AI, students in our EPP are learning how to write more scholarly, which helps them communicate more effectively with their professors, EC-12 students that they work with, and other educators. Additionally, our EPP students have learned how to be better delivery instruction, which helps them feel more successful.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2024

For example, through AI, students in our EPP are learning how to write more scholarly, which helps them communicate more effectively with their professors, EC-12 students that they work with, and other educators. Additionally, our EPP students have learned how to be better delivery instruction, which helps them feel more successful.

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Intelligence Education Plagiarism Writing 93

Cult of Pedagogy

AUGUST 4, 2024

As they moved from an environment where adults structured every moment to one with much more autonomy, quite a few of our students struggled to manage their time, their attention, their belongings, and their energy in a way that helped them do school successfully. They would forget to do assignments. Lose whole notebooks.

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Teaching Students Assignments Skills 129

Faculty Focus

APRIL 13, 2025

Cultural Perspectives on Authority International students often approach interactions with educators with profound reverence, influenced by cultures that value authority and rules. Furthermore, educators can encourage peer support by allowing students to bring a classmate along when seeking clarification or discussing concerns with educators.

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Feedback Culture Learning Students 92

Edsurge

JULY 12, 2017

“We personalize learning all the time, we just don’t call it that,” says special education teacher Gina Tesoriero who has been teaching middle schoolers for over a decade. Douglas Moore In 2010, Tesoriero and her colleague Amanda Solarsh, a middle school science teacher, stumbled across an opportunity to write curriculum at NYSCI.

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Science Learning Schools Gamification 145

Faculty Focus

APRIL 13, 2025

Cultural Perspectives on Authority International students often approach interactions with educators with profound reverence, influenced by cultures that value authority and rules. Furthermore, educators can encourage peer support by allowing students to bring a classmate along when seeking clarification or discussing concerns with educators.

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Feedback Culture Learning Students 83

Cult of Pedagogy

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

During a second and third grade book discussion group, a group member, Claire, invited into the conversation Shauna, a quiet student who often missed classroom discussions to go down the hall to her special education class — a practice that can make such students feel like outsiders in their own class. An excellent discussion ensued.

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Languages Language Teachers Discussions 111

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 29, 2024

On those days, I would go over and give him some attention. I also pay attention to what lights up their faces, and will often research their interests so that I can ask them questions later! In my office, I might be working on getting them to slow down, write out their work, and track/sequence steps. Some days we would talk.

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Math Testing Learning Failure 112

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Virtual learning assistants, or mentors, will, with human overseers, autonomously support personalized development: Imagine personalized learning journeys powered by AI agents that bring relevant topics to your students’ attention, based on your interests. D, SVP, Special Education–Behavior, Specialized Education Services, Inc.

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Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 130

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 22, 2025

Part 2: Why Enjoyment Enhances Education The idea that learning must be serious to be effective is outdated. Modern educational psychology consistently supports the correlation between enjoyment and cognitive engagement. Its not uncommon for children to face difficulties adjusting to online education.

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Quizzes Gamification Learning Schools 52

Lab to Class

JANUARY 3, 2024

Able to write the most basic letters/characters individually and in simple words. This allows them to have a surface to write on, partners and groups to work with, but also their own chair to help them learn to stay in their assigned place. Nonlinear effect of biological feedback on brain attentional state. Maksimenko, V.,

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Teaching Teachers Activities Reading 52

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 26, 2025

Additionally, the school should provide: Academic advisors Technical support teams Special education services, if needed Mental health counseling options Student success is significantly enhanced when online schools prioritize strong, timely teacher-student interactions and offer comprehensive support systems. </p>

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Motivation Schools Assignments Art 52

Cult of Pedagogy

AUGUST 20, 2023

That edition includes 300 strategies to support many aspects of reading — from fluency to comprehension to writing about reading to engagement and motivation and more. There’s human development and linguistics and neuroscience and psychology and special education and speech language pathology. I could go on and on.”

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Reading Languages Language Science 52