eSchool News

MAY 7, 2019

Biggest challenge: Three years ago, when I started as executive director for high school instruction, our state of student achievement was average. We typically see 40 new teachers in our high schools each year. In between meetings, we’ve seen five-minute interventions having a massive impact on our high school teachers.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

At Savvas, we are committed to empowering educators with the highest-quality instructional materials and effective teaching strategies to increase student achievement,” said Bethlam Forsa, CEO of Savvas Learning Company. Teachers can also provide students with targeted adaptive assignments on specific skills or standards.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2025

Here are the most-read posts for the month of December: Three Projects to Kick Off the Holidays 7 Online Resources About Creating a #MakerSpace Five Must-Do Skills to Accomplish During High School Holiday Gifts for Teachers 14 Holiday Websites and 5 Projects Where did Christmas Come From? See You Jan.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2017

How should an entire district begin teaching digital citizenship? Life Schools Charter School’s digital citizenship initiative began when they started to notice that many students were posting on social media about their location and other personal details. To begin with, creativity, flexibility and strong goals are a must.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2020

As we struggle with adapting our classes to remote learning, I know lots of teachers who are realizing that their normal approach isn’t suited for remote teaching. Here are thirteen accepted pedagogical teaching strategies with proven records of success. Whole Brain Teaching. DoK is not a taxonomy (like Bloom’s).

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eSchool News

JULY 29, 2020

Flinn Scientific, a flagship provider of science lab materials and safety and STEM solutions for the K-16 education market, is launching two new solutions – 360Science and Science2Go – to support hands-on learning this coming school year.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Josh Davis spent 14 years teaching high school special education and middle school history, so he’s well aware of a few classroom constants. We felt strongly about introducing our students to technology in the classroom. Davis is committed to helping his teachers reach higher levels of tech integration.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Isaacs’ unusual class structure comes courtesy of Classcraft , a company based in New York and Sherbrooke, Quebec, that helps educators teach teamwork, good behavior and their regular classroom lessons through the guise of a school-yearlong fantasy game. Helping Classcraft on its own adventure to reach more schools is a $7.5

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2024

Do you feel like our current approach to teaching and learning is working for either teachers or students? Combine all of this with the data showing that almost seventy-five percent of high school students reported negative feelings about school , and it’s clear we need an education transformation. profession.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Savvas Now Literacy © 2023 , a brand-new K-5 supplemental digital resource library built by literacy experts, lets teachers easily search for and find high-quality instructional content that addresses a wide range of learning needs, from foundational skills and vocabulary to comprehension to writing.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

When I started teaching in smaller towns, I noticed that many high school and middle school teachers skipped icebreakers because they assumed the students already knew each other. I would argue that it’s always a good time to do an icebreaker with your students.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

USA, announced the launch of the A30 , the world’s first All-in-One Camera with AI Audio for the Classroom. The A30 is a multi-functional classroom tool that enhances the teaching experience by combining a document camera, web camera, microphone, and speaker. VEX Robotics demonstrated its VEX GO and VEX 123 solutions.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2022

A recent CT Insider article reported anywhere from 1,200 to 1,600 current open teaching positions throughout Connecticut. Therefore, this program aims to provide a special incentive that encourages current education staff to stay within the district while encouraging new teachers and staff to join the school community.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2023

In a high school math class, when learning about graphing equations, teachers can invite students to decide if they would like to graph on paper or use Desmos, an online graphing tool. The 2nd Pillar: Differentiation The second pillar that underpins high-quality design in blended learning is consistent and effective differentiation.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

If you work in education in 2020, you are making tough decisions about how to best reach and teach your learners in the midst of a global pandemic. For example, completing homework requires executive function skills, and the benefits of homework increase as students move into middle school and high school.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Julie York, a computer science and media teacher at South Portland High School in Maine, was scouring the internet for discussion tools for her class when she found TeachFX. York found that TeachFX listened to her very carefully, and generated a detailed feedback report on her specific teaching style. Teaching is hard.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 25, 2024

It’s no surprise that by high school, nearly 75% of students report negative feelings – tired, stressed, and bored– about school (Moeller, Brackett, Ivcevic & White, 2020). Why did we get into teaching in the first place? What were we hoping to achieve or create in our classrooms? Moeller, J.,

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Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2020

Before I started teaching ninth grade Algebra in D.C. Public Schools, I had a career in global health. So when I transitioned away from that career to teaching, I was caught off-guard by a completely different model of management and supervision. every few days. I went from experiencing autonomy to micromanagement.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

In 2011, Cat Campos was a senior at Immaculata-La Salle High School , struggling to see how the iPod touch devices they were testing in her AP Literature class could support learning. Since those early days of testing iPods, the small, private, Catholic school earned a long-standing designation as an Apple Distinguished School.

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Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

As educators, mental health professionals, and authors of a new book on helping students cut through stress and pave the way to purpose, we’ve spent our careers supporting students to manage their mental health and reach their potential. A “self-care” practice can feel counter to the ethos of the teaching profession.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Through flexible project-based learning, each lesson teaches foundational digital and technological skills. You can then start using Google Sites, which teaches real-world, web development skills. It also gets them ready for high school, where more of the classes have project-based learning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2025

Jami Rhue thought her first stint as a school librarian would be a quick detour in her career as a classroom teacher. But by the time she was heading up her own elementary school classroom in Chicago, she found herself missing the library and longing to teach media literacy again. Jami Rhue Its differentiating.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 8, 2021

As is my habit, I spend a lot of time exploring new ways to teach old subjects. I chatted with my PLN, browsed forums where I knew efriends hung out, and taught a slew of online grad school classes to teachers who always are willing the discuss their newest favorite social studies tech tool. ” — Sarah Murphy. Timeline JS.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 8, 2024

Arm yourself every morning with brain science-backed strategies for effective teaching and energized students. Competing to make it through the RAS filter is the first step in better teaching practices and improving student achievement. Don’t flee the education field demoralized like a wounded soldier.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In 2019, the US Department of Education reported that one in every three American high school students participates in dual enrollment courses (Shivji & Wilson, 2019), a number expected to rise in the coming years. Dual credit programs also help students transition from high school to college more efficiently.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 8, 2015

Are you teaching a Summer Tech Camp to Kids? Can be adapted to high school. If you’re teaching Summer Tech Camp, it can be daunting. What do you teach? Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years. Summer Tech Camp Survival Kit. From Ask a Tech Teacher. 230 value for $179.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The pandemic has changed teaching in many ways–remove vs. in-person vs. hybrid for one, the need for internet access in homes for another. Schools struggle to find the right technology to address these many changing needs. Here’s their interesting story: New tech installed at SOCSD helps with teaching through masks.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 13, 2015

Change your approach to teaching. Provide some games, simulations, student presentations–whatever you don’t normally do in your classroom. Designed for middle and high school, but adaptable to other grades. Designed for middle and high school, but decide which of your groups this works best for.

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Cal Matters

MAY 14, 2025

Middle schoolers have long been eligible to enroll in college classes in California, though only a few, high-achieving students actually do it. Navigating (college) as early as middle school is unheard of in their community, she said. Perhaps the only noticeable difference is the timing: The middle school day ends at 2:30 p.m.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology’s near-constant change.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In 2019, the US Department of Education reported that one in every three American high school students participates in dual enrollment courses (Shivji & Wilson, 2019), a number expected to rise in the coming years. Dual credit programs also help students transition from high school to college more efficiently.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2021

High School GPA Calculator – Enables high school students to calculate their high school GPA, record their scores and track their cumulative academic performance. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Are there any apps that you would add?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2017

In fact, 90 percent of respondents in a 2015 survey by digital solutions provider Teaching Strategies confirmed early childhood educators have access to technology in some capacity in the classroom and feel that they use it effectively; some 88 percent said they use it once a week, mainly for documentation and instructional purposes.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2024

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of children regularly miss elementary, middle and high school. She’s also director of the Center for Teaching Excellence there, which provides faculty with support for instruction, edtech, course design, classroom management and grading.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 3, 2023

Wall Street Journal sent a young-looking journalist back to high school to test out the effectiveness of the web’s newest homework helper, ChatGPT. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link]. –image credit: Deposit Photos.

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2023

percent of American school teachers, according to a widely cited federal survey of the 2020-2021 school year. Why are there so few Black men in the teaching profession? But then, also, there are a lot of districts and schools that think about recruiting, but they pay no attention to retention. It comes up. And it's not.

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2016

Customers can browse and navigate through a single gateway to easily locate and purchase education applications, digital learning tools, games, resources for classroom management, and original content made by teachers for teachers, such as lesson plans and instructional materials.

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