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.

Textbooks

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.

Teachers

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 8, 2021

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. You incorporate that into your passion for teaching by gamifying your middle- or high school classroom.

Social Studies

Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2025

Though she didnt initially see herself ever becoming a school librarian, Rhue has come to love the dynamism and variety of her job. She teaches concepts as wide-ranging as American Sign Language, critical thinking, typing, conducting research and writing in cursive. I also teach cursive writing, which is a lost art.

Education

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 13, 2015

Designed for middle and high school, but adaptable to other grades. Create a class discussion using a Discussion Board, blog post, wiki, the class Twitter stream, a collaborative board like Padlet or Linoit –or have students use each method, at different times for the balance of the school year. Write an Ebook.

Schools

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. It will write entire essays for students, take notes on literature, and compare-contrast chosen pieces in seconds.

Essay

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2018

After a very successful event in December, we will be launching our first after school club program at a new STEM high school in Union City in January 2018. These explorations go much deeper than writing an essay or performing a play. TED-Ed D.I.V.E. Event, Image Credit: Marcos Navas So What is a TED-Ed Club Exactly?

Students

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. So when they experience success, it really motivates them to continue. Chaidez wants to go further.

Middle School

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 15, 2021

Middle School and High School are designed for semester or quarter grading periods typical of those grade levels with topics like programming, robotics, writing an ebook, and community service with tech. grade levels include keyboarding, digital citizenship, problem solving, digital tools for the classroom, and coding.

Curriculum

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.

Instructors

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Offer to help your teacher during lunch or after school. Write a gratitude card and give it to someone who works at the school. High School Students Be on time for school. Create a show about kindness and present it to elementary schools (e.g. Walk or bike to school and help the environment.

Elementary School

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.

Instructors

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The negative results of this practice for students could not come at a worse time, with disruptions to middle and high school classes due to the pandemic leaving some students underprepared for college-level coursework. Many high schools do not permit students to use their phones during class.

Instructors

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The negative results of this practice for students could not come at a worse time, with disruptions to middle and high school classes due to the pandemic leaving some students underprepared for college-level coursework. Many high schools do not permit students to use their phones during class.

Instructors

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. If so, what’s driving the trend?

Students

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2018

So far 30 such content creators have been green-lighted, ranging from high-school teachers and college professors, to brand-name publishers including Kaplan, Penguin Random House, Oxford University Press and Pearson, which is selling a handful of English vocabulary materials. But a large teacher following is no guarantee of success.

Testing

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

274) Second, students commented on the transition from high school to college and their vague expectations of what doing well in college required. Many students also wrote about their reluctance to change what had worked in high school. What they’d done in high school worked, why should they change?

Exams

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Offer to help your teacher during lunch or after school. Write a gratitude card and give it to someone who works at the school. High School Students. Be on time for school. Create a show about kindness and present it to elementary schools (e.g. Walk or bike to school and help the environment.

Elementary School

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2016

Last school year, I made drastic changes in my classroom management system. Due to a schoolwide initiative, my behavior “clip chart” system ended, and in turn, school rules were replaced with a language that promoted growth mindset. I was on a mission to change the way students speak with themselves.

Science

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 11, 2018

Schools and districts can use the company’s software to set up their own program, calibrating not only what they choose to reward but also how many points to give each item. Educators at Indian Springs High School in San Bernardino, California are running a similar program and have seen results on their campus. Author Bio.

Technology

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 9, 2018

Designed for middle and high school, but adaptable to other grades. Create a class discussion using a Discussion Board, blog post, wiki, the class Twitter stream, a collaborative board like Padlet or Linoit –or have students use each method at different times for the balance of the school year. Write an Ebook.

Schools

Teach Hub

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

We usually think of elementary schools engaging in this with a higher grade paired with a longer grade. This can also happen from school to school. Giving students the opportunity and resources to write thank you cards to the educators or family members in their lives is very valuable. Thank You Cards. Faculty Car Wash.

Elementary School

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2020

In the face of mounting evidence, education experts accepted a prescriptive fact: student success is not measured by milestones like ‘took a foreign language in fifth grade’ or ‘passed Algebra in high school’ but by how s/he thinks. Habits of Mind lists sixteen of these. Orton-Gillingham. VARK model.

Teaching

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2015

writing skills. Kids from 2nd grade-high school will love it. I like the SAT word list for high school–a quick way to study for those comprehensive tests in between lunch and class, or while waiting for siblings in afterschool activities. More about apps: 252 Favorite IPad Apps for your Classroom.

Reading

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 7, 2016

Designed for middle and high school, but adaptable to other grades. Have a class discussion using a Discussion Board, blog post, wiki, the class Twitter stream, a collaborative board like Padlet or Linoit –or have students use each method, at different times for the balance of the school year. Write an Ebook.

Schools

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 20, 2017

Can be adapted to high school. Teach Writing with Tech. Focus: Technology that addresses life in a fun, motivating way. Age Group: 3 rd -8 th grade. Fine for mature 2 nd grade. You select the option, then mold a Summer Tech Camp to what works for your student group.

Motivation

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 8, 2017

What will I try next?) — review and reflect in writing on scores and strategies and elect to redo the assignment or do extra practice for a higher score. Include this in middle school and high school advisory classes as an effective way to track student progress toward self-proclaimed goals.

Assignments

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Third, high school students are preparing for their future. Insist all students and parents agree to the rules (either verbally or in writing). Walk Around the Classroom to verify behavior. Knowing all of this, how do teachers address cell phone usage in their classrooms? Tell students the rules and why.

Teachers

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2024

It’s called “linguistic fingerprinting,” where linguistic techniques are used to determine whether a text has been written by a specific person based on analysis of their previous writings. He’s an English teacher at Benedictine Military School in Savannah, Georgia, and he also writes a newsletter about the issues AI raises in education.

Essay

Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2019

He went on to one of our top academic high schools. In his freshman year, he started off with very high grades, but every year it went progressively lower and lower, to the point where at the end of his senior year, we weren't sure whether he was going to graduate. So I turned to her and said, “You don't like writing, huh?”

Coaching

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Four years later, carrying the memories of missing recess because I couldn’t complete my multiplication table chart fast enough, and being pulled out of classes to attend speech therapy for my lisp, I entered my first year of high school. By then, I had developed a passion for music. If not, what alternatives can exist?

Elementary School

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 1, 2022

idea has been rather popular of late, stemming from a rising interest in improvisational comedy; Don’t Think Twice , a movie about an improv group; and a variety of comedians and business leaders speaking and writing about the idea. The “Yes, and. For those not familiar with the “Yes, and.” idea, it’s almost exactly what it sounds like.

Discussions

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 1, 2022

idea has been rather popular of late, stemming from a rising interest in improvisational comedy; Don’t Think Twice , a movie about an improv group; and a variety of comedians and business leaders speaking and writing about the idea. The “Yes, and. For those not familiar with the “Yes, and.” idea, it’s almost exactly what it sounds like.

Discussions

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Education used to focus on the 3 R’s — reading, writing, and ‘rithmetic. You might already use Voki to enhance reading and writing, showcase student work, and review historical events. Teaching Copyright — a high school curriculum. Two of my favorites are Voki and Storyboard That!

Internet

eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2024

Teaching various methods for conflict resolution to our students might be one prescription public schools could employ for this monumental challenge. Aside from the obvious classroom management benefits of teaching conflict resolution to students, children would also develop better interpersonal relationships outside of the classroom.

Social Studies

eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2025

Department of Education , remove woke ideology from public schools, and return to the basics of reading, writing, and math. After the election, Chalkbeat asked teachers around the nation: What do you want Donald Trump to know about your school, your job, and about your students? We love these babies.

Teachers

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 24, 2022

7% of high school students commit suicide, some because of cyberbullying: On October 7, 2003, Ryan Halligan committed suicide by hanging himself [after being cyberbullied by high school classmates]. It gets worse every year as the Internet plays an increasingly dominant part in student lives at home and school.

Disabilities