Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 18, 2025

Technology, often seen as a distraction, can be integrated thoughtfully, especially for younger children. Technology is everywhere and is not leaving anytime soon. Can the Montessori ideology and technology coexist? Technology should compliment and never replace these moments of learning. Not all apps are created equally.

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2025

My role includes oversight of programs ranging from school counseling to English learning to technology, as well as curriculum implementation, instruction and assessment programming, and alignment with federal, state, and local resources. The inundation of disjointed data hit me particularly hard.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2025

For example, Marylands state board has flagged that it wants every student career ready by the end of 10th grade. She is the director of curriculum for NAF, a nonprofit that is trying to make education more career-focused. But how are curriculum publishers responding to this insistence on career readiness?

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Math Motivation High School High School 181

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

Igniting STEM Learning Across the Elementary Curriculum : Explore our innovative unit planning approach that ignites student creativity and problem-solving through engineering design. Gain practical, classroom-ready strategies to support staff in implementing AI effectively. Join us to explore the future of education with AI.

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Art Math STEM Participation 286

eSchool News

JULY 17, 2025

I feel that this is a perfect representation of how schools often deal with new and emerging technologies. They can be working hard to provide the best instruction for their students but become immediately distracted anytime a new technology is introduced.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2025

With the adoption of the new Bluebonnet Elementary RLA and math curriculum, our team created companion guides that link World Book and other premium resources to each unit’s nonfiction content. Integrate them into curriculum planning. From pre-K to PD: Building habits of access Building what I call “habits of access” starts early.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2025

I aim to demonstrate how technology integration can be purposeful and manageable by modeling this approach. Educators can adopt similar strategies to design interdisciplinary lessons that promote engagement, creativity, and foundational literacy and STEM competencies across grade levels.

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eSchool News

JULY 17, 2025

When Isaac Goyette joined MCSD approximately seven years ago, he saw an opportunity to use his role as Coordinator of Information Technology to make a positive impact on the most important mission of any district: student learning. The existing network was unreliable and fragmented in design.

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Learning Outcomes Learning Achievement Curriculum 162

eSchool News

MAY 21, 2025

Understanding and addressing the unique threat of cyberattacks through file hosting services In cybersecurity, the bad guys are always trying to stay a step ahead of technological innovation, security measures, and the best efforts of those whose job it is to thwart attacks.

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Schools Textbooks Internet Motivation 216

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam is the co-founder of the Vietnam Innovative Educators Foundation (VIEF), a professional network of over 157,000 educators committed to advancing technology-enhanced and student-centered teaching practices nationwide. In a recent interview with K12 Digest, Nam Ngo Thanh discussed his experience with technology, innovation, and education.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 144

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

Igniting STEM Learning Across the Elementary Curriculum : Explore our innovative unit planning approach that ignites student creativity and problem-solving through engineering design. Gain practical, classroom-ready strategies to support staff in implementing AI effectively. Join us to explore the future of education with AI.

Art 146

Art Math STEM Participation 146

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2025

As classrooms across America become increasingly diverse, with growing populations of multilingual learners and students from various cultural backgrounds, school districts face a critical challenge: selecting educational technology that truly serves all students. million English learners in K-12 public schools in the fall of 2021, up from 4.6

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Culture Multidisciplinary Evaluation English 144

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2025

In grade school, I was a confident student who knew how to ace tests and please my teachers. My practical immigrant parents talked me out of the first, and a terrible grade on a chemistry midterm out of the second. I personally never faced a weighty decision about my learning until I had to declare a college major.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 24, 2025

This philosophy is embedded in the British Curriculum, which offers both structure and flexibility. ProEd Global School blends this rigorous curriculum with personalized support, ensuring that every learner gets the guidance they need to thrive, not just survive in the classroom. “Our goal is to help them define it on their own terms.”

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Exams Counselling Education Schools 137

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

Igniting STEM Learning Across the Elementary Curriculum : Explore our innovative unit planning approach that ignites student creativity and problem-solving through engineering design. Gain practical, classroom-ready strategies to support staff in implementing AI effectively. Join us to explore the future of education with AI.

Art 145

Art Math STEM Participation 145

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

I walked into classrooms where ninth graders were reading at a third-grade level. One time, I even begged to include more African American literature in the curriculum. Having already explored paperless classrooms and using technology in meaningful, student-centered ways, I leapt into the experience and thrived in it.

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Schools Beliefs Culture Testing 148

eSchool News

JULY 1, 2025

The middle schoolers learned about career pathways in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). “We The program culminates with a presentation by Ashley and a couple of the sixth-grade teachers at a science symposium atthe Providence Public School District’s central office on June 17.

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eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2025

BOSTON – In California, third- to fifth-grade students at 525 schools using Lexia Core5 Reading (Core5) from Lexia , a Cambium Learning Group brand, made significantly higher literacy gains compared to their peers in 4,362 schools that did not use the program. points and 3.04 For more information, visit lexialearning.com.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Leigh Arnold, an educational technology specialist from the School District of Palm Beach County, noted that “students enjoyed the opportunity to participate in something they love, while educators were thrilled to see them demonstrate their knowledge through creative builds and presentations.” What stood out most?

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STEM Disabilities Interdisciplinary Critical Thinking 139

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2025

This approach helps students see themselves as creators, not just consumers, of technology. Developed by Urban Arts in collaboration with Minecraft Education , the program offers middle school teachers professional development, ongoing coaching and a 72-session curriculum built around game-based instruction.

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Ethics Science Game-Based Learning Motivation 152

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

As an Apple Distinguished School, Elmwood integrates technology in ways that feel seamless and empowering. But here, technology isnt a shiny extra. Technology at Elmwood is not a mere add-on, says Matt Perreault, Director of Technology. Its part of the everyday toolkitlike pens once were. Its a bicycle for the mind.

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Schools Culture Interdisciplinary Beliefs 210

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 6, 2025

Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. Copyright ©2025 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved.

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Activities History Education Ethics 106

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 1, 2025

This tells future bosses you can use technology as a tool and can give you an edge in a competitive job market. Include your facility with 1:1 programs, carts, and other approaches to using technology in classes. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Indicate all you are comfortable with.

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Teaching Philosophy Knowledge Feedback Languages 83

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 30, 2025

after January 1, 1978, are automatically protected by copyright once they are fixed in a tangible medium (like the Internet) BUT a single copy may be used for scholarly research (even if that’s a 2nd grade life cycle report) or in teaching or preparation to teach a class. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Too many students don’t reach grade-level metrics and no one can agree on the cause. Moreover, virtual classrooms often utilize a variety of technological tools that enhance interactivity and collaboration. Another concern is the varying levels of access to technology.

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Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 135

Teach Thought

MAY 17, 2025

As research has suggested, they can be used for assessment design, curriculum design, lesson planning, personalizing and differentiating learning , and almost any other ‘thing’ a teacher–or student–has to do. It also makes a powerful self-directed learning tool. Start at the left, and, roughly, move right.

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Critical Thinking Evaluation Knowledge Curriculum Design 52

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 21, 2025

from 55 Technology Projects for the Digital Classroom. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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History Intelligence Curriculum Teaching 145

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

The Moment I Came Around As I reflected on the level of choice I give to students, and the degree of authority I have over them, I recalled my own schooling during fifth grade in Ms. When this happens, it's also important to remember the moments when you didn't have control to gain a deeper understanding of your why. Martin’s class.

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Multiple Choice Questions History Students Beliefs 113

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

The Academy Program, on the other hand, serves students who benefit from a highly customized curriculum with a strong emphasis on life skills, vocational training, and independent living. AEF also integrates cutting-edge technology to enhance personalized learning.

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Skills Schools Learning Students 137

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 25, 2025

New America has a good overview on raising kids with tech: Navigating How and When to Use Tech When Teaching Young Children Take-Aways from Our Two-Part Series Focused On Tablets in Pre-K Through Third Grade Early childhood educators make thousands of decisions each day. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Teaching Intelligence Curriculum Grades 83

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

Imagine youre a ninth grader navigating a world where generative AI, agentic AI and other emerging technologies dominate the headlines. How can we ensure that all students develop the computing skills and knowledge necessary to thrive in an increasingly technology-driven workforce? Computer science is essential, not optional.

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Science Ethics Education Students 109

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 8, 2025

In our Day 1 workshop, we will use the free 4 Shifts Protocol to redesign lessons, units, and other instructional activities for critical thinking and problem solving, greater student agency, more real-world authentic work, and robust technology infusion.

Ethics 52

Ethics Teachers Plagiarism Critical Thinking 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 4, 2025

STEM isnt just the latest teaching topic: Its an innovative, cross-curricular way to strengthen problem-solving and critical thinking skills across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. STEM Sailboat Challenge Math & Engineering Activity By Vivify STEM Grades: 4th-10th Standards: CCSS 6.G.A.1, 1, 2, 3, 4; 7.G.B.4,

Middle School 52

Middle School Middle School STEM Activities 52

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 2, 2025

July 2-5th Buy the K-8 curriculum ; get the 59-page Hour of Code bundle for $.99 Here’s what you do: buy the K-12 Tech Curriculum, the K-8 curriculum , the K-8 student workbooks , or the K-5 Curriculum (on the curriculum page) once it’s in your basket, add the Hour of Code bundle. 99 instead of $.9.99

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Intelligence Curriculum Grades Questions 93

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2025

Their mission is to ensure every student is “ AI ready ” — prepared to use emerging technologies, like generative AI, in an ethical and responsible manner in school, life and future work, regardless of where those careers take them. These combined learnings will inform curriculum development and student support strategies across the district.

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Ethics Evaluation Testing Science 112

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 27, 2025

Over the next months, in this series, I’ll show you how to teach Photoshop skills appropriate for fifth grade and up. –These projects are included in the lesson plan collections, 55 Technology Projects VI and II. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Skills Art Intelligence Curriculum 94

Elevate k12

JULY 3, 2025

For many districts, these grants cover the salaries of ESL-certified teachers, language acquisition curriculum, and professional development for content-based sheltered instruction. Check that language support is integrated into grade-level content delivery, not delivered as a pull-out replacement or remediation block.

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