Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2025

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. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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JUNE 23, 2025

Jay McTighe, Author and Consultant, McTighe and Associates (Columbia, MD) Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, OECD (Paris, France) ISTE Distinguished District Award This award honors school districts that demonstrate effectiveness and innovation in using technology to improve student outcomes and engagement.

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JULY 1, 2025

The pilot program, in which four GSO students worked with approximately 200 students from the Providence Public School District middle school, was developed by the Rhode Island Department of Education and funded by a $10,000 STEMx Challenge Grant.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2025

Despite using digital tools daily, many students still struggle to turn that exposure into marketable, employable skills. What we need are methods that both engage students and build the competencies they’ll need to thrive in a tech-driven future. When done right, it can radically change how students learn and retain essential skills.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 4, 2025

Check out STEM activities for middle school that are sure to catch teenagers attention and inspire them to learn more. Watch physics in motion with a student roller coaster 8. Construct a thermal insulator device Concepts to Cover in Middle School STEM Prepare for the future with STEM activities for middle school 1.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Charlotte, NC Discovery Education , the creators of indispensable K-12 learning solutions used in classrooms around the world, today announced an exciting new slate of standards-aligned educational content and instructional resources for Back-to-School 2025 that will inspire teachers and engage students.

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MAY 27, 2025

In that time, each fellow has managed to speak vulnerably about educational leadership, student engagement and systemic challenges in K-12 education. Burns opening quote is a reminder that teaching is purpose-driven work and that student growth and development depend on supporting teachers and school leaders.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

Jay McTighe, Author and Consultant, McTighe and Associates (Columbia, MD) Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, OECD (Paris, France) ISTE Distinguished District Award This award honors school districts that demonstrate effectiveness and innovation in using technology to improve student outcomes and engagement.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

The energy was electric: Three teams of students from three neighboring school systems faced off in a high-stakes competition, their colorful jerseys and team pride on full display. For the students, it was more than a game. For many students, these programs provide a sense of belonging and a platform for leadership.

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JULY 1, 2025

One of the most common questions homeschoolers ask is: Which homeschool grammar curriculum should I choose? With so many options—ranging from traditional workbooks to story-based programs and online tools—it can be tough to know what will best suit your student. It is a family favorite that we used all the way through high school.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2025

Students light up when they create something meaningful, and every educator has seen that spark. Coding alone isn’t enough; students must also learn to think systemically, design creatively and build with intention. Coding alone isn’t enough; students must also learn to think systemically, design creatively and build with intention.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2025

What once lived on the margins of academic planning is now front and center in national conversations around workforce development, education equity and student well-being. But for CTE to truly serve todays students, it needs something its never had at scale: flexibility. Grants have become an especially powerful resource.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

Schools increasingly find themselves on the front lines of managing the ripple effects of students’ online lives — from digital distractions that interfere with learning to online bullying and harmful content — leaving educators to address these challenges without the tools or authority to intervene effectively.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

A good classroom management system, a novel list, and a set of writing prompts go a long way to set students and teachers up for success. Include review materials in your curriculum 3. Decide how you’ll communicate with students, caregivers, and admin 8. But is that enough to prepare new teenagers for 9th grade?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

Use these engaging questions and thought experiments to get middle schoolers to open up while practicing writing skills. What middle school class has been your favorite so far? Use these SEL writing prompts to help students stay aware of their own emotional health and social understanding. Do you like sub days?

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JULY 18, 2025

Online school students use computer skills to access classes, communicate with teachers, conduct research, review materials, and turn in assignments. In many public schools, keyboard and computer navigational skills have been a standard part of the curriculum since the 90s. Here are tools to help students do just that.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 13, 2025

If you’re staring at blank walls and not sure what to fill them with (or are in need of new ideas), never fear: The TPT community has plenty of back-to-school bulletin board ideas to inspire you and your students. Create a board that highlights your students and their stories. It’s time to say “welcome back” with style.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 20, 2025

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. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man to place foot on the moon. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 27, 2025

At the start of every new school year, conversations often turn to one thing: goal-setting. Vision boards are a powerful tool to help students visualize their academic and personal goals. Explore unique vision board ideas for students to help you individualize this activity to each of them.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

National Science Foundation, aimed to solve that problem with a drone-focused curriculum for rural middle schools. It seemed “touchy feely” to the digital learning specialist who works in a rural New Hampshire middle school and is known as the “drone lady.” Take Flight, a research project backed by $1.5

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2025

Students in schools run by the Department of Defense have staged multiple walkouts in recent months to protest the agencys decision to pull books that may not align with President Donald Trumps executive orders on race and gender. The plaintiffs paint another picture of DoDEA.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Hispanic Heritage Month is an excellent opportunity to teach students about influential Hispanic figures from the past and present. You can also celebrate this important month by showcasing Hispanic history, culture, and the Spanish language in your curriculum, no matter what class you teach.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2025

With a curriculum that includes slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, two world wars and the Civil Rights Movement, American history teachers are used to venturing into emotionally charged subjects. Walking students through the unsettling complexities of the past has never been an easy job. We feel so polarized right now.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Clearly, education should be doing more to ensure that students are graduating with financial literacy skills, and while most K-12 teachers understand the importance of teaching financial literacy, as shown in a 2016 survey , only 12 percent teach it. For youth, the outlook is not much better. scored below the OECD mean.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Last year, almost 300,000 students (age 4-104) participated from over 180 countries and wrote almost 20 billion lines of code. Feel free to use whichever project fits your students. Ask them to organize the list in the order completed as they get ready for school. For this project, students will use a spreadsheet program.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 28, 2017

Though fairly new, Sway has taken over classroom production of visual presentations because the result is visually appealing while minimizing the amount of time students spend formatting a project, giving them lots more time to research and write. Using the Sway canvas, students select a theme and then add their notes and research.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2017

Today: K-8 Keyboard Curriculum. K-8 Keyboard Curriculum (four options plus one)–teacher handbook, student workbooks, companion videos, and help for homeschoolers. K-5 (237 pages) and Middle School (80 pages), 100 images, 7 assessments. K-5–print/digital; Middle School–digital delivery only.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Incorporate hands-on activities and experiments Hands-on activities let students engage directly with STEM concepts, making learning tangible and memorable. In a unit on electricity, students can create simple circuits with batteries, wires, and bulbs.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

In fact, some of the most powerful learning in my middle school science classroom has happened when I’ve pretended to NOT know the “right answer.” That’s when students take the lead and start to offer up their own ideas, share their experiences, and make powerful connections—sometimes amazing ones that I would never have thought of.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

As the pandemic continues to impact another school year, a lot of focus has been on “accelerating learning,” which is about maintaining on-grade level instruction or infusing pre-requisite skills in the instruction so students can access on-grade level instruction. With College- and Career-Ready standards, the learning builds.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2024

Last year, he approached Philip’s principal, Yasmeen Sampson, and asked to pilot a new, accelerated program to help prepare more students for Algebra 1. State test math scores remain a cause for concern, as Newark’s overall passing rate sits at 15% for students in grades 3 to 9. I did the research to find the right curriculum.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Discovery Education today launched Keeping You Connected to Curiosity , a new initiative keeping the continuity of curiosity alive for teachers and students everywhere. Discovery Education is the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2024

But what if we reimagined attendance not just as a policy to enforce, but as an essential part of the curriculum for both students and parents? This paradigm shift could revolutionize how schools, students, and families approach this critical aspect of education. Here’s what an attendance curriculum could look like.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2021

Created to Address the “Middle School Gap” – Blackbird Teaches Real-world Computer Science Skills, Aligned to Educational Standards. Blackbird’s integrated LMS enables instructors to easily track student progress, review errors and make direct comments. Blackbird has been the best thing for my students.

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eSchool News

MAY 10, 2019

s first computer science middle school last year in a struggling, historically black community to help bridge the technology achievement gap. Today, 99 percent of the students at Digital Pioneers Academy (DPA) are on a free lunch program. What makes DPA’s CS curriculum unique? Southeast Washington, D.C.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Responding to a critical gap in technology education, CompTIA Spark has launched free technology curriculum specifically for middle grade classrooms, grades 5-8. It aims to support teachers so that they can teach the critical skills students need to succeed in whatever path they choose.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Charlotte, NC — Illinois’ Shiloh CUSD #1 today announced an expansion of its partnership with Discovery Education that adds a new, cutting-edge resource to the district’s middle school and high school science curriculum. Pivot Interactives offers opportunities for students to explore and learn for themselves.

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