Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 19, 2023

Here, students can read, get ideas for new books, comment on books, and earn badges and points to reflect their love of reading. Students can practice persuasive writing, comprehension, and typing skills by completing reviews, reports, and reading logs online. Books can be read online or on most mobile devices.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 24, 2020

Curriculum-Based Assessment (CBA), often equated with Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM), is any form of assessment that measures progress toward fulfillment of a stated curriculum. These will be beyond what is required of the State or National standards and may or may not align perfectly with the textbooks you use.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Knewton drew heaps of hype and investment by promising to provide artificial-intelligence technology to major textbook companies to make their content more adaptive. Earlier this year Ferreira stepped aside as CEO, replaced by Brian Kibby , a veteran of major textbook companies including Pearson and McGraw-Hill.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2019

Access to quality content is undeniably important, but as Lemma Shomali, Director of K-12 Products at Gale , a Cengage company, explains, “We have to go beyond ‘Here is a stockpile of interesting materials to use in your curriculum. EdSurge: How can integrating content directly into curriculum support teachers?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

The challenge of bringing technology into teacher-led lessons is real, but each year, more districts commit to meaningfully incorporating devices and digital content into their core curriculum. Thankfully, increasingly accessible technology is allowing teachers to look beyond textbooks, worksheets, and five paragraph essays.

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eSchool News

JULY 3, 2020

Actively Learn, Achieve3000’s research-based, standards-aligned curriculum platform, announces the release of new sequenced curricular units: Actively Learn ELA, Actively Learn Social Studies, and Actively Learn Science. Educators can now purchase these singular units instead of having to pay for access content they may not need.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

To close knowledge gaps and support every student, IXL equips Missouri educators with its award-winning PK-5 ELA curriculum, which personalizes learning and is grounded in the Science of Reading methodology. About IXL Currently used by 16 million students and in 96 of the top 100 U.S.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 13, 2016

eBooks and digital audiobooks have become a vital component to promote reading and support literacy goals in nearly 13,000 schools and districts in 50 countries. In addition, advancements to OverDrive’s popular app allows students with dyslexia to read in a dyslexic font. “The Book Thief” (Random House Children’s Books).

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Rather, Stinky Feet Day is the students’ hard-earned reward for reaching new benchmarks in silent reading. Silent reading is sometimes referred to as the “other fluency,” with oral fluency being the traditional standard-bearer. Yet, silent reading is a critical, albeit often overlooked, aspect of literacy development.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 24, 2023

Because I know most of you online only, I thought I’d share my favorite online libraries with you (click here for updates to the list): For Children Aesop for Children –collection of fables Actively Learn –add PDFs of your choice to a library that can be annotated, read, and shared.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Perched in lime green desk chairs, dozens of employees of OpenStax work here to transform physics, calculus and psychology materials into digital textbooks that students can study at no cost. First, OpenStax came for textbooks. By the nonprofit’s estimates, more than half of U.S. colleges use at least one. Baraniuk recalls thinking.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 2, 2015

Many people in the United States, particularly students, parents and teachers, join forces on Read Across America Day, annually held on March 2. Here are some great reading websites for students K-5: Aesop Fables—no ads. Listen/read–Free non-fic audio books. Stories read by actors. Stories to read. Aesop’s Fables.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2024

Each of the participating startups will receive up to $100,000 in AWS computing credits, hands-on workshops, an individually curated curriculum, business mentoring and technical guidance, insights from Amazon leaders and teams, networking opportunities with potential investors and customers, and ongoing advisory support. Oblio, Inc.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2017

A trip to Hiroshima, Japan early in his teaching career set Eric Westendorf on a path to revolutionize curriculum. “I But what resonated most with Westendorf was the way educators approached curriculum. So over time, the curriculum gets better and better. Curriculum-as-a-service—that’s a new term. It was fascinating.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

When Jenny Billings piloted a digital textbook class and saw an immediate increase in engagement and retention after just one semester, she thought it must be a fluke. Taking Textbooks Online: Rowan Cabarrus Community College. Taking Textbooks Online: Rowan Cabarrus Community College. And it’s a good thing she did. percent.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Whether delivered via visually engaging textbooks or powered by the most advanced digital technology on the award-winning Savvas Realize LMS, Savvas Learning Company’s rigorous, standards-aligned resources focus on putting the student at the center of learning. It is about that aha!

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eSchool News

MAY 30, 2024

Many educators who use Vernier probeware in their classroom have noted a deeper engagement and understanding when students watch an event and collect data simultaneously when compared to only reading a table of measurements in a textbook.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Beanstack , an edtech platform that helps schools encourage kids to read through gamification, demonstrated the importance of engaging readers. Beanstack helps educators and librarians encourage reading by making it easy to create and promote reading challenges for their communities.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The district turned to IXL because of its ability to align perfectly to Austin ISD’s textbooks and curriculum, plus IXL’s broad range of skills that individualize instruction and empower every student. Using student data from the curriculum and diagnostic, IXL gives every learner a personalized action plan for growth.

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Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2018

Read our full coverage of her remarks here.) When it comes to the education librarians receive, a lot of it still focuses on literature and reading, writing and media literacy, said Mega Subramaniam, an associate professor at the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland. It must be integrated with other curriculum.”

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The program will utilize federal funds under the Every Student Succeeds Act, Title II and feature CORE’s Online Elementary Reading Academy (OERA), as well as individualized coaching sessions for each participating teacher. Instructors will provide support to participants through feedback and dialogue.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2017

These students are even more enveloped in technology than the Millennials who came before them, and many educators now worry about how best to teach Generation Z basics—such as how to read—while competing for attention with digital devices. The student choice method works wonderfully well with reading.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2017

Digital Curriculum and Assessment. Through this new collaboration, FCS educators teaching grades K-8 district-wide can now accelerate the creation of authentic digital classrooms by integrating Discovery Education’s Science Techbook, an innovative digital textbook, into classroom instruction.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The next game changer, according to education experts, will be digital textbooks. Why spend a year studying information in a print textbook that doesn’t match the thinking or values of the school and its students? Print books can be read anywhere — in sun, shade, inside, or outside. Digital ebook files are fragile.

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eSchool News

MAY 31, 2017

Already, K-12 schools are beginning to leverage the E-Rate for a digital transformation [read here and also here ]. And more schools are incorporating mobile tablets and smartphones into their curriculum [read about the staggering growth of Chromebook implementation here ].

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Join eSchool News for the 12 Days of Edtech with 2024s most-read and most-loved stories. Outdated textbooks with photos from years past are not going to engage the students we need to ensure a robust healthcare workforce years down the road.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2024

The curriculum is adaptive in real-time, and technology is used intuitively to ensure every aspect of student life is safe, connected, efficient, and supportive. For example, during reading or studying, cooler, brighter lighting can help increase alertness and focus.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

BOOKR Class presents storybooks in a highly engaging format to focus on reading in English. To continuously measure each child’s reading ability, BOOKR Class employs Lexile® Framework for Reading learning measurement technology. Experiential learning is the future of education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Curriculum Companion Wikis (K-5 only) follow a tech professional as s/he teaches each lesson in the SL K-5 curriculum textbooks. Presented via video (10-15 minutes each), you can ask questions, start a discussion with other teachers using the curriculum, and access additional resources. how-to skills used in lessons.

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eSchool News

APRIL 28, 2021

Wednesday, April 28, 2021) — Discovery Education – the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms – today launched the new Social-Emotional Learning Coalition. Silver Spring, Md.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

As educators continue to embrace a transformative shift in classroom instruction and design, the Union City School District in New Jersey pioneers district-wide STEAM curriculum through the integration of 3D printing technology with the Dremel Idea Builder.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

Choosing a new curriculum for New Mexico public school districts is no small task. When the Santa Fe Public School system had to select a new math curriculum last year, they went in search of something that met their pedagogical needs and best served their unique school population. Read her story on EdSurge to learn why.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 4, 2022

Actively Learn –add PDFs of your choice to a library that can be annotated, read, and shared. Bookopolis –focused on student reading. Books that Grow –read a story at many different reading levels. Epic –a reading library for kids, 15,000 books; most digital devices. Reading Rainbow –library of books; free to try.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

“Curriculum is becoming commoditized.” That can give them pause when it comes to investing in propriety K-12 curriculum products. That can give them pause when it comes to investing in propriety K-12 curriculum products. With OERs, educators can become curriculum makers. And he’s not alone.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2016

Instead, they power up glowing iPad screens and swipe and tap their way through math problems, the day’s reading or interactive content. Central Valley School District administrators envisioned such a shift when they decided to begin swapping paper textbooks for iPads in the 2012-13 school year.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 1, 2016

Discovery Education’s Techbooks are breakthrough digital textbooks that are aligned to rigorous standards, support a comprehensive curriculum, and are updated regularly at no cost. The series encourages all learners through interactive features that change the reading level of text and enable text to be read aloud.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

But despite their best efforts, online learning failed to live up to in-person education, with students whose schools met mostly in person performing significantly better on math and reading tests compared to their peers who received instruction online. But it’s not the fault of teachers – they weren’t trained for remote instruction.

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