eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Achievement increasing by up to 240 percent in math and reading. Scores for grades 2-8 in math and reading on year-to-year Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments show 140 to 240 percent growth, with the highest scores in grades 6-8—when students typically see a slight decline. FuelEd really listens to us,” said Hiebsch. “I

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Once upon a time, educators worried about the dangers of CliffsNotes — study guides that rendered great works of literature as a series of bullet points that many students used as a replacement for actually doing the reading. It’s not as simple as assuming that students are all cheaters, the instructor stresses.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

The new programs also have increased training for leading special student populations, including students with disabilities, English language learners and early childhood students. K-12 classroom instructors, instructional coaches, and educational administrators are invited to enroll. Read more.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2020

You must be able to demonstrate that you are respecting students’ privacy,” the letter reads. Developers of proctoring tools say that despite relying on artificial intelligence to flag suspected instances of cheating, it is ultimately up to a human, usually the instructor, to review and make the final call. More than 60,000 U.S.

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2020

Alternatively, the Windows app store sells a program called Webcam System Settings that you can use to disable autofocus and adjust other camera parameters. Select the following configuration options in Zoom: Disable join before host. You can then also read the students’ responses and give live feedback and commentary on them.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Be supported by an academic coach and certified instructors who care about their success. With Career Online High School , students can: Earn an accredited high school diploma while preparing for a career in one of nine high-demand, high-growth fields. Take classes online, with the flexibility of 24/7 access to classwork.

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JULY 15, 2016

However, verbally presenting one's ideas and listening to contributions made by student peers are not typical experiences for online students, as most activities in online classes consist of reading and writing. Supporting students with disabilities is not only an important social justice issue, it is the law.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2017

What has repeatedly snagged her ability to study it, however, has been when homework assignments include charts and graphs that her screen-reading software can’t process. “If I can read the text, but it’s full of graphics that illustrates what’s going on,” she say. But that hasn’t slowed down her fascination with organic chemistry.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2019

Telling a compelling story through your website makes your school personable to interested students, communicates your vision with parents, and even explains what you can offer prospective instructors. Make it easy to navigate – Many schools fall into the trap of cluttering up their websites with too much information and too many links.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

Encourage students to do annotations — to read with pen or pencil or highlighter. On a positive note, such tools could greatly assist students with learning disabilities. Try pausing your lecture and start having debates with your students — get into small group discussions,” he says.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 4, 2024

Therefore, with many university programs and/or courses moving to online formats, it is necessary for instructors to navigate potential obstacles that adult learners may encounter within an online learning platform. Course instructors must consider prioritized strategies when setting up an asynchronous learning for adult learners.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

Read our free, complete guide to securing grants for remote learning. In the meantime, consider your district's needs around hybrid classroom technology. Explore how Samsung's interactive displays easily enhance student collaboration in the hybrid classroom. Need more help securing funding for your edtech purchase?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Kris Astle, Global Education Strategist, SMART Technologies Far too many students continue to struggle with reading, with post-pandemic recovery remaining slow—and in some cases, stagnant—among our young readers. Lindsay Dworkin, SVP of Policy & Government Affairs, NWEA The pendulum has swung quickly toward the Science of Reading.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Enacting equity pedagogy as an essential component of multicultural education (Banks & Banks, 1995) requires instructors to become change agents. In this article, we will examine ability/disability as a characteristic of human diversity in education as illustrated by Cushner et al. Support colleagues with disabilities.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

— Edson Barton, CEO, YouScience The Science of Reading continues to gain momentum in changing how educators approach reading instruction, particularly in foundational skills for Grades K-3. Many teachers in older grades are not taught how to teach foundational literacy skills.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2020

A lot of mainstream education tech is not designed with folks with disabilities in mind. Fifty-six percent of the children of survey respondents had disabilities beyond a visual impairment. A lot of mainstream education tech is not designed with folks with disabilities in mind,” he says. He still takes piano lessons.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

Listen to the conversation, or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity. but the ability for me to read their faces and read their body language, all of those kinds of things that a good instructor is doing, doesn't work as well on Zoom. So certainly there is the possibility.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2017

Professor Gina Sipley, Instructor of Reading and Basic Education at SUNY Nassau Community College in New York, says she and her fellow educators are often looking for closed captioning technologies. “As The result? The benefits don’t stop there.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Efforts to include all individuals, including those with disabilities in educational settings should prioritize specific measures to ensure their full participation in all activities. By incorporating various content formats such as videos, readings, and interactive activities, educators can cater to different learning styles.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

Today, many of my colleagues who remain wedded to the traditional face-to-face teaching modality share some of the same fears I experienced as a beginning online asynchronous instructor. As college professors and instructors, we are the content experts and instructional leaders of our courses. If so, please list below.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Ever since I’d read Paulo Freire’s “Pedagogy of the Oppressed,” the idea of “ banking ” education didn’t sit well with me. Reality Sets In My first adjunct instructor position was at a community college. They were already registering for courses even though it only said “instructor.” When I returned to the U.S.,

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

Today, many of my colleagues who remain wedded to the traditional face-to-face teaching modality share some of the same fears I experienced as a beginning online asynchronous instructor. As college professors and instructors, we are the content experts and instructional leaders of our courses. If so, please list below.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Academic Intervention for Students with Disabilities and Special Needs. Select your state and then read about the requirements: Once you start a class, proceed at your own pace, as fast or slow as works for you. At completion, students receive a certificate (or grad school credit) and feedback from certified instructors.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Efforts to include all individuals, including those with disabilities in educational settings should prioritize specific measures to ensure their full participation in all activities. By incorporating various content formats such as videos, readings, and interactive activities, educators can cater to different learning styles.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

Tony Wan, Managing Editor Access and Equity How can we accommodate students who have learning disabilities in online instruction and practice universal design principles? Instructors who have questions or concerns should feel free to contact such offices themselves. Best Websites for Independent Reading.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 4, 2024

Therefore, with many university programs and/or courses moving to online formats, it is necessary for instructors to navigate potential obstacles that adult learners may encounter within an online learning platform. Course instructors must consider prioritized strategies when setting up an asynchronous learning for adult learners.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

But it wasn’t until her current gig, serving as an instructor for a course on water supply and demand in California, that she got her feet wet with open educational resources. Some, Anagnoson says, did “not read at a deep level for students,” and others “assumed a lot of prior knowledge.” But those materials were not ideal.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Library innovations in the 21 st century include building a space that students actually want to inhabi, whicht is imperative to facilitating their learning and curiosity when it comes to reading. During the 2021-2022 school year, the Reading School District saw over 13,000 ebooks and audiobooks checked out through the Sora K-12 reading app.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

Additionally, non-native English speakers and students with language and learning disabilities often turn to these tools to support their thinking, communication, and learning. A student used ChatGPT as an aid by prompting it to summarize course readings and make them easier to understand. Now, think about your students.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 20, 2024

Too many online course developers simply read bullet points to their audience when making videos. They project complex graphs that cannot be deciphered, use tiny text that cannot be read, or add multiple images that are too small to see. The second image is of a giant lecture hall with a small instructor at the front.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 20, 2024

Too many online course developers simply read bullet points to their audience when making videos. They project complex graphs that cannot be deciphered, use tiny text that cannot be read, or add multiple images that are too small to see. The second image is of a giant lecture hall with a small instructor at the front.

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Edsurge

JULY 19, 2017

It’s actually quite challenging as an instructor,” he says. Sara Hart, a behavioral geneticist at Florida State University’s Florida Center for Reading Research, is also researching precision education. We know that early intervention for reading problems is super effective.” she asks. “We

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Edsurge

JULY 17, 2019

Throughout the onboarding process, and in all the company materials she’d read since, she had never come across any specific guidance. Mindy, a VIPKid instructor from Michigan, believes she once heard a student being beaten during a lesson; she can’t be sure, because the parent had disabled the video feed. “I Nothing like that.”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

As these tools become more integrated into the classroom, teachers will want to ensure that all students, including those with disabilities or language barriers, are being supported. Collaboration technology improves accessibility for students with disabilities, illnesses, and other impediments to in-person learning.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

And universal assessments that test multilingual students in English can provide inaccurate information that teachers use to guide their practice or can wrongly indicate learning disabilities. The reality is that I work daily without the support of bilingual instructors or interpreters.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. This year’s 6th most-read story focuses on the predictions educators and industry experts made for learning in 2022. Collaboration technology improves accessibility for students with disabilities, illnesses, and other impediments to in-person learning.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Our guest today, Peter Adams, has years of experience working with students like Luquin, first as a classroom teacher, then as a college instructor, and currently as senior vice president for education at the News Literacy Project. Or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity. Do you think that's true?

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