Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

All online learning requires executive function skills , which allow us to plan, work toward goals, solve problems and be creative. Crucially, executive function skills continue to develop throughout childhood and adolescence. In many ways, asynchronous online learning is similar to homework.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

A Challenge-Based Learning model pioneered by Apple is now helping teachers engage middle school students in deep learning through projects that combine developing questions, investigating scientific phenomena, and solving problems in their classrooms, schools, and communities.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2020

Teachers also said they wish the public knew just how hard they work, how much of themselves they pour into their teaching and some of the lesser-known skills and savvy that teaching requires. Kim Booth, sixth grade teacher at Coleman Middle School in Duluth, Ga.: “I See also: Want to Show Teachers You Appreciate Them?

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2020

The necessary and rapid move to distance learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been disabling for our education system. At a macro level, disability organizations are finding ways to work together that would never have happened before the pandemic. We’re a team with the same goal! ” We can do better. Indeed, we already are.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Seth Raphael was in middle school when the pandemic hit, sending millions of students from the classroom to Zoom practically overnight. As virtual schooling carried on from one month to the next, Seth and his friends found themselves facing a surprisingly common problem: being frequently late to Zoom class.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

For example, Dr. Nicole Abera is the director of elementary and middle school programs at the Katherine Thomas School in Washington, D.C., Moskowitz says, “ Their reading analysis skills have increased as they contemplate how poets might have felt and why they chose that particular language.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Vrain Valley School District Career-connected learning will become more important than ever. The workforce has undergone significant changes, and today’s jobs require advanced skills and specialized training, particularly in STEM fields. The COVID effect has impacted students’ communication, critical thinking, and motivation.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Avoidance has become a crisis in recent years, one that schools aren’t prepared to handle, according to mental health experts. It can knock students off the traditional developmental path and leave them without crucial social and emotional skills, says Anne Marie Albano, a clinical psychologist with experience in school avoidance.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2018

The goals aim to ensure that learning is still focused on rigor and hitting the standards, but that students are also learning soft skills and advocating for their own education and needs as learners. What understanding learning differences can teach us about personalized learning For 35 years, Chartwell Middle School, near Monterey, Calif.,

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2018

As it turned out, Kevin was mostly non-verbal with emotional and learning disabilities. I spent the first four years of my career building the activities and classroom management skills I would need to pull it off. To start, I set up five centers: lab, science skills, reading, technology and a makerspace.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Of course, all this inspiration and motivation must co-exist with my commitment to provide them with the skills necessary to become successful team players, communicators, problem solvers and critical thinkers—traits employers look for when hiring in today’s competitive workforce. I’ve taught music full-time for a few years.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2019

We spent the remainder of the meeting discussing strategies that were effective for Sadie and coming up with an action plan to put into place immediately, which included music integration, a social skills support group and tutoring. So, What’s Alternative About Our School? Our motto: “Where small miracles happen everyday.”

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 10, 2020

At Danvers Public Schools in Massachusetts, students with special needs are using immersive technology to learn and practice important life skills. It was especially transformative for students who were taking a life skills class where they received assistance on workplace transition and vocational training.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 10, 2020

At Danvers Public Schools in Massachusetts, students with special needs are using immersive technology to learn and practice important life skills. It was especially transformative for students who were taking a life skills class where they received assistance on workplace transition and vocational training.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Without access or success, their advancement to higher-order math and other skills, like abstract and critical thinking or data analysis, is obstructed.” Research suggests that taking algebra courses in high school is one of several important indicators for students’ college readiness and success.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2016

The SkillsUSA Foundation will use the funds to help students and their technical skill instructors through several grant programs for SkillsUSA chapters and state associations. Local school grants will support local community service projects as well as state-level TeamWorks competitions. Communities face the same challenge.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2019

Or even, “How might we create a playground space for disabled students?” Teachers can become skilled at identifying standards relevant to their student work early on,” says Laura McBain, K-12 lab director of community and implementation at Stanford’s d.school. “It Or, “How might we create machines based on historical models?”

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2017

There were complications in my birth, and so they've kind of always known, but it wasn't formally a learning disability until about 4th or 5th grade. You've been in school for quite a while now, so, what has your experience been as a student both when you were in K-12 and now in college? You have to do it differently. Let me know!

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Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2019

Leigh Estabrooks has seen students in New York City invent a tool that will prevent fires from igniting on the city’s subway tracks and students in North Carolina create a system that helps farmers identify disabilities in their livestock. How many middle school and high school students actually say that they're inventors?

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2020

But with SMART Boards in almost every classroom, one-to-one iPad programs in grades 4 through 8 and the district’s investment in Google's ecosystem of classroom tools, digital literacy skills were becoming increasingly crucial for Hauppauge teachers. One of our district goals is to help teachers develop digital literacy skills.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Alicia Sewell, a middle school teacher in Alabama, has made a job transition that’s essentially the opposite of the one Bass made. While students practice, Cheers is grading nine different skills per student. If a teacher brings a tool to [a district], they should pay attention. Technology doesn't replace the teacher.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2017

As professors begin to digitize their curriculum and develop videos for both face-to-face and distance education, these new resources need to be ADA compliant to meet the needs of students with IEPs and documented disabilities,” she says. The result? The benefits don’t stop there.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 14, 2020

Kade Drechsler, a middle school teacher at the school, tells EdTech that the immersive VR experience helped students stay focused and engaged during their lessons. It also gave students an opportunity to practice social skills.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 12, 2020

Kade Drechsler, a middle school teacher at the school, tells EdTech that the immersive VR experience helped students stay focused and engaged during their lessons. It also gave students an opportunity to practice social skills.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 11, 2020

Kade Drechsler, a middle school teacher at the school, tells EdTech that the immersive VR experience helped students stay focused and engaged during their lessons. It also gave students an opportunity to practice social skills.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2020

Kade Drechsler, a middle school teacher at the school, tells EdTech that the immersive VR experience helped students stay focused and engaged during their lessons. It also gave students an opportunity to practice social skills.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 31, 2020

Kade Drechsler, a middle school teacher at the school, tells EdTech that the immersive VR experience helped students stay focused and engaged during their lessons. It also gave students an opportunity to practice social skills.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 31, 2020

Kade Drechsler, a middle school teacher at the school, tells EdTech that the immersive VR experience helped students stay focused and engaged during their lessons. It also gave students an opportunity to practice social skills.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Skills matter most to both Gen Z and employers. And phonics—and all foundational reading skills—are very important. It extends to the skills needed to improve comprehension. Once students have “the code,” we can tap into another body of research on best practices for developing reading comprehension skills.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2020

At Danvers Public Schools in Massachusetts, students with special needs are using immersive technology to learn and practice important life skills. It was especially transformative for students who were taking a life skills class where they received assistance on workplace transition and vocational training.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 16, 2020

At Danvers Public Schools in Massachusetts, students with special needs are using immersive technology to learn and practice important life skills. It was especially transformative for students who were taking a life skills class where they received assistance on workplace transition and vocational training.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 15, 2020

At Danvers Public Schools in Massachusetts, students with special needs are using immersive technology to learn and practice important life skills. It was especially transformative for students who were taking a life skills class where they received assistance on workplace transition and vocational training.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 15, 2020

At Danvers Public Schools in Massachusetts, students with special needs are using immersive technology to learn and practice important life skills. It was especially transformative for students who were taking a life skills class where they received assistance on workplace transition and vocational training.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

“I talked to an elementary school teacher at a Boston meetup, and she put together a whole personalized learning system for grades K-3. But when I asked her what would happen after the kids left her school and went to the middle school, she shrugged her shoulders.” It was so impressive,” explains Principe.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2018

That’s the premise of the Flex Program being piloted by Susannah Johnson in Honolulu, Hawaii, which seeks to leverage the intrinsic motivation of students to build the necessary skills for success in school and beyond. There may be no better example of meeting students where they are than Arnold’s gamification of the learning process.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Canva provides lots of graphic design video tutorials for even the most basic skill level. These are great for mature elementary age, Middle School, and High School students, as well as teachers. For youngers, PicCollage has a setting to disable social media, website images, and ads.

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2018

When I was in middle school, I was diagnosed with a learning disability, so the “typical” school experience was always a challenge for me. School often left me feeling inadequate. I struggled to sit still, focus, engage and memorize. I became a teacher to empower students who feel as disconnected as I did.

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