eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

It’s important for teachers to find ways to teach social-emotional learning and character development to help their students build the skills necessary to process the events of 2020 and to persevere and succeed in (for many students) a distance learning or hybrid environment. The program has been a success.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2022

That is why they are moving forward with a research-based English Language Arts curriculum that is both innovative and effective in teaching the next generation of students. “By delivering hands-on, curriculum-aligned professional learning, we can empower teachers to make the most of our Language Arts curriculum.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

After listening to educators, parents and caregivers from across the country, Savvas Learning Company today introduced a range of platform enhancements and new K-12 educational products aimed at making distance learning more impactful. Savvas Realize Optimized for Distance Learning.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In a time when teachers have had to adapt to hybrid, synchronous, and/or asynchronous learning environments, Twig Distance Learning (included with Twig Science Nevada) offers flexibility via on-demand Twig Coach lessons and Video Labs, which allow students to experience standards-based lessons and hands-on science wherever they are.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Parent Engagement: Discover effective strategies for teachers and principals to promote parent, family, and community partnerships that support student learning. Vocabulary Cards: Gain quick and easy access to standards-based vocabulary words to plan and deliver impactful distance learning sessions.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 25, 2023

Educators Pick Best of STEM® 2023 Awards Winners Best Educator Support for Teaching & Learning BrainPOP Science Best Freebies for STEM Careers STEM Careers Coalition (Discovery Education) Best Freebies for STEM Curriculum Integration FILTERED (HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology) Best Innovation for 2023 ExploreLearning Frax Best Integration (..)

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eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2023

This is the second Best of STEM award for Building Blocks of Science â 3D , which reinforces Carolina’s commitment to support all students by ensuring that language barriers do not hinder students’ opportunities to excel. This recognition reaffirms our commitment to revolutionizing education through innovation and hybrid learning solutions.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2021

Based around Blackbird’s proprietary educational version of JavaScript, Blackbird provides students, even those who have not been drawn to STEM or coding, with an understanding and aptitude in one of the most commonly used programming languages on earth. Blackbird has been the best thing for my students.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

When the coronavirus pandemic forced schools across the nation to close in March and switch to distance learning in a matter of weeks (or for some, just days), tech teams, administrators, and teachers – as well as students and parents – had no choice but to figure out a solution, and fast.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

And about 40 percent of students face other hurdles in getting online, such as language barriers. This especially impacts students who are English language learners. funding support for these efforts has been insufficient to close the full distance learning digital divide. Ultimately.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2021

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, state leaders began searching for a digital assessment that would reliably measure student growth during distance learning and identify potential knowledge gaps throughout the year.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

A total of $20,000 in grant donations and $75,000 in subscriptions to the Rosetta Stone® English for Education language learning program were awarded to teachers of English learners (EL). Each won $5,000 grants as well as the schoolwide semester’s subscription to Rosetta Stone English. Rosetta Stone Inc.,

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2020

Additional resources include The No-Nonsense Distance Learning Resource Guide, weekly webinars to support teachers and districts, ongoing articles and professional learning materials to aid with distance learning, and peer-to-peer communications with OUR’s 6-8 Math community. Learning can’t wait.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2020

That system hampered the flexibility needed to provide remediation for English-language learners and special education students. Students taking advanced STEM and foreign language courses, for example, might benefit from increased instruction in those subjects. Our schedules don’t reflect that.

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Edsurge

JULY 8, 2020

to enact emergency distance learning.) Then he checked by discipline, comparing math to science to English/language arts. In math, 14 percent of adoptions are OER, compared to 4 percent for English/language arts, 2 percent for science and 1 percent for history and social studies. Still nothing.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This year’s event featured more than 800 sessions on various topics such as leadership, mathematics, STEAM, digital citizenship, literacy, English language arts, and more. Cyber Acoustics , a leading manufacturer of EdTech for all in-person and virtual classrooms, showcased the new CA Essential Webcam Flex.

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Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2021

At the onset of the pandemic, distance learning provided a unique opportunity for working students: Without having to spend time getting to campus, and with the ability to log in to Zoom from anywhere, time on the job could extend to virtually any point of the day. targeted specifically to English learners. In Alexandria, Va.,

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 20, 2020

I appreciated hearing how ISA has been implementing a full International Baccalaureate program via distance learning, and your Stories That Move project that we discussed is an awesome example of student agency that makes a difference in the world. This was my first episode with students and of course you were FANTASTIC.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2020

Nonetheless, the core principles of the model are immensely relevant for both part-time and full-time distance learning during the pandemic. It essentially asks: What activities are best for independent learning versus learning together?

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

Bonus points for tools that facilitate communication in multiple tongues, says Aaron Walker, founder and CEO of Camelback Ventures: “If we are going to integrate parents and families into the learning experience, it’s going to force us to embrace the true diversity of this country, and that includes the languages people speak at home.”

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2020

Tutors are paired with students based on their area of expertise—from mathematics to science to English Language arts and more—to ensure students receive the most comprehensive instructional help. To learn more about Swing Education’s online tutoring services, visit www.swingeducation.com/tutors.

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2020

Jones says it stripped away incomprehensible phrases and helped him explain diseases and treatments in language anyone could understand. QuillBot saw a small dip in traffic when schools shut down and readied educators for distance learning, but traffic has since returned to normal. QuillBot has a team of nine.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2020

Assessing students’ reading skills during this time of school closures and distance learning is more critical than ever,” said Bethlam Forsa, CEO of Savvas Learning Company. “By “Strong reading skills are the bedrock of any young student’s education, and it’s difficult to succeed in other core areas without that foundation.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Teaching kids to read with good accuracy in English takes several years. We have a complex language where one letter pattern can stand for different sounds (COW and SNOW), and where similar sounds can be spelled in different ways (WAIT and WEIGHT). –Cindy Jiban, PhD, Principal Academic Lead, NWEA. –Joy Smithson, Ph.D.,

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

However, educators should make sure to translate the accommodations they’ve likely already made in the classroom into their distance learning plans, Del Tufo says. Most learning management platforms have built-in tools for students who need accommodations. Tools for Project-Based Learning.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2023

Create a conversational atmosphere inside the course by using second person language where appropriate—e.g., “you Richardson and Lowenthal (2008) and Gordon (2017) suggest the use of paralanguage, defined by Gordon (2017, 105) as “nonlexical components of oral or written language, such as emoticons, emojis, or onomatopoeic utterances.”

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Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 7, 2025

Well-crafted journal prompts for high schoolers accomplish all of these goals and they arent just for English class! Journal Writing Prompts Bell Ringers for a Full Year Editable Distance Learning By Tracee Orman Grades: 5th-12th Subjects: English Language Arts, Writing Standards: CCSS RI.5.1, 3a, 3d, 3e; W.9-10.10,

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Teaching kids to read with good accuracy in English takes several years. We have a complex language where one letter pattern can stand for different sounds (COW and SNOW), and where similar sounds can be spelled in different ways (WAIT and WEIGHT). Most importantly, ongoing, meaningful school-home communication is paramount.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

Distance learning began March 23. As schools transitioned to distance learning, City Year Sacramento turned its focus to family engagement. Members made about 600 calls to parents and students to check in on well-being, ask about obstacles to learning and provide technical support on tools like Google Classrooms and Zoom.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2020

My family is fortunate to be able to accommodate and support the new paradigm of distance learning. Our students may have suffered loss and economic hardships during the past six months of summer break and emergency distance learning,” one charter school administrator told us. “We

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2022

I’ve taught high school English for years. I don’t teach English language development, I teach Maria, Alex, Yun Mei and Linh. During distance learning, many parents observed their child’s online classes. I have always bristled at this kind of language. Yes, I’m deviating from my lesson plans.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2020

Right: The intro slide for a day of remote learning in Frazier’s class. Age: 23 Taught: Fourth grade language arts and writing School: Joseph Martin Elementary School in Hinesville, Ga. Age: 26 Taught: Fourth grade reading, writing, language arts and spelling School: L W Westfall Elementary in Choctaw, Okla. that was hard.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2024

They’d need to make do with haphazard plans for distance learning through the end of the school year — perhaps longer. I have been extremely fortunate to continue teaching my favorite grade level, fourth grade, and my favorite subject, English language arts (ELA).

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