eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2025

Key points: Robotics, coding, financial literacy–its easy to incorporate calculators Using free resources to connect the environment to education Helping science-averse teachers integrate STEM and literacy For more news on STEM learning, visit eSN’s STEM & STEM hub When you hear the word calculator, I bet your mind immediately goes to math class and solving problems that cant be solved efficiently in your head or on paper.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 12, 2025

I know–many consider online services that write papers for you as a hard no, but let’s talk about that. Anecdotal data indicates 5-15% of students use these services, just don’t tell their teachers or parents. Why do they consider them useful rather than unacceptable? The Ask a Tech Teacher team came up with a list of reasons. Here me out.

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eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2025

Key points: Most educators say AI is the future, but struggle to integrate it into STEM learning 12 lesser-known K-12 STEM education resources Rural areas are poised for unique STEM education, but need more resources For more news on STEM education, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM hub AI is becoming increasingly critical in STEM education, and 96 percent of teachers say they believe AI will become an intrinsic part of education within the next decade, according to a new survey from Samsung So

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2025

Scaffolding in Tier 1 instruction helps all students access grade-level content by providing temporary support that is gradually removed as students gain independence. Key strategies include activating prior knowledge, pre-teaching vocabulary, using visual aids, modeling and encouraging student discourse. This approach ensures diverse learning needs are met, fostering gradual mastery of skills and promoting student success.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 12, 2025

Todays teachers are expected to wear many hats: instructor, curriculum developer, assessor, collaborator, researcher and mediator. While this list doesnt cover every role they fulfill, it offers insight into the variability and variety of all that teachers do. With that in mind, teachers need technology that meets their unique needs. Acers TravelMate laptops are designed to provide the kind of effective, flexible support that classroom teachers need every day.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2025

A couple of months ago, I had a conversation with another leader who was listening to some of my frustrations about how the school year was going. This school year is unique as we just opened a new building with over 450 students in kindergarten through eighth grade, consolidating three different elementary and middle campuses from different neighborhoods across New York.

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Teacher Toms Blog

MARCH 12, 2025

We didn't have a huge set of big wooden blocks, which was okay because we didn't really have enough space for more and besides, if the kids are going to play with them, they generally needed to find a way to play with them together, which is what our school was all about. The kids in our 4-5's class had been playing a lot of "super heroes." It was mostly boys, but they hadn't been particularly exclusionary, with several of the girls regularly joining them, often making up their own hero names li

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The Life of a Conflicted Teacher

MARCH 12, 2025

Today’s slice is always for me. Today is our anniversary! She’s my rock, my safe place, and my person who challenges me every day (whether I want it or not). Happy #31, Melissa! Our trip to a Michael Franti concert in June. Such a wonderful musician and so positive!! Iowa IrishFest 2024 – Everyone wants their face on a cold pint of Guinness, right?

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Teach Your Kids

MARCH 12, 2025

Dear Modulo friends, I’m pleased to invite you to a special event on Saturday, March 15th, at 2 PM PT —a live investor Q&A and meet-and-greet to discuss Modulo’s Wefunder campaign. RSVP here I’ll be giving a product demo, sharing updates on our progress and plans, and answering any questions you have about our vision. If you’re in the modular learning space, this is also a great opportunity to connect with others who are building the future of education.

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Southwest Washington Education

MARCH 12, 2025

In February (2025) the Battle Ground School District ran a 4 year levy (EP&O). It failed by 60 votes to get 50% +1. The school board directors voted to put the exact same levy back in front of the voters in April (they can legally run a levy or bond 2x in a year).

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Edtech IRL

MARCH 12, 2025

In the previous three KASM articles, we talked about setting up KASM on-prem and in the cloud. We also mentioned using CloudFlare for reverse proxy and being able to require MFA for signin. To kill two birds with one stone, this article will look at changing MFA to Microsoft and then allowing Microsoft to also handle user provisioning based on Entra ID groups.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2025

Julius Cervantes, a first generation college graduate, didnt appreciate schools relevance for his life until senior year of high school. Prior to that, Cervantes would show up to school late, and teachers didnt seem to mind. Its not that he thought school was useless. He knew the importance of an education for making money, and he aspired to be an engineer.

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