eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Key points: Digital learning tools must engage students in modern ways How 5 educators use digital tools in the classroom Hands-on learning will help Gen Alpha reach new levels of technical innovation For more on digital classrooms, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Today’s kids are built differently. It’s the number one recurring theme in conversations with educators at every level, from the classroom to the district office.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

ST. PAUL, Minn. — At the end of each school year at Central High School, seniors grab a paint pen and write their post-graduation plans on a glass wall outside the counseling office. For many, that means announcing what college they’ve enrolled in. But the goal is to celebrate whatever path students are choosing, whether at a college or not. “We have a few people that are going to trade school, we have a few people that are going to the military, a few people who wrote ‘still deciding,’” said Li

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Test data from many sources suggest students are still behind where they were before the pandemic. But it would be pretty hard to figure that out from most states’ school report cards. A new study from the Center on Reinventing Public Education –CRPE–graded these state report cards on how easy it was to find information about student achievement from before COVID to the present da

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Four years ago this month, one of the most devastating wildfires in Oregon’s history erupted across the southern portion of the state. As the COVID pandemic raged, leaving children out of schools and away from regular routines and social interactions, the fire only magnified the disruption. It destroyed thousands of homes in the agricultural towns that make up the Phoenix-Talent School District, displacing hundreds of families and closing as many businesses.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

As CIO for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Vanessa Wrenn holds a unique perspective. The former teacher, principal and district technology leader has particular insight into the challenges facing each K–12 educator and the importance of protecting student and staff data. In an interview with EdTech Managing Editor Taashi Rowe, Wrenn discussed the importance of the state partnering with school districts to fund technology and cybersecurity and how that helps her to enable dig

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Rise Vision, the #1 digital signage software solution is excited to announce the launch of its new screen sharing feature, designed to enhance collaboration, engagement, and teaching. This latest innovation allows users to seamlessly share content wirelessly from any device to any display running Rise Vision’s digital signage. The new screen sharing feature transforms any Rise Vision display into a wireless presentation hub, eliminating the need for adapters, dongles, or proprietary hardware.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

With the help of CDW, leaders at Fresno Unified School District in California placed Promethean interactive panels on height-adjustable carts and rolled them into every classroom. It was important to the team that every student and teacher in the district had access to the same audiovisual technology, and the height-adjustable feature ensures the board is always visible and accessible.

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Catch my Words

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

I'll never forget the day on the playground when a cute, little student showed his classmates how he could make it snow! They all gathered around this silly little guy (who came with an identical goofy twin) and oooed and ahhed over his miniature snowstorm. Thus came my inspiration for this short story called The Floridian Snow. Your kids will love this story of a boy in southern Florida who wishes and prays for snow in the warm winter.

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Elevate k12

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

A message from Shaily Baranwal, Founder of Elevate K-12: I am proud to share the news that Piyush Lumba our talented Chief Product & Technology Officer and Chief Operating Officer for the past two yearsis stepping into the role of Chief Executive Officer at Elevate K-12. With his extensive experience and unwavering commitment to our mission, Piyush is the ideal leader to guide us through our next phase of growth and steer Elevate successfully into the future.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Several years ago a student who was not doing well in my class reached out to me regarding some issues that they were having with completing and getting their assignments in on time. In my correspondence with the student, I remember giving them some direction on where they could go within the institution to receive additional assistance on the assignments.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Several years ago a student who was not doing well in my class reached out to me regarding some issues that they were having with completing and getting their assignments in on time. In my correspondence with the student, I remember giving them some direction on where they could go within the institution to receive additional assistance on the assignments.

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