eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Join eSchool News for the 12 Days of Edtech with 2024s most-read and most-loved stories. On the 2nd Day of Edtech, our story focuses on critical thinking. Key points: Critical thinking should not be separate from and on top of what teachers are doing in the classroom How to help students build critical success skills 3 lessons on perseverance from Stoffel the honey badger For more news on durable skills, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Achievement discrepancies among U.S. students rema

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2024

As companies race to embed artificial intelligence in their products, Samsung stands out by taking a more thoughtful, learner-focused approach. I say this after recently getting a chance to observe a virtual demonstration of the Samsung Interactive Display WA65D, which includes its AI Class Assistant upgrade. Instead of simply adding flashy AI features, Samsung created a system that helps educators with practical tasks such as generating class summaries, quizzes and providing interactive content

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Key points: Scaling up promising STEM innovations can boost STEM engagement 5 approaches that engage middle school students in STEM learning Early STEM career awareness drives success for studentsand the economy For more news on STEM education, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM hub Federal agencies, states, and school districts should develop robust methods to expand the use of promising innovations that can improve STEM education from pre-K through high school, according to a new congressional

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Several times a week, teachers at Tiny Images, an early learning program in Fairmont, Nebraska, load up babies and toddlers into four- and six-seater carts and take the children on buggy rides through the building. They stop first to visit residents in the assisted living wing before continuing on to those in the nursing home. Just walking down the hall and seeing kids faces light up or residents faces light up it makes your whole day, says Kaci Brandt, director of Tiny Images, which is locate

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

FORT WORTH, Texas The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) recently named Just Right Readers decodable books for grades K-2 as approved instructional materials for both English and Spanish phonics. After undergoing the SBOE-governed Instructional Materials Review and Approval (IMRA) process, these literacy resources were found to meet 100 percent of the applicable Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) state standards and 100 percent Phonics Rule Compliance (Chapter 74).

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on December 17, 2018 Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! First snowflakes of the season today. Winter is settling in out here in the Pennsylvania countryside. Its quiet, no birdsongs in the morning, few leaves left on the trees to rustle, and frost muting the crunch of those on the ground.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on December 17, 2018 Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! First snowflakes of the season today. Winter is settling in out here in the Pennsylvania countryside. Its quiet, no birdsongs in the morning, few leaves left on the trees to rustle, and frost muting the crunch of those on the ground.

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