eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

Key points: Trauma-informed teaching strategies help all students develop resiliency and improve emotional regulation Using tech to combat trauma 3 key actions for trauma-informed student supports For more news on trauma-informed teaching, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub Although our communities strive to maintain safety, nearly half of all American children have experienced some form of trauma.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2024

One California family had a tough choice to make. Julie Lynem’s son had taken algebra in eighth grade, but hadn’t comprehended some of the core concepts. That left the family to decide whether to make him repeat the class in ninth grade — and potentially disadvantage him by preventing him from taking calculus later in high school — or to have him push through.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

Among the winners of the 2024 CODiE Awards in Education Technology Awards last week was an organization that doesn’t lead with tech specs, speeds, feeds, or even literacy scores. “Our intention as a company and our mission is to prevent trauma for students,” says Terry Thoren, CEO Wonder Media , whose Storymaker software won Best Solution for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 28, 2024

For decades we have known that for many underprivileged students, leaving the school grounds contributes to a homework gap because they cannot do much schoolwork without a robust internet connection. Bus Wi-Fi could fill a need for the millions of students who have a school-issued laptop but no reliable internet at home. Last October, the Federal Communications Commission added school bus Wi-Fi to the list of services eligible for E-rate funding in Category 1.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Newark Public Schools wants to see a districtwide expansion of an artificial intelligence tutoring tool after it was piloted at First Avenue School last year, as the district searches for ways to help students catch up from pandemic learning loss.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 28, 2024

Summer is a great time to reset your personal pedagogy to an education-friendly mindset and catch up on what’s been changing in the ed world while you were teaching eight ten hours a day. My Twitter friends gave me great suggestions, but first: A comment on the selections : I did get more suggestions than I could possibly list so I avoided books that involved politics or hot-button subjects that teachers are divided on and focused on positive and uplifting reading.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

Chicago — Avantis Education has partnered with the 33,000-student school district, St. Vrain Valley Schools, in Colorado to provide Eduverse – Avantis’ award-winning library of immersive VR and AR content and standards-aligned lessons – to all of the district’s 60 schools. The contract marks the first district-wide adoption of Eduverse and means teachers in all 60 schools can now take advantage of Avantis’ immersive content even if they don’t have access to VR headsets.

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