eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2025

Key points What students learn must change alongside new technologies and career demands Early STEM career awareness drives future success for students Real-life work experiences: The unseen curriculum for high school success For more news on career exploration, visit eSNs Innovative Teaching hub According to the Post Graduation Readiness Report by YouScience, 83 percent of students cannot connect the skills from school to future employment.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2025

Education in the 21st century is obsessed with assessing children, attempting to measure every aspect of their intelligence, learning and growth. Yet we are not, according to Isabelle Hau, measuring what matters: relationships. Theres a disconnect between what we know is really critical and then what were paying attention to, says Hau, executive director of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning and author of a new book about the essential role of relationships in healthy human development.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2025

A bit over a decade ago, some forward-thinking school districts began to transition their on-premises email to the cloud. Around the same time, Chromebooks popped up, and as more schools invested in one-to-one device initiatives, more students connected to Googles suite of cloud applications. Then came cloud-hosted student information systems, learning management systems and countless learning apps that allow students to do everything from study their math facts to virtually dissect frogs.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2025

How to use Digital Quick Writes This video is from a series I taught for school districts. It is now available for free, here on Ask a Tech Teacher: summarized by NoteGPT Summary In this video, Jacqui Murray discusses the concept of quick writes as a dynamic and engaging way to teach writing in the classroom. Quick writes are short, spontaneous writing exercises that allow students to express their thoughts and ideas without the pressure of formal writing tasks.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

Student success is teacher success. When our students overcome obstacles in their learning due to our support and encouragement, or experience transformations from our well-constructed course design and subsequent instruction, we succeed in cultivating spaces where their success is made possible. However, contemplating the necessary ingredients to cultivate student success is multifaceted and heavily influenced by a multiplicity of factors.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 19, 2025

Listen to my interview with Jen Serravallo ( transcript ): Sponsored by Wix Tomorrow and Brisk Teaching This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. If you click these and make a purchase from Amazon, Cult of Pedagogy will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. As I considered how to introduce this post, I started by looking for statistics that could paint a picture of where modern-day students are with their reading skills.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Key points: AI literacy is critical for students–and for teachers 6 tips to help your school unlock the most value from AI Navigation and guidance in the age of AI: 5 trends to watch For more news on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Avoiding or banning AI in the classroom does students a disservice, and if teachers arent familiar with AI tools and how to use them, who is really in charge of teaching?

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2025

If youre wondering when the artificial intelligence wave will crash down upon education, the October 2024 release of the federal governments toolkit for AI integration, Empowering Education Leaders, serves as a bellwether for the state of AI in K12: a lot of talk but little action. For administrators, this emerging technology is another item on a full plate that includes pressing issues related to staffing and student mental health.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 13, 2025

Virtual high schools have become increasingly popular as technology has advanced and educational needs have evolved. Here is an overview of key data and trends associated with them: Enrollment and Growth Enrollment Numbers : Virtual high schools have seen significant growth in enrollment. In the United States alone, millions of students are now taking at least one online course.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 5, 2025

There are many ways to design a course in higher education, but why do it alone? As the educational landscape continues to evolve, the role of an instructional designer (ID) has become necessary. ID Benefits While traditionally associated with K-12, higher ed, and the corporate world, IDs can bring transformative benefits to professional schools (programs offering terminal degrees for a specific profession) and support faculty in their endeavors to innovate and engage students.

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Teach Hub

JANUARY 24, 2025

One of the most challenging things a teacher has to deal with is watching one of their students struggle to read. While theres no one-size-fits-all solution, there are effective strategies that can make a real difference. If you want to help a hesitant reader change from not liking the library to loving it, these tips can help. Understanding the Reluctant Reader What exactly makes a child a reluctant reader?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2025

Key points: Technology works in service of teaching, not the other way around Teaching ethical edtech for future innovators Leveraging edtech to help students, teachers stay connected through illness For more news on AI, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Artificial intelligence brings opportunities and questions to classrooms worldwide. Teachers find AI tools that grade assignments, create lesson plans, and offer personalized student support.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2025

Teachers and professors can make adjustments in how they teach that will greatly reduce incidents of student cheating with AI. It turns out, those changes arent much different than what worked to deter previous cheating methods. Thats the argument of Tricia Bertram Gallant, a longtime expert in academic integrity who is director of the Academic Integrity Office at the University of California San Diego.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2025

Sharing artificial intelligence projects as an art teacher yields mixed reactions, Tim Needles said at FETC 2025 in Orlando, Fla. Needles, who works as an art teacher and a technology integration specialist for New Yorks Smithtown Central School District, explained in a presentation Wednesday that the teacher and ed tech communities are often excited by the AI art he shares, whereas his artist friends and followers are more inclined to criticize it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2025

Here are the most-read posts for the month of December: Three Projects to Kick Off the Holidays 7 Online Resources About Creating a #MakerSpace Five Must-Do Skills to Accomplish During High School Holiday Gifts for Teachers 14 Holiday Websites and 5 Projects Where did Christmas Come From? A Shout Out for My Donate Button New Year, New Mindset Happy Holiday!

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 14, 2025

On our way to developing a curriculum for implementable real-world projects in professional classrooms, an interesting thing happened: Generative AI became ubiquitous. This provided a new perspective on the ideas we established in our previous article, Why Cant Your Real-World Project Live in the Real World? ( Faculty Focus , March 2022.) In that article, we made a case for enabling real-world clients as partner educators.

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Teach Hub

JANUARY 22, 2025

How do you teach students to care? Is it even possible? Teaching students to care can feel like a tall order as an educator , but its absolutely possible. Developing empathy starts with helping kids become more aware of others’ feelings. When students learn to express their feelings and understand others’ needs, they can interact better.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2025

On average, about 25 percent of children in the early grades struggle with reading. These students are often reluctant readers because they find the process complicated, and they lack confidence in their abilities. At the same time, the percentage of students who say they read for pleasure is declining : Fewer than half of all children ages 8-18 (43 percent) say they enjoy reading in their spare time, down from 58 percent in 2016.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2025

Weve been crunching the numbers, and your votes are in. Heres the countdown of the top EdSurge stories about the college world in 2024, based on readership. Nearly half of the stories in our top 10 involve the impact that AI tools like ChatGPT are having on campuses. No surprise there, considering that just about every week brings new AI products, and students rushing to social media to share how theyre using them on assignments.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2025

As K12 schools face mounting cybersecurity threats, states are stepping up with a wave of new laws and policies focused on offering them funding, training and IT solutions. According to CoSN, 2023 saw a remarkable surge in legislative activity, with state lawmakers introducing 307 cybersecurity bills for education, marking a 250% increase from 2020.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 21, 2025

Here are some Winter activities to share the joy of winter ( click here for updates to list ): 5 Videos to teach about winter Winter Facts and Worksheets The Winter Solstice, from PBSa video for youngers Winter Vocabulary a video What is a Solstice, from National Geographica video What is the Winter Season a video Winter Coloring Pages, Printables, and more Winter Games digital #teachaboutwinter Copyright 2025 askatechteacher.com All rights reserved.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Creating a trust-based classroom begins with an essential mindset: students are doing their best. When we approach teaching from this perspective, we move away from punitive measures, fear-based management, and skepticism about students honesty. Instead, we foster an environment of learning, growth, and empowerment. Trusting students does not mean ignoring accountability; it means designing courses, policies, and practices that build their confidence and skills while treating them as equal partn

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Teach Hub

JANUARY 14, 2025

As much as you would love to plan everything down to the minute, life throws curveballs, and being a teacher doesnt guarantee immunity. When you wake up feeling under the weather, that sudden wave of panic might hit as you realize you need to prepare for an unplanned day off. But dont worry; with a little foresight and organization, you can create a system that lets you step away knowing your classroom is in good hands.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 21, 2025

Key points: CTE positions students to develop critical postsecondary skills Connecting learning to career exploration Real-life work experiences: The unseen curriculum for high school success For more news on CTE, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub What do today’s students need to know before they jump into the workforce? While the future is theirs to create, today’s career and technical education (CTE) providers are adapting to meet the moment and giving students access to op

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2025

The lights dimmed, and the audience fell silent. It was a cold January afternoon in 2007, and I was sitting in a crowded auditorium in Providence, Rhode Island, nervously thinking about the week ahead. In just a few days, Id travel across the world and step into a classroom for the first time as a student teachera dream years in the making that suddenly felt overwhelming.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2025

For all of the ways artificial intelligence is exhilarating and groundbreaking in education, it can be intimidating and alienating for many K12 teachers. For this reason, district leaders must be intentional when they introduce AI tools to their staff. At FETC 2025 in Orlando, Fla., tech specialists who successfully implemented AI in their own districts shared strategies with eager-to-learn attendees.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2025

Genius Hour Overview The Genius Hour Project traditionally sets aside 20% of class time to pursue a topic students are passionate about. An after school setting follows these basics, but adapted to a full-time exploration of the topic. Basics While immersing themselves in a topic they love, Genius Hour also teaches students how to pursue a goal important to them.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2025

Experiential learning is on the rise (Roberts & Welton 2022), perhaps because it can be a pathway to increased student engagement. But the term experiential learning is sometimes used interchangeably with applied learning, which runs the risk of clouding the specific benefits of each approach. To alleviate some confusion, my goal here is to explain the hallmarks of both applied humanities and experiential learning approaches, as well as what each mode of learning can offer to students.

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Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2025

Paula Jakopovic, University of Nebraska at Omaha Brigid Howard , Metropolitan Community College Naomi Mardock, Metropolitan Community College Keywords: Two-Year/Community College, Learning Assistantships, Student Engagement Key Statement: How can learning assistantships with structured faculty mentoring offer a novel approach to engaging community college students at their institution?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2025

Key points: Generative AI is redefining educator professional development by offering tools and strategies to create smarter, more impactful learning opportunities Teachers: Its time to make friends with AI A look at one schools innovative approach to PD For more on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping education as we know it.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2025

I was recently sitting with my friends 9-year-old son, Guillermo, as he teed up a YouTube video on the TV. Id wanted to get a kids perspective on brain rot, Oxford University Press 2024 word of the year that describes both low-quality video content and what seemingly happens to the mind after watching too much of it. Naturally, I sought out someone with on-the-ground experience.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2025

As K12 schools increasingly embrace the cloud, some are taking a hybrid cloud approach while others are fully migrating applications and data to public cloud providers and Software as a Service solutions. As they do so, they can face adoption challenges.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 15, 2025

This is a new Ask a Tech Teacher series on College and Career with a focus on military options. High school students contemplating a military career should research extensively, speak with recruiters, and perhaps participate in preparatory or introductory military programs to make an informed decision. Each branch of the military has unique offerings, so aligning personal goals with the branch’s culture and opportunities is crucial.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2025

The first five minutes of every class in higher education holds far more significance than they might initially seem. These brief moments set the stage for active learning, focus, trust, and shaping the atmosphere of the entire session. When teachers begin with enthusiasm, engagement, and a thoughtful provocation, they foster an environment where students feel encouraged to approach the class with an open and curious mindset.

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Teach Hub

JANUARY 9, 2025

Before attempting to answer the question, “How can I increase homework completion in my classroom?” You must first ask yourself, “Are you using homework to assess students’ learning, or is it reinforcing what you taught them in class?” Homework is meant to cement and practice concepts and skills that students have learned in the classroom, not for assessment or to introduce new concepts.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Student success is a critically important issue for school districts–and not simply because districts want students to perform well. Improving student learning and student success is necessary for students to compete in a rapidly changing world that requires critical thinking, creativity, and adaptability. Learning losses and persistent equity challenges linger even as the world marks one more year since the COVID pandemic.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2025

Earlier this month at Truesdell Elementary, in the last five minutes of one of my classes, I called for my students' attention. Class, class! I called. Yes, yes, they responded in unison. I have a recognition to make. I held up one of my fourth grade students perspective drawings and projected it for the class to see. His carefully rendered parallel, vertical and diagonal lines converging at the vanishing point created a stunning visual.

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