eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2024

Key points: Social studies instruction should be full of student inquiry and choice 4 engaging assessment ideas for middle and high school 10 instructional strategies that lead to academic growth For more news on curriculum, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub It is no accident that the new National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) definition of social studies is focused on “human experiences and the spaces in which we interact as humans.

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Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2024

A few weeks ago, Ferris State University made a splashy announcement that it planned to enroll two chatbot “students” in its classes, calling it a novel way for colleges to test their curricula. The unusual idea seems in some ways like a publicity stunt to call attention to a the academic major it offers in artificial intelligence — and local TV news stations pounced on the notion that nonhuman classmates would be participating side-by-side in hybrid college classes with T-shirt-clad young peopl

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 4, 2024

In my last blog post, Using the Station Rotation Model in Math , I wrote about the benefits of shifting from a whole group, teacher-led lesson design to small-group differentiated instructional sessions. I make the case that the whole group, teacher-led approach to instruction limits opportunities for individual exploration and deep engagement with mathematical concepts.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 5, 2024

Although K–12 education is not known for being a major disrupter, we are making profound changes that will have a ripple effect for years to come. When I joined Mt. Diablo Unified School District as director of technology and innovation during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, we had a lot of needs. But our most immediate priority was getting devices to students to ensure learning continuity.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

Key points: Despite the frenzy around AI, many learning tools have relied on AI for years The 3 biggest misconceptions about AI Don’t miss a single update on what’s new with AI in education For more news on AI in learning, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Many educators are cautiously optimistic about AI, indicating that they’d like more guidance to effectively integrate it into their instructional strategies.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2024

For years, I’ve worked with young people during one of the most significant transitions of their lives. After 12 years of compulsory schooling, they approach the edge of the nest — and many feel unprepared, realizing they are about to lose the comfort of seeing their friends every day, the support of trusted adults outside their families and the predictability of a daily school schedule.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 5, 2024

Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. March 2-9th 50% discount on sidebar sponsors (instead of $100 per month, you get the same program for $50 a month) Required: Minimum of 6 months paid in advance, or $300 We place your logo and link in the blog sidebar. Additionally, once a month, I’ll share an optional update on your product with my readers (which you write).

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eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2024

The ILO Group this week announced the release of its Framework for Implementing Artificial Intelligence in K-12 Education –a first-of-its-kind AI framework for school district and state education leaders–providing them with the tools, resources, and research-basis to thoughtfully embrace this game-changing technology. The Framework for Implementing Artificial Intelligence in K-12 Education provides district and state leaders with a roadmap for understanding AI’s potential benefits, addre

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2024

When Pierrce Holmes entered ninth grade, his school put him in 9C, a lower-level algebra class. Before then, Holmes had always earned good grades in math — mostly As — and when he found out his friends were in honors math, he felt he belonged there too. And so he approached his guidance counselor and asked why he wasn’t in the honors math class. “Oh, do you want to try?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 6, 2024

I’ve had a lot of trouble with my email the last few months. My newsletter is falling apart. My home email is changing servers–who knows what that will require on my part. My spam folder has had a mental breakdown and never (ever) works correctly. And, my internet services are suffering more than their usual annoying level of quirks and breaks.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 7, 2024

With 14.5 percent of high schoolers and 3.3 percent of middle schoolers using e-cigarettes, according to the 2022 National Youth Tobacco Survey, vaping among teenagers has become an epidemic. And while the health concerns are troubling, the wider safety and security implications for K–12 schools and districts are often not discussed. At Newark Central School District in New York, student vaping led to an increase in physical altercations and property damage.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2024

Key points: Admins can take risks, learn to use new tools, and relying on the partners Solving the IT staffing challenge in K-12 education Now is the time to plan for next year’s technology upgrades For more news on IT transformations, visit eSN’s IT Leadership hub Irvington Public Schools is an urban district with the hometown feeling of a place where everyone knows each other.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2024

Ken Futernick brings together people who disagree deeply on issues that are most dividing school communities these days — such as teaching about gender and sexual identity or about the history of racism in America. And he records the conversations. You might think the discussions would involve shouting matches or verbal fireworks. But Futernick — a longtime educator who has served as an elementary school teacher, a teacher educator and a leader of a national school turnaround center — aims to ke

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 7, 2024

Today’s tip: Find a lost program Category: Problem-solving If a program disappears, here are two quick ways to find it more than half the time (on PCs ): Look around the screen Check the taskbar Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. What’s your favorite tech tip in your classroom?

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Cult of Pedagogy

MARCH 3, 2024

Listen to the interview with Blake Harvard: Sponsored by Listenwise and Khan Academy Kids Please allow me to describe an all-too-common situation that has occurred in probably every teacher’s classroom: You teach your heart out. Really just knock it out of the park: explaining, describing, providing examples, modeling … you know, all the things we’re taught to do during instruction.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Wisconsin is creating a new literacy office and hiring reading coaches. Ohio is dedicating millions to a curriculum overhaul. Indiana is requiring new teacher training. Dozens of states are moving to align their teaching practices with the science of reading, a body of research on how children learn that emphasizes explicit phonics instruction alongside helping students build vocabulary and kn

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2024

When Adriana Cervantes-González started school in California as a child, it was at a time when state policy was determined to get all English-learning students proficient in the language within one year. That meant that bilingual education was out, in favor of English immersion. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. As a kindergartener who spoke only Spanish, Cervantes-González had a part-time bilingual aide in her otherwise English-only classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 4, 2024

Here are the most-read posts for the past month: Popular iPad-iPhone Swipes Choosing the Right College: Factors to Consider Beyond Rankings Graphing–9 Lesson Plans + 6 Online Resources How to Teach Dolch Words with Graphic Art Tools 6 Must-have Skills for New Tech Teachers Plus Two Extra Engineers Week Feb. 18-24 7 President’s Day Activities 11 Valentine Sites For Students Random Acts of Kindness Day is Coming.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

One of the most pressing issues for higher education within the last several years is the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI). At the heart of composition faculty in particular, but of the entire higher education community as well, are those of us looking for solutions for students using AI to write papers. As others and I have discovered, there is finally hope in sight.

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eSchool News

MARCH 4, 2024

This post originally appeared on the Christensen Institute’s blog and is reposted here with permission. Key points: Teaching trends will impact K-12 learning in myriad ways this year Student engagement requires more than edtech tools Insights from educators: Priorities for 2023-2024 For more news on teaching trends, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub As we move through the beginning of 2024, parent power, rethinking assessments, and career and technical education (CTE) for every stu

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2024

During my first years of teaching, I decided that no matter how difficult life got, both in and out of the classroom, I would never leave my class in the middle of the year. For years, my co-teachers would come and go from our grade level, and all I felt was adversity towards them: I mean, how could they leave in the middle of the year without considering the impact on our students?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 8, 2024

What’s the first thing you think of when I say, Excel? Numbers, right–turning data into information. That is Excel’s ‘killer app’, but the ingenious human brain has come up with another striking use for Excel: Drawing. I spent a long time trying to find a lesson that taught drawing in Excel, finally gave up and created my own” If the lesson plans are blurry, click on them for a full size alternative. –This lesson plan found in the Structured Learning les

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 5, 2024

Culturally responsive teaching is a crucial student-centered approach that is critical in today’s multicultural and diverse educational environment. The idea is to recognize that every student brings a unique perspective and strength into the classroom. Furthermore, it recognizes that every student’s learning is different. These differences in learning are related to a student’s cultural background, family structure, social and economic status, communication and language, and social identity (Ga

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eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2024

Key points: Online learning offers myriad benefits for students and teachers 5 ways to create a stellar online elementary learning program 5 components of a great hybrid learning program For more news on online learning, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Online learning has limitless potential for students and teachers, offering the ability to learn from any location and at all times of the day.

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Teach Hub

MARCH 4, 2024

The silence of unengaged students who are hesitant to raise their hands or voice their thoughts can be deafening for teachers. It’s one thing when the classroom is silent because students are concentrating on a task or taking a test, but it’s another thing when the silence is due to a lack of engagement. How do we break this silence and boost student participation in our classroom?

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2024

The national average rate of chronic absenteeism in K-12 schools has significantly increased in recent years. According to data from the U.S. Department of Education, nearly 14.7 million students, or 29.7 percent of the student population, were chronically absent in the 2021-22 school year. Early data from the 2022-23 school year indicates minor improvement, with 27.85 percent of the student population being chronically absent.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 3, 2024

The pandemic in 2020 accelerated the adoption of learning technologies in education. Campus leaders had to rethink the digital learning resources available, and faculty had to rapidly adapt to changes in delivery methods while keeping students engaged. Inevitably, the quality of student learning has taken center stage, and with it is an emerging focus on changing teaching and learning pedagogy and harnessing technology to deliver new modes of learning (APLU).

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2024

Key points: Use “hooks” to captivate students’ attention and foster excitement for learning Student engagement requires more than edtech tools PBL isn’t used enough–let’s change that For more news on teaching trends, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Learning is a dynamic process, one in which learners must be actively engaged.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 6, 2024

Bolstering a school’s cybersecurity can cost a pretty penny, but that could be pennies on the dollar compared with the cost of a breach. According to IBM, the global average cost of a data breach in 2023 was nearly $4.5 million, a 15 percent increase over three years. To combat these threats, the Consortium for School Networking is seeing an increase in schools adopting practices to improve cybersecurity, according to CoSN’s “2023 State of EdTech Leadership” report.

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Whiteboard Blog

MARCH 7, 2024

Microsoft Copilot is a free alternative to ChatGPT. It’s a powerful option, making use of ChatGPT 4 without a subscription. This guide will introduce you to Copilots features and show you how it can transform your teaching experience. What is Microsoft Copilot? Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered tool designed to assist you in various tasks, from lesson planning to student engagement.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

One of the most pressing issues for higher education within the last several years is the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI). At the heart of composition faculty in particular, but of the entire higher education community as well, are those of us looking for solutions for students using AI to write papers. As others and I have discovered, there is finally hope in sight.

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eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2024

Key points: AI has great potential in the classroom, but persistent problems hamper adoption What’s next for AI in education ? Learning in the digital age has implications for students, teachers For more news on AI, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Almost all school superintendents (97 percent) say that schools have an obligation to teach students how to use AI effectively and responsibly.

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Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 5, 2024

Welcome to the first post of our new series: Gaggle’s Support Team Spotlight. Through this series, we'll dive deep into what makes our Support Team stand apart in the student safety sector, their expertise and impactful stories, and how their dedication helps foster safer learning environments. If you’re not already familiar with Gaggle as a whole, we are the leading experts in K-12 student safety, offering a comprehensive suite of tools and services designed to promote student safety and well-b

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Lab to Class

MARCH 4, 2024

Students who have experienced trauma can struggle to learn, pay attention, or even attend classes. Their reactions can range from just seeming more distant and closed off to full on panic attacks. As a teacher it can be very difficult to try to understand how to help a student who has experienced trauma so that they can feel safe in school and find some normalcy in their lives again.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 5, 2024

Culturally responsive teaching is a crucial student-centered approach that is critical in today’s multicultural and diverse educational environment. The idea is to recognize that every student brings a unique perspective and strength into the classroom. Furthermore, it recognizes that every student’s learning is different. These differences in learning are related to a student’s cultural background, family structure, social and economic status, communication and language, and social identity (Ga

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

BEAVERTON, Oregon — Vernier Science Education has named Jill Hedrick as its new chief executive officer (CEO). With a wealth of leadership experience in the education technology industry, Hedrick will lead the 40-plus-year science company as it continues to grow as a values-aligned Perpetual Purpose Trust dedicated to helping educators build a science literate society.

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Shelley Gray Teaching

MARCH 4, 2024

Have you tried Model Drawing in your classroom? I recently read the book 8 Step Model Drawing by Bob Hogan and Char Forsten. I have always been a fan of bar models, but this book was an eye opener as to just how effective they are as a problem solving tool. The authors state that about 80% of word problems that students encounter can be effectively solved using models like these.

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