eSchool News

MAY 20, 2024

Key points: Strong news literacy skills are a must-have in today’s online world Turning media literacy into civic engagement Is it fake? How to teach with news and media sources For more news on media literacy, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub News literacy skills are of paramount importance in today’s world, and are especially key for students, who must be able to critically assess information sources and vet resources effectively.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2024

Ellen Galinsky has been on a seven-year quest to understand what brain science says about how to better teach and parent adolescent children. The past few years have seen advancements in our understanding of this time — where the brain is going through almost as much change as during the earliest years of a child’s life. In the past, Galinsky says, researchers and educators have focused too much on portraying the emotional turmoil and risky decision-making that is typical in adolescence as negat

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 20, 2024

Like digital screens built from tiny pixels, Minecraft is a virtual world of pixilated landscapes crafted by players using digital building blocks. Playing Minecraft is like playing with digital Lego bricks: Players build elaborate structures and interact within blocky landscapes, either solo or with friends. Its open-ended nature, paired with straightforward yet deep gameplay, fosters creativity, problem-solving and collaboration.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 20, 2024

Imagine you’re at a new, highly recommended restaurant, eager to try what you’ve heard is an exceptional dining experience. As you sit down and open the menu, your excitement dims—you realize it’s a fixed menu with no options for substitutions or alterations. You’re vegetarian, and all the courses feature meat. You speak with the server, hoping for flexibility, but there are no alternatives that accommodate your dietary needs.

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eSchool News

MAY 23, 2024

Key points: Educators know AI will have a role in education, but still feel uncertain about the technology Check out the latest on AI in education New group targets AI skills in education and the workforce For more news on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub It’s impossible to avoid news about AI today, and it seems all industries and sectors are abuzz with how AI will impact operations.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2024

When ChatGPT emerged a year and half ago, many professors immediately worried that their students would use it as a substitute for doing their own written assignments — that they’d click a button on a chatbot instead of doing the thinking involved in responding to an essay prompt themselves. But two English professors at Carnegie Mellon University had a different first reaction: They saw in this new technology a way to show students how to improve their writing skills.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

With schools struggling to help students recover from pandemic-related learning loss, artificial intelligence tutoring platforms have emerged as a possible solution — despite the many issues they present. Across the country, several schools are already making AI tutoring a reality. Cade Brumley, Louisiana’s superintendent of education, recently requested $30 million from the state legislature to expand in-school tutoring, which includes AI tutoring options.

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eSchool News

MAY 22, 2024

Key points: Educators say AR and VR tools greatly increase student engagement Reaching the 4Cs with 3D and virtual reality 3 key steps when using VR in education For more news on AR and VR, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub As a Technology Explorations teacher for my district, I’m tasked with finding and incorporating the latest technology resources into classrooms effectively and engagingly.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2024

About two years ago, I had a health crisis that not only jeopardized my well-being, but also threatened the continuity of care for the families I serve as the owner of a home-based child care program. One day when I was cleaning up at the end of a work day, I began experiencing heart palpitations and difficulty breathing. After a number of medical visits, I was hospitalized and eventually diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AFIB) — a condition which can lead to blood clots and a risk of stroke o

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 24, 2024

Today, 94 percent of public schools provide digital devices to students, in part due to the need caused by the pandemic. K–12 IT leaders must reflect on what we learned during that time and use that knowledge to guide our approach to refreshing our districts’ devices, especially with the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund cliff approaching.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2024

Great end-of-year projects for high school students, from the Ask a Tech Teacher team: 5 Innovative Tech Projects for High Schoolers Project-based learning has gained significant popularity in recent times. Emerging as a creative and insightful way for youngsters to learn and practically implement their knowledge, the idea of project-based learning has been encouraged and applauded by teachers worldwide.

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2024

Key points: Superintendent Carvalho’s vision for his district includes innovative, future-looking progress LAUSD launches revolutionary AI tool Redesigning the educational model after COVID For more news on district management, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub Alberto Carvalho leads the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)–the nation’s second-largest district.

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Edsurge

MAY 20, 2024

When Mysa School started about eight years ago, the microschool movement was new. A school with about 40 students in Washington, D.C., and with a second location in Vermont, Mysa stresses mastery-based learning, where students have to show comprehension before advancing. The idea is that having smaller school sizes enables students to develop much deeper relationships at school, says Siri Fiske, founder of Mysa School.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 20, 2024

As in any industry, IT teams supporting K–12 schools must navigate a challenging landscape. But with education on the line, IT staff take on significant responsibility for ensuring that the technology they support provides an optimal digital experience for teachers and students alike. Despite strict budgets and small IT teams, school districts must keep devices safely and continually refreshed.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 21, 2024

This how-to-type website doesn’t get enough exposure so I’m doing a quick overview of pros and cons and how to use it. If you’re looking for a good typing program to engage your students during summer school or next school year, this is an excellent choice: KidzType is a free comprehensive approach to learning keyboarding. The ad- and distraction-free interface provides not only practice drills but quick links to grade-appropriate keyboarding games (including popular ones from

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eSchool News

MAY 21, 2024

Key points: District leaders must contend with growing needs to help schools thrive How a district’s focus on data is advancing student growth 3 key strategies for district leaders to build a resilient educator workforce For more news on district leadership, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub As K-12 administrators strive to improve operations and maximize outcomes, they are increasingly focused on growing human capital, supporting students holistically, and protecting essential distri

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Edsurge

MAY 20, 2024

In the post-COVID pandemic educational setting, assessment offers ways to gain crucial insights into student thinking and learning and the areas requiring support for progress toward learning goals. While thoughtful assessment design and implementation are necessary for student success, building a strong assessment culture in schools is often overlooked but equally important.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

Like many of our colleagues, the emergence of ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence sites initially created a mild panic. Out of the panic, an emerging field of practical, practitioner-based research has begun to emerge. The call for calm, patient reflection has been noted (Naidu 2023, para 10). Others argue that AI, in various forms, has been used to elevate students’ performance in the classroom, and in some cases, overcome barriers to learning (Shippee 2020, 20).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 22, 2024

Would you like innovative tech apps, DIY classroom materials, and budget-friendly solutions that save time and cut costs? Here are three from the Ask a Tech Teacher team: 3 Creative Teaching Resources That Save You Time and Money Educators are increasingly expected to do more with less – ensuring that the next generation gets the quality of teaching they deserve while keeping budgets in check and making up for shortfalls in classroom resource availability.

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eSchool News

MAY 23, 2024

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. The more caring and loving adults in a child’s life, the better. That’s the approach Michele Whaley carries into her job as a school social worker at Eleanor Skillen School 34 in Indianapolis. “At school, I can provide someone that will nonjudgmentally listen and provide support, skills, and perspective which they can then take into other aspects of life,” she said.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2024

Extreme weather events are on the rise around the globe, from historic floods to unseasonable heat waves and raging wildfires. One doesn’t have to reach far to find fuel for climate-related fear and anxiety. Heidi Rose, an elementary school teacher in Denver, Colorado, knows that all too well. She experienced years of what she describes as “pretty intense” climate anxiety, beginning around 2015, as she watched natural disasters unfold in the news and up close.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 19, 2024

During his time at the Toyota Motor Company, Taiichi Ohno developed a tool for root cause analysis, the technique we know as the five whys. According to Ohno (1988), “By asking why five times and answering it each time, we can get to the real cause of the problem, which is often hidden behind more obvious symptoms” (p. 17). Ultimately, this process allowed the company to focus on continuous improvement, in this case, the elimination of waste during the manufacturing process.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 24, 2024

Wrapping up your school technology for the summer is as complicated as setting it up in September. There are endless backups, shares, cleanings, changed settings, and vacation messages that — if not done right — can mean big problems when you return from summer vacation. If you have a school device, a lot of the shutdown steps will be done by the IT folks as they backup, clean, reformat, and maybe re-image your device.

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eSchool News

MAY 24, 2024

Key points: Digital equity gives each student what they need to develop digital skills How school leaders can foster a culturally responsive framework DEI in action: eSN Innovation Roundtable For more news on digital equity, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub Digital equity in schools is centered around the idea that all children should have access to the digital components necessary to support learning and to help them build skills for success beyond high school.

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Edsurge

MAY 20, 2024

As Black womxn educators, we have a connection with education that is ancestral. Even before enslavement, teaching and learning existed in Africa. African communities built cities, states and kingdoms. Africans were skilled laborers, mathematicians and astronomers. Creativity, learning and innovation flourished in African communities, and that heritage lives in African descendants, especially apparent in the way we teach and radically care for our students.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 19, 2024

During his time at the Toyota Motor Company, Taiichi Ohno developed a tool for root cause analysis, the technique we know as the five whys. According to Ohno (1988), “By asking why five times and answering it each time, we can get to the real cause of the problem, which is often hidden behind more obvious symptoms” (p. 17). Ultimately, this process allowed the company to focus on continuous improvement, in this case, the elimination of waste during the manufacturing process.

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Teach Hub

MAY 24, 2024

In today’s technology-driven classrooms , art remains an important component of student development. Despite often being the first to be cut from the curriculum in some schools, dismissed as a luxury, or merely a source of fridge-worthy projects, art education holds profound benefits. From fostering cognitive abilities and emotional resilience to enhancing academic performance and learning lifelong skills, art class provides much more than just a creative outlet.

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eSchool News

MAY 24, 2024

Key points: A rotation-based approach ensures students receive equitable learning opportunities 5 educators share insights into teaching and learning Student engagement requires more than edtech tools For more news on classroom learning, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub In the realm of education, balancing instructional strategies like small-group instruction and student-tracking presents both challenges and opportunities for fostering equitable learning environments.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2024

When it comes to AI in education, one edtech company stands out as a sage leader and trailblazing pioneer. Amid the chaotic deluge of new generative AI tools, claims and calamities inundating school leaders, Carnegie Learning has been all in on AI for nearly 25 years. After starting with MATHia , an adaptive AI tutor that personalizes instruction for middle and high school students, Carnegie Learning branched out last year into AI-based tools for literacy, languages, tutoring and even profession

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Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

Like many of our colleagues, the emergence of ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence sites initially created a mild panic. Out of the panic, an emerging field of practical, practitioner-based research has begun to emerge. The call for calm, patient reflection has been noted (Naidu 2023, para 10). Others argue that AI, in various forms, has been used to elevate students’ performance in the classroom, and in some cases, overcome barriers to learning (Shippee 2020, 20).

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Intelligence Critical Thinking Learning Assignments 109

Teach Hub

MAY 22, 2024

Reading is a fundamental skill that shapes the way we learn and communicate. It also influences our perception of the world. Both educators and researchers emphasize the importance of effective reading instruction through a framework known as the Five Pillars of Reading. Here we’ll take a closer look at these five pillars, discuss how you can incorporate them into your classroom, as well as give you additional strategies to help enhance reading instruction.

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eSchool News

MAY 21, 2024

Key points: An innovative approach to literacy yields encouraging results for students 6 tips to help educators support young readers How we can improve literacy through student engagement For more news on literacy, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub I became a reading specialist in 2015, at which point our school’s previous reading specialist was already using an online literacy platform.

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Marilyn Burns Math

MAY 23, 2024

This lesson is a hands-on exploration that connects the two ideas of area and perimeter and, I think, helps students build understanding of both.The lesson is based on one I wrote about in my very first Math Solutions professional book A Collection of Math Lessons From Grades 3 Through 6. (You can download the chapter, Foot Activities , where I describe the entire unit.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 23, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on December 5, 2017 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Ubiquitous learning—the idea that everywhere you go, you’re learning all the time—lets us take advantage of the concept that in every interaction, there may be opportunities for students to engage with our subject matter if we can just get them into that holistic thinking mode.

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Tim Manson

MAY 22, 2024

I have been doing quite a few observations of teachers within my school over the last couple of weeks and I got thinking about some of the language that we use around lessons.

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eSchool News

MAY 22, 2024

Personalized learning has emerged as a pivotal strategy in educators’ quests to meet students where they are and boost engagement. Still, equitable access to technology, the right PD, and better assessment tools can make or break these instructional efforts. During an eSchool News Innovation Roundtable with a focus on personalized learning, moderated by eSchool News Content Director Kevin Hogan, school leaders discussed their experiences with personalized learning, where they’ve found success, a

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Resourceaholic

MAY 18, 2024

We disagree about a lot of things in maths education but I think theres one thing that makes total sense to everyone: we should never assess students on content they havent yet been taught. Doing so has absolutely no benefit to their learning.Picture the scene: A Year 10 student works hard and wants to do well. They enjoy maths and they always get good marks in end of topic tests.

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