Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2021

When it comes to education technology, most educators would agree on two primary premises: Our needs are many, and we’re not short on tools to meet those needs. When it comes to education technology, most educators would agree on two primary premises: Our needs are many, and we’re not short on tools to meet those needs.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

At SchoolStatus, we firmly believe that educators’ voices must be central in shaping education technology. Our Customer Advisory Board enables us to directly collaborate with the people who best understand the needs of schools and districts across the U.S. Representing seven U.S. Dr. Shepherd was the Asst.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2019

And when he’s not spending time with some of his favorites—StarCraft and Hearthstone—he’s teaching middle school students how to build their own. During the course, they also learn how to use the feedback their peers give them. Their classmates then test their game and give feedback.

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eSchool News

MAY 7, 2021

CODiE Award finalists represent applications, products, and services from developers of educational software, digital content, online learning services, and related technologies across the PreK–20 sector. Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center was honored as one of 152 finalists across the 42 education technology categories.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2023

With the time it takes to score and give feedback on student work deterring many writing teachers from assigning lengthier writing tasks, and with the long turnaround time most students wait to receive grades and feedback, there is significant timesaving and learning potential in an AI helping grade student work.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

Or take Barbie Prince, a middle school teacher in Baltimore, who is used to walking around the room as she teaches and looking over students’ shoulders to monitor their progress. These are some of the things we learned when educators shared their experiences working and teaching from home—and snapped a few photos of their new setups.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

A couple of weeks ago during a coaching session, a middle school teacher I work with described a fun math activity. Middle school students are navigating the most vulnerable and self-conscious developmental phase. She asked her students who were learning remotely to build blanket forts.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

For English Language Arts (ELA) teachers, AI-powered writing tools help to provide immediate feedback, guiding students through the writing process and fostering a more personalized approach to learning. So, introducing AI was relatively easy because my students were used to the writing process and going through revisions.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology (Office of Edtech, for short) issued a Request for Proposal for a better way to help schools evaluate edtech tools before making a purchase and. “[We Anyone interested in giving it a test run and leave feedback can do so TKTK.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2019

My first experience as an educator was teaching middle-school mathematics and science in Baltimore. In that study, mastery was defined as correctly completing three problems in a row, and researchers defined “wheel-spinning” as failing to gain mastery even after trying on 10 different problems (and getting feedback on each one).

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Wellington suggested, “This can be gauged by asking teachers, do they think that parents and teachers at their school think of each other as partners?”. So how can schools begin to address teacher turnover? Getting the Right Data.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As aspects of pre-pandemic life slowly emerge from nearly two years of masking, testing, and social distancing, educators are once again gathering at edtech conferences to experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital tools, and professional learning opportunities.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2023

The integration of AI tools in English language arts (ELA) instruction has emerged as a potentially transformative pedagogical approach that could redefine the traditional landscape of education. For instance, it would take me hours to give students the feedback that grammar programs now provide in seconds.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2023

ChatGPT adds to the suite of AI tools that might be encountered in an ELA classroom, along with automated essay scoring, writing evaluation and feedback. As with all emerging technologies, it is critical to understand how we relate to these technologies in order to best leverage them for student learning.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Sometimes elementary and middle school teachers come across as apologetic about how “little” they are doing in relation to personalized learning. However, none of this would be successful without a the strong foundation students receive before they enter high school. But they’re doing more than they think.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

For example, our middle school program Career Explorations has embedded real-world, industry-specific soft skill exercises, including applied math, graphics literacy and reading comprehension. Our focus groups with teachers have shown that having a separate soft skills class isn’t the answer.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2022

Justin Hall, who teaches math at Rancho Cucamonga Middle School , understands this need well. A 16-year veteran middle school teacher, Hall is a big proponent of increasing access to information for all education stakeholders. In what ways does the platform support feedback for students?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Tamiko Hatcher, a dedicated educator and the director of Special Programs at Akron Public Schools in Ohio, displays visionary leadership and steadfast commitment to implementing innovative education technologies to transform the educational experience for the students in his district.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Remember that heavy feeling you sometimes got as a kid heading into yet another school day? Middle school Guidance Counselor Rachelle Vallon remembers the feeling, too. But she doesn't want that to be how kids experience school going forward. It's very much scaffolded, especially when students come into sixth grade.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

That’s been changing since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when virtually every school and teacher were thrust into the edtech landscape. South says that “exponentially increased” the amount of edtech feedback teachers were sharing with their districts. Technology doesn't replace the teacher.”

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2024

Combined, the duo provides a comprehensive, evidence-based math solution from kindergarten through middle school. The ISTE Seal is awarded to educational technologies that excel in innovation, accessibility and enhancing student learning experiences.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2023

Researchers say that positive teacher-student relationships tend to start declining after first grade, with the lowest drop in middle school, before evening out in high school. Instructional monitoring: Monitored student progress and adjusted their teaching strategy as needed.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

Read part one to learn how this teacher improved her student feedback system to increase student engagement. In 2016, our school began putting intentional effort into getting our students to value the learning process and to focus on growth rather than grades. Are you going to resubmit your chemical changes model?"

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The San Francisco-based company may be one of the last venture-backed education technology startups founded at the start of this decade that’s still alive—and growing—without making any revenue. elementary and middle schools. But it’s amassed quite a footprint. Even more, it says one in six U.S.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Johnston County educators are confident they will continue to see growth, and they credit Savvas for being part of the “right mix of expertise, resources, and support” that is delivering real results for the district’s students. Ramaz School Nominated by: RobotLAB Inc.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This distributed model of learning took off and has grown over the years to a network of nearly 300 Fulton County educators who are pioneering new approaches to education technology use, testing new tools and helping others in their schools and communities do the same.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2018

I teach middle school English Language Arts at St. Joseph School in Chester County, Pa. Like most schools, we serve students with a range of abilities. I would encourage her to write more than one paragraph before coming to me, but she needed feedback constantly, and would apologize each time she came to my desk.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The incredible research by Carol Dweck and her colleagues on the power of mindset in learning has become pervasive in education. Instead, we become smart as a result of hard work, productive effort, and feedback. But with feedback and guidance, they get better. The idea is quickly gaining traction.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In middle school, I participated in Future City , a STEM competition for middle schoolers. Even in our school, when assignments are handed back in class, students still rush to ask their classmates, “What did you get?” Personally, I have always enjoyed competition. A rush of emotions shuffles through the crowd.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

Feedback: In our interviews, we learned that teachers have a strong desire to source lessons, activities, and resources that simultaneously align to state standards and resonate with their students. Consider the ways that technology can streamline these processes for teachers.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Josh Davis spent 14 years teaching high school special education and middle school history, so he’s well aware of a few classroom constants. It also allows teachers to give real-time, one-on-one feedback without singling out a student in front of the class. That goes a long way in building relationships.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

At New Mexico’s Farmington Heights Middle School , teachers use game-based learning to personalize instruction. Games offer immediate, useful, and friendly feedback that is designed to motivate students to keep playing. Games provide targeted, in-the-moment feedback based on a player's current performance.

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Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2021

Jackson Middle School moved to remote learning, and suddenly the steps to co-teaching weren’t the same. She can see answers and add feedback. And now, not only can I give that feedback, so can she. then the pandemic hit. In her 19 years as a teacher, Nesler had never experienced anything like this. Or, “You’re close.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

Griffin Middle School in Smyrna, Georgia. To achieve efficacy, games should engage students and support the curriculum standards of any given school, district, and state—while also being easy to integrate into a classroom. Teacher Feedback Last month, we launched 900 middle school science games.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2019

In all, more than 25 Pioneer choral students and another 15 ukulele students from a neighboring middle school took part in the recording process. Talk with other educators who have experience with the educational technology you are interested in. Ask students questions such as: What do you like about this music?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

But it really kicks in during middle school. What we find in our middle schools is that students are starting to develop their own voices as writers,” Cotton says. We provide training so they all have a good sense of how to evaluate writing and provide feedback to students.” And useful feedback is crucial.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Jennifer Saarinen, teacher at Kickemuit Middle School Fauteux, who started at Leadership in 2008 as a math teacher, found he was spending just as much time teaching social-emotional competencies as he was teaching math. She says that the exercises help students connect with peers who they normally don’t interact much with.

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