eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

As technology advances, K-12 education embraces these transformative tools to prepare students for a rapidly evolving, technology-driven world, ensuring a more interactive, efficient, and inclusive educational landscape. What is an educational technology tool? What is educational technology in the classroom?

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

When I ask teachers, “How would you describe a successful online or blended learning course? ” Most teachers include some form of the word “engagement” in their answers. So, it makes sense that teachers are frustrated when they feel like students are not engaging. What would that look like?”

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

teachers are outnumbered on average 16 students to 1 teacher in the classroom (though this number can be as high as 23 to 1 in states such as California ). One issue facing teachers is the seemingly never-ending stream of curriculum changes and standardization. So, what is the root of the problem, and what can we do about it?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2020

has been a leader in implementing stringent supervision and high-stakes evaluation for teachers, these practices are part of a national education reform movement that seeks to standardize teaching in an (ultimately ineffective) quest to boost student test scores. My experience is not unique: While D.C.

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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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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2019

Computers live in teachers and students’ pockets, the Internet makes information and media ubiquitous commodities, apps offer to aid with all our daily routines, and artificial intelligence unlocks new possibilities for differentiated instruction. To illustrate this point, consider these three things educational technology can’t do.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Texthelp ®, a leading education technology company focused on helping learners of all ages and abilities improve their reading, writing, and math skills, today announced the launch of WriQ ®, a cloud-based writing assessment and achievement tool. It provides them with their own dashboard of real-time feedback.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 25, 2021

Over the last 20 years, I have worked with education technology in many different ways. As a teacher, I saw how much time it took to search for and learn about new classroom tech. When I transitioned to a district employee, technology continued to be a part of my job in a different way.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 4, 2024

Ben is a kindergarten teacher in Salinas, California. He was awarded Teacher of the Year, Computer Using Educators (CUE) Blended and Online Educator of the Year, CUE’s Gold Disk Award, and KSBW’s Crystal Apple Award. Jenn is a first-grade teacher at Desert Sands Unified School District. I jumped at the chance!

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Kohn is hardly the only teacher confronted with generative AI. But the desire among some entrepreneurs to use these tools as replacements for teachers or personal tutors has provoked skepticism. Nevertheless, teachers are already deciding how — or even whether — to adopt these tools into the classroom. The main findings?

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2024

While AI tutoring offers a new way for students to approach learning, educators, parents, and students must use it cautiously. Parents, teachers, and students should know the potential dangers of using AI online. The system analyzes these patterns and adjusts its tutoring approach to match individual learning styles.

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Learning Styles Learning Students Gamification 311

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2022

In Secretary Cardona’s vision to elevate the teaching profession, he highlights three priorities: improving teacher pipeline, supporting teacher growth and investing in teacher retention. What this makes abundantly clear is that the future of education depends directly on our commitment to the success of new teachers.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2023

The proliferation of AI tools has outpaced efforts to understand how AI’s presence might change teaching practices or the role of the teacher. 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. argument coherence) for teachers.

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2022

As Covid-19’s Omicron variant is pushing some school districts back into distance learning, teachers may be frustrated at the return of video meetings. I contend that video technology helped to save education during the pandemic, and therefore should not be abandoned. Teacher preparation. The evidence is all around us.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

As educational technology companies look to place learning science at the core of their products, there are three key steps to success: aligning their teams around education outcomes, building a feedback loop, and evaluating and validating your results.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

COVID-19 has placed global education in an unprecedented state of flux. Faced with both new and long-existing challenges, teachers are working harder than ever. Many of the difficulties that our educators are facing today have not been directly caused by COVID-19; they were merely exacerbated by it.

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Edsurge

JULY 8, 2024

When young students miss school, their teachers begin to think of them as less capable in math and language and less committed to learning, according to a new study. Absence Makes the Heart Grow Colder The study, “ Do Teachers Perceive Absent Students Differently? Why does that matter? If true, this would carry some implications.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2025

million teachers and 17 million students using its resources, which provide content, curricular support, and digital tools. ReadWorks is free and provides all its resources free of charge and has both printed and digital versions of the material available to teachers and students (Education Technology Nonprofit, 2021).

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Technology Special Education Motivation Writing 272

eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2024

Key points: K-12 AI use will have a profound impact on the experiences and futures of education professionals Enhancing learning through AI and human educators Can assessments be used to eliminate inequities in education? The use of AI within the education sector isn’t without its challenges.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

But where in the conversation are the people implementing those tools: the teachers? In a survey released earlier this year, the edtech company Clever found that 85 percent of administrators say teachers are involved in choosing tools. And how much say do they—or should they—have in edtech decisions? So what explains the disconnect?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2023

As an Education Technology Specialist at one of Colorado’s fastest-growing districts, District 49, I was tasked 5 years ago with the responsibility to ensure our district complied with federal and student data privacy laws. Getting that buy-in is critical and this requires clear communication and built-in feedback opportunities.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

However, Davis discovered new constants when he moved out of the classroom and into his current role as instructional technology coach at Downey Unified School District in California. Over and over, he saw teachers resisting technology adoption because they didn’t want to look foolish trying something new in front of students.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

When it comes to products that teachers are using to buoy student success, the stakes are high. That left us at EdSurge to ponder, how are edtech companies making sure their products are working best for teachers, the people responsible for weaving them into lessons each day?

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2022

Autumn Rivera, 2022 Colorado Teacher of the Year, at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in April. WASHINGTON — Curiosity and creativity were on display when dozens of top teachers from around the U.S. During their visit to the nation’s capital, the teachers toured the White House, visited the U.S.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2023

I provide staff development and training, and many of the teachers I work with are enthusiastic about trying new tools. For some, it’s the wow factor of using something novel or exciting; for others, it’s the allure of seeing their students highly engaged with new technologies.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2023

Tools, such as AI-powered writing assistants and language-analysis platforms, offer real-time feedback and aim to empower students to engage in self-directed learning and refine their writing and editing skills. 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 11, 2021

“I hope it works, I hope it works,” I muttered to myself as Tonja, the student teacher in our classroom, logged into Zoom to reach the remote learners in our class. As the program started, I couldn’t help but think how different her experience as a preservice teacher was from my own. I didn’t get much time to interact with students.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Imagine a world in which a teacher begins the school year with a comprehensive personal profile of each student in her class—a report that incorporates insights on academic performance, social-emotional development, behavior, attendance and a host of related data. Take, for example, spatial skills.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2021

Now, teachers are preparing to take the lessons learned during virtual learning back into the classroom. Lesson 1: Creating on-demand content makes learning more accessible To address learners’ needs in the virtual setting, many educators began creating their own digital content. Is there anything I can help you with?’

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2025

Technology offers practical solutions for this age-old challenge, enabling teachers to create flexible learning environments that adapt to individual student requirements. How edtech supports personalized learning Digital tools amplify educators’ ability to use differentiated instruction in their classrooms.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Teknikio has released a new collaborative learning kit called Tekniverse, which gives students the ability to make and remake connected smart objects in partnership with their classmates and teacher. Teknikio launched Tekniverse at ISTE 2020 , which is the largest education technology conference in the U.S. About Teknkio.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Just as digital tools provide educators with innovative and flexible ways to reinforce learning in core academic subjects, they can be used to more effectively teach the social-emotional and life skills that students need to thrive in the classroom and beyond. However, the last thing teachers need is more work on their plates.

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Communication Quizzes Feedback Languages 278

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2023

“We see now, as students are entering student teaching with this additional experience tutoring, how much stronger they are and how much more prepared they are,” says Ocheze Joseph, director of undergraduate teacher education at the university. They’re more comfortable in the classroom, more familiar.” They’re also getting paid.

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2023

AI-driven tools may signal the integration of technology into learning in profound ways; however, the long trajectory of edtech has not yet changed the fundamental organizing structure between teacher and student. However, a majority also told us that students were confused about how to respond to the feedback. See Exhibit 1.)

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Writing Essay Teachers Feedback 148

eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

It guides students from simple to complex skills, adapting to individual student needs and offering explicit instruction with real-time feedback. Schools can also leverage IXL’s Learn to Read and Reading Intervention skill plans that align perfectly to popular textbooks so educators can steadily and methodically narrow reading gaps.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

District leaders can supplement those guidelines with training programs that offer explicit, systematic approaches to teaching reading, or attend a webinar series from education technology partners that offers data-driven suggestions for literacy curricula. Instead of implementing the curriculum all at once, consider a phased rollout.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Key points: Technology helps expand teachers’ ability to engage students Learn more about technology in the classroom Stay up to date on the latest in education technology Education technology in the classroom significantly aids teachers by streamlining administrative tasks, enhancing lesson delivery, and improving student engagement.

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