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When It Comes to Picking Edtech, Are Schools Listening to Teachers?

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During the pandemic, she moved from a district-level position in instructional technology back into the classroom. After she took a position teaching 6th grade English, she says she faced a stark attitude change toward her edtech opinions. Take physical education, for instance. There’s still grading to be done, though.

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Sneak a peek at 8 eSN K-12 Hero Awards contenders

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The 2023 K-12 Hero Awards program is dedicated to recognizing the country’s best examples of K-12 success using innovative education technologies. Students who used Exact Path showed a statistically significant impact on math achievement across all grade levels studied. NWEA MAP points on average. NWEA MAP points on average.

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With a Virtual Reality Assist, Video Games Get K–12 Students Moving

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Video Games as Physical Education. Virtual reality technology , which turns users into active participants, is dramatically changing the way kids play video games. Jim Romano, Valley Day’s Health and Physical Education instructor, said the immersive VR setup transforms PE class into a “life-size video game” for the students. .

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How to Integrate Green Screens Into Any Classroom

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To get you started, I’ve provided you with information about what you’ll need to get started, and a few ideas on how to bring green screen technology into STEM, language arts, history, performance, and physical education spaces. Tour Body Systems, Grades 2 to 12: Remember the 1987 movie Innerspace ?

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How Do You Teach Art, Music and PE Online? In China, They’re Figuring It Out.

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She has a younger brother in second grade, and says “my mom is going crazy. According to Zoe, the live courses that her brother is required to watch were developed by the provincial department of education and its radio and television office. She needs to make slippers for my little brother as they follow the livestreamed art class.”

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How to Assess Learning in a Pandemic

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Even during the pandemic’s early days, some professors decided to toss out their grade books , figuring that high-stress assessments weren’t appropriate given the uncertain circumstances, which saw students sent away from campuses, sometimes without tech tools or internet access. And I was very parsimonious in giving good grades.

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Don’t Return to Your School’s Pre-Pandemic Schedule. Improve It Through Brain Science.

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Current Grade School year (2021-2022) Last Full, Cohesive, COVID-Free Grade (2018-19) 12th9th11th8th10th7th9th6th8th5th7th4th6th3rd5th2nd4th1st3rdK2ndPK1st- One of us, Glenn, teaches 10th grade history, and the last time his students had a non-mask wearing, COVID free school year was in seventh grade.