Educational Technologies and Motivation

Making Math Class Relevant to Real Life

Edsurge

MAY 12, 2025

Some educators think its because math instruction is stuck in a rut. Solving this motivation problem is tricky. Carpentry, then, becomes a specific application of the angles and theorems, which Pathway2Careers leaders hope will also boost student motivation to learn.

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Most Teachers Are Satisfied With Their Workplace, but They’re Still Burned Out

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2025

Student Achievement About two-thirds of teachers agreed that their students were motivated to get good grades and on track to succeed in school. Less than half said they were satisfied with their level of pay and opportunities for advancement. Most also said their students are excited about what theyre learning.

Teachers

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Bite-Size Learning, Big Results: Why Microlearning is the Future of Education

k12 Digest

MAY 15, 2025

This fundamental truth about human cognition has finally found its perfect technological match in the form of microlearning. As we witness the rapid evolution of educational technology, the convergence of bite-sized learning modules with intelligent virtual tutors is creating unprecedented opportunities for personalised education.

Education

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How Teachers Are Making Computer Science Click

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

For Johnson, it was a love of learning that motivated her: “I just like to know things about everything. Her colleague, Kelli Cannon, a digital learning specialist, added, “It was my first year in the digital specialist role, and I wanted to expand my knowledge.”

Science

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Coding, Creativity and the New Digital Fluency

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2025

By positioning code as a creative tool, educators can tap into students' intrinsic motivation while simultaneously building computational thinking skills. This approach helps students see themselves as creators, not just consumers, of technology.

Ethics

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Students’ AI Chats Reveal Their Largest Stressors

Edsurge

JULY 8, 2025

The remaining hot topics were interpersonal conflict; lack of motivation; test anxiety; focus and procrastination; how to reach out for support; having a bad day and poor grades.

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Dual Enrollment Numbers Are Rising. Colleges Want Them to Keep Growing.

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

But by being able to take students who are motivated and put them in these dual-enrollment classes, you get a greater percentage of those who are going to recognize theyve got the ability and [will] go to college, she adds.

Instructors

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Is the Traditional Classroom Becoming Obsolete?

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Drawbacks of Remote Education While virtual classrooms provide numerous advantages, they also present significant drawbacks that can impact the learning experience. Studies show that students in remote settings often feel isolated, which can lead to decreased motivation and engagement.

Hybrid Learning

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I’ve Taught Gen Z for Almost a Decade. I’m Split on the So-Called Gen Z ‘Split’

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2025

One half is described as entrepreneurial, image-conscious and highly motivated. But over the past year, there’s been a growing narrative in business and media circles that Gen Z, a cohort born between 1997 and 2012, is starting to split in two. It’s a neat storyline — and it makes for a great headline.

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Why Are Teachers Burned Out but Still in Love With Their Jobs?

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2025

Middle and high school students consistently share that their experiences in the classroom often do not feel interesting, important or motivating but that when their schoolwork is engaging, it is often due to their teachers making it so, researchers said.

Teachers

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Inside a New Partnership to Help Schools Keep Students Safe Online

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

Dr. Kevin Martin Principal, Parkway Northeast Middle School, Missouri What motivated you to participate in a pilot program focused on improving online safety? Martin: As a middle school principal, I see firsthand how social media and digital engagement impact our students, both positively and negatively.

Middle School

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Choosing the right tools to boost student motivation

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Many of the difficulties that our educators are facing today have not been directly caused by COVID-19; they were merely exacerbated by it. Even before schools closed in the spring, teachers were already grappling with a crisis in student motivation. Student motivation is important because it can be directly linked to attainment.

Motivation

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What Motivates Teachers to Enter the Profession?

Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2024

Society has always been fascinated to learn about the motivations of famous athletes, entertainers, and politicians and how they came to their profession. What if, similarly, we learned about the motivations of aspiring K-12 teachers, and used that to predict how effective they will be and how long they will stay in the classroom?

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Unveiling Today’s Student Motivations

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2024

A deeper understanding of their motivating factors can help universities adjust communications with future prospective students, as well as inform additional services they can provide to ensure that students are successful while in university through to graduation.

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How to Motivate Students to Actually Do Homework and Reading

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2022

The moves came prior to the motivation. Cravings are the drives that motivate us to act. Building up a habit like the one I have done for exercise involves both intrinsic and extrinsic motivators for most people. —Looking for change Dave, my husband, was in the driveway a few days ago, about to head somewhere with our two kids.

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A Decade Into Experiments With Gamification, Edtech Rethinks How to Motivate Learners

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

Competing [in a game] doesn’t work as motivation for every student. The idea is to keep learners motivated in a class. Competing [in a game] doesn’t work as motivation for every student. Almost a decade into experiments with gamification, edtech companies are changing the way they approach motivation. You keep going.

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Education Technology

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The integration of digital tools such as interactive software, cloud-based platforms, and adaptive learning systems has shifted traditional educational models towards more personalized, flexible, and engaging learning experiences. One of the primary benefits of education technology in K-12 is its ability to cater to diverse learning styles.

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Competition Can Motivate, Encourage and Inspire Students. But It Can Also Harm Them.

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Competition can be thrilling and motivating to those who choose to engage. They were used as gimmicks and antics to “motivate” students. Our founders, George and Annamarie Roeper, who came to Detroit fleeing the oppressive Nazi regime, were believers in humanistic education theory. This year, I wanted to add a little more flair.

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How Building Bonds in the Classroom Can Motivate Better Teaching

Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2023

It’s accepted wisdom that good relationships between teachers and their students lead to students who are willing to work harder in the classroom. Could those positive feelings also have an impact in the other direction, leading teachers to up their instructional game? As it turns out, yes.

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6 time-saving tech tricks for school librarians

eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2022

With time-saving technology strategies, school librarians can find ways to connect with their school’s teachers and students on a deeper level, forming relationships and helping with research and skill development. Translation technologies can be included for students and parents whose native language is not English.

Schools

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Are Latino ‘Systems of Knowledge’ Missing From Education Technology?

Edsurge

JULY 19, 2023

EdSurge recently posed a question to a panel of Latino educators and an edtech leader: Is educational technology serving the Latino community, particularly its students? It’s not just the product side of technology that needs more Latino representation, Noriega says, it’s also the teaching side. Who Is Edtech Made for?

Knowledge

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4 simple ways to put the science of reading into practice

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.

Science

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Edtech integration, student engagement are top goals for new school year

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The survey of more than 1,100 educators from across North America highlights back-to-school excitement, challenges, student engagement, and technology usage. As educators welcome students back to their classrooms for the 2023-2024 school year, they are continuing to embrace education technology.

Student Engagement

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Crafting technology-driven IEPs

eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2025

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). When students are given a visual representation of their progress, their engagement and motivation increases.

Technology

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3 Strategies for Personalizing Feedback Online

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 20, 2020

Students also reported being more motivated by audio and video feedback because it was clear and personalized (Voelkel & Mello, 2014; Henderson & Phillips, 2015). Australasian Journal of Educational Technology , 31(1). Bioscience Education , 22 (1), 16-30. Henderson, M., & Phillips, M.

Feedback

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How AI tutoring personalizes learning for students

eSchool News

MAY 16, 2024

Enhancing student engagement and motivation Beyond academic support, AI tutoring systems can also improve student engagement and motivation. Students can be motivated by their progress, giving them a sense of accomplishment and encouraging them to persevere through challenging material.

Learning Styles

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Edtech trends are enabling more diverse learning

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Edtech is the combination of IT tools and educational practices aimed at facilitating scalable individualized learning. It comprises the whole world of computer-aided education and training, along with the use of digital tools and resources. There are numerous advantages to educational technology.

Learning

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Texthelp Launches WriQ to Automate and Standardize Writing Assessment

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 highlights a number of key challenges for U.S. The report analyzed U.S.

Writing

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3 ways educators leverage gamification strategies

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

When teachers turn a lesson or tough-to-teach concept into a motivational gamed or use a fun competition to teach new concepts, students become immersed in their learning and are often more engaged–meaning they’re more likely to retain information. and Prodigy to gamify her instruction and motivate students.

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How to bundle education device management

eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2021

For one, access to education has been significantly broadened, facilitating a wide range of teaching strategies and learning styles. The pandemic accelerated the adoption rates of educational technology solutions. Meeting the demand for educational technology devices.

Mobile Devices

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CoSN names 9 edtech hurdles, trends, and tools

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

CoSN’s Driving K-12 Innovation Advisory Board–made up of 140+ global educators and IT professionals–has selected three top Hurdles, Accelerators, and Tech Enablers impacting education technology for the coming year. Changing Attitudes Toward Demonstrating Learning.

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The importance of agency in successful edtech adoptions

eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

As educators introduce new technologies in their classrooms, successful adoption and improvements to student outcomes will hinge on thoughtful strategies and intent to embrace change. Advancements in education technology History has taught us that innovation is inevitable.

Hybrid Learning

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9 ways collaborative learning benefits teachers and students

eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Mutual benefits of learning technology…together Learning together with students can provide several benefits for teachers and students to support the overall learning process. These tools can allow teachers to create dynamic and engaging lessons to motivate students.

Collaborative Learning

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News Flash! PRESSTO Sees Exponential Growth Within Early Launch Of Generative Ai Integration

eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2023

We’ve seen students who lacked the motivation to write become passionate about the craft. Pressto develops proprietary educational technology that is designed to transform the way writing is taught and learned in the digital classroom. To learn more about Pressto, please visit www.pressto.ai.

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New NetSupport Classroom Management Platform: classroom.cloud Keeps Students on Task, Whether in School or Remote

eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2021

This is the latest product from NetSupport, which has been supporting teachers with award-winning instructional and educational technology for over 30 years. NetSupport today announced that its new solution for classroom management, classroom.cloud , is available to schools throughout the U.S. and Canada. NetSupport, based in the U.K.

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The Making of the Modern Librarian: The Value of School Libraries

eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

By the mid-1950s, schools would adopt localized, attached libraries in which librarians are considered qualified teachers, educating both students and instructors. Because of these dramatic changes to the world of education, the expectations and responsibilities of school library faculty have understandably seen a dramatic shift as well.

Schools

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5 ways to teach and assess learning in the age of AI

eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Motivate students to act by incorporating action planning into assignments. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Future of Teaching and Learning: Insights and Recommendations, Washington, DC, 2023. This involves breaking down tasks into smaller steps. 2023, July 27).

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3 strategies we use to turn struggling students into confident readers

eSchool News

AUGUST 11, 2022

You will see hard-working students becoming more motivated, confident readers. We often utilize supporting technology in conjunction with our research-based programs, and studies support this use of complementary edtech tools.

Learning Styles

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7 ways AI will make a positive impact on classroom teaching

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

Additionally, gamification features, enhanced by AI, can make learning more engaging and enjoyable by incorporating game elements into educational activities, and motivating through rewards, challenges, and interactive storytelling.

Teaching

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DreamBox Learning® Expands into PreK-2 Reading with Launch of Reading Park

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

As an early innovator in education technology, we have seen firsthand how complementing teacher instruction with proven-effective adaptive technology can help build students’ confidence, critical thinking skills, and a lifelong love of learning. To learn more about DreamBox Reading Park, visit here.

Reading

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Leading American Educator And Journalist, Esther Wojcicki, Joins Award-Winning Edtech Startup Pressto Ai

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

“Using AI to develop new and useful tools that help teachers improve their students’ education is at the core of empowering a successful next generation, and Pressto is doing just that,” says Esther Wojcicki, Pressto Chief Academic Advisor. To learn more about Pressto, please visit www.pressto.ai

Education

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An AI to-do list for educators

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Analytical thinking Creative thinking Resilience, flexibility, and agility Motivation and self-awareness Curiosity and lifelong learning Technological literacy To prepare students for this type of workforce, educators must design impactful learning opportunities that require the use of these AI skills.

Intelligence

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Leveraging edtech for differentiated instruction

eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2025

Gamification and student engagement Students respond differently to standard classroom instruction, with many finding greater motivation in game-inspired learning environments. Educational platforms now incorporate sophisticated gaming mechanics that go beyond basic point systems and badges.

Gamification

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Star Assessments Now Connect to Nearpod to Accelerate Student Growth

eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2022

Bloomington, MN (August 17, 2022) – Renaissance , a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, is pleased to introduce a powerful new connection between its industry-leading Star Assessments and Nearpod platforms to accelerate learning in the 2022–2023 school year. About Renaissance.

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Making Math Class Relevant to Real Life

Most Teachers Are Satisfied With Their Workplace, but They’re Still Burned Out

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Bite-Size Learning, Big Results: Why Microlearning is the Future of Education

How Teachers Are Making Computer Science Click

Coding, Creativity and the New Digital Fluency

Students’ AI Chats Reveal Their Largest Stressors

Dual Enrollment Numbers Are Rising. Colleges Want Them to Keep Growing.

Is the Traditional Classroom Becoming Obsolete?

I’ve Taught Gen Z for Almost a Decade. I’m Split on the So-Called Gen Z ‘Split’

Why Are Teachers Burned Out but Still in Love With Their Jobs?

Inside a New Partnership to Help Schools Keep Students Safe Online

Choosing the right tools to boost student motivation

What Motivates Teachers to Enter the Profession?

Unveiling Today’s Student Motivations

How to Motivate Students to Actually Do Homework and Reading

A Decade Into Experiments With Gamification, Edtech Rethinks How to Motivate Learners

Education Technology

Competition Can Motivate, Encourage and Inspire Students. But It Can Also Harm Them.

How Building Bonds in the Classroom Can Motivate Better Teaching

6 time-saving tech tricks for school librarians

Are Latino ‘Systems of Knowledge’ Missing From Education Technology?

4 simple ways to put the science of reading into practice

Edtech integration, student engagement are top goals for new school year

Crafting technology-driven IEPs

3 Strategies for Personalizing Feedback Online

How AI tutoring personalizes learning for students

Edtech trends are enabling more diverse learning

Texthelp Launches WriQ to Automate and Standardize Writing Assessment

3 ways educators leverage gamification strategies

How to bundle education device management

CoSN names 9 edtech hurdles, trends, and tools

The importance of agency in successful edtech adoptions

9 ways collaborative learning benefits teachers and students

News Flash! PRESSTO Sees Exponential Growth Within Early Launch Of Generative Ai Integration

New NetSupport Classroom Management Platform: classroom.cloud Keeps Students on Task, Whether in School or Remote

The Making of the Modern Librarian: The Value of School Libraries

5 ways to teach and assess learning in the age of AI

3 strategies we use to turn struggling students into confident readers

7 ways AI will make a positive impact on classroom teaching

DreamBox Learning® Expands into PreK-2 Reading with Launch of Reading Park

Leading American Educator And Journalist, Esther Wojcicki, Joins Award-Winning Edtech Startup Pressto Ai

An AI to-do list for educators

Leveraging edtech for differentiated instruction

Star Assessments Now Connect to Nearpod to Accelerate Student Growth

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