eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2024

During a session at FETC 2024, Tom Murray, Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools, dove into just what, exactly, makes for the effective use of edtech in supporting student engagement. Simply incorporating a device into the classroom doesn’t mean students will automatically engage with their learning. “A ”

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eSchool News

MAY 13, 2025

Managing the complexities of modernized infrastructure, safeguarding student data privacy and integrating technological innovations have given edtech leaders a uniquely comprehensive perspective on the K-12 digital ecosystem. Alarmingly, only 7 percent of districts report all their students have access to adequate bandwidth at home.

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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.

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eSchool News

JULY 12, 2024

Key points: Embracing smart technology is a necessity to prepare students for the future 9 in 10 K-12 tech leaders predict surge in IT workload 3 considerations to ensure a future-proof network For more news on IT innovations, visit eSN’s IT Leadership hub The modern classroom is evolving, and technology is at the forefront of this transformation.

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2022

Games are part of many people’s lives–so why not use them to benefit students when teaching? From a 5th grade teacher lens, it is evident that students are more likely to engage in an educational activity when it is “gamified,” and even more so when it is gamified with technology.

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eSchool News

MAY 22, 2024

One of my biggest goals as a technology instructor is to teach my students skills and provide them with tools that I feel will best stoke their curiosity and prepare them for the world outside of the classroom. I particularly love using these types of resources with upper elementary students.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Greenville, SC – Greenville County Schools (GCS) is joining forces with Hats & Ladders , an innovative educational technology company, to revolutionize career readiness for its students. Students begin by exploring diverse careers and identifying their interests.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — ParentPowered PBC , an education technology company that provides research-based digital family engagement, today announced the appointment of Terri Soutor as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Melissa Palmer as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). over two years. . ” Founding CEO Ben York, Ph.D.,

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Anaheim, California – To better engage their K-12 students, the Compton Unified School District (CUSD) in Southern California offers an esports program. It was conceived to enable growth of a student’s social and emotional well-being and open avenues for their future.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The 2023 eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards honors educators for their exemplary use of innovative edtech to support student learning. Profiled and interviewed here is winner Tom Lamont , a painting and design technology instructor at Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School nominated by TechEdConcepts Inc.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Once simply a quiet space to check out books, libraries have evolved to provide students with a holistic and interactive learning experience. This shift reflects a move toward active and collaborative learning environments, as well as provides students with the tools and resources to engage in hands-on, creative learning projects.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

Students today are shaping identities that will guide them through careers spanning the decades ahead. As educators and industry leaders, we must ask: What do students and their teachers need to prepare for a future that is still unfolding? Every student deserves access; its a fundamental part of literacy.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2024

Orlando, Florida – Anthology, the leading educational technology company, revealed the latest iteration of its Learning Management System (LMS), Blackboard, at Anthology Together 2024. This iteration focuses on enhancing AI literacy, improving instructor workflows, and supporting student achievement. Blackboard Video Studio.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Chicago — Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles Unified) has chosen ClassVR from Avantis Education, a global leader in educational virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) technology, to introduce groundbreaking immersive learning experiences to students.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

For more than a decade, University of Kansas researchers have been developing a virtual reality system to help students with disabilities, especially those with autism spectrum disorder, to learn, practice and improve social skills they need in a typical school day.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Tim Lum is one of millions of students who returned to college as an adult, getting a two-year degree at his local community college. And this year, at the age of 36, he's one of 13 percent of the nation's college students who transferred institutions in fall of 2023. To his surprise, though, many other students appear more disengaged.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

s bilingual students. The Department of Education dubbed speaking a second language a “superpower” when it announced plans last year to support multilingual education with grants. In states like California and New York , students speak as many as 150 languages. Chances are good that if you were one of the 5.3

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2025

Using powerful speech recognition technology, the program supports students in grades K-6 to build their linguistic confidence in academic English. More than 162,000 students and 77,000 educators at 7,400 schools used the program during the 2024 school year. In addition, those students practiced academic conversations 4.3

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2024

During her first semester at Southern Methodist University, Savannah Hunsucker went on a retreat with the other students enrolled in her leadership scholars program. Savannah Hunsucker, student at Southern Methodist University. The event took them away from the Dallas campus and into the Texas countryside. “I

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2025

Now, district leaders are reassessing those tools to identify redundancies, reduce costs and prioritize what actually works for students and teachers. Cot, assistant director of educational technology for the Massachusetts education department. If students arent engaged, it doesnt matter how much we paid for it.

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eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

The program empowers districts to improve instructional practices, enhance teacher effectiveness, and foster measurable student success. River Valley’s early adoption signals a pivotal moment in demonstrating how AI can complement and elevate the human touch in education, making teaching more effective and learning more personalized.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 22, 2025

Ten years ago, EdTech: Focus on K12 published a list of blogs that covered all things relating to educational technology. Over the past decade, that list has become an honored tradition for our community, changing with the times to feature education IT influencers, podcasts and more.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

CoSN today announced that the Mid-America Association for Computers in Education ( MACE ) and the Nebraska Chapter of the Consortium for School Networking ( CoSNE ) have been approved by the CoSN Board of Directors as official State Chapters. CoSN State Chapters play a crucial role in advancing the organizations mission at the local level.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

And some educators worry that as more companies offer chatbot stand-ins for historical figures, students will spend less time diving into the raw materials of history themselves to draw their own conclusions. “I I want to see people looking at primary resources.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

In 2022, only 26 percent of all eighth grade students scored proficient or above in mathematics. As a Black male educator in northeast Denver, I have seen firsthand the results of poor engagement and learning in math classrooms. Although there is progress, it still has not made good on its promise when it comes to student learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

When he teaches a math class, Tom Fisher wants students to feel confused. Too often, math teachers present information through lecturing and worksheets to students, forcing learners to decipher the context and usefulness on their own. That robs students of the valuable experience of conquering problems that appear impossible at first.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Last year, I presented a paper on using technology in my Arabic class at the Ohio Foreign Language Association summer conference. At the end of my session, a Spanish language teacher opened the discussion by talking about students dismissing her work because it is not an essential subject in the state.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2024

Of the nearly 10,000 students enrolled at Brookdale Community College in central New Jersey, about 17 percent are still in high school. And the growth is steep — up 10 percent compared to last year, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. That push is evident at Brookdale.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2022

If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that we must invest in educational technology. When schools use technology to improve the quality and quantity of educational content, learners will thrive. Differentiated instruction is a teaching approach that tailors instruction to all students’ learning needs.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Since the pandemic, the number of students who are missing class has risen. More than a quarter of students were “chronically absent,” meaning they had missed 10 percent of classes or more, during the 2021-2022 school year. That was a steep increase from the 15 percent of students missing that much class before the pandemic.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2025

As the education world grapples with a post-pandemic academic recovery that has stalled in some regions , a new research paper is taking the measure of key players in students success: their teachers. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. Most also said their students are excited about what theyre learning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2024

But a new study shows that these higher education deserts affect some groups of students much differently than others. In other words, for low-income and underrepresented minority groups, living near a community college can be a crucial way to gain access to any higher education.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2024

I wanted my students to fully experience the severity of this loss, so instead of continuing with a workshop model I’d been using throughout the unit thus far, I decided to read to the class: I sat where I was for three weary, terrifying hours. a student interrupts. Another student responds, “But it’s not that bad.” “But

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

Among the winners of the 2024 CODiE Awards in Education Technology Awards last week was an organization that doesn’t lead with tech specs, speeds, feeds, or even literacy scores. The tool emphasizes intentionality, connectivity, and other elements to promote happiness and mental health among students.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2025

Johnson has her students make her a promise: If they think about dropping the class, they will meet with her first. While many of the students roll their eyes, it may save at least one student a year, says Johnson, who is a writing instructor and head of the writing center at Madison Area Technical College in Wisconsin.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Instead, we must delve into the nuanced characteristics of various Large Language Models (LLMs) and student-facing AI to discern how their unique capabilities can be leveraged to achieve diverse educational objectives. Ready to tackle the toughest challenges in educational technology leadership? January 15; 11:00 a.m.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

Bruce McLaren has committed his career to understanding how education technologies, especially digital games and intelligent-tutoring systems, can help children learn. One such game is called Decimal Point.

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