eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2021

Successfully trialed in middle schools and coding academies throughout the country, Blackbird’s offering was built from the ground up to address the middle school gap in coding education – in a platform that can be administered by non-technical and technically minded teachers, instructors and parents.

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eSchool News

JULY 14, 2021

“This pathway was designed to enable students to graduate High School with the computer programming skills necessary to enter the workforce, or continue their education at the university level,” said Mike Lynch, Director of Education, Blackbird. – Can be administered by all instructors and parents – regardless of technical expertise.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Once the final kits were decided and furniture placed, the site principal began actively hiring teachers for this new school. Once onboard, those instructors participated in three different professional learning dates, plus additional ones that were added during the school year. Get teachers onboard and acclimated early.

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eSchool News

MAY 13, 2019

Northwood Elementary School, Napa, Calif. I have reached out to my PBL PD instructors for guidance on many occasions. Elizabeth Leone, EL teacher, Webster Elementary School, Manchester, New Hampshire. “In Barb Corna, lead academic specialist for the Accelerate Math program.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2019

Katie Blagden, K-4 STEAM educator and coach, Ayers Ryal Side Elementary School, Beverly, Mass. Meredith Hoover, robotics instructor, Nicholas County (WV) Schools. 4th-grade teacher, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, Joliet, Ill. “I There is instant gratification when making with littleBits. Beverly Sklar.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2025

She hears from teachers who have bad memories of math class when they were growing up of the stress of timed tests and of impatient instructors who discouraged them from pursuing math. Elementary school teachers can fall short on math instruction, according to Huinker. Thats why Robinson says she feels like a math therapist.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

One solution is to partner with a professional development service provider that offers instructor-led workshops, on-demand training, and job-embedded coaching for teachers. My lifelong career dream became a reality as I proudly entered my classroom, ready to nurture and positively impact young minds.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The eSchool News Hero Awards , honors educators for their exemplary use of innovative edtech to support student learning: John Arthur , 6th grade teacher at Meadowlark Elementary School in Salt Lake City, Utah Dr. Jesus Jara , superintendent of Clark County School District (CCSD) in Nevada Tom Lamont , painting and design technology instructor at Blackstone (..)

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Since the pandemic, more instructors at schools and colleges appear to have embraced “flipped learning ,” the approach of asking students to watch lecture videos before class so that class time can be used for active learning. Finally, instructors assess the student work and give feedback. “I

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

She holds a PhD in curriculum and instruction from the University of Virginia, where she continues as an instructor in the School of Education and Human Development. Nancy Chung is a 5th-grade teacher at Orchard Hills School and host of The Schoolyard Podcast by School Specialty.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2022

When students returned to the classroom after COVID-19 lockdowns, teachers found themselves in a triple role: instructor, mental health proctor and public health enforcer. There have been plenty of adjustments to the classroom due to continued health precautions, and that has meant differences in what school supplies are needed.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2024

Dan Wolgamott, of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, proposed a bill that would forbid campuses in the Minnestate State College and University System from using AI “as the primary instructor for a credit-bearing course.” Teachers in K-12 schools are also beginning to push for similar protections against AI replacing educators. “We

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Students will listen to two to three recorded Stanford faculty lectures per week, while also attending two synchronous online sessions in which the course instructor will expand on the material, and facilitate group discussion and work. They must also submit a recommendation letter from a math instructor, and be under the age of 18.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

“D&D saved my life, I’ve seen it save and change the lives of others, and I watch as it shapes the lives of the children who learn to play in my class,” said Kade Wells, Harrisburg North Middle School ELA Instructor in South Dakota and founder of Building Heroez. My students’ test score growth doubled each time they tested.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2023

But getting and holding the attention of students has become more difficult since the pandemic, according to many college instructors around the country. Attention Is Reciprocal’ In both of these conversations with college instructors, one thing stood out. The big question Martin has is how do professors regain this attention?

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 3, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Here is how K–12 schools can envision the future of education. Students and instructors will need support as they adjust to the new environment. You can envision hallways as a learning commons: Activate that space in the service of education, and set the tone for continuous learning. We Refreshed — Now What?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Martha Bongiorno, Media and Educational Technology Instructor, Innovation Academy I taught my fifth graders how to use Adobe Spark, and they created culminating projects about how to carefully evaluate information found on the web. Meggan Ford, Media and Educational Technology Instructor, Johns Creek High School.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Johnston Elementary school (P.S. Throughout her school this week there are balloons and colorful signs on the walls. Hour of Code in Brooklyn elementary school, Photo Credit: Jenny Abamu “Ms. Hour of Code in Brooklyn elementary school, Photo Credit: Jenny Abamu “It's a very slow introduction to coding.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2021

Upon the closing of the transaction, iD Tech will operate independently, maintaining its all-star team of instructors and employees. Both iD Tech and Emeritus share the belief that such offerings will only continue to grow in interest, and we are confident that we can open access for people everywhere to our courses and instructors.”.

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2022

Entsminger, an elementary school principal outside of Chicago, says his district was not able to serve nearly as many children as usual with its summer program this year, and the reason boils down to staffing. But they have increased the pay to $130 a day and now provide benefits to many instructors, too.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Instructor information and student instructions for select experiments utilizing the system are also available to educators as a free download. With worldwide distribution to over 140 countries, Vernier data loggers are used by educators and students from elementary school to university.

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Edsurge

JULY 8, 2024

It focused on absences in early elementary school, between kindergarten and second grade. Because the absenteeism crisis affects instructors, he says, schools should not just focus on bringing students back to class, but also on providing more support to teachers, too.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

So high school and elementary school teachers as they were going out into the world and starting their careers and starting their practicums, there became a concern that the lives that they were leading online through their social media profiles would have an impact on their professional reputation. Learn more here.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2024

Hoping to Regain Attention of Students, Professors Pay More Attention to Them Getting and holding the attention of students is more difficult since the pandemic, according to many college instructors around the country. That has academic honor committees scrambling to revise policies and provide resources to instructors.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2016

The SkillsUSA Foundation will use the funds to help students and their technical skill instructors through several grant programs for SkillsUSA chapters and state associations. Lowe’s , the largest corporate donor in SkillsUSA history, has renewed its partnership with a $1.5

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

If an instructor is covering three different learning standards within a specific module, for example, he or she can create a 5-question assessment and quickly learn whether individual students “got” the material or not. This, in turn, helps teachers provide a very personalized learning experience, she added.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 1, 2015

My notes from yesterday’s Code.org elementary coding workshop… Ben Schafer , University of Northern Iowa, Facilitator. Complete instructor handbook (PDF). Code.org’s elementary school courses overview [VIDEO]. Code.org elementary curriculum was created in conjunction with Cal-Berkeley. Our agenda for the day.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

With so many perspectives, how can instructors meaningfully address them in college or university classrooms? Let’s look at ways instructors can adopt both linear and nonlinear thinking to add depth to their lessons. Instructors begin the presentation by introducing the first concept, systems overview, and zeroing in on its components.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

“A skilled teacher can re-direct instruction based on feedback that they are receiving from their students throughout the flow of a lesson,” writes Alexis Roesser, an English teacher and department chair at Salamanca High School in New York. Microsoft Forms is flexible enough to support formative assessments of an entire grade.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Below is a machine-generated transcript of the interview: 00:00:20 Speaker 1 Because nobody goes to learn how to be a computer science teacher and then goes to to, to, to elementary schools. If you’re a computer science educator, you go teach in high school or university. 00:00:35 Speaker 1 The math teacher.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

With so many perspectives, how can instructors meaningfully address them in college or university classrooms? Let’s look at ways instructors can adopt both linear and nonlinear thinking to add depth to their lessons. Instructors begin the presentation by introducing the first concept, systems overview, and zeroing in on its components.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The content in question includes a first-grade language arts video lesson that shows an Acellus instructor teaching about the letter “G.” Change.org petitions have been circulated opposing the use of Acellus in Hawaii Department of Education schools and at Alameda Unified. Ooh, it’s a gun,” and removes a silver toy gun.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2021

Anatomy and physiology instructor Benton Shriver has used Vernier data-collection technology in multiple settings over the past eight years, including during in-the-field biology experiments sampling freshwater at turtle communities and most recently as part of the Career Technology Center’s Health Careers program.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Elementary schools, high schools, universities and even vocational training courses are ideal places to incorporate 3D printing as part of the curriculum. . One area where 3D printing has yet to make a difference despite the potential of fulfilling many needs is within the educational systems. A Revolutionized Classroom.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

with teachers using its materials on a monthly basis in 20 percent of elementary schools. Elementary school is often a forgotten place but it’s the most critical.” The company claims it has reached 1 million children in the U.S., TechCrunch reports the company is forecasting $3.5 million in revenues this year and $1.5

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Is elementary school too early—or too late? Sormunen’s 1991 study found that classroom instructors were teaching keyboarding, but only 12% had any formal preparation in how to do that. . –Type to Learn, 1986. But when does that happen? Research varies on this topic.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

An important element is mixing free play with guided play , which has some direction from an instructor. These days, almost every math curriculum in early childhood and elementary school includes games, usually a board or dice game, says Yvonne Liu-Constant, a practitioner specialist for Project Zero. Another Word for Fun?

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