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

JULY 8, 2024

Experts argue that relationships are the key to pulling students back into the classroom, a crucial feat if they are going to limit the long-term consequences of school closures during the pandemic. But how does missing so much school influence those relationships?

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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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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. But at Emma L. 241) in Brooklyn, students use words like “algorithm” and “loops” year-round—and with remarkable ease.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Using Wakelet, school librarians can work with librarians in their district–or even across the state or country–to draw attention to important resources in the library, offer research tips, and motivate students. Translation technologies can be included for students and parents whose native language is not English.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2024

Inside the Quest to Detect (and Tame) ChatGPT Even before ChatGPT was released, AI experts were exploring how to detect language written by this new kind of bot. So they’re looking for inspiration from other sectors — including video game design and elementary school classrooms — to keep lectures interesting.

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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. For a couple of hours each day, kids gather on blankets under trees in local parks and learn from a licensed school teacher.

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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.” By the summer of 2016, they had six courses covering JavaScript, SQL and other typical languages. TechCrunch reports the company is forecasting $3.5

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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. She goes on: “They were more reactive than proactive.

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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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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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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

As these tools become more integrated into the classroom, teachers will want to ensure that all students, including those with disabilities or language barriers, are being supported. Schools are realizing that many of their teachers were not taught this approach to instruction. –Jason Carroll, Chief Product Officer, Texthelp.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Just like when learning sports, language or music, structured practice is really important for math, Barbara Oakley, distinguished professor of engineering for Oakland University, wrote in an email to EdSurge. An important element is mixing free play with guided play , which has some direction from an instructor. Another Word for Fun?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Rogers (2003), including: Improvement in language arts. 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. Efficient usage of computers as writing, editing, and computing tools.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2024

Teacher Laurie Joseph, an English Language Arts instructor for 6th to 8th graders at Tempe Elementary School District in Arizona, added her classroom perspective: “Having one ecosystem of edtech tools makes everything more cohesive.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2019

New teachers hired at the elementary school this year would have a hard time believing that, just three years ago, the suspension rate was 66 percent and physical altercations were not uncommon among 7-, 8- and 9-year-olds. Three years and a top-to-bottom transformation later, Langley is unrecognizable.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

As these tools become more integrated into the classroom, teachers will want to ensure that all students, including those with disabilities or language barriers, are being supported. Schools are realizing that many of their teachers were not taught this approach to instruction. –Jason Carroll, Chief Product Officer, Texthelp.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Letkiewicz: As an elementary school teacher, I'm really interested in how we can use AI in classrooms and the tools we can give teachers to make learning more engaging for students, especially this year for the schools that are going all online. EdSurge: How has your experience with AI Explorations impacted your practice?

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

Institutional offices of disability services, academic accommodations, and equality and diversity should be contacting instructors with reminders and information, Del Tufo says. Instructors who have questions or concerns should feel free to contact such offices themselves.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

For example: Describe in neutral language what the story is trying to accomplish. Are they responding to criticism from their peers and instructor, even if they don’t accept the changes? She trains coaches who work with the state’s elementary school teachers to improve reading and writing instruction.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

From how to delve into the nuances of student learning and removing the heavy lift of teachers trying to figure out how to individualize instruction, to enabling someone like me to speak in seven languages so that I may express ideas or collaborate with others from around the world, AI holds endless potential.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

From how to delve into the nuances of student learning and removing the heavy lift of teachers trying to figure out how to individualize instruction, to enabling someone like me to speak in seven languages so that I may express ideas or collaborate with others from around the world, AI holds endless potential.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2017

He contends that the five-paragraph essay may be dead in the literal sense because instructors of college composition classes don’t assign it, but he believes its structure is still around. “I Croix Falls Elementary School in St. Rita Platt is currently a teacher librarian with classes fromPre-K to fourth grade at St.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2025

This is an urgent and growing national problem, and immediate attention is needed to help these students who likely missed the benefits of an evidence-based curriculum for foundational literacy skills in early elementary school, especially during the COVID crisis. With more than 20 percent of U.S.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

To meet these diverse sets of needs, Sedlacek has turned to technology, maximizing the district’s 1:1 Chromebook program, so both parents and students of new refugee families can learn English with the devices (to serve a community where 34 different languages are represented).

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eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2025

Manuel Sanchez was a veteran math teacher with three decades of experience when his Chicago elementary school tapped him to be an academic interventionist. Students who leave elementary school as poor readers may struggle the rest of their academic careers. But at first he felt lost in his new role.

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