eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

AI, digital learning tools, and personalized supports have become central to the classroom. At the same time, schools are placing a stronger emphasis on mental health, equity, and future-ready skills, ensuring students are not only academically successful but also are prepared for the challenges of today’s every-changing world.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Leah Sparks, executive director of technology for Kanawha County Schools, was concerned that the schools might not re-open during the school year. In addition, many of the district’s elementary schools used Title 1 funds to purchase 1:1 devices for students as young as kindergarten.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

These positive learning outcomes make esports popular in secondary grades, with both students and educators advocating for the addition and growth of scholastic esports in their middle and high schools. In an AI-driven world, how can students maintain their own voices?

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eSchool News

APRIL 17, 2020

Infobase, the award-winning provider of digital reference content to the school and library community, today announced that it has created a variety of distance learning packages to help schools, colleges and universities, and public libraries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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eSchool News

MAY 21, 2024

At that point, teachers really began to understand the value of using the literacy tool. Our county funded our literacy program purchase, and because our elementary schools were already using another program from our literacy partner, they were able to transition to the former as soon as they entered sixth grade.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2021

Launched in 2014 for secondary grade students and in 2020 for elementary school students, Listenwise harnesses the power of listening to advance literacy and learning in all students by using podcasts as classroom texts, amplifying content and providing students practice in required listening skills.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Quizlet, whose flashcard program is used by 20 million people, conducted the survey in November, and included responses from students typically in high school but ranging in age from elementary school to graduate school. Less than 1 percent of teachers overall called techology "a waste of time in the classroom."

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

” “I use Dungeons & Dragons both in my classroom and as an after school extracurricular with students from grades 3 to 8,” said Emilie Rayner, an Elementary School Teacher in Ontario, Canada. “In My students’ test score growth doubled each time they tested.”

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

On completion, parents and/or educators can enter on their student’s behalf to win an in-school visit from Lucky and a Celtics player, as well as class tickets to a Celtics home game. Collicot Elementary School in Milton, Mass. curriculum, used by more than seven million elementary school students in the US, Go Math!

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2018

And now is the perfect time to address this sea change, because many schools are making physical renovations from top to bottom, including their buildings, infrastructure, learning tools and furniture. million projec t on Newton Parrish Elementary School. by David Hutchins.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Since not all adaptive learning systems are the same, educators should look for highly sophisticated learning systems with real-time adaptability built into instruction, rather than having to wait for periodic assessment. Although the use of adaptive learning tools is growing among K-8 schools, some barriers still remain.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As a preschool and elementary school librarian, I’ll tell you that there’s nothing more foundational for literacy than time spent snuggled up with a trusted adult, soaking in a story, sharing the words, laughing (or crying) and learning to love the way the words unfold in a well-told tale.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

“There are many kinds of assessments that educators use in the classroom—what makes them ‘formative’ is when the information from the assessment is used to adapt the instructional approach to meet students’ learning needs.”. MORE FROM EDTECH: Read more about adaptive learning tools teachers are using in their classrooms!

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

As an elementary school teacher, my highest priorities were always the following: Cultivating agency, autonomy and independence in my students. Before choosing apps, I recommend taking stock of your needs. Preserving opportunities for socialization, dialogue and discourse. This isn’t sustainable, and it hasn’t been for quite some time.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

The process lends itself easily to education: begin with your learner, understand what she needs to learn and why she’s struggling to learn it, and then start building some solutions to test out in the real world. Maya Sussman is a graduate student in Stanford’s Learning, Design, and Technology program.

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Edsurge

APRIL 7, 2018

I believe that thoughtful, research-based experiences are what make good learning tools exceptional. When we get it right, we don’t just make software look different, we make the experience different—we facilitate joyful teaching and learning.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Moore: We are a small suburban school district (approximately 2400 students in two elementary schools, one middle school and one high school) located in Enola, PA that started the school year completely online. Prior to OTIS, how was your district handling PD?

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2019

In Florida’s Putnam County School District , educators are leveraging new content monitoring software to both automate the process of flagging potentially sensitive internet searches and add critical context to flagged requests. .

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2022

This is a major shift as the district’s existing preschool program is typically served from one portable classroom at several elementary school sites. This can be a simple and effective learning tool when it comes to children, as scent usually plays a crucial role in evoking memories.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

Schools have already begun to adopt machine learning initiatives to help teachers and students fill learning gaps, and the results have been received well so far. It is also important to pick the best tool for both the students and teachers. AI Solutions Drive Higher STEM Test Scores.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2019

Now, teachers teach to a variety of learning styles, differentiate learning for our students with twice-weekly Response to Intervention time and give opportunities for student collaboration—such as STEM projects and our Spark literary and visual arts magazine. And this past year two of those schools came off the list!

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2016

More and more schools and organizations are wanting to integrate video as a professional learning tool for teachers. At Edthena , a video coaching and professional learning platform, we work with many organizations working with video for the first time. But once you’ve got the recording device, what do you do?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Developed by Blackboard, Desire2Learn, itslearning, Takai, Canvas, and a host of others, these solutions focus on helping educators organize and orchestrate learning tools, educational approaches, and whole courses. Any time schools get a new software program, they tend to pick off the low hanging fruit—i.e.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2017

Each area feeds into one comprehensive high school with a variety of Career and Technical Education STEM/STEAM pathways including computer science, engineering, environmental science, health science, and manufacturing and construction.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Her commitment and advocacy drove the expansion of Hazel services to include both in-home and at-school mental health support, plus the addition of elementary schools to the program. Weinraub had a vision to expand the program to serve all students in the district.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2016

Seymour coined the term to advance a new theory of learning, claiming that children learn best when they. use tech-empowered learning tools and computational environments, take active roles of designers and builders; and do it in a social setting, with helpful mentors and coaches, or over networks.

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Elevate k12

JUNE 24, 2024

The first way that schools can help students is through more personalized learning. Differentiated class materials and learning formats can make a huge difference in attainment, beginning in elementary school. Look for classroom resources and supplemental learning tools that are designed with accessibility in mind.

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eSchool News

APRIL 9, 2025

The onset of COVID brought along the introduction of one to one devices for learners as young as Pre-K, and that change has remained in place since then,” said Alexis Teitelbaum, a tech explorations teacher in Acmetonia Elementary School, in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Valley School District.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2025

As the principal of a mid-sized urban elementary school, I work hand-in-hand with my teachers to surface and implement the strategies and tactics we believe will benefit the diverse learners in our school. Among the most effective strategies my team and I have implemented is blended learning.

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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.

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