eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2022

This model makes available ebooks and audiobooks on-demand in the Sora reading app to as many students as needed, with or without codes. Digital On-Demand Class Sets give schools the flexibility to allocate budget for assigned classroom reading even in situations where classes and rosters are not finalized.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2021

I’ve experienced the phenomenon of reading a text, but when I get to the end of a page or the bottom of the article, I have no idea what the text was about. I could not answer a single question about the content of what I read. Yes, my eyes technically scanned the words, but I wasn’t thinking about what I was reading.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2024

How do we ensure students achieve proficiency with the English language while receiving a rich and comprehensive education? One that affirms and celebrates their identities and helps them learn about and understand others? If a large contingent of the United States population were to not have English proficiency, they would suffer.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2020

They use laptops, touch TVs and Microsoft Office products for both independent and whole-class learning. One tool on heavy rotation is Microsoft’s Immersive Reader. Many Immersive Reader features are designed to personalize learning and make it accessible to all. They want to know you can read their writing.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Digital learning tools are invaluable when they’re used by confident educators. In fact, when used appropriately, digital and mobile learning resources engage students–and they can even help boost achievement. Here, 13 educators share snapshots of the digital learning tools they’re using in their classrooms.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

BUDAPEST/LOS ANGELES (October 1, 2021) – An acclaimed and multi award-winning English As A Second Language (ESL)appin daily use with over 20,000 classrooms across Europe is launching in the US. Immersive and interactive, digital learning tools can encourage new levels of creativity and concentration in the classroom,” said Horvath.

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eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2023

MONTREAL – Paper , the leading Educational Support System (ESS), today announced that it has acquired Readlee, an innovative learning tool that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and speech recognition technology to help students improve their reading skills. A lifetime of opportunity is lost when a person can’t read.

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eSchool News

MAY 21, 2024

This was right about the time a leading literacy vendor was rolling out its new literacy program for struggling adolescent readers, so the following year I decided to integrate that program into our English curriculum. Everyone is enrolled in it and the students split their time between math and reading. Train every teacher.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2022

CLEVELAND – January 18, 2022 – Educators who are looking for more efficient ways to support reading outcomes have a new solution: Content Bundles. Using a code, the students can then unlock and read the ebooks and audiobooks in Sora , the leading student reading app available in more than 53,000 schools worldwide.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

AudioPen is an AI-powered tool that converts voice notes into text that’s easy to read and ready to share with students and fellow teachers. Students in a classroom learn and consume information differently. Clicking on the Brisk extension lets teachers see the reading level of any text on the internet.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 13, 2016

eBooks and digital audiobooks have become a vital component to promote reading and support literacy goals in nearly 13,000 schools and districts in 50 countries. In addition, advancements to OverDrive’s popular app allows students with dyslexia to read in a dyslexic font. “The Book Thief” (Random House Children’s Books).

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Tools designed to support student agency and voice and promote inclusion, diversity, and equity.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

AI, digital learning tools, and personalized supports have become central to the classroom. — Nancy Nasr, Science Educator & Assistant Principal, Santa Paula Unified School District The need to support adolescent learners, especially those who may still be struggling with reading fluency, is imperative.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2025

Studies, like one conducted in 2023 by Chaves-Yuste and de-la Pea , have found that students learning English as a foreign language have demonstrated significantly higher scores compared to a control group after creating and using podcasts in the classroom. All four domains (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) are present.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Through this partnership, all 33 schools in the district will use IXL to supplement math, English language arts, science and social studies instruction. The district is home to eight National Blue Ribbon Schools and serves a large bilingual and English language learner population.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2021

It uses a curated collection of compelling, nonfiction podcasts and stories from National Public Radio and other trusted sources, paired with learning tools and comprehension assessments, to engage students while advancing their literacy skills. Listening to podcasts is an engaging way for all students to build their literacy skills.”.

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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2025

Key points: Tech tools can create more engaging and effective learning experiences A critical shift in digital instruction in 2025 How multimedia and interactive tech transform engagement For more news on digital tools, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub In 2010, I began my teaching career as a high school English teacher.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2022

Each tool displays the lines for a specific character—say, Juliet—so that a user can read those words aloud—like, “O Romeo, Romeo! The creators of both systems also share the belief that acting out a scene from a play is a natural form of active learning. Both offer experiences that may best be described as “Shakespeare karaoke.”

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2021

Toolkit facilitates district decision making to eliminate barriers to reading and increase equity. We want to ensure our school partners have the resources they need to answer basic questions and also support districts that want to use the Sora K-12 student reading app to address specific funding requirements.” .

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2024

Imagine a classroom with students deeply engaged in their lessons, eagerly solving math problems and exploring English skills through fun digital games. Their excitement is evident as they face challenges and earn rewards, turning traditional learning into an adventure. Last year, over 3.6

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

In my first-grade classroom, a third of my students were learning English as a second language. Though my English learners were the initial reason I starting using closed-captioning on videos, I soon realized that students with special needs also benefited. Next page: Learn how to make your classroom more accessible).

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Another paid offering, an English proficiency exam for higher-ed admissions, has seen a 15-times growth in the number of test takers this year, with countries like India driving this business. It also produced a “true crime” podcast that aims to help listeners learn Spanish through the story of a bank heist.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 14, 2020

To understand the impact to student learning, Lexia Learning, a Rosetta Stone company (NYSE: RST), surveyed 3,500 educators and found that. Moreover, those students who were able to access Lexia Learning products during the disruption were able to spend more time using the products each week, resulting in increased progress.

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2022

The grant recipients, including Save the Children, The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, DonorsChoose, Discovery Education and the Children’s Defense Fund, are focused on advancing literacy instruction and access, developing learning tools and technology and providing professional development for instructors.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 9, 2018

Microsoft Learning Tools Enhance Accessibility. Have you heard of Microsoft Learning Tools? A recently added feature to this tool is a picture dictionary, which can help students with the meanings of unknown words.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 5, 2019

Responses are collected into a grid format that’s easy to view and fun to read. It can ask where they’ve gone this summer, who’s visited them, or what books they read. If they have a summer book to read, ask how far they are. It can also be downloaded to Google Drive and read or shared from there.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2017

He says the tools from Spain have quality content for Spanish speakers, and for English tools, tech providers such as Pearson and Mcgraw Hill have sufficed in the past, but he is looking for more STEM learning tools now. “I One of the products Chinese entrepreneurs hope to sell to U.S.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

They’re not reading all that sales material. About 85 percent of the principals and administrators surveyed selected teachers as the most trusted source when it comes to making decisions about digital learning tools. It also means an inbox full of sales pitches. So what’s an overworked IT administrator to do? No swag required.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Unlike summative assessments, which provide an overall view of a student’s growth from the beginning to the end of a class, formative assessments allow teachers to assess students as they learn and adjust the curriculum to focus on areas where students may need more help. “A Teachers Use Online Forms to Gauge Student Learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2019

One of the biggest concerns by college leaders about buying such tools from commercial vendors is whether colleges will have access to the underlying algorithmic logic—or whether the systems will be a “black box.” Carnegie Mellon has a long history of commercializing its digital-learning tools, though.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2019

Image credit: Emily Tate Flanked by two baby cribs, the door itself is covered with laminated guides promoting breastfeeding—one in English, another in Spanish—and behind it is a 3,360-square-foot, multi-room center filled with personalized cubbies, half a dozen cribs, baby bouncers, play sets, early learning tools and a pumping station.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Without interoperable tools for remote learning, it’s difficult for teachers to pinpoint and address problems, coordinate with their colleagues and articulate learning goals to students’ families. Except in the most extreme cases, spatial skills are not going to affect a student's reading comprehension.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Another team is Curriculum Concepts International , a New York-based development shop that has built learning tools for schools, publishers, foundations and corporate clients. (That effort involves 120 students, faculty and post-doctoral students, according to WESA , Pittsburgh’s NPR affiliate.) Malawi and Tanzania.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 16, 2025

EdAlive has many years of experience in the creation of adaptive learning and mastery learning systems with this technology being featured in Baggin the Dragon Maths , Math Invaders , Words Rock and Volcanic Panic Reading Success. Typing Tournament also features a mastery learning system. Click to view slideshow.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 19, 2019

Words Open Reading Doors) is an independent K-5 learning resource that is committed to the principle that all kids should understand the words they use, how to use them to express themselves, and that doing so powers their lives. gathers them into manageable learning groups. Here are three that I found just since school opened.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Developed by teachers and using a free online learning tool, students broaden their worldview through meaningful interactions with peers across the globe. The target age is English-speaking 8-10 year-olds with the possibility of expanding the age group in the future. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Today’s videos are highly-effective learning tools, cerebral entertainment, and well-suited to visual and auditory learners. Once you accept the reality that learning can take place outside of a textbook, reading, or notetaking, it’s not hard to see the great value of videos.

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