eSchool News

MAY 7, 2025

Key points: Edtech tools support student learning while boosting engagement 5 vocabulary strategies powered by technology Edtech tools for station rotation in early learning For more on edtech tools, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a brilliant scientist?

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2025

Whether it’s tracing letters with the “Fun with Words” feature in World Book’s Early Learning portal or exploring animals and ecosystems in the elementary grades, our youngest learners are developing a muscle memory for where to go when they’re curious. Our librarians reinforce these habits weekly.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2025

As classrooms across America become increasingly diverse, with growing populations of multilingual learners and students from various cultural backgrounds, school districts face a critical challenge: selecting educational technology that truly serves all students. million English learners in K-12 public schools in the fall of 2021, up from 4.6

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2025

Featuring more than 2,000 preloaded lessons across core subjects, including Common Core-aligned math, ESL in multiple languages, science, social studies, SEL, quizzes, and presentation templates, LG CreateBoard Prep makes it easy to build engaging content for any subject or grade level. Teachers can also import existing files (including *.notebook

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam is the co-founder of the Vietnam Innovative Educators Foundation (VIEF), a professional network of over 157,000 educators committed to advancing technology-enhanced and student-centered teaching practices nationwide. In a recent interview with K12 Digest, Nam Ngo Thanh discussed his experience with technology, innovation, and education.

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Elevate k12

JUNE 27, 2025

Replacing our previous teacher rater model, the new audit process was designed to provide a more holistic view of the LIVE classroom environment, including the overall technology, teacher, Classroom Coach, and student experience. Teachers rated as more engaging in the CEAs consistently earned higher student satisfaction scores.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

a pedagogy that not only retains the foundational principles of the original model but enhances them with modern technologies and learner-centered practices. This technological support allows students to learn at their own pace and revisit complex material without feeling anxious or dependent solely on the instructor.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

a pedagogy that not only retains the foundational principles of the original model but enhances them with modern technologies and learner-centered practices. This technological support allows students to learn at their own pace and revisit complex material without feeling anxious or dependent solely on the instructor.

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Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 80

Faculty Focus

JULY 20, 2025

Feedback Analysis : Evaluate customer feedback to identify patterns in behavior and make informed decisions for service improvement. The grades in the course honor the on-the-job learning with at least a third of the points dedicated to the tasks Tara and Tim can accomplish at their place of employment.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

Use Math Apps to Spark Engagement Technology can be a game-changer for keeping young students engaged in math. Use Online Math Practice Tools Middle schoolers love technology, so take advantage of engaging math websites. Plus, they give teachers instant feedback on student understanding. GeoGebra for exploring geometry.

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eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

One factor impacting families engagement with schools and teachers is the issue of grade inflation. The traditional letter grades used in education for more than 120 years may no longer hold the same significance for families. In 2023, ACT cited that grade inflation has been on the rise for more than a decade.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 1, 2025

This tells future bosses you can use technology as a tool and can give you an edge in a competitive job market. Include your facility with 1:1 programs, carts, and other approaches to using technology in classes. This makes it more available, transparent, robust, and quickly updated. Indicate all you are comfortable with.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

As an Apple Distinguished School, Elmwood integrates technology in ways that feel seamless and empowering. But here, technology isnt a shiny extra. Technology at Elmwood is not a mere add-on, says Matt Perreault, Director of Technology. Technology doesnt get in the way here either. Its a bicycle for the mind.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

But because this was 1980, and the technologies that could be used to cheat were more advanced than the technology available to detect cheating, there was no definitive proof. The pressure students feel to get high grades and the pressure for teachers to give them are both real. Miller, Murdock, Grotewiel, 2017).

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Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 92

Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

For example, during the COVID pivot, many institutions’ first reactions were to seek out a new type of technology to provide services to students, such as new conferencing software that could be used to project faculty into multiple classrooms simultaneously. Dr. Lisa McNeal is the Director of eLearning at the College of Coastal Georgia.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

Download it here: [link] In higher education, we often track student success through grades, credit hours, and retention rates. Each semester, the surveys were refined based on student feedback and changing classroom dynamics. But behind those metrics are untold storiesnarratives of resilience, confusion, silence, and strength.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

For example, during the COVID pivot, many institutions’ first reactions were to seek out a new type of technology to provide services to students, such as new conferencing software that could be used to project faculty into multiple classrooms simultaneously. Dr. Lisa McNeal is the Director of eLearning at the College of Coastal Georgia.

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eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 62

Faculty Focus

JULY 20, 2025

Feedback Analysis : Evaluate customer feedback to identify patterns in behavior and make informed decisions for service improvement. The grades in the course honor the on-the-job learning with at least a third of the points dedicated to the tasks Tara and Tim can accomplish at their place of employment.

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Syllabus Education Ethics Instructors 89

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Earlier this year, I administered a survey to my students, asking them to evaluate my classroom management skills and provide feedback on our classroom. The Moment I Came Around As I reflected on the level of choice I give to students, and the degree of authority I have over them, I recalled my own schooling during fifth grade in Ms.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

To learn more, EdSurge spoke with three members of Olney Independent School District (OISD) in Texas: Alyssa Betts , district emergent bilingual coordinator; Veronica Fobbs , seventh grade science teacher; and Elianis T., How do you balance using AI translation technology while still helping students learn the language? an EB student.

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English Languages Language Assignments 128

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Too many students don’t reach grade-level metrics and no one can agree on the cause. Moreover, virtual classrooms often utilize a variety of technological tools that enhance interactivity and collaboration. Another concern is the varying levels of access to technology. Passive learning is no longer acceptable.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

But with the advent of technology, the internet, and cell phones, it seemed like reading for pleasure (not to mention the requisite attention span) had gone the way of buggy whips, writing quills, and powdered wigs. The first book series I remember reading was in fourth and fifth grade. I just hope he has good brakes.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 11, 2025

With these engaging 7th grade writing prompts, students will dive into a world of self-expression. Challenge your advanced writers with writing prompts for middle school that go beyond 7th grade expectations. Informational Writing Choice Board (Distance Learning) By Swain in the Middle Grades: 5th-8th Standards: CCSS W5.2,

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

AEF also integrates cutting-edge technology to enhance personalized learning. Small group instruction ensures that students receive individualized feedback, while structured classroom settings create a supportive atmosphere where they can develop confidence and independence. Technology-driven learning is also advancing.

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k12

JULY 10, 2025

Leveraging Technology One of the most significant advantages of online learning is access to various digital tools that go far beyond what’s available in a traditional classroom. Encourage Feedback and Conversation: Feedback is key to growth, both for students and teachers.

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k12

JULY 18, 2025

Luckily, with some preparation and guidance, you can ensure your young learner enters the classroom—and later, the workforce—confident and comfortable with computers and other standard technology. This might seem straightforward, but what constitutes a computer skill evolves in tandem with technology. What are computer skills?

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Skills Internet Students Assignments 52

Elevate k12

JULY 3, 2025

Check that language support is integrated into grade-level content delivery, not delivered as a pull-out replacement or remediation block. Review your staffing assignments across core subjects (ELA, math, science, social studies) to ensure each teacher is certified in the subject and grade level they’re teaching.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

Photo by Louis Bryant III for CalMatters Grade inflation in high school contributed to those pandemic-era gaps, said Lesley Davidson-Boyd, associate vice president of California State University, San Bernardino. Some high school seniors graduated at the time with stellar grades but below-average test scores in math and English, she said.

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eSchool News

JULY 25, 2025

More than 400,000 K-12 educators across the country will get free training in AI through a $23 million partnership between a major teachers union and leading tech companies that is designed to close gaps in the use of technology and provide a national model for AI-integrated curriculum. But concrete plans have been limited.

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Elevate k12

JUNE 20, 2025

High workload: Besides teaching classes, grading assignments and exams, and providing feedback, full-time teachers must plan lessons, attend meetings and professional development programs, and organize extracurricular activities. Retired teachers may not be up-to-date with the latest teaching methods, strategies, and technologies.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2017

According to one of our Grade 6 teachers, Shannon Diven, her students could read but could not pull out details from the text to expand answers, explain answers, or to develop a piece of writing around the text (basically, reading comprehension). With these resources in hand, Diven wanted to try a new digital ELA program.

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Reading Technology Feedback Instructors 419

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Boise’s One Stone doesn’t resemble your typical high school—here you won’t find classrooms, teachers or even letter grades. No Holding Back We wouldn’t have learned nearly as much in this experience for future application if we hadn’t openly given and received feedback. Receiving feedback helps us grow by leaps and bounds.

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Failure Feedback Culture Students 295

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

There are also upstart competitors offering writing tools such as Turnitin and WriteLab, which are attempting to use artificial intelligence technology to parse a student’s submission and offer constructive feedback. Each lesson, Murphy shares, will “break down academic standards around literacy into discrete subskills.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

Teachley , built by three female PhDs from Columbia University, offers math apps for grades 2 through 5, and uses visual models to help students learn math strategies. Alchemie , aimed at high school and college students, teaches chemistry through an augmented reality app with real-time feedback on creating molecular structures.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

It’s interesting to note, in all of Hattie’s voluminous research, the big effects on whether students thrive are: student self-reporting grades. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 20 years. Visible refers to making student learning visible to teachers so both parties know it’s working.

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Learning Failure Evaluation Feedback 183

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2025

Joe Mancuso and Sean Ryan about how schools can move toward personalized learning with the help of technology. Ryan, president of McGraw Hill School Group , has spent two decades in education technology and previously worked in education policy and as a U.S. How is technology used to personalize learning at scale?

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Beliefs Feedback Culture Math 105

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Technology is an incredible resource for learning. We started in 5 th grade when my colleague got a Khan Academy grant to purchase 12 Chromebooks to supplement the Chromebooks our school provided. We have 1:1 Chromebooks for each student in 4 th and 5 th grade, and we’re introducing 1:1 for 3 rd grade this year.

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