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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Teacher Mood

JUNE 11, 2025

Raise your hand if you’ve ever been caught in a login loop with your school’s online grading platform, only to give up five minutes later. I’ll share practical ways it helps with common grading and documentation headaches, plus a teacher-tested tip that keeps your paper gradebook in sync with your digital one. No hunting.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

And as faculty members grapple with what this means for grading, tech companies have proved yet again that there’s money to be made from panic. That detector first became popular among professors when the internet made it easy for students to copy and paste information from websites into their assignments.

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Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Writing 117

k12 Online Schools

JUNE 24, 2025

Studies have shown that students with strong digital skills tend to have higher grades and better engagement in their educational pursuits. Not all families have the same level of access to devices or reliable internet connections, which can create disparities in learning opportunities. Communication is key.

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k12

JULY 18, 2025

This blog lays the groundwork for your child’s digital literacy (and yours too), covering everything from necessary software skills to internet safety. Online Safety Don’t you wish you could hold your child’s hand while they navigate the internet? Computers and the internet are evolving rapidly. What are computer skills?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Too many students don’t reach grade-level metrics and no one can agree on the cause. Something broke in American education these past years. I went out to our international contributors for ideas. They had a lot, but this one I thought I’d cover first: Is the Traditional Classroom Becoming Obsolete?

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Organized Classroom

JUNE 13, 2025

Packet includes 24 pages, 10 customizable covers for your to personalize, and is perfect for grades 2 and up! Even add your own images into the writing (the only caveat to this is that the image must be hosted on the internet somewhere already as you need a URL. Would you like premade templates for the Star Student Story Packet?

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k12

JULY 24, 2025

With homeschooling, parents act as the teachers by creating the curriculum, leading classes, and grading assignments. Both online school and homeschooling allow students and parents to fit education into otherwise busy schedules and can be done from anywhere with internet for added flexibility. What is homeschooling?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 5, 2025

That I’ll save for a different article. Instead, I’ll focus on tech teachers–what I do. Here are a list of the types of tech problems tech teachers in your school are more likely to face.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Bilingual Hispanic Heritage Word Search Puzzles | Mes de la Herencia Hispana by Biliteracy Now Grades: 2nd-5th Subjects: Spanish Three printable Hispanic Heritage Month word searches encourage students to find important words, including “diversity,” “celebration,” and “independence.”

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k12

JUNE 16, 2025

The majority pointed to self-guided learning through the internet (34%), family members (18%), mentors (16%), and peers (16%). When asked what they wish school had taught them, their answers pointed to a clear gap in real-world financial and entrepreneurial skills.

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Primary Punch

OCTOBER 18, 2020

I frantically searched the internet to find the Halloween version because this game is one of my older students’ favorites and we can play it with a document camera too. Since the pictures are a bit spooky for Halloween I would recommend this for 3rd grade and up. This year I found out that Spot It! makes seasonal versions!

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Languages Language Internet Questions 52

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). But achieving that goal isn’t easy. Authentic Reading Experiences Wanted.

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Reading Technology Feedback Instructors 419

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 2, 2025

Resize and move to fit on page Test picture effects available If you use pictures from the internet, be sure theyre royalty free. This will vary, but may include add a border wrap change background Rotate picture creatively.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2017

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. Chromebook : You can’t have a 1:1 classroom without devices.

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Edsurge

JULY 6, 2017

Open up a new tab, and do a quick Google Search for “The Internet is full of…” I’m guessing your autocomplete looks similar to mine: “The Internet is full of lies.” “The The Internet is full of false information.” “The The Internet is full of jerks.” “The The Internet is full of terrible people.”

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2024

eighth-graders learned how to conduct internet-related research tasks, such as using the internet to find information and evaluating the reliability of information, from their teachers compared to students in other systems, on average. When it comes to navigating the internet safely, higher percentages of U.S.

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Skills Grades Internet Participation 273

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Learning has no temporal or geographic borders and is available wherever students and teachers find an Internet connection. This used to mean limiting access to the Internet, blocking websites, and layering rules upon rules hoping (vainly) to discourage students from using an infinite and fascinating resource. Why is this important?

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

There's a big giant access issue, both in terms of what happens when there’s no internet and then also what happens when you don’t have a device that can go on the internet,” says Beth Holland, the digital equity and rural project director at the Consortium for School Networking, an industry group for school tech directors.

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eSchool News

MAY 3, 2022

today announced that it is working with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the country’s second largest school district, to help thousands of families who lack robust internet connectivity at home enroll in the Spectrum Enterprise Stay Connected K-12 solution, which is provided at no cost for students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Today’s tip: Category: Parents Here’s a poster with five tips that will help students as they use the internet for research: Review these with students when they’re ready for each tip. By the end of fifth grade, they should be well-versed in all five of these.

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Internet Intelligence Curriculum Grades 167

eSchool News

MAY 5, 2023

Empowering school and district leaders, Digital Equity provides a complete, real-time view of each student’s school-issued devices, including a device’s overall health, operating system, internet speed, service provider and more.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 2, 2024

2nd Grade Bundle of Lesson Plans 4-2-23 through 4-7-23 Price slashed from $7.99 Online Sustained Silent Reading Sites Use the internet to offer variety in Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) program (which is the same as DEAR–Drop Everything and Read). Not a subscriber? Click the button below. Online Spelling Practice.

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Grades Plagiarism Internet Art 158

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2024

Thanks to the pervasiveness of easy-to-use and free web-based tools, most teachers have one or more computers in the classroom with internet access. But before we open the floodgates to the fascinating world that is the internet, students must understand what it means to thrive as a citizen of that community.

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Internet Plagiarism Lecturing Knowledge 174

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Reliable internet sources are the same as those you would search for in the library. They have a bias, but it shouldn’t be motivated by money These next three require subjective interpretation from researchers and a cursory investigation into their information: net networks, internet service providers, organizations–traditionally.

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Internet Motivation Culture Curriculum 166

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 9, 2024

I didn’t think PDF annotation grading tools would work, not even a little but, so when my colleague, George, introduced them in his online history class, I watched amazed at how seamlessly George could highlight key points, strike through errors, and add personalized feedback on student assignments. x Interested? x Interested?

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Assignments Grades Feedback Evaluation 166

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 25, 2023

In my school, 2nd grade and 5th grade have units on the human body. I put them on the class internet start page so when students have free time, they can visit ( check here for updates) : 2nd-3rd Grade Place organs where they belong Blood Flow Body Systems Build a Skeleton Can you place these parts in the correct place?

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Grades Internet Curriculum Teachers 145

eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2022

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, school districts across the country have seen an influx of funding for student devices, internet access, and a variety of edtech tools.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2023

Understanding how to use the internet has become a cornerstone issue for students. Now, there is a varied landscape of resources available on the internet. I’ve collected a long list of resources here : K-HS Digital Citizenship Resources Today, we focus on Kindergarten–1st Grade. Where is this ‘digital town’?

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Grades Teaching Internet Assignments 147

eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2020

In the rush to plan for online education hours, schools must consider equity and the quality of internet access available to their students. A new report from Michigan State University’s Quello Center reveals the challenges schools face if they plan to move online: 1) Available data on home internet access is missing. “We

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Just as the internet revolutionized education, AI will be the next game-changer. Just like the internet, AI isn’t going anywhere–so let’s teach our kids to work with AI, not against it. They don’t have to wait for papers to get graded; AI tells them what they did wrong, and they can correct it on the spot.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The internet has radically changed the way people obtain information, and part of this digital revolution is the way we teach and learn. college students reported that digital learning technology helped them to improve their grades. In 2019 alone, 81 percent of U.S.

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Internet Learning Study Knowledge 311

eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Related content: Study shows major learning loss for grades K-2. Some families had internet access, computers, and the ability to work from home while supporting their child’s online learning. Some schools had ongoing interaction with families from day one. Other schools had little or none at all. Others did not.

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eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2020

The library includes books both in English and Spanish for grades K-6 and is accessible to users using nearly any device with internet access. Benchmark Education is are now offering free access to their extensive collection of eBooks to families and educators.

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English Accessibility Internet Grades 240

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Classroom layout–using drag-and-drop items Third, build a virtual neighborhood in Mr. Rogers: Internet-based layout of a neighborhood By the time students have finished this three-week unit, they’ll possess the rudiments of design. After I drew the sample on the class monitor, all students developed their own.

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Grades Teaching Internet Curriculum 158

eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2020

For students across Texas and around the country, bridging the digital divide and providing reliable Internet connectivity that enables distance learning for students without Internet access are among the top priorities for state governments, school districts, teachers and parents alike. Many students across the U.S.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Educators acknowledge that this past spring, the focus was on keeping students safe and engaged, reaching out online and offline, getting devices and internet to those students in need, feeding students, and forging connections whether or not learning was taking place.

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