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MAY 5, 2025

Bruce McLaren has committed his career to understanding how education technologies, especially digital games and intelligent-tutoring systems, can help children learn. Its a middle-grade math game in which aliens come to Earth to learn about decimal fractions. One such game is called Decimal Point.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 23, 2025

Today: K-12 Technology Curriculum Overview The K-12 Technology Curriculum is Common Core and ISTE aligned, and outlines what should be taught when so students have the necessary scaffolding to use tech for grade level state standards and school curriculum. Lessons build on each other kindergarten through 5th grade.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Phase 3 Live Finale: Elementary, middle and high school teams competed in a 30-minute esports showdown, held at the Levan Center of Innovation at Nova Southeastern University, to design climate-resilient schools. The way the Showdown brought together students from every district and grade level. What stood out most?

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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. Engaging Middle Schoolers in Math Middle school is when students start wondering, When will I ever use this? Make Math Real with Real-world Connections The best way to hook middle schoolers?

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JULY 14, 2025

Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2025

This approach helps students see themselves as creators, not just consumers, of technology. Developed by Urban Arts in collaboration with Minecraft Education , the program offers middle school teachers professional development, ongoing coaching and a 72-session curriculum built around game-based instruction.

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JULY 25, 2025

Be sure to visit the old post (almost 15 years old) for some amazing comments from keyboard enthusiasts I get this question a lot from readers and purchasers of my technology curriculum : How fast should kids type? Some say third grade, some leave it until sixth. What about Kindergartners? They love that.

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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. How do friendships influence school life, and what would school be like without them?

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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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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2025

The administration has now made that verboten in DoDEA schools. The lawsuit argues that DoDEA has pulled books without considering the caliber of the texts or their grade-level appropriateness since award-winning childrens books are among those singled out. Books were pulled from libraries. Black History Month was canceled.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

If you’re planning to participate in Hour of Code, here are a series of activities — broken down by grade — that will kickstart your effort. Grade-levels below are guidelines. First Grade — Follow one of the free online Hour of Code activities. Scroll to the section for first grade.

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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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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

Research shows that children who are chronically absent from preschool through second grade are more likely to be reading below grade level by third grade. It has lasting effects through the upper grades, too. So that you can learn more quickly and build systems to support schools.

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eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2017

Young students see brightly-colored bookshelves and reading areas, where middle school students have lab tablets and desktop computers. Just as the atmosphere in the classroom changes to suit the students’ age and learning requirements, the technology in the classroom also has to accommodate the learning requirements of that age group.

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JULY 24, 2017

K-5 (237 pages) and Middle School (80 pages), 100 images, 7 assessments. K-5–print/digital; Middle School–digital delivery only. 9 months, Grades 3-8. Classroom grade level teachers–if your tech teacher doesn’t cover basic tech skills. 2-Volume Ultimate Guide to Keyboarding.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2025

The Case for Starting Career Exploration in Middle School Many states are now mandating career exploration as early as eighth grade, for good reason. Middle school is a pivotal time when students begin forming their academic and career identities. Visit pearson.com/ccr to learn more.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Responding to a critical gap in technology education, CompTIA Spark has launched free technology curriculum specifically for middle grade classrooms, grades 5-8. Getting students excited about technology and growing their confidence with hands-on learning is critical at the middle school level.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

As the school year gets underway across the nation, many schools and districts are launching new technology initiatives and programs designed to improve teaching and learning. One of the district’s top technology initiatives : For the last 10 years Wright has taught middle school computers.

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eSchool News

MAY 10, 2019

There’s a widening technology achievement gap for minorities, despite blacks and Hispanics having more interest in learning computer science. s first computer science middle school last year in a struggling, historically black community to help bridge the technology achievement gap. What makes DPA’s CS curriculum unique?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2016

Today’s students, being technology natives, expect the same kinds of engagement in the classroom as they seek out online. Here are 7 ways technology is enhancing and expanding STEM education in our school district. Technology helps students acquire scientific literacy and hands-on experience.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2024

When Salvador Quijada, a seventh and eighth grade math teacher at Philip’s Academy Charter School, thinks back on his own journey as a mathematician, he gives credit to one high school math teacher who pushed him to take on AP calculus. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

PITTSBURGH, PA – Carnegie Learning , a leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education and formative assessment, today announced that its blended core Middle School Math Solution received perfect scores in a new report published by EdReports.org. ABOUT CARNEGIE LEARNING, INC.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

. – When young students learn coding, they hone skills – such as computational thinking and collaboration – that enhance their success in school and future careers. The course is aligned with relevant standards frameworks, such as CSTA and NGSS, and includes extension opportunities for middle school classrooms.

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2025

After all, its easy to imagine how technologies such as AI tools, robots, VR headsets , and computers, for example, can be used to support learning in these settings. Tech as a tool to facilitate movement-based learning Using technology to support learning is a core priority at West Baton Rouge Parish Schools. Start small.

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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2025

After seven years in the classroom teaching middle and high school students, I transitioned into instructional technology, where I currently serve as a digital integration specialist for South Carolinas Anderson School District Five. One area of focus in a middle schoolers development is vocabulary acquisition.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

I have spoken with educators and students all over the world, from middle school teachers in Uruguay, to high school teachers in Australia to graduate professors at Columbia University, and they all are witnessing the same trend: Students are turning off their videos and microphones. Zoom fatigue is real.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2023

A perennial question as technology improves is the extent to which it will change—or replace— the work traditionally done by humans. We recently completed an evaluation of an AI-equipped platform through which middle school students could draft, submit and revise argumentative essays in response to pre-curated writing prompts.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2024

1st Grade A critical skill for first graders is to not only understand the idea of a “digital citizen” but why it’s important to be one. 3rd Grade In 3rd grade, students should become grounded in avoiding and/or dealing with cyberbullies. They can start by NOT making their picture look anything like themselves.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

When a public school system in the San Francisco Bay Area explored replacing traditional grading practices with a form of “standards-based grading system” meant to eliminate bias, it sparked widespread opposition from parents. They signed petitions and showed up in force at school board meetings to rail against the changes.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

When I volunteer in my children’s elementary classrooms (1st and 3rd grade), I am struck by how frequently the teacher finds time to work directly with small groups of students to offer additional support, review concepts, assess understanding, and practice skills. At the secondary level scenes like this are less frequent.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In order to fill the need for these high-wage, in-demand jobs, early STEM intervention and career awareness for students in the middle grades are necessary. Furthermore, students want to be exposed to emerging technologies and career possibilities. The benefits of early STEM and career awareness are far-reaching.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2023

As with all emerging technologies, it is critical to understand how we relate to these technologies in order to best leverage them for student learning. It is critical to understand how we relate to these technologies in order to best leverage them for student learning. argument coherence) for teachers.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2019

As a middle school Spanish teacher, my #1 goal is to have my students fall in love with learning a language the way I did in middle school. Even though many of the ideas in this article have been created for a language classroom, most of them will work for any subject or grade level. Play games.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2024

I’d used a gamified coding platform in my previous district and figured it would be a good fit for my new school. When I took this position, we didn’t really have anything related to robotics, so we were looking for ways to get students in eighth grade into a CTE pathway. The plan has worked out very well so far.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The seven teams – Carnegie Learning, Carnegie Mellon University, Eedi, Rising Academies, the University of Colorado Boulder, Khan Academy, and the University of Florida – are committed to harnessing the potential of AI and machine learning to develop innovative, affordable interventions to enhance middle school math education.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2019

At The Village School in Houston, TX, instructional technology specialist Ruth O’Brien and middle school teacher Marc Abrate are helping students develop skills that help not only in coding, but in areas such as problem solving, critical thinking, and collaboration.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2023

The top-performing teams are: High School Division (Grades 9-12) THS Wind Breakers from Tabb High School in Yorktown, Va. Mauston Gummy Bears from Mauston High School in Mauston, Wis. The Quilt Blockers from Darlington High School in Darlington, Wis. from Smithfield Middle School in Smithfield, Va.

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