eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Naper Elementary School students could be the envy of their peers when it comes to a labyrinth for testing their robotic skills. Like many local elementary schools, Naperville acquired the robotic balls to teach the basic concepts of computer coding. “I can see other schools will want a maze like this, too.”

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

As AI becomes more widespread in education, more than half of high school students (56 percent) polled think it can go a long way in reducing math anxiety, a new global survey shows. The survey polled 1,500 11th and 12th grade students from across the U.S. How can AI help reduce math anxiety?

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Edsurge

JULY 5, 2022

If you ask middle school and high school students these days the most important skills they’re learning, they’re likely to name something they picked up on their own, outside of normal school hours. Evans says these students’ eyes light up when they talk about the self-directed learning they’re doing.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

This year marked a tipping point for these tech-focused programs, with 51 percent of high schools nationwide now offering at least one computer science class. The figure is based on data from public high schools in 37 states, a first for the report. “It

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The survey, administered from March 26 to April 1—a few weeks into the pandemic, when many parts of the country were under shelter-in-place orders and nearly all students had been sent home from school—captured the experiences and struggles of 13,000 high school students who had been registered to take the ACT exam in April or June.

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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. Why does it matter?

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2023

Lightspeed Systems’ Digital Equity will help us bridge the digital divide in the communities that our schools serve, ensuring we determine which students need additional resources, like hotspots and more,” said Eric Hileman, Executive Director of IT for Oklahoma City Public Schools, and a Lightspeed client and Digital Equity beta user.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 7, 2024

Although some gains in high school students’ technological device and internet access have occurred since ACT first investigated the digital divide in 2018, device and internet access of students with lower family incomes is lagging that of students with higher family incomes,” said Jeff Schiel, Ph.D,

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eSchool News

JULY 4, 2023

But as a high school teacher who has experimented with the sophisticated word predictor app in my economics, U.S. Overvaluation of tech startups: Startups with no revenue or profits were valued at extremely high prices, leading to a bubble. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. newsletters.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2017

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Ethical hacking in high schools introduces valuable cybersecurity skills in fun and interesting ways.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2017

However, Fox noted the importance of having safe WiFi access, as many students can access WiFi in public places like fast food restaurants that do not provide the safest options for high school students to study at night. Provide Out-of-School Access on Devices.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

Achieve Miamis impact to-date includes support for over 10,000 Miami-Dade County students, college and career readiness programming for Achieve Scholars across ten high school sites, providing internet access to over 106,000 homes through Miami Connected, and the recruitment and training of nearly 200 new teachers through the Teacher Accelerator Program (..)

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

schools were connected to high-speed internet, a boon to digital learning. We don’t know how many of [our students] have internet or how to connect them.” EducationSuperHighway created a tool to help schools identify students without internet access at home and, in the process, learned a lot more about the digital divide.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

high schools don’t consistently offer computer science education and IT classes. high schools offer a single computer science course–a fundamental subject critical to the nation’s economic and security health. And yet, U.S. Current situation According to CSTA reports , a little over half (53 percent) of U.S.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2016

We have a one-to-one initiative in our high schools, and we’re looking to extend that opportunity to our middle and elementary schools as well. 1) High-speed internet access at home as well as school. 1) High-speed internet access at home as well as school.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

For more news on esports, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Esports programs are continuing to grow in popularity, as evidenced by the widespread adoption by schools across the country. While esports programs are more commonly found on college and university campuses, high schools and even middle schools have started launching programs.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The other day, my friend’s high school daughter complained, “It’s not fair!” In one study, even after all students were provided with a laptop computer, internet access, and headphones, low-income students’ school attendance and engagement were consistently less frequent than their higher-income peers (An, 2021).

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2023

With math scores falling globally , top high school math students point to academic burnout as a key factor. The students queried are participants in this year’s MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge (M3 Challenge), an annual internet-based, intensive math modeling contest organized by SIAM.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2019

And yet, there she was during the 2016-2017 school year, at a construction site helping to install new boilers at a Township of Union Public Schools high school. The reason for Paul’s involvement: these new internet-connected boilers would allow staff control from anywhere in the building and even out of the district.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Passive uses of technology that primarily support adult goals: Taking an online test (weekly): 75 percent of high school students and 66 percent of middle school students Using a learning management system for organization (weekly): 72 percent of high school students and 67 percent of middle school students Active uses of technology that support students (..)

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Most of their students are already stomping around the internet, so I want to make sure their digital footprints are something they can be proud of. I take photos of my students in the first few weeks of school and use those photos to create an Animoto video to share with parents. Virtual Tour of Our Classroom Resources.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Just as the internet revolutionized learning, 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. AI is here to stay, and will be an important workforce skill–and many educators want to teach students to work with it, not against it.

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eSchool News

MAY 24, 2024

Part of digital equity in schools is access to high-speed internet and reliable technology devices, but another component includes giving all students the opportunity to use those devices and that access to build digital literacy. How access to technology can create equity in schools The latest iteration of the U.S.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2025

Verizon Innovative Learning Schools is a good example of this approach. Over the last decade, Verizon Innovative Learning has transformed the learning experience for more than 3 million students by providing schools and districts with the tools they need to thrive in the digital world and bridge the digital divide.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Located at the Accra High Senior High School, the new center is part of the ministry’s initiative to increase student interest and instructional quality around STEAM. the internet revolution in manufacturing. Students ages 6-14 will be trained to use advanced STEAM technology in a modern interactive learning environment.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 11, 2020

A device and an internet connection made their way into every student’s home. The district, located in northern Chester County, Pennsylvania, comprises five elementary schools, one middle school, and the Owen J. Roberts High School. In the elementary schools, we have Seesaw.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2022

However, when the service is not set up correctly or a number of blocked categories is way too high, it starts to annoy both staff, and kids. Let’s see how to use web filtering to stay safe out there on the internet and make full use out of it. The key to teaching kids internet hygiene is to balance between those.

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eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2022

During the Spring 2022 semester, Smith started most mornings with 30 high school students who were enrolled in CIS 194 Cloud Foundations, a course delivered by ASU. Carey School of Business , along with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the National Education Equity Lab. Students nationwide participate in the ASU course.

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2020

There is a caveat: They all hinge on internet connectivity, a challenge that both public and private efforts are moving quickly to try to solve. Related content: 10 blended learning resources for schools. Here are some examples of what these types of models look like. Combining independent online learning with face-to-face instruction.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2023

But for those without digital skills or access to a computer and an internet connection, it was a very different story. During the pandemic, the term ‘homework gap’ was used to describe children without reliable or any access to the internet and appropriate digital devices and who were unable to complete their assignments. Our own Lt.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

And, ownership of smartphones — mobile devices with an internet connection — has tripled in recent years among young people. In 2011, 22 percent of students starting high school had a smartphone; by 2015, the number rocketed to 68 percent. It gave them time to cool off,” high school principal Pat Baughman said.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

I beat the national average of 3-5 years for high school math and science teachers. Maybe exploring the world. Can you say that in an interview? He hired me anyway. Eleven years later, I was still teaching. Throughout my career, I was offered opportunities to lead and impact a larger system.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2023

Catholic schools have renewed their partnerships with VHS Learning to provide their students with continued access to high-quality, teacher-led online classes. Catholic schools that have extended their long-time partnerships with VHS Learning for the 2023-24 school year, include: Pope Francis Preparatory School in Springfield, Mass.,

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2023

But for those without digital skills or access to a computer and an internet connection, it was a very different story. During the pandemic, the term ‘homework gap’ was used to describe children without reliable or any access to the internet and appropriate digital devices and who were unable to complete their assignments. Our own Lt.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The analysis also offered school-level data charting “economic connectedness”–or lack thereof–within individual high schools and colleges across the country. What can school systems do with this research? At face value, deeper economic integration across and within schools is a must.

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eSchool News

APRIL 26, 2019

Real-world relevance and a little dash of humor are two ingredients that might increase STEM engagement and make learning fun for high school students, according to a new survey. The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) surveyed 1,100 high school students from across the U.S.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

Born in the era of VHS a generation before the Internet became mainstream, Blockbuster built its business catering to customers who liked being able to drop by one of its retail stores on a whim to pick out a new release or a well-known classic. Additionally, consider Village High School in Colorado Springs.

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