eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2023

I’ve seen a lot of changes in science education (especially digital content) over the last 30 years, but one challenge has remained the same: students have to learn laboratory skills. While digital science content is abundantly available, digital science content that supports and focuses on lab skills is more difficult to come by.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

It makes sense that educators would craft their lessons around the concept of an escape room–and that’s just what high school educator Lynn Thomas has done. In an AI-driven world, how can students maintain their own voices?

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2022

From May 4 through August 17, students from participating schools worldwide can enjoy free, 24/7 access through the Sora reading app to 50 juvenile and young adult ebooks, audiobooks and Read-Alongs from their school, the largest amount ever offered through the program. Sora was named one of TIME ’s Best Inventions of 2019.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Key points: Dyslexic students often incur additional stress in the classroom Using different learning tools and regular communication can help students’ comfort levels See related article: The intersection of the science of reading and edtech Reading-based learning differences such as dyslexia can pose unique challenges for students in school.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2024

During my “freshman year” in the classroom, I made it a point to ask colleagues at my school, members of my professional learning community, educators I met at conferences, and others: “What are the best edtech resources for a new teacher to engage students and ignite their curiosity about learning?”

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2023

Learn how our school created a successful PD system for teachers to learn and be empowered by each other by participating in a virtual class visit. Caty Carmendy, the Instructional Coach of Mooresville High School, leads the session.

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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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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The implementation also helped address challenges with certifications and staffing for their early college high school and STEM high school–when they no longer had a university partner providing physical education credits, Edmentum filled that gap with highly qualified, state-certified teachers and award-winning curriculum.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

This helps our teachers strengthen their practices and participate in ongoing, reflective coaching at their own pace. Vrain Valley School District Career-connected learning will become more important than ever. This highlights the increasing need for high schools to incorporate career-connected learning.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Laura McGinty, a high school biology teacher in Seattle, learned this firsthand when she incorporated VR tech in her classroom. However, VR acts as a “phenomenally effective learning tool” that helps students connect with issues and ecosystems that they do not have a chance to encounter first-hand.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Today’s educators seek to provide learning experiences that prepare students to be healthy, successful participants in college, career, civics, and home life. Anastasia Betts, VP of Curriculum Planning & Design, Age of Learning. We no longer solely prepare students to be college-ready. We seek life-readiness.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Sponsored by Toshiba and administered by NSTA, the ExploraVision program challenges participants to use problem-solving, critical thinking and collaboration skills to build solutions to common issues found in every day life. Student participants will have a chance to win a number of great prizes, including $10,000 U.S.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This year’s Future of Education Technology Conference landed in New Orleans, and the conference was abuzz with post-pandemic learning recovery tools, solutions to promote equity among students and parents, strategies for digital access, student mental health, social and emotional learning tools, and more.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

One of my challenges as a music teacher is finding learning tools that inspire and motivate my students and engage them musically, regardless of their individual abilities. A couple years ago, while I was teaching percussion classes at Clark High School in Dallas, a sixth-grader, Sam, would come to class for his percussion lessons.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2017

Current statistics show that scholars of color and females are underrepresented in STEM fields across the country, and so FWPS is actively taking steps to provide STEM and STEAM (STEM with an emphasis on the arts) opportunities for each scholar from kindergarten through high school graduation. STEM Exploration Night.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2020

Back before the internet made it possible—and popular—for people to document their lives in real time, teenagers found themselves preserved between the pages of their high school yearbooks—forever young. We encourage schools to define success as four-year, or slightly longer, graduation rates,” Schaeffer explains.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 27, 2020

The goal of social studies is to promote civic competence — the knowledge required to be active and engaged participants in public life and the community. In the past decade, technology has become the disruptive tool of choice among teachers to make what traditionally is a droll collection of subjects energizing and inspiring.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 5, 2019

A fun way to inspire participation is to include students from the next year’s class so students get to know each other over the summer. With a focus on high school students, it is also great for passionate middle schoolers and college students looking to fill holes in their learning. CK-12 Resources. Add-on; free.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2016

million students in the US high school Class of 2015 took the ACT test—approximately 59 percent of all high school graduates in the United States. In addition, the program will provide: ● Analytics tools for educators so that they can actively participate in and positively influence the student’s learning journey.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

“A skilled teacher can re-direct instruction based on feedback that they are receiving from their students throughout the flow of a lesson,” writes Alexis Roesser, an English teacher and department chair at Salamanca High School in New York. Teachers Use Online Forms to Gauge Student Learning.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

HUPP: We are one of 50 schools from across the country participating in the Dynamic Learning Project with Google and Digital Promise. We also just finished renovating our high school with new interactive displays and collaborative furniture. EDTECH: How did VR first get on your radar as a possible learning tool?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 24, 2015

Here are seventeen concepts you’ll want to include in your preparation: Students are graduating from high school unable to work in the jobs that are available. Failure is a learning tool. Preparing for this new environment requires radical changes in teacher lesson plans. Differentiation is the norm.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Because digital devices and online environments can simultaneously be transformatively empowering and maddeningly disruptive, the work of integrating digital learning tools into schools is usually difficult and complex. Fears about digital learning tools are especially tricky because they’re primarily emotional, not logical.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2020

As school districts nationwide continue instruction in a remote learning environment, many educators are using videoconferencing technology to stay connected with students and collaborate with colleagues from a distance. But working outside of school networks places users in a vulnerable position.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 26, 2016

Here are some great suggestions from efriend and math afficionado, Matt Kim: Before I was ever a high school math teacher, I was always a hardcore technophile. It really is an exciting time for technology in education and the tools available to us to use today in our math classes is no exception. Math teachers: This is for you.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Student projects are quite varied and create student learning opportunities that may not occur in schools’ typical core curricula. Over at Southeast Valley High School , students learn the strategies of medieval warfare and compete against each other with self-designed catapults. And that’s how they should be.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 12, 2020

As school districts nationwide continue instruction in a remote learning environment, many educators are using videoconferencing technology to stay connected with students and collaborate with colleagues from a distance. But working outside of school networks places users in a vulnerable position.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 7, 2020

As school districts nationwide continue instruction in a remote learning environment, many educators are using videoconferencing technology to stay connected with students and collaborate with colleagues from a distance. But working outside of school networks places users in a vulnerable position.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 6, 2020

As school districts nationwide continue instruction in a remote learning environment, many educators are using videoconferencing technology to stay connected with students and collaborate with colleagues from a distance. But working outside of school networks places users in a vulnerable position.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 6, 2020

As school districts nationwide continue instruction in a remote learning environment, many educators are using videoconferencing technology to stay connected with students and collaborate with colleagues from a distance. But working outside of school networks places users in a vulnerable position.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

As school districts nationwide continue instruction in a remote learning environment, many educators are using videoconferencing technology to stay connected with students and collaborate with colleagues from a distance. But working outside of school networks places users in a vulnerable position.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

As school districts nationwide continue instruction in a remote learning environment, many educators are using videoconferencing technology to stay connected with students and collaborate with colleagues from a distance. But working outside of school networks places users in a vulnerable position.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

As school districts nationwide continue instruction in a remote learning environment, many educators are using videoconferencing technology to stay connected with students and collaborate with colleagues from a distance. But working outside of school networks places users in a vulnerable position.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 17, 2015

Technology has become the great equalizer, providing students of all skill levels the tools needed to fully participate in school. Sonocent offers a school pack that includes lesson plans and sample files for elementary and high school. Audio Notetaker is a robust digital note-taking and study tool.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 17, 2025

This fear intensified in high school, where frequent tests ranked students publicly. I believe that mistakes are one of the most powerful learning tools. In my classroom, mistakes arent something to feartheyre an essential part of the learning process. Instead, I provide rich feedback. If so, please list them here.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

But I think we're starting to see more and more data, and it’s become more precise, and there are things that students can do to actually engage with the data and become captains of their own ship, or at least participate in their own rescue. It's the students' data. So I'm probably feeling a little bit like, "Do I really belong here?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Since professors typically require use of these tools to participate in class, students complain that they are essentially being charged to turn in their assignments. Our goal,” says Baraniuk, “is positive world domination.” Editors, developers and scientists at work in the OpenStax office. /

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