eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

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

OCTOBER 22, 2020

This standalone data-collection platform takes the award-winning LabQuest interface and enhances it with a robust set of new features and functionality for middle school, high school, and college students to use during classroom, laboratory, or field investigations.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 7, 2020

This affordable wireless sensor can be used in the classroom or out in the field to help middle school, high school, and college-level students investigate and analyze a variety of environmental factors.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The district has approximately 3,700 students and comprises an Early Childhood Center, five elementary schools, one middle school, one high school and a technical school that serves its high schoolers and students from six other areas sending schools.

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APRIL 6, 2020

If your school doesn’t teach a course about personal economics, there are many online sites that address the topic as mini-lessons. Age group: Middle school. Age group: middle and high school. Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school. Age group: high school.

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MARCH 29, 2022

I’ve noticed news stories about schools adding financial literacy to the High School course load (yay!). If your school doesn’t teach personal economics but would like to, there are many online sites that address the topic as mini-lessons. Age group: High school. Some are narrative; others games.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Kiddom , an all-in-one education platform for high-quality digital curriculum, has expanded its partnership with Kendall Hunt Publishing. Kendall Hunt will offer a customized version of OpenSciEd’s high-quality middle school science instructional materials in a dynamic format through Kiddom’s comprehensive digital curriculum platform.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: See how educators are using mobile devices to make a positive impact. With mobile technology more integral to people’s lives, it’s predicted that smartphone use in the classroom could reach 55 percent in 2018 globally. Smartphones Are Not Universal in K–12. by Larry Bernstein.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2020

"Digital skills are vital for students today because this is what their jobs will look like in the future," says veteran middle school teacher Kay Vanzant-Bradney of Nelson Academy in Long Beach, California. The capacity to manage complex tasks and projects using computers, mobile devices and other technology is given.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

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. Just as important, they’re building relationships essential to navigate those influential middle-school and high-school years.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

When I first started working with middle school and high school students on organization and time-management nearly two decades ago, most students would tell me their biggest distractions were food, pets, siblings and sleep. Last year I visited a middle school twice in the span of six months.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Animatron –design and publish animated and interactive content that plays everywhere, from desktop computers to mobile devices. Move the Turtle –programming via iPad for middle school. Google Computer Science for High School –free workshops (with application) for K-12 teachers. BrainPop coding games.

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APRIL 5, 2018

When students graduate from high school, a majority enter the working world where they are expected to balance budgets, pay bills, and submit rent and car payments on time. Age group: Middle school. Age group: Middle School. Age group: High school. Coffeeshop Game. How the Stock Market Works.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

This is what’s called the high Desert Antelope Valley in my school district, there are 30. We are actually a kinder through 8th grade school district. We bought a high school four years ago. But initially when I first came into the school district, you know, everything’s about timing.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 30, 2018

wanted to implement a one-to-one device program at the city’s high school. District leaders and community stakeholders typically express more excitement about highly visible end-user technologies such as mobile devices and interactive whiteboards, Brantley says. “A meghan.bogardu…. Fri, 03/30/2018 - 11:47.

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

For example, Wabash County issues all students MacBook Airs and iPads (your school could use Chromebooks) that are available to students who can’t get to school: All Wabash County students in grades 3 through 12 have a MacBook Air they take home every day. It works on Chrome and Firefox, iOS, and Android mobile devices.

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MAY 23, 2018

Unlike traditional textbooks and library resources, Kiddom content providers are internet-based making them accessible from anywhere, on desktops and mobile devices, and easily blended into classroom lesson plans. ” –Jenna Rodgers, Middle School Teacher. ” — Anna Marie Sossong, High School Teacher.

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

overview of Alice by Middle School students. This is so simple, you’re going to love it: Open the QR Code reader on your phone or mobile device. For high school students: Create their resume with a QR Code. For a school art display: Include all data on the student artist in a QR Code.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

When nearly all information is digital or online, multi-modal and multi­media, accessed by mobile devices that fit in our pockets, the question should not be whether schools prepare students for a digital learning landscape, but rather how.

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APRIL 4, 2019

Common Sense Media’s award-winning Digital Passport is the gold-standard in teaching digital citizenship to grades 3-5 (or Middle School). This free-to-schools online program mixes videos, games, quizzes, and the challenge of earning badges to teach students the concepts behind digital citizenship : Communication.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Pearson/Harris Poll reveals new findings on mobile device ownership and how wi-fi access impacts learning in school. Just 68 percent of grades 4-12 students in a recent survey said they have wi-fi access at school, though 96 percent of those same students have wi-fi access at home.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

North Penn School District comprises 13 elementary schools, three middle schools, and one high school. When we closed our schools, we took the next week to plan and sort of reset, and the next Friday we had a live broadcast out to our community via our cable channel using Screenweave LIVE.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

I’ll start this list with web-based options, by grade level (click the grade you teach) and then continue with a mash-up: Kindergarten 1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade HS Apps BeeBop –based on the Beebop floor robot–free Cargo-Bot —logic iPad game Cato’s Hike (K+) Codea (Perfect for Intermediate+) Daisy the Dinosaur —intro (..)

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Move the Turtle –programming via iPad for middle school. Google Computer Science for High School –free workshops (with application) for K-12 teachers. Animatron –design and publish animated and interactive content that plays everywhere, from desktop computers to mobile devices. Coding Curriculum.

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

Google Computer Science for High School –free workshops (with application) for K-12 teachers. Animatron –design and publish animated and interactive content that plays everywhere, from desktop computers to mobile devices. Move the Turtle –programming via iPad for middle school. Code Academy. Free Code Camp.

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DECEMBER 5, 2020

Move the Turtle –programming via iPad for middle school. Google Computer Science for High School –free workshops (with application) for K-12 teachers. Animatron –design and publish animated and interactive content that plays everywhere, from desktop computers to mobile devices. ScratchJr- -for ages 5-7.

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Grades Mobile Devices STEM Math 120

Gaggle Speaks

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Through a partnership earlier this year with Project Tomorrow and the impressive national research project, Speak Up , we’ve found that student use of school-provided technology aligns with the statistical trends that we see in Gaggle Safety Management. It‘s about 15% percent higher for middle school students.

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