eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

. — Poptential , a family of free, award-winning social studies course packages that infuse lessons with digital storytelling, offers an array of engaging content about the Civil Rights Movement for instruction during Black History Month. history and society. Poptential course packages in American History, World History, U.S.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Our highest passing rate ever in the history of the school was fifty-two percent before Covid. And we did not teach to the test. In fact, she continues, “There were a couple of kids who said they had never passed the math SBAC test in the history of their schooling, and that 6th grade was the first time.”

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2022

Poptential courses, used by more than 30,000 teachers in 50 states, include everything instructors need to teach a subject, digitally accessible in one place, including lessons, ebooks, bell ringers, quizzes, and tests, as well as pop culture media to make lessons interesting and relatable to students. the maker of Poptential.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Poptential , a family of free social studies course packages, explores the historical significance of global trade in its World History curriculum, equipping high school educators with media-rich content to help students gain a deeper understanding of the importance of free trade. Course packages in American History, World History, U.S.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2022

With inflation reaching a 40-year high and talk of a looming recession, high school students are coming of age during one of the most challenging economies in recent history. Poptential curriculum includes everything instructors need to teach a subject, including lessons, e-books, bell ringers, quizzes, and tests.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2024

While we recognize that some of these elements require large systems change, we also want to challenge all computer science educators to be the example.Taking computer science, with its long history of exclusion, towards an inclusive future will cause ripple effects across all content areas.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Recent Bell Ringers have covered diverse topics including ice cream sandwich day discussing America’s love of ice cream in movies and politics, Vince Lombardi’s role in improving race relations via football, and a history of Google and discussion of its status as a monopoly. Course packages in American History, World History, U.S.

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Social Studies Study Curriculum Quizzes 180

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2022

Dear Bonni, I'll be teaching a course on the history of Ireland later this year. Seeing as how art has been such a big part of Irish history and culture, I was thinking about something artistic in some way, but how on earth do I grade something creative? I feel weird about testing them on genocide.” What do I do?

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Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2023

He points to research that shows that some students learn better from male instructors, while others learn better from female ones. For the next step in his research, Mayer has hired students from the theater department to help design interactive agents to further test his theory.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2023

In the early days of online education, I imagined that virtual classrooms would follow the same basic model as in-person ones, with an instructor leading the same number of students typical in a campus class. Students attend WGU entirely on screen, with instructors engaging with them virtually by email, phone, text and video.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2019

There’s a lot that goes into innovation efforts on campus—think curriculum design, technology training for instructors, and bureaucracy. Outcomes, Testing and Grading Which methods of assessment best measure learning and ability? Are standardized tests a fair gauge for predicting college success?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The company’s live 1:1 online tutoring program employs instructors with a minimum of a bachelor’s degree and two years of teaching experience. In fact, the TEA shortlisted FEV Tutor for the VTTC based on the company’s history of strategic partnership and positive educational impact. About FEV Tutor.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

INDIANAPOLIS — Certell, the creator behind the Poptential family of free social studies course packages, announced a significant update to its digital curriculum and platform designed to help students better understand the principles that have shaped American history while giving teachers tools to better manage their classroom and improve learning.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As aspects of pre-pandemic life slowly emerge from nearly two years of masking, testing, and social distancing, educators are once again gathering at edtech conferences to experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital tools, and professional learning opportunities.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

It’s never too early for teachers to engage students in discussions about the history of the stock market, its impact on economic growth or decline, and how it can potentially empower students to invest in their own futures,” said Julie Smitherman, a former social studies teacher and director of content at Certell, Inc., Click to tweet.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

His time as a blended learning instructor in Taos, N.M., Issues With Feedback and Testing It’s much easier to hide in a digital world. In classes like English and History, things are going well. “I But that’s not always the case in subjects such as math and science that require secure environments for test taking.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The class alternates between discussions about the science of creativity and hands-on creative projects in oral history, music, engineering and visual art, mentored by faculty in those disciplines. Instructors can pick any output that best fits their courses. One of the highlights is a “theme and variations” project.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Triseum's ARTe: Macenas immerses students in art history. through a signup ID supplied by their course instructors, like buying an electronic textbook. The beta test includes 350 students from five higher-education institutions who have installed and registered the At Play in the Cosmos game app. Enter Textbook Publishers.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

But it wasn’t until her current gig, serving as an instructor for a course on water supply and demand in California, that she got her feet wet with open educational resources. College of the Canyons’ history with OER starts before Anagnonson’s dabble, however. For years, Stephanie Anagnoson worked in academic publishing.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 9, 2015

Peter Greene said: [When advocates] come to explain how crucial PARCC testing is for your child’s future, you might try asking some questions: Exactly what is the correspondence between PARCC results and college readiness? Does it matter which college he attends, or will test results guarantee he is ready for all colleges?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2024

And that’s true even when instructors force students to put away their smartphones. What are some things that institutions and instructors can do? The audience has more agency, more choice than they have ever had in the history of presentations. Let's talk about solutions. I need to persuade you about something.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In addition, the district deeply appreciated that IXL Learning’s tutoring service, Wyzant, could seamlessly connect its students with experienced instructors to grow their math skills away from the classroom. Wyzant helps schools and students take the guesswork out of finding qualified tutors they can trust.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I have completed online graduate courses and a professional certificate that used a combination of instructor-created content, freely-accessible websites and videos, and creative-commons-licensed OERs. I appreciated not having to purchase textbooks in addition to paying tuition and fees. Review the material.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2023

His professor said he’d used ChatGPT to take a history exam, the charge buttressed by GPTZero, one of the many new tools that have emerged to try to detect student use of generative AI systems. Still, the unease about inaccurate accusations gives instructors and administrators pause around AI writing detection.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Its because when instruction is devised for tests its not sensitive to whether the knowledge it imparts is long-lasting, Fisher says. One pair of kids from his class ended up comparing the person with the most toes in history to the person with the fewest toes. Another compared the length of videos.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2017

His first class was on internet history, technology and security. The MOOC] was set up so nicely that I could download the lectures onto my Galaxy [device], hop on the bus, listen to all the lectures, get to work, take a test… in one day I've done two weeks worth of class,” Mulder says.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2019

I’m usually a library media specialist, but with only a few days notice, I had inherited this course from another instructor and was given the added challenge of updating the curriculum. For the user testing phase, students left the classroom to engage members of our school community.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2018

And when asked if the company plans to review instructor data-collection practices, the spokesperson said Coursera is “working closely with university partners to mutually take measures required for GDPR compliance.” And that kind of personal data, which the instructor gleans from his edX course, is stored locally on his personal device.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2019

Tell a compelling story – All of the content featured on your website, including video, articles and photographs, should tell the unique story of your school or district’s history, mission, vision and culture. Design for accessibility – Many school and district websites are not in compliance with the WCAG 2.0 or the extended WCAG 2.1

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2023

Yes, it can be, according to two groups of researchers who have tested how programs aimed at fostering belonging have impacted students’ academic performances. If anyone knows the importance of belonging, it’s Columbia University instructor Marcelle Mentor, who grew up as a Black child under apartheid in South Africa.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2022

A lack of bilingual instructors and leadership buy-in, and the difficulty of developing a Spanish-only college-level curriculum, are some of the limiting factors that have stymied their growth, experts and university leaders say. Classes, many of which are asynchronous, are taught by instructors based in Mexico.

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eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2022

The free courses include everything instructors need to teach a subject, digitally accessible in one place, including lessons, ebooks, bell ringers, quizzes, and tests, as well as pop culture media to make lessons interesting and relatable to students. Poptential course packages in American History, World History, U.S.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

Tom Lamont is the Painting and Design Technology instructor at one of the top 25 high schools in the U.S., Mr. Ruth’s commitment to student success is evident in the impressive graduation rate of 96 percent–the highest in the school’s history.

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Math High School High School Grades 239

Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2019

As he wrote: “For example, Peacemaker, a game that simulates of Israeli-Palestinian politics, is a fine choice for a political science or history class on the topic but is ill suited for the rest of the curriculum.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 24, 2015

Technology and the connected world put a fork in the old model of teaching–instructor in front of the class, sage on the stage, students madly taking notes, textbooks opened to the chapter being reviewed, homework as worksheets based on the text, tests regurgitating important facts. Did I miss anything?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

It turns out that academics in the survey were most interested in getting a better understanding of who’s in their courses—details like student demographic information and prior academic history. The bot, “Jill Watson,” passed the Turing test—students thought they were interacting with a human TA. TOO FLY: Drones are dangerous.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Key points: Traditional classroom learning is now modernizing Debates remain about online vs. classroom learning Stay up to date on the latest in classroom learning trends Classroom learning remains a cornerstone of education, fostering a dynamic environment where students engage with peers and instructors in real-time.

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