eSchool News

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on student engagement and online or hybrid learning strategies related to pandemic teaching. This year’s 9th most-read story focuses on strategies for impactful remote learning.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on student engagement and online or hybrid learning strategies related to pandemic teaching. This year’s 4th most-read story focuses on some learning strategies that have staying power.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on student engagement and online or hybrid learning strategies related to pandemic teaching. This year’s 8th most-read story focuses on the unanticipated benefits COVID had on learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

“What we are hearing is students are personally overwhelmed, emotionally overwhelmed—and facing financial hardship, technology issues and difficulties with child care that are preventing them from logging on,” says Tim Renick, founding executive director of the National Institute for Student Success at Georgia State University.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on student engagement and online or hybrid learning strategies related to pandemic teaching. This year’s 7th most-read story focuses on the myriad ways technology is changing literacy instruction.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

GoGuardian, a K-12 EdTech company dedicated to maximizing each student’s learning potential by providing solutions that enable more productive and safer digital learning, today announced a merger with Pear Deck, an award-winning and market-leading student engagement platform. www.goguardian.com. About Pear Deck.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2025

When a student struggles with math anxiety or needs encouragement after a tough day, they need more than algorithmic responses–they need human connection. Teachers read facial expressions, sense classroom mood shifts, and build the trust that makes learning possible. Good teachers use AI as a helpful classroom aide.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on student engagement and online or hybrid learning strategies related to pandemic teaching. Abrupt shifts to virtual and hybrid learning laid bare the vast inequities that exist in the U.S.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Others paid attention to the data and rising number of coronavirus cases and used their summers more wisely to design for better remote/hybrid learning and teaching than the mostly-low-level direct instruction, digital worksheets, and paper homework packets that we saw last spring. All of this work was virtual.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

While the possibilities for flexible, innovative learning models are myriad, stories from across the country make it clear that as a nation, we are largely missing this opportunity. In this case, it often comes down to fundamental changes to the very structure of virtual and hybrid learning models.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. –Carol DeFuria, President & CEO, VHS Learning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

As we wrapped up 2020, we thought for sure that 2021 might bring us a reprieve from pandemic learning. Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. With COVID-19 we learned lessons that will carry over into 2022.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Trends in K-12 education in 2023 will continue into 2024, most notably immersive technologies, artificial intelligence, personalized learning, and online and hybrid learning. Immersive technologies such as virtual and augmented reality are redefining traditional learning methods.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 21, 2025

Understanding your goals helps in prioritizing features that are essential for achieving desired outcomes, such as improving student engagement or accommodating diverse learning needs. Support at home: Determine if students have the necessary support at home to assist with their learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2021

Assistant Principal Ronda Smith remembers her heart racing when she learned that John F. Kennedy Middle School would pivot to remote learning because of the pandemic. We had to figure out how to get students engaged online, which was already a focus in the brick-and-mortar setting. “We That’s what Pear Deck provided us.

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eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2025

Some lessons also have virtual labs that students can complete on their own to further their exploration. This program also provides the educator with the ability to assign the same science article to students to read, but at their reading level.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2020

How do I keep students engaged? And how do I care for students’ mental health, as well as my own, during such an isolating time? How Can Educators Tap Into Research to Increase Engagement During Remote Learning? by Kerry Rice and Kristin Kipp What does student engagement look like in virtual settings?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In English [class], that’s, ‘Can you read and write and communicate?’” Through this approach, Miller assesses students’ progress in more meaningful ways, coaching them from the perspective of a co-rider on their learning journey. Can you do the things that I’m supposed to make sure you can do?’

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The district formed a partnership with HMH—purchasing HMH Into Math, HMH Into Reading, HMH Into Literature, and Waggle programs, along with professional services, which are all accessed via Ed, HMH’s learning platform. Epic Charter Schools offers online learning to more than 30,000 students in the state of Oklahoma.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

As the weeks wore on, it seemed that many students would, thankfully, finish the school year with much of their learning intact. In fact, some studies forecast that high performers would actually see improvement in certain areas, such as reading, during times of independent learning.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

By immersing students in dynamic activities, stimulating discussions, and collaborative endeavors, educators can transcend the limitations of the digital realm and revolutionize online teaching. Incorporate interactive activities Interactive activities can help keep students engaged and motivated in online learning.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

By immersing students in dynamic activities, stimulating discussions, and collaborative endeavors, educators can transcend the limitations of the digital realm and revolutionize online teaching. Incorporate interactive activities Interactive activities can help keep students engaged and motivated in online learning.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

While AI can be a powerful tool to augment the teaching experience, human instructors remain essential for fostering student engagement, critical thinking, and emotional well-being. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the shift towards online and hybrid learning models in community colleges.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

While AI can be a powerful tool to augment the teaching experience, human instructors remain essential for fostering student engagement, critical thinking, and emotional well-being. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the shift towards online and hybrid learning models in community colleges.

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k12 Online Schools

MAY 9, 2025

This blog explores 10 powerful, practical, and research-backed ways to make online and hybrid learning environments enjoyable again. Turn Learning into a Game (Gamify It) Children naturally gravitate toward play. Badges and Levels: Acknowledge milestones like mastering a math topic or reading five books in a month.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on student engagement and online or hybrid learning strategies related to pandemic teaching. This year’s Number 1 most-read story focuses on what back-to-school looks like during pandemic learning.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2025

Here is what I believe to be among the best resources now available to support blended learning: Lexia assesses and places students within various levels of their program to provide targeted reading instruction across all areas of reading, including phonological awareness, phonics/decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

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eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2025

Students now struggle with mental health challenges that feel more pervasive and more persistent than before the pandemic. Schools continue to report more behavior problems and less student engagement. All of this has led schools to take a more active role in supporting student mental health and emotional well-being.

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