eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Research shows fewer students are starting the year prepared for math and ELA, fewer are on target to learn to read, and there are more gaps in phonics, and sophisticated math skill comprehension. Discovery Education launched Sandbox AR, a new, no-cost, Augmented Reality app. Kami demonstrated its all-in-one digital learning platform.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2023

As instructors and students press pause for winter break, journalists at EdSurge are likewise taking some time away from writing and editing during the last week of 2023. I have read and loved them all. Read more from Emily here. Read more from Jeff here. I give “The Anthropocene Reviewed” five stars.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Beanstack , an edtech platform that helps schools encourage kids to read through gamification, demonstrated the importance of engaging readers. Beanstack helps educators and librarians encourage reading by making it easy to create and promote reading challenges for their communities.

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Mobile Devices Gamification Science STEM 345

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

All too often, they would wind up needing to ask their instructor a question about the assignment but had no time to receive an answer before the deadline passed. Mobile learning management apps enable students to do their schoolwork and attend class whenever and wherever they have an internet connection.

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Online Learning Instructors Coaching Mobile Devices 189

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

Even when students are all in the same time zone—such as for most K-12 schools and community colleges—getting to a live online class on time can be challenging for those who live in households where there aren’t enough computers or tablets for every learner, or where the internet connection isn’t robust enough.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The internet has become an invaluable resource for students and teachers alike, offering a vast repository of educational materials, research, and collaborative tools. The science of reading is another big piece of modern education. Equity and access are two major issues that continue to shape what education looks like in 2024.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

K-12 classroom instructors, instructional coaches, and educational administrators are invited to enroll. Each session includes expert video screencasts, classroom video clips, readings and resources, and assignments that will help participants create a strong foundation of communication within the classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2021

In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Pre-requisite: the 21 st Century Tech-infused Teacher or permission of the instructor. netiquette.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2023

All last year, you read, and we tallied. Thanks for reading, and happy new year. By Rebecca Koenig Some entrepreneurs predict that a new digital world is being born, one where internet users retain ownership of their online activities, thanks to blockchain technology that reduces the control of education institutions and corporations.

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Education Exams Instructors Essay 174

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

Listen to the conversation below, or read a partial transcript, lightly edited for clarity. What are some of the accessibility needs college students have that instructors, researchers and course designers should be thinking about when moving courses online? Do they have internet connections? Physical accessibility.

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Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Today, over 2.9

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

And as one-to-one device programs gain traction ( hitting over 50 percent in 2017 , and climbing into the 80 and 90 percent range during the pandemic ), it’s safe to assume that more students will be asking their questions to Google before their instructors. It’s not difficult to see a child’s reasoning behind this.

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Intelligence Schools Quizzes Ethics 218

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 16, 2022

One of the main benefits of using asynchronous videos in your online class is that the videos provide a sense of intimacy in the classroom which leads to increased instructor presence. Instructors can create prompts in programs, such as VoiceThread and Flipgrid, that require students to interact through asynchronous videos. .

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Instructors Assignments Feedback Lecturing 145

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2023

After all, it’s tailor-made to craft the kinds of essays that instructors ask for. Or read a partial transcript below, condensed and edited for clarity. In the past, any new approach to cheating has spread slowly, often in secret on dark corners of the internet. So professors have been quick to respond.

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Academic Integrity Intelligence Essay Language 204

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

For the most part, lessons for subjects that have been traditionally taught via blackboards and Powerpoint presentations—like math and reading—could still be delivered effectively using online tools. But what about hands-on subjects like art, music and PE that often require equipment, movement and interaction?

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Art Teaching Internet Physical Education 196

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Library innovations in the 21 st century include building a space that students actually want to inhabi, whicht is imperative to facilitating their learning and curiosity when it comes to reading. During the 2021-2022 school year, the Reading School District saw over 13,000 ebooks and audiobooks checked out through the Sora K-12 reading app.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2019

Read part 1 and part 2. More colleges are using it for online learning, since it can make students and instructors more present to each other than most other media. Videoconferencing requires robust internet connection that not all students have access to, and even downloading video clips can be challenging on some connections.

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Assignments Teaching Learning Lecturing 164

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

They arrange cozy reading nooks and construct colorful bulletin boards. These default features force online instructors to use a style of teaching that feels more like shouting to the masses than engaging in meaningful conversations. We can’t meaningfully listen to the deafening roar of the internet.

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Online Learning Instructors Learning Quizzes 159

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

However, to increase the probability of long term success and to reduce teacher/instructor frustration, organizations need to ensure that the broader fundamentals are in place before asking teachers to change. While reading these points, rate your organization on a scale of 1 (Poor) to 5 (Excellent). Infrastructure requirements.

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eLearning Internet Instructors Accessibility 169

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

As colleges ask faculty to prepare for a possible online, hybrid or altered in-person fall semester—or all three simultaneously—many instructors are wondering how to best measure student learning. Listen to the conversation, or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

From the very start of digital education, the big question has always been: ”How can students learn effectively, if they’re not face-to-face with their instructors?” I’d send instructors off into virtual classrooms, practically on their own, with little or no support. Sink or swim. All you need is your imagination.”

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Online Learning Lecturing Learning Instructors 153

Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2024

And that’s true even when instructors force students to put away their smartphones. Her argument is that our internet-connected devices have changed the way people relate to others, even when devices are temporarily removed. Or read a partial transcript, edited for clarity, below. Let's talk about solutions.

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Attention Students Instructors Communication 217

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

I knew of ChatGPT from reading articles online, but I didn't know how it worked. The instructor was really supportive. I have also held class discussions about how AI works and how it is trained with information from the internet. I was just worried that my students would use this to write all their essays!

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Teachers Intelligence Essay Social Studies 207

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Instructors can use AI for editing as well. Students and instructors were learning to ask new questions in new ways. A fellow instructor suggested I try audio or video presentation assignments instead. The result was the same, as I could tell students were simply reading from a pre-written source.

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Intelligence Plagiarism Quizzes Academic Integrity 144

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

Or read a portion of the interview below, lightly edited for clarity. A lot has changed—they were using fax machines back then and now we have the internet. All of this data was compiled into these statistical reports that were accessible by instructors and administrators and I was kind of overwhelmed by that. Learn more here.

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Instructors Learning Counselling Accessibility 166

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

However, these statements are either written so broadly that there can be different interpretations of the language, or these statements indicate that the responsibility of determining what is allowable depends on the instructor, or both! Unfortunately, most instructors do not make their perspectives regarding GenAI tools clear to students.

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Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 137

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 5, 2022

In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Pre-requisite: the 21 st Century Tech-infused Teacher or permission of the instructor. Teach Writing with Tech.

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Coaching Authentic Assessment Writing Participation 158

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Apart from cost, another obstacle to 3D printing in schools is the lack of familiarity in most instructors for utilizing this technology or the techniques for applying it to everyday educational use. She spends her free time trying out new recipes or reading Scandinavian crime novels. 3D Printing Resources. Hour of Code: 3DTin.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 6, 2024

It is quite possible to increase the number of seats in a well-designed online class, but for online instructors to build and facilitate student centered courses based on active learning and inclusive pedagogy, there are some important considerations. This is not possible online, so instructors need to increase communication efforts.

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Instructors Course Design Students Authentic Assessment 116

Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2020

It seemed like an easy job: Hang out and read with kids all day, go home at 3 o’clock and have a three month summer break. I am currently teaching two freshman English classes at a large public university as a graduate student instructor in exchange for $15,000. Overworked and Underpaid Teachers have long been underappreciated.

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Teachers Art Internet Curriculum 190

Faculty Focus

MARCH 13, 2025

When students evaluations are viewed by instructors as a type of formative assessment to be used as a tool for instructional improvement, mid-semester feedback surveys allow instructors to immediately respond to their students needs (Chapman & Joines, 2017; Diamond, 2004). 2002; Spencer & Schmelkin, 2002).

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Feedback Questions Course Evaluations Evaluation 101

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

One National Academy of Science published study indicates that despite active learning being identified as a superior method of instruction, most college STEM instructors continue to choose traditional teaching methods. When the instructor presents in PK style: The audience cannot rely on pre-printed text notes or presentation text.

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Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 122

Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2023

The list includes some new things we tried this year, like an episode where the author of an investigative EdSurge article read the feature aloud, and an episode recorded in front of a live audience as a session at the SXSW EDU conference. Educators Are Demoralized. What's the Way Forward? By Jeffrey R.

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Ethics Instructors History Attention 157

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2020

In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Pre-requisite: the 21 st Century Tech-infused Teacher or permission of the instructor. netiquette.

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Authentic Assessment Plagiarism Instructors Writing 107

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2023

So far, Grant has seen innovative offerings sprout up across the country, like aviation and welding programs in North Dakota and a mobile after-school program inside a bus equipped with internet access that travels to trailer parks and serves youth and families in rural Colorado. Students reported high levels of anxiety and stress.

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Schools Instructors Participation Accessibility 174

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

Today, many of my colleagues who remain wedded to the traditional face-to-face teaching modality share some of the same fears I experienced as a beginning online asynchronous instructor. As college professors and instructors, we are the content experts and instructional leaders of our courses. caretaker, internet concerns).

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Instructors Disabilities Culture Syllabus 107

eSchool News

MAY 27, 2016

I can’t fit all of this week’s news stories here, though, so feel free to visit eSchoolNews.com and read up on other news you may have missed. Read on for more: 3 ways to revamp lessons for the interactive learner. A growing number of today’s instructors also fall into this group.

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