eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Many students’ families could not afford computers, or even an internet connection. The type of learning and work environments students will experience after they graduate resemble the traditional “sage-on-the-stage,” textbook-driven model of teaching less and less. Provide real-world opportunities. Blue Valley Public Schools (Kans.)

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eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2022

STEM Activities Designed for students in grades K-12, these activities from Siemens STEM Day – an educational initiative with The Siemens Foundation – bring science, technology, engineering, and math to life inside and outside the classroom.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

Today, the organization is launching its first full (and free) math curriculum as a starting (and proving) point. Authored by nonprofit Illustrative Mathematics, the curriculum covers Common Core standards for grades 6-8 math. If the ambitious goals does fall short, Singer is convinced the resources won’t drift into the internet abyss.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Schacht credits the growing availability of broadband internet in schools for helping “get his product into the hands of teachers directly.” Today, Discovery Education is best known for its digital textbooks (“Techbooks”) for math, science and social studies subjects. Much of the company’s growth has come through these channels.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Project10Million , from T-Mobile, is an initiative aimed at delivering internet connectivity to millions of underserved student households at no cost. With features like a collaborative workspace, customizable games and activities, and digital tools for documentation, it is built to enhance the therapy experience.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Four school-based pieces you’ll need: a robust infrastructure–these additional digital devices require an extended internet interface as well as sufficient bandwidth to transport all that data. Digital textbooks. Traditional textbooks are heavy, clunky, expensive, and are always at school when you need them at home.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2024

Not only was I unprepared for the levels of math and study skills required, but as a bleeding-heart, 17-year-old, I wanted to do something to help my community. These attributes make them ideal candidates to thrive in science, but the curriculum requires a level of math and reading that makes the science itself hard to grasp.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Khan Academy) also fall within the category of instructional technology, as do digital textbooks and “open educational resources,” materials that are available online for free or at a low cost. For low-income students and users (including institutions) located in rural areas, internet access is still not available everywhere.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2022

This expansion comes on the heels of Kiddom and Kendall Hunt’s successful partnership in February 2021 to provide the Illustrative Mathematics K-12 math curriculum to users interested in a more robust or exclusively digital experience. Kiddom works on any device, on any web browser and on a wide range of internet speeds.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 19, 2023

It includes animated books, talking picture books, read-along chapter books, national geographic videos, non-fiction books, playlists, graphic novels, math stories, as well as books in Spanish and French. International Library Internet Archive — Internet Archive offers over 12,000,000 freely downloadable books and texts.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2018

Instead of teaching with a math textbook, it’s way more fun to teach with Chrome Music lab, he added.” Internet Abridged is a summarization extension that sums up any website in a few paragraphs (perfect for long Wikipedia articles, Sneed said). It’s also a great way to teach AB patterns.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2019

Let’s look at that term, “digital native” Techopedia defines it as: a person born or brought up during the age of digital technology and therefore familiar with computers and the Internet from an early age. The New York Post reported in 2018 that as many as 5 million schoolage children have no Internet access.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Computers were still housed in labs or on carts, but one-to-one computing and internet accessibility were hot topics. The big players at the time were the large textbook publishers. The largest companies in 2010 were the textbook providers. They were the most powerful companies in education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 26, 2017

For years, my teaching revolved around textbooks as my resources. When the Internet arrived, I — as did my colleagues — adopted it mostly for two reasons: 1) research — in place of the library, and 2) rote drills, such as supporting math practice. But that has changed. CK-12 Flexbooks.

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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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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2015

Many students’ families could not afford computers, or even an internet connection. The type of learning and work environments students will experience after they graduate resemble the traditional “sage-on-the-stage,” textbook-driven model of teaching less and less. Provide real-world opportunities. Blue Valley Public Schools (Kans.)

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

With support from former Governor Bev Perdue, North Carolina’s schools got access to broadband internet through a statewide education network that connected public schools, universities and community colleges. DigiLEARN , a nonprofit started by Perdue, has continued to help drive that work. A Vision for Digital Learning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2019

A packed crowd of students between country’s equivalent of sixth and 10th grades, sat for a math lesson from a 38-year-old tutor-turned-CEO. In this still from a Byju's provided video, about 20,000 students pack the country's largest indoor arena for a math lesson from the company's CEO in 2013.

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Lab to Class

MARCH 31, 2024

Math manipulatives are used in many early years math programs as a way to help young children visualize the mathematical concepts they are learning. Math manipulatives are often relegated to only being used for students with Dyscalculia or other learning difficulties. Gros et al.,

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2020

You may love what the app can do (like gamify math or quizzify science) but the technology required is more than you can handle, might require hours of time just to learn how to apply it. Teachers can launch a specific app, website, or textbook page and/or share the app or student work using Apple TV. The tech must be there.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Generation Z, commonly defined as people born between 1996 and 2010, are known as digital natives because they have grown up using the Internet and other technologies (“What is Gen Z”, 2024). I ask them to read the textbook chapter (Skripak et al., Superheroes in math class: Using comics to teach diversity awareness. Richard, S.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 27, 2020

The Internet has made it easier to gather, evaluate, summarize and disseminate information. If for example, you’re a math teacher, you may refer students struggling to grasp the Pythagorean Theorem to view Khan Academy videos so that they can catch up with the rest of the class.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

By simply sharing a link to a textbook or by uploading a PDF, the AI then auto-creates well-designed slides that teachers tweak to use for sleek lesson presentations. AI transforms textbooks into interactive study guides. New AI technologies can be used directly by publishers to auto-convert textbooks into engaging video lessons.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Whether or not it hit the $300 million worth of software and professional services the company originally promised is unknown; do the math, and Adobe would’ve only reached $300 million if it donated an average of $200,000 worth of materials to each ones of those 1,450 schools over the two years. Take Adobe , for example.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Generation Z, commonly defined as people born between 1996 and 2010, are known as digital natives because they have grown up using the Internet and other technologies (“What is Gen Z”, 2024). I ask them to read the textbook chapter (Skripak et al., Superheroes in math class: Using comics to teach diversity awareness. Richard, S.

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Assignments Teaching Ethics Fairness 92

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Within these walls, knowledge transcends textbooks, as discussions, debates, and collaborations spark deeper understanding. Students can access course materials and participate in learning activities from anywhere with an internet connection, allowing for greater flexibility in scheduling and location.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2016

Three pieces that you especially want to look for: a robust infrastructure–all these digital devices require an extended internet interface as well as sufficient bandwidth to transport all that data. Digital textbooks. Traditional textbooks are heavy, clunky, expensive, and are always at school when you need them at home.

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Textbooks Internet Discussions Feedback 68

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2018

Less about textbooks and more about authentic resources. Textbooks used to be de rigueur in a classroom. No more waiting for the expensive update to a textbook. Additionally, with increasing availability of the Internet, students and parents can access classwork and schedules online , from anywhere, twenty-four hours a day.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

I have a list of eight research sites that walk the line between stodgy (textbooks) and out-there (Twitter and Facebook), designed by their developers with an eye toward enticing students in and then keeping their interest. Topics include math, science, history, geography, music, religious education, and more. World Almanac for Kids.

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k12 Online Schools

MAY 12, 2025

Welcome to the Hidden Curriculum of the Internet We often imagine learning as something that happens within school walls, books opened, teachers talking, students taking notes. This is the hidden curriculum of the internet, which aids online learning. Math tutors breaking down formulas into TikTok challenges. And guess what?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 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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k12 Online Schools

APRIL 23, 2025

Technology-Enhanced Learning Experiences Online education isnt just textbooks uploaded to a computer. Inconsistent Internet Connectivity No matter how beautiful the destination, weak internet can bring learning to a halt. Many families traveling through different regions encounter fluctuating internet speeds.

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k12 Online Schools

MAY 3, 2025

On the surface, they educate students in math, science, and literature. Not all families have equal access to technology, stable internet, or a quiet learning space. It signals that the school values lived culture, not just textbook content. Or does it, paradoxically, offer new ways to expand and express it?

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EAB

APRIL 11, 2023

So we took presidents to Zappos, a shoe sales company, a internet portal to get presidents to think about customer service and innovation and organizational values. We took them to LinkedIn, to Google, to Slack. We had a virtual presidential experience lab with a design firm called IDEO to get presidents thinking about design thinking.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

High-quality curricular materials that emphasize historical thinking skills, such as the Stanford History Education Group’s “Think Like a Historian” framework, are now readily available on the Internet. It’s now rare to find a textbook that doesn’t include a spotlight on key primary sources. That’s no surprise.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 9, 2023

Higher education has not been particularly embracive to new technologies, at least not since the invention of the internet. Students in these classes study for multiple-choice exams from well-established textbooks in a similar way to their peers for the last century. Another strength of technology is its multi-mediality.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 9, 2023

Higher education has not been particularly embracive to new technologies, at least not since the invention of the internet. Students in these classes study for multiple-choice exams from well-established textbooks in a similar way to their peers for the last century. Another strength of technology is its multi-mediality.

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Technology Teaching Exams Intelligence 98