eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The lack of computer science technology educators in middle schools continues to be a genuine crisis, especially considering the critical role of STEM education in preparing students for future careers. But we’re not testing the teachers. We’re seeing more and more middle school students taking.

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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. Kami demonstrated its all-in-one digital learning platform.

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2025

A student might not remember their score on a math test, but they likely vividly recall that time they shot the winning basket that sent their team to the state championship. Tech as a tool to facilitate movement-based learning Using technology to support learning is a core priority at West Baton Rouge Parish Schools. Be creative.

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eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2019

The system is fast, reliable, and flexible (students register from anywhere they have internet access), and it lists graduation requirements during registration. Next steps: Several of our high school locations host 9th-grade students; we are beginning the process of having our incoming 9th-grade students use arena scheduling.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2015

By middle school, they work in online groups through forums, wikis, and Google Apps. Doing a project that uses Google Docs or MS Word doesn’t mean students will apply that knowledge to the year-end PARCC and SB tests. Visiting the internet includes certain rights and responsibilities. Internet use.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

A few classrooms down, Baselice’s colleague Jonathan Nardolilli teaches middle school mathematics using a board game he created himself to instruct students about the different angles created by parallel lines intersecting a transversal. Like Angie, Croft’s online game options also get stuck in the school’s filters.

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eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2020

With virtual learning a reality for many families for the rest of the school year, the Learning at Home Center is an educational and fun supplement that features daily activities, printable worksheets, test prep quizzes, videos, and book vocabulary lists. ”

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

We also know that prioritizing underserved students means better literacy tools that support ELL students, which requires more internet access for students.”. To build a stronger infrastructure and get to better internet access, the district needed a strong team of decision-makers, so the story of Renton really starts with its people.

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Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

Xiong Fanyan, who oversees instructional affairs at a middle school in Beijing, has recorded a short tutorial video and uploaded it to Tencent Video for his students to watch. Other art classes can test parents as much as students, as is the case for Zoe, a college senior who lives in Luoyang, in central China.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2020

With price packages that range from from 499 rupees (about $7) a month to 1,499 rupees (about $20) for two years, EduRev offers videos, notes and practice tests on subjects that range from business and programming to engineering and economics. The platform hosts more than 500 courses and 100,000 videos, documents and tests.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

I began my career teaching middle school in a windowless classroom in south Los Angeles where I wore slacks, heels and blouses. Some had tested positive for COVID-19, or had a parent in the hospital, or were paying out of pocket for school because there was some glitch with their FAFSA, or their internet was slow.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2023

For Christopher Faidley, a middle school computer science teacher who once taught advanced technology to Bir, it’s a place to send inquisitive parents. “I Bir says the site has about 10,000 users. And teachers say they are finding it useful.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Teachers and principals also increasingly voice opposition to blocking social websites, noting that schools have an obligation to teach students how to use social media responsibly. Learning how to behave online responsibly and safely—a concept known as digital citizenship—requires access to social media tools in schools, they note.

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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

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

However, Taos Academy’s learning model, like that of many schools, underwent a real time stress test in the spring with our sudden shift to emergency remote teaching and learning. We ended that article with a Spiderman reference: “With great power, comes great responsibility.”

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

According to the CRPE analysis, which looked at plans from more than 100 districts and charter school groups, less than half were offering summer programs for elementary and middle school students, while 58 percent were offering a program for high schoolers.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

From IBM’s test scoring machines in the 1930s to the Speak & Spells of the 70s, innovators and educators have been trying to improve education with technology for decades. At the end of the day, edtech can feel like one more thing on a teacher’s plate. But these efforts have fallen short of meaningfully transforming learning.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Yet most high school and middle school students are illiterate when it comes to online texts, and can’t discern real information from fake news. Rather than an essay or multiple choice test, students create videos to demonstrate their knowledge. We can not omit digital literacy from our curriculum. engagement and passion.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2025

This flavor of internet short-form content absurd, easily produced, no plot appears to be having an effect on its viewers that is being felt by schools and youth mental health experts. Theyre not allowed at all on elementary and middle school campuses. In this way, scrolling can become a behavioral addiction.

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eSchool News

APRIL 28, 2016

K-12 school system saves thousands per year as it doubles internet bandwidth and achieves a 10x increase in private fiber connection speeds. Ramsey School District comprises three elementary schools, the Smith Middle School and Ramsey High School.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

It was 2006, and Miller—then an investigative reporter in the Washington bureau of the Los Angeles Times—had just spoken to 175 sixth graders at his daughter’s middle school about his job as a journalist and why it mattered. One of the things students like the best about Checkology is it’s real world,” Miller says. “We

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2016

Many of them would enjoy the creative problem-solving of engineering—and they won’t know unless they choose, enjoy, and stay involved in engineering coursework during middle and high school. Encouraging diverse participation in STEM in middle school is crucial. That’s the teacher’s job. Engage your community.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

When I was a middle school teacher in Los Angeles Unified School District, I looked longingly at the work of sales reps and trainers at edtech companies. Specifically, external, uncontrollable forces like power outages, internet loss and fire drills can still throw a wrench in carefully planned edtech-infused lessons.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2018

Rather than continue to rely on end-of-unit tests to measure student progress, educators will continue to embrace data analytics tools to deliver feedback in real time, said Richard Culatta, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education, in a statement issued by ISTE in August.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Prior to the 2021-2022 school year, the district’s assessment data showed math scores were low, contributing to 14 out of 48 schools in the district being identified as low performing in 2019. Ramaz School Nominated by: RobotLAB Inc. This lab includes various STEM products, modular seating, and curriculum.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

Like moths to a flame, curious and tech-savvy students have always pushed the limits of what educators deem ‘acceptable use’ of school technology. We provide them with access to powerful, general-purpose computing devices, access to the internet, and time—and at younger and younger ages. This is in no way a new phenomenon.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Now the superintendent of Henry County (Virginia) Public Schools, Cotton is himself looking for new ways to leverage technology to teach his students. In that vein, he is also impressed with how Bieber used the Internet to find a following as a homemade YouTube sensation. “We But it really kicks in during middle school.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2017

At the end of the session, a personalized five-question assessment (known as an “Exit Slip”) is given to test concepts they individually worked on that day. Glitches in the system/internet mean that students often miss instructional time, are unable to complete their Exit Slip, or are late to their next class,” the parents wrote.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 27, 2020

The materials are available for free on the Internet and as part of BrainPop subscriptions. It is suitable for middle- and high-school students. Students start the course with a pre-test to determine a baseline for their financial literacy.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

Children as young as two are utilizing tablets, exploring the apps on smartphones, and accessing knowledge via the internet. Rigorous, standards-aligned content is uploaded daily to educational websites, apps, and test banks. Felicia Zorn has taught both middle school in Georgia and elementary school in Tennessee.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2019

Sara Rowe and Lennelle Gilpin, who teach middle school geography in Wentzville, Mo., Michael Milton, a high school history teacher in Burlington, Mass., The sweet spot for Carmen has always been pegged at about middle school, when kids are just old enough to get the puns and the geography.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Activities present as a timed test (between one and five minutes) that are selected by grade and topic. Type Dojo also has a link to KidzType where students can access a wide variety of keyboarding games to mix in with the tests. In fact, each test is prefaced with hints on the correct way to type: Always Sit Straight.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 30, 2018

School buildings in the district have been outfitted with Aruba wireless APs, and classrooms have been supplied with tools such as interactive whiteboards, student laptop carts and teacher devices. Before the upgrade, a group of about 100 students gathered in a large space to take an online test.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

While tech isn’t the sole focus of the blog, the agency does highlight unique and differentiated learning styles and schools that are bolstered by tech. How do you make middle school English more exciting and engaging for a generation that has known what a smartphone is from nearly birth? Teaching Above the Test.

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2020

Past Teachers-in-Residence include a middle school science teacher, a kindergarten teacher and a performing arts teacher, but for this year’s program, the library specifically wanted to bring on a civics teacher to build out its digital collection of civics-focused curriculum materials. That's a really interesting example.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 1, 2018

Purchase a School License for one grade and get the second grade level for free on either of the following: student tech curriculum workbooks (K-8). student keyboarding workbooks (K-Middle School). Benefits of a School License. provide access to full text PDF from every digital device in your school, 24 hours a day.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2016

Best suited for any age group for viewing, late Middle School and up for creating. Record directly from the internet or through downloaded software. Screenchomp is a perfect choice to test out screencasting. It can be available to select participants or public viewing, depending upon the settings you select.

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