Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Lessons are designed with an inquiry-based approach, where students and teachers explore science “mysteries” collaboratively through videos, reading and hands-on activities. Schacht credits the growing availability of broadband internet in schools for helping “get his product into the hands of teachers directly.”

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2015

This is the latest innovative educational tool that Rand McNally has introduced to help teachers incorporate geography across the curriculum in social studies, history and geography, as well as reading programs and writing lesson plans.

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Social Studies History Internet Questions 181

Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

Laptops and internet connections are not available in every household , and even students who usually have such resources available may now find themselves competing for them with siblings or parents studying or working from home. And broadband Internet connections aren’t available everywhere, especially in rural parts of the U.S.

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Distance Learning Syllabus Internet Learning 212

Priceless Ponderings

APRIL 14, 2025

Priceless Ponderings The Best Homeschool Social Studies Curriculum for Busy Parents Finding the perfect homeschool social studies curriculum can feel overwhelming. If you’re a busy parent, you need a curriculum that simplifies your life while making social studies exciting for your child.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

For social studies educators, a presidential election year is a big deal. I’ve always relished these times because they’re part of what makes social studies special. Social studies teachers must support their students as they encounter: Major attacks on journalism. Evolving forms of media delivery.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2016

There are certification tracks on Google, Microsoft, Apple, SMART, among other topics, like online assessment, STEM, ELA, Math, Social Studies, and PBL. Edmentum , a provider of web-based learning solutions, announces a brand-new K-6 math, reading, and ELA individualized learning program.

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English Language Languages Math 180

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2022

They tie arguments to class reading, general knowledge as well as evidence from research. This is an exercise as much for presenters as audience, and is graded on reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. Expect them to read closely, but work quickly, and make decisions based on their knowledge of reliable websites.

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Activities Schools Writing Knowledge 202

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Recently, EdSurge spoke with Chelsey McClelland, a third-year social studies teacher at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis who recently completed the ISTE U course Artificial Intelligence Explorations for Educators. I knew of ChatGPT from reading articles online, but I didn't know how it worked.

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Teachers Intelligence Essay Social Studies 207

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

5G, short for fifth generation, refers to wireless networks that support internet speeds that will allow data to move faster, in larger amounts, for more simultaneous users than ever before. 5G is about so much more than just eliminating laggy internet connections in crowded places, Grootegoed explains.

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Education Textbooks Internet Social Studies 167

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Talk of the metaverse is everywhere, even though the new, more immersive internet isn’t exactly here yet. And it's more than just reading and math. Even so, some educators are trying to get ahead of the curve to help influence what kinds of education products and services emerge in the metaverse. That's not what real learning is about.

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Lecturing Education Math Internet 162

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

What’s happened with COVID is low-income students and students of color had less internet access, so with the closures, there were kids who literally could not participate in school. The schoolhouse door was barred for them because they didn’t have internet access. It shouldn’t be that those are reserved for the affluent.

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Failure History Schools Internet 196

Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Incorporate famous tourist destinations and cultural practices for additional social studies coverage! Reading Fluency, Grades K to 8: Film the pages of a storybook, pausing on each page long enough for a student to read it. Drop the filmed pages of the book into the background, then film the student reading the story.

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Art Language Languages History 167

eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2016

Each Spring Forward grade-level purchase option consists of six copies each of 60 or more science and social studies leveled books organized into two-book sets. Second-grade resources progress from emergent to early/fluent reading levels to scaffold diverse readers.

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Education Learning Grades Social Studies 127

Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

In reading the Times’ analysis, it can seem that not only does every textbook have a point of view, but every edition as well. Historiography is hard, but undoubtedly easier in the internet age, which has made primary sources more accessible than ever. So these are politicians, not teachers. But you need to teach them how to think.”

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Textbooks History Teachers Critical Thinking 218

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2023

A positive compliment that I hear sometimes from my students or from people on the internet is like, ‘Oh my goodness, you make history so interesting,’” Cella explains. They don't want other types of people to be able to have access to the curriculum, and that's done on purpose — especially in social studies.”

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History Teaching Learning Social Studies 41

Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2020

beloved for its ornate ceilings, historic reading room and, well, everything it represents. Or read the partial transcript, which has been lightly edited for clarity. I taught there for 19 years, and taught pretty much anything that would keep me employed within social studies. The law is the law.”

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History Social Studies Study Writing 181

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2022

As Twitter moved into its second decade, templates for fake Twitter accounts for teachers showed up on the internet. The assignment followed various readings about the two figures. For social studies teachers, Twitter is a great resource to study news stories and the concept of civic reasoning.

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History Textbooks Assignments Study 172

Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2016

He teaches 7th grade social studies in Highland Park, Illinois. I kept on looking at how we could take these skills of being able to read, write, and think, and take them to the next level. I kept on looking at how we could take these skills of being able to read, write, and think, and take them to the next level.

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Failure Motivation Writing Culture 161

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 6, 2015

When third grade students use the internet to research a topic, do they know how to do that safely and legally? No matter the class, that teacher–be s/he history, literacy, social studies, math, reading, writing, or tech–reminds students of the right way to keyboard.

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Teachers Plagiarism History Math 139

Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2018

On another occasion, student leaders read aloud from social media posts meant to cause harm. In classrooms that felt this was another added responsibility, I collaborated with our librarian to team teach these concepts into the social studies lessons we already taught.

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Discussions Social Studies Activities Curriculum 156

Edsurge

MAY 29, 2018

I was trying to find a school that had the internet to be able to Skype. I’m an ELA teacher, so I tied it into culture in my social studies lessons. Read a story about imaginative play and discuss similarities and differences in play across communities. But my students wanted more. They had so many questions.

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Teachers Culture Questions Social Studies 147

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

To better assist them, Savvas has created a parent user guide with how-to videos to help families get their students set up on Realize and to take full advantage of their digital curriculum, online and offline in cases of limited Internet access. The guide is available in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Arabic, and Haitian Creole.

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Distance Learning Teachers History Schools 133

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Reading, writing, speaking and listening. how to use the internet. how to read ebooks from an iPad. taskbar disappeared, can’t find a program, internet window too small). how to use the internet. how to read ebooks from an iPad. taskbar disappeared, can’t find a program, internet window too small).

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Activities Schools Writing Quizzes 124

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2023

Or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity. Justin Reich: When I was a high school history teacher, I was relatively early in the United States to have a classroom that was one-to-one with wireless laptops with the internet. EdSurge recently connected with Reich to dig into that question.

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Schools History Writing Feedback 157

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2016

Podcasts are episodic series of audio, video, or PDF files that can be downloaded or streamed through the internet. They could be assigned a particular news topic in a geography, history, or social studies class, or weekly podcasts could even replace reading responses in an ELA class. More on audio learning.

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Exams Assignments Social Studies Study 104

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Where it used to be sufficient to teach students how to thrive in their home country, that falls woefully short in a world where the internet reaches everyone, anywhere, where geopolitical borders have little effect on international activities, where the customs and culture of a country have a significant impact on student learning.

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Students Internet Activities Social Studies 100

Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2018

The company I work with, DaDaABC , has partnerships with McGraw-Hill , Pearson , National Geographic , Oxford Reading Tree. Perform an Internet connection test and receive system training. Some lessons incorporate math skills, science, arts and crafts, and social studies—but they still teach English vocabulary and pronunciation.

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Teaching English Education Language 111

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 7, 2017

They tie arguments to class reading, general knowledge as well as evidence from research. This is an exercise as much for presenters as audience, and is graded on reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. Expect them to read closely, but work quickly, and make decisions based on their knowledge of reliable websites.

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Activities Schools Writing Knowledge 95

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2018

Unlike traditional textbooks and library resources, Kiddom content providers are internet-based making them accessible from anywhere, on desktops and mobile devices, and easily blended into classroom lesson plans. That means you can focus on student progress and commit less time to scouring the internet for something useful.”

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Quizzes Mobile Devices Assignments Textbooks 79

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Investments in school technology infrastructure have made it possible to deploy online curriculum tools, as more schools have access to high-speed internet to support one-to-one devices , and more administrators opt to purchase digital instructional tools that offer personalized instruction. Source: EdSurge.

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Curriculum Textbooks Art Language 116

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2016

They tie arguments to class reading, general knowledge as well as evidence from research. This is an exercise as much for presenters as audience, and is graded on reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. Expect them to read closely, but work quickly, and make decisions based on their knowledge of reliable websites.

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Activities Schools Writing Knowledge 84

Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2019

This put me in more in the driver’s seat than reading,” he says of the franchise’s early games. A separate government report in 2015 revealed that just 17 states have geography requirements, and that many teachers spend as little as 10 percent of their time teaching the subject during social studies.

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History Exams Culture Knowledge 166

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 26, 2016

Although this list is specifically being written for a math classroom, the nice thing about Nearpod is that they have a library of lessons that covers other subjects as well like ELA, Science, Social Studies, and even Digital Citizenship. Read and follow other teacher’s blogs.

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Math Fairness Assignments Multiple Choice Questions 105

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

I read recently that 70% of millennials get their news from Facebook. And then, not two days later, I heard Twitter has reclassified their app as a news purveyor rather than a social media device. Lesson plan on Internet Search/Research. So why do students turn to it for news? World Almanac for Kids. More on student research.

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Quizzes History Students Middle School 79

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 26, 2025

Reliable Internet and Technology Ensure a strong internet connection and updated devices to prevent disruptions. Technical Difficulties The Challenge: Technology glitches like internet outages, login issues, or platform unfamiliarity can disrupt learning. A backup plan (like a mobile hotspot) can also be useful during outages.

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Motivation Schools Assignments Art 52

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Internet hotspots were also set up so the thousands of students who otherwise wouldn’t have internet could maintain classroom access and ensure the continuing equity in education. My Reading Academy, an?adaptive, adaptive, standards-aligned reading solution. It’s really been incredible,” said Upchurch. My Math Academy?and

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Education Learning Schools Math 314

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

This article is part of our upcoming guide, Social Studies: It's Time to ReInvest. 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. That’s no surprise.

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