eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2015

So when someone from your digital network shares a news story, you’re more likely to be interested in reading it compared to the other stories that you come across on news sites. It can be the place where, together, we redefine what “mainstream media” is and who controls information and knowledge. Or does it? Torrey Trust, Ph.D.,

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

The pandemic has created urgency to move beyond the status quo, and community-generated portraits of a graduate have swept the nation, highlighting the knowledge and skills many Americans want their young people to possess upon graduation. Advanced technology can now support more ambitious modes of teaching, learning, and assessment.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

auditory processing, attention deficit, lack of background knowledge or vocabulary, absences), teachers record video instruction and assign those videos for homework. The benefit of assigning video instruction for homework is that students can control the time, place, and pace of the learning experience when they watch the video at home.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Read about the three 2023 winners here. Under Mr. Hatcher’s guidance, Akron Public Schools partnered with Edmentum to integrate cutting-edge learning technologies, harnessing their full potential to enhance learning outcomes. and found the trainers to be very knowledgeable and supportive,” she said.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This five step to-do list can help educators engage in artificial intelligence and begin using it to positively impact both teaching and learning. Learn about AI. Read news stories, follow the conversation on social media, and explore some of the many free resources available online.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning. This approach acknowledges and accommodates the unique needs, strengths, and learning styles of learners. What are the projections for edtech?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

But despite their best efforts, online learning failed to live up to in-person education, with students whose schools met mostly in person performing significantly better on math and reading tests compared to their peers who received instruction online. But it’s not the fault of teachers – they weren’t trained for remote instruction.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2017

Good intentions to give all students access to the world’s knowledge were derailed by the cost of the websites and webtools that made that happen. Here, students can read, get ideas for new books, comment on books, and earn badges and points to reflect their love of reading. Listen and Read. Gutenberg Project.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 20, 2024

Some students may not have the background knowledge needed to understand the new information, putting them at a disadvantage from the start. This is particularly important in a diverse classroom where students’ background knowledge, cognitive abilities, and personal experiences vary widely.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

This will inevitably result in increased comprehension and productivity in student learning. To deal with the challenges of today and tomorrow, we need to equip the next generation with the skills and knowledge necessary to adapt and overcome these challenges. — Ryan Graham, Chief Technology Officer, Texthelp.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This digital ecosystem not only enhances academic knowledge but also cultivates digital literacy skills essential for the modern workforce. K-12 technology innovation is not just about subject-specific content but also about developing digital literacy skills. The science of reading is another big piece of modern education.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

I found myself running from student to student, trying to help them solve all of their problems — navigating the keyboard, reading instructions, entering usernames and passwords and troubleshooting device challenges. When using technology, icons are like the letters in our edtech alphabet. It was frustrating.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

reading intervention program for their success in maintaining a stable, high-quality reading program in spite of profound disruptions. s flexible professional learning program. “We and found the trainers to be very knowledgeable and supportive,” she said. reading intervention program. Back to top Nominee: Jhone M.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

These are exciting times in the world of assistive learning technology. Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are behind next-generation improvements in a range of software tools for students with sensory or learning disabilities.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2022

And yet, she’s quick to draw a line in the sand regarding her district’s reliance upon learning technology: “I don't believe a computer is where a kid learns. EdSurge: Why did you enroll in the Launch into Learning Sciences course ? Learning is about absorbing knowledge.

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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. This will inevitably result in increased comprehension and productivity in student learning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2019

We’re adding a year-long continuum of informative programming to support entrepreneurs and tapping experts from all corners of the education innovation space to share their knowledge at events presented live and broadcast over the internet. Teaching & Learning. Technology in Grades K through 12.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2021

“But this is the sea-change moment when we want to expand that view and be strategic in selecting and integrating learning technology. Now is the time to be visionary, and plan where tech fits in, where it doesn’t, and solidify its role as a learning product, not just tech for tech’s sake.”.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2023

The Evolution of Personalized Learning Once students who may previously have identified as reluctant readers discover that reading can be a fun, playful experience, their outlook on learning shifts entirely. Lower explains, “The result is that the students are invested in reading it right from the beginning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2019

Our guests were Jesse Stommel, director of teaching and learning technologies at the University of Mary Washington, and Martha Burtis, director of the Digital Knowledge Center at the University of Mary Washington. Let's read the actual policies. How would you define critical pedagogy? Let's go look at the policies.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2021

You will actively collaborate, share knowledge, provide constructive feedback to classmates, publish digitally, and differentiate for unique needs. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. Minimum enrollment of 5; delivered digitally to your school or District.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

But then Breakthrough was accepted into the Verizon Innovation Learning program, which provides technology and professional development to Title I districts across the country. Though the lab in Cleveland is the first in the country with 5G, to Verizon officials’ knowledge, it is certainly not the last.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2021

“Some students learn when guided by teachers; others are independent,” says Gokulnath. In mid-July, Byju’s bought California-based reading platform Epic for $500 million. Both ways are important and extremely different. Children should be given the freedom to choose.” That product opens up a path for Byju’s to schools. educators.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Still, it can help connect to worlds beyond ourselves and stretch the limits of human knowledge. There is no replacement for great teachers who love their students, but there is room for teachers and technology to co-exist for the sake of students.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

Below are some of the lessons and resources that I wish I knew of when I first went on the job market—a combination of the academic texts you read in school along with practical tools that have been essential to practicing instructional design in the real world. Lesson 2: Ground yourself in the fundamentals of learning science.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Technology and our unprecedented access to information should allow teachers to focus on the aspects of this work that are uniquely human. Let’s acknowledge that what technology does well is information transfer. We can read an article, watch a video, listen to a podcast, view an infographic, or interact with a website to learn.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Continued Learning & Knowledge Sharing with Peers Some of the professionals we surveyed said they would use any recaptured time to seek out new knowledge, striving for those ‘aha!’ Some of the professionals we surveyed said they would use any recaptured time to seek out new knowledge, striving for those ‘aha!’

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

With the growing interest in coding comes a call for after school tech camps that supersize student enthusiasm for learning technology. Reading, writing, speaking and listening. how to read ebooks from an iPad. how to understand domain-specific language associated with technology, i.e., ‘cloud’. Educational Links.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

They came up with prompts like creating a story about a black cat and seven chickens reading a giant book, and then they used DALL-E to generate an image to go with it. Brandon Taylor I am learning how to teach AI together with students. When [AI-assisted text generators] came out, I had my kids exploring it and writing stories.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The number of console games is a fraction of that, and console games for learning represents an even smaller slice of the pie. Jennings has encountered games aimed at children as young as 18 months old making claims that the child will learn how to read or speak a different language.

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Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2020

We were joined by: Beth Kalikoff, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Washington, where in-person classes have been suspended for the rest of the quarter and some courses have moved online. Stephen Downes, a national expert in online learning technology who runs the long-running OLDaily newsletter.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2019

According to national social studies teacher education guidelines , infusing technology into instruction should: Extend learning beyond what could be done without technology. Introduce technology in context. Include opportunities for students to study relationships among science, technology, and society.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

It stands for: Transparency Real World Applications Universal Design for Learning Social Knowledge Construction Trial and Error Transparency refers to making the purpose and requirements for the assignment as clear as possible. To learn more about this framework, read UDL: A Powerful Framework and explore the UDL on Campus website.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

It stands for: Transparency Real World Applications Universal Design for Learning Social Knowledge Construction Trial and Error Transparency refers to making the purpose and requirements for the assignment as clear as possible. To learn more about this framework, read UDL: A Powerful Framework and explore the UDL on Campus website.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2015

Today’s students have access to far more knowledge than their parents once found in encyclopedias and on maps. With the click of a mouse and without leaving the classroom, they can access the collective knowledge of all mankind via the Internet. But that’s not the only way technology is making it easier for students to learn.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

We had read and analysed short stories, examined the grammar of narrative tenses, looked into setting, character descriptions and developing plots. “Can we set the story in Minecraft?” We had been working for several weeks on a storytelling unit in my ESL classes in 2012. It was time to create our own stories.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2016

With the growing interest in coding comes a call for after school tech camps that supersize student enthusiasm for learning technology. They tie arguments to class reading, general knowledge as well as evidence from research. Perspective taking’ is an important skill to learn. how to read ebooks from an iPad.

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