eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

So, if schools can’t keep pace with AI’s rapid development and are uncertain about the future job landscape, how can they give students the head start they need for success? Teaching what’s timeless: Power skills and mental models The solution lies in embracing the timeless. Take, for example, leadership.

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Edsurge

JULY 19, 2023

Meanwhile, changing demographics of students in U.S. Between 2010 and 2021, the share of white non-Hispanic children fell to 45 percent of public school students, while the share of Hispanic children grew to comprise 28 percent. public schools raise questions about whether curricula and edtech are staying culturally relevant.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

To create compelling video arguments, student teams interviewed experts in economic development, researched state history and geography, and even wrote poems to sing the praises of their region. When Northern Virginia was ultimately picked as a new HQ site, students were as proud as any civic leaders from their community.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

The purpose of this workshop is to help administrators and teachers assess when higher-order thinking skills and student agency factors are (or are not) present in classroom uses of technology by students and teachers. Purpose and objectives. Right now we are doing a poor job of helping educators with these tasks. Register here!

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 6, 2019

Technology must be leveraged and used as an accelerant for student learning. My favorite is probably the quote from Joe Sanfelippo and Tony Sinanis: ‘In the absence of knowledge, people make up their own.’ In Chapter 2, Eric and Tom do a nice job of articulating ways that technology can enhance student learning.

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Lab to Class

MARCH 31, 2024

  While these math manipulatives are common in math classrooms for younger children, there is a clear trend of less of a focus on visualizations as students get older. Math manipulatives are often relegated to only being used for students with Dyscalculia or other learning difficulties. Gros et al.,

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