Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Dave Peth, the creator and executive producer of PBS show “Lyla in the Loop,” has worked on other educational media in his 20-plus years in the industry, and he says “no one” deploys the level of rigorous research and testing used in PBS programming. They don’t have the people, the labs and the sustained support.” ‘A

Fairness 185

Fairness Study Laboratory Evaluation 185

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

If you want to effortlessly become an expert in a new language, you’re probably too late. And yet, adults regularly set out to study a second (or third, or fourth) language. But technology-enabled tools that aim to deliver language instruction at scale are also building incentives into their systems to help learners make more progress.

Motivation 214

Motivation Languages Language Learning 214

eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Language learning We’ve all had the experience of hearing a recording of our own voice and feeling a little surprised, even disconcerted perhaps. Help students who are learning a language overcome this and make the perspective shift. Why not also send that video to your student’s family to share their success?

Classroom Management 291

Classroom Management Laboratory Languages Language 291

Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2019

There is some very colorful language about the scientific method they teach in schools, and it caught my eye. They said, students should work in laboratories and do science to learn science. That was the beginning of the laboratory method. They said, “What?” That was the justification for why it was in schools.

Teaching 162

Teaching Laboratory Science Schools 162

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Topics might include languages, literature, social science, STEM, coding, makerspaces, and arts. Google has partnered with leading museums, universities, laboratories, and publishers to develop more than 1,000 VR (and AR) tours. Simply drag-and-drop 360-degree images, sounds, objects, and characters onto the background. More on VR.

Laboratory 147

Laboratory Mobile Devices English Textbooks 147

eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2016

Students are almost 20 times as likely to take Advanced Placement English language or literature as they are to take AP computer science. Schools faced penalties if their students failed to perform well on tests that measured proficiency in those core subjects. Computer programming was not among the skill sets emphasized.

Science 126

Science Laboratory Math English 126

Faculty Focus

MARCH 3, 2024

In collaboration with CAL, the Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) program explored a program-wide integration of VR into SLP graduate courses and clinical practicum. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are experts in communication who work with people of all ages, babies to adults, with communication and swallowing disorders. Collins, S.

Languages 115

Languages Language Laboratory Learning Outcomes 115