Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

And this week, it found a new pal in Edwin, a developer of an eponymous chatbot that also uses AI to provide language instruction. Similar to MyBuddy, Edwin offers an app for English language learners, which featured a chatbot that users can communicate with. AI-powered language-learning tools have recently attracted venture capital.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

IKNOW will combine the VR aspects of VOISS with AI features such as large language models to enhance the systems capabilities and allow more natural interactions than listening to prerecorded narratives and responding by pushing buttons.

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eSchool News

MAY 22, 2017

Educational games that include adaptive learning features give students frequent and timely suggestions for a guided learning experience. They are different from traditional computer-aided instruction systems owing to their ability to interpret complex human responses while simultaneously teaching.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 21, 2024

We want to share how we leverage AI–both large language models (LLMs) and state-of-the-art techniques for natural language processing (NLP)–to distill and measure high-impact tutoring and generate a new scalable resource to ensure that tutors are effective.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2020

Now, language learning app Duolingo is getting into college admissions. Duolingo Passes Its English Test Don’t worry, the pandemic hasn’t shuttered Duolingo’s popular gamified language learning app. Substitute teacher services company Swing Education is creating private homeschools.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

Every year, schools face an ever-widening spectrum of needs in their classrooms, including students with different learning preferences, skills, abilities, cultural backgrounds, and language proficiencies. Technology is good at transferring information. Students can read articles, watch videos, and listen to podcasts to learn.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Support for People Learning English as a Second Language AI offers people who are learning English new and improved avenues for more effective communication. This technology can be reversed too, assisting English-speaking students in foreign language acquisition.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2022

The ICDL offers over 4,600 digital children’s books in over 59 languages that exhibit tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages, and ideas. Unite for Literacy provides a variety of books that celebrate the languages and cultures of international communities with the goal of cultivating a life-long love of reading.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Through its artificial intelligence and machine learning technology, Copyleaks is able to understand and learn more about the text that students are writing throughout the school year. Copyleaks provides a full.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Leveraging the power of technology One tool I’ve used in this journey is Lexia LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling), a structured literacy training course based on the science of reading that provides knowledge and tools teachers can use with any reading program.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Katie Novak to write UDL and Blended Learning and The Shift to Student-le d with UDL and Blended Learning , we emphasize the fact that learner variability is the norm, not the exception in classrooms. Students are different from each other in terms of how they learn.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The acquisition of DreamBox Learning comes at a time when school districts are seeking comprehensive, yet consolidated platforms to address a wide range of core and supplemental learning needs, backed by research that underscores meaningful gains in achievement.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

As these tools become more integrated into the classroom, teachers will want to ensure that all students, including those with disabilities or language barriers, are being supported. Literacy and Curriculum, Certified Academic Language Therapist C.A.L.T Literacy and Curriculum, Certified Academic Language Therapist C.A.L.T

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2024

It avoids language that might confuse learners. Wiggins says the best feedback is: Goal-oriented or referenced: Feedback should clarify the goals of the assignment or task, guiding students toward a clear desired result or outcome. Tangible and transparent: Effective feedback is clear and easily understood from a student’s perspective.

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2023

– The Social Institute announced that it has expanded its pioneering peer-to-peer learning technology to meet the needs of third-grade students, available starting Fall of 2023. Durham, N.C.–

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2021

Even with all that technology, Reich said getting the sense of the room remained difficult. There was still very limited capacity to see the body language and facial expressions of the entire group to see how a particular moment in the class was playing for everyone,” he told EdSurge.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 19, 2023

International Children’s Digital Library The ICDL offers over 4,600 digital children’s books in over 59 languages that exhibit tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages, and ideas. Some books are available in multiple languages and some are audio.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2023

On the other hand, in the dimensions of Organization and Language & Style, teachers were far more likely to score essays at a 1 or 2, while AI scores were spread across 1 through 4, with many more essays at 3 or even 4. Figure 1: Teacher v. Related Articles Teaching Partner, Grading Assistant or Substitute Teacher?

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 12, 2025

Principle #2: Use Technology to Support UDL and Cultivate Learner Agency When used with intention, technology can make learning more accessible and more empowering. Unfortunately, many digital tools are still used to reinforce compliance and standardization rather than support flexibility and autonomy.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

The ICDL offers over 4,600 digital children’s books in over 59 languages that exhibit tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages, and ideas. Unite for Literacy provides a variety of books that celebrate the languages and cultures of international communities with the goal of cultivating a life-long love of reading.

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Edsurge

JULY 19, 2016

In Spring 2016, faculty, support staff and administrators at Oregon State University met to candidly share their experiences with adaptive learning technology. First we talk about how language is one barrier to adopting adaptive technology. How do real educators refer to the tools they’re seeing?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Highlights Engaging Topic: Student presentations warm up students and foster excitement for learning. Technology Integration: Essential for implementing Common Core standards without adding extra layers. Structured Approach: Students present on three topics across grading periods, emphasizing quick research.

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2021

SplashLearn’s game-based learning platform—available in 150+ countries and already used by more than 40 million children—features thousands of research-informed games aimed at instructing young learners in English language arts and math. We are also going to use this funding to expand our English language arts program.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

That’s what experts at the Digital Learning Lab and PBS hope to find out—with help from an animated bunny. The lack of interactivity really limits what students could learn from this media,” says Ying Xu, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab. Language is an important vehicle to help children understand and learn.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

Maine has long been an innovator in education, stemming back to the Maine Learning Technology Initiative. This has been challenging, as each district has designed systems around proficiency-based learning with varying definitions of what it means to “be proficient.” In other words: no world language program = no diploma.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Rob Long, Coordinator of Learning Technologies at OCSB, wants to make sure more students and teachers have a digital experience like the one in Abromaitis’s class: “We believe that the deeper engagement that’s afforded by our digital platform will help our students—both academically and otherwise.

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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. What we want is students to be engaged and thoughtful participants in their own learning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Districts will increasingly recognize that traditional parent communication methods are insufficient, especially for English Language Learners and families requiring additional support. More districts will create dedicated family engagement roles and invest in tools that provide real-time classroom insights.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Integrating the edtech applications into one language, or standardized format, results in streamlined administrative tasks, enhanced collaboration and a more comprehensive view of student performance and progress. They don’t have to pay somebody extra to figure out the different languages.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2021

We often think of using tools like Immersive Reader for things like English language learning or special education. And the challenge is even greater for English language learners. We can now put the math problems in a tool like Immersive Reader to be heard first in one’s home language, then English.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

“Through various adaptive learning technologies and twenty-first century educational assets from McGraw Hill, we have a top-notch product that will help to meet various student, workforce, and employer goals across North America and beyond.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2024

According to the 2024 Educause AI Landscape Study , “AI is making the most significant impact on policies for teaching and learning, technology, and cybersecurity and data privacy (reported by 95 percent, 79 percent, and 72 percent of respondents, respectively, as ‘already impacted’ or ‘soon to be impacted’).”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2024

Engaging in research and design work with communities of researchers, practitioners and edtech product developers has led us to define several principles we believe will assist in building learning technology that is attuned to the needs of diverse students and educators, based on modern learning principles and designed for broad adoption and scale.

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2016

percent are English Language Learners (ELL). The platform tracks student reading behavior and achievement outcomes while it uses personalized libraries and other persuasive learning technologies to engage and motivate students. The demographics of the student cohort studied are 91.7 percent minority, with 88.8

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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

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Listenwise provides free access to a collection of more than 1900 audio stories from NPR curated for classroom use, featuring relevant topics that align with curriculum in English language arts, social studies and science. Public radio podcasts also offer students a new and exciting vehicle for learning important content.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

As these tools become more integrated into the classroom, teachers will want to ensure that all students, including those with disabilities or language barriers, are being supported. Literacy and Curriculum, Certified Academic Language Therapist C.A.L.T Literacy and Curriculum, Certified Academic Language Therapist C.A.L.T

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