Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

Writing Assignments: Writing tasks, whether creative stories, essays, or research papers, require students to think critically, organize their thoughts, write a draft, and revise based on feedback. Learning a Language: Acquiring a new language involves mastering vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and cultural nuances.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2017

Putting the humanities back into STEM. We often neglect to tell students that reading, writing and communicating are just as necessary to success as technical skills,” Longcor explains. She took on the role despite her lack of engineering experience, but it turned out that her English Language Arts background came in handy.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2022

Story coding involves using computer programming to retell stories–students might summarize a story, write original stories, or use programming to create alternative endings to well-known stories. Teachers can use story coding to bring history, science, world languages, ELA, and even math into their lessons.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Moreover, programming languages such as SQL, Java, JavaScript, C#, and Python are increasingly important to master regardless of profession or industry. Introducing students to coding and robotics gives them early exposure to STEM in general. Click through for 6 tools to help students develop these valuable STEM skills.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

“What if schools could offer a different approach to STEM education that provided students with truly immersive learning opportunities?” STEM as an Entry Point to the Heart and Soul. For my sixth, seventh, and eighth graders, STEM Week was like finding the entry point into their heart and soul.”. Why Middle School?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The need to strengthen the science, technology, math and engineering (STEM) careers pipeline has received renewed interest lately. So what would it take to make STEM truly open to would-be future scientists? So what would it take to make STEM truly open to would-be future scientists? The issue is algebra skills.

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2019

Moak’s goal is to ignite a similar passion in her students so that they can see the magic of STEM in their everyday lives—and thereby be motivated to pursue a job in a STEM field. Moak navigate the challenge of time so that they can engage and inspire their students to pursue STEM opportunities. Why Care About STEM?

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2025

Key points: All students are math language learners, regardless of their home language Fostering metacognition and AI integration for ELLs How to support multilingual learners in STEM For more news on language learners, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Math isnt just about numbers. Its about language, too.

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2017

Estrada fell for a girl who only spoke English his freshman year in high school but refused to let a language barrier divide them. After moving to the United States from Guatemala a little more than a year ago, love, not a new app or platform, propelled him to pick up a new language. Nonprofit organizations, including the.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2021

The pandemic has shed light on the need for student agency and inclusion, along with an emphasis on content-rich knowledge to support language learning effectively in literacy, history, social science, and science applications,” said Catherine Cahn, the CEO of Twig Education. Educators can access their invitation to trial Twig Create here.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2018

“I love teaching and helping kids grow,” she added, “but I hate that writing instruction takes up hours and hours of my life.” A 2016 study of 3rd to 8th grade educators found that only 55% of teachers said they enjoy teaching writing. 9% of writing assignments in grades six to eight include long form writing.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2015

With Hour of Code at hand, a look at the top programming languages for every age. This non-technical article will give you novices [non-expert instructors] out there some basic guidance in choosing a programming language that is appropriate not only for your students’ needs, but for faculty and staff interested in online basics.

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eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2021

But people who knew how to read and write English were guaranteed a spot in the new middle class. Businesses, now springing up in the towns, needed literate people to work in offices, reading and writing contracts, invoices, rules, and regulations. But they just didn’t see what was coming.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Historically, English language learner (ELL) instruction has primarily focused on reading and writing. The reasons for this are twofold: 1) Reading and writing are the most obvious, immediate learning needs, and 2) federal and state reclassification requirements are focused on these subjects.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2022

I teach an elementary STEM class called iCreate in South Haven Public Schools. My STEM class, iCreate, is a part of our K-12 STEM continuum. As teachers, we can facilitate learning and help students find the language to describe what they observe, learn, and wonder. Our economy is driven by tourism and agriculture.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2017

During the writing reflection and by the end of our class session, she had written an entire song! mindset that makes diction a stickier concept for a language learner. Marcus McGee, a software developer in Alexandria, VA says, “As a computer programmer, we use diction everyday to help in the [code writing] process.

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eSchool News

MAY 17, 2021

A programming language is math. It’s a system for writing human logic in a way that a computer can work with. A computer program is a list of instructions written using the programming language’s mathematical system. A programming language is a mathematical tool for creating software.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2025

Showcasing art and STEM with DIY projects not only enhances learning and creativity but makes these subjects more accessible to a broader audience. These activities encourage hands-on learning and spark curiosity, making art a natural gateway into the exciting world of STEM. What is STEAM and Why Does Art Matter in STEM?

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

The University of Michigan’s M-Write program is built on the idea that students learn best when they write about what they’re studying, rather than taking multiple-choice tests. Senior lecturer Brenda Gunderson teaches a statistics course that will be first to adopt the automated element of M-Write.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

As Pink writes in the book: “Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to engagement.” They might write an essay, compile a slideshow presentation, or create a video, for instance. Our Forensic Science course engages students in STEM learning, and our American Sign Language courses help students become better communicators.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2021

Reading, writing, math, art, movement—everything should be taught holistically. These are the years to create a passion for science, which also leads to foundational language acquisition at a young age. An inquiry-based, hands-on approach. Our schools are rooted in inquiry, in a sense of discovery. It has to happen early.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In the United States, English is the main language used in classrooms. Hand gestures, facial expressions and body language all impart their own meaning in interactions. Classroom interactions are also very verbal, meaning that students and teachers express themselves through written language or orally. In the U.S.

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Teacher Toms Blog

MAY 22, 2025

You can make nifty little flowers by sliding the thin disks of paper onto their bendy stems one at a time, giving each one a gentle "crush" as you go. She couldn't figure out how to get the tissue paper on the stem without tearing it." I'd not been watching Sarah's production, but only, occasionally, her face and body language.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2021

Reading, writing, math, art, movement—everything should be taught holistically. These are the years to create a passion for science, which also leads to foundational language acquisition at a young age. An inquiry-based, hands-on approach. Our schools are rooted in inquiry, in a sense of discovery. It has to happen early.

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eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2018

Coding or computer programming is writing a set of instructions that a computer understands so it will perform a task. Just like learning a foreign language, the language of coding should begin early with vocabulary terms such as program, sequence and algorithm. Why coding instruction should begin as early as possible.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Swift lets users write code on the left side of their screen and see what they’re creating with it on the right. “Swift Playgrounds is the only app of its kind that is both easy enough for students and beginners, yet powerful enough to write real code. .

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 27, 2017

Ask a Tech Teacher guest blogger, Karen Dikson, has put together a collection of online gamified sites that will help your students with their writing: You think the textbooks for today’s generations of students are way more interesting than the once you had? Well, organize a quiz and write the results on the board. Ask your students.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

They begin scrolling through headlines recently posted in their RSS feeds , some written in English or their heritage language, some based on their interests in soccer or technology, and others based on assigned feeds, such as YouthVoices or NPR. WIDA is a consortium of 39 state departments of education.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2017

With a little creativity, educators can use Minecraft with history, math, writing and language arts, foreign language, and more. Is it any wonder, then, that educators are incorporating the popular block-based game into their curriculum?

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2023

With the time it takes to score and give feedback on student work deterring many writing teachers from assigning lengthier writing tasks, and with the long turnaround time most students wait to receive grades and feedback, there is significant timesaving and learning potential in an AI helping grade student work. Figure 1: Teacher v.

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Elevate k12

MAY 15, 2025

Thats especially true when youre supporting multilingual learners (MLs), who are navigating both academic content and a new language at the same time. Offering multiple ways to share thinking reduces anxiety, supports language development, and builds confidence over time. A synonym for is.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It builds on years of work in Digital and Media Literacy and Computational Thinking , including elements of computer science, ethics and additional areas beyond science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The skills and practices necessary to engage with AI are relevant to all disciplines.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

What’s interesting to me is that students are more concerned about their writing being effective and well done, knowing their peers or people outside their school are going to read it versus just the teacher. Cotton has committed his own community to making sure its students learn how to write effectively; here too technology plays a role.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2022

Students can practice persuasive writing, comprehension, and typing skills by completing reviews, reports, and reading logs online. 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. Open Library.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The STEM gender gap remains an area of much-needed attention that we, as educators, can actively work on improving in our daily lessons. Support for People Learning English as a Second Language AI offers people who are learning English new and improved avenues for more effective communication.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Lastly, we created a weekly schedule with both live sessions on Zoom to introduce new concepts and links to recorded lessons for online math instruction, as well as online instruction in English/language arts and writing. The biggest obstacle to online math instruction is checking in on the students’ thinking.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2024

After all, students quickly spread the word on TikTok and other social media platforms that with a few simple prompts, a chatbot could write an essay or answer a homework assignment in ways that would be hard for teachers to detect. They're being cautious about the language they use to ensure they're not prohibiting the use of AI altogether.

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