eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2016

Independent academic research of New York City middle school students shows LightSail’s adaptive literacy platform helps sustain, grow reading performance in summer months. They evaluated the technology’s impact on student learning, impact on reader identity, and perceptions of the technology.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2022

Elementary and middle school children can read the books or have them read aloud to them. Aimed at school-age children, categories include, earth, animals, STEM, family, create and play, know and learn, technology, and more. There are additional dedicated libraries for Middle School and audio books.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 21, 2024

We call this high-impact tutoring, and it’s delivered to small groups of students during the school day. This type of tutoring can especially help in the early grades for literacy and in middle school math. Those students then work with the same tutor year-round.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

All avatar voices that iKNOW users encounter are provided by real middle school students, educators and administrators. Her study, which also found the system to be acceptable, appropriate and feasible, was published in high-impact journals Computers & Education and Issues and Trends in Learning Technologies.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

The most successful districts will be those that make family engagement a strategic priority, backed by both personnel and technology resources that make classroom learning visible and accessible to all families, regardless of language or technological barriers.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

There’s nothing wrong with formal professional development, especially if it’s meted out in manageable, bite-sized chunks, adds Torrey Trust, an associate professor of learning technology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who has studied professional learning networks and social media.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

They told the board in the high-poverty district in Chicago’s south suburbs that the project would “future-proof the classroom” and “catapult Dolton into the next generation of learning technology.” A couple of members balked. They said they felt rushed to approve the deal and questioned why it had not been put out for a bid.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 19, 2023

Elementary and middle school children can read the books or have them read aloud to them. Aimed at school-age children, categories include, earth, animals, STEM, family, create and play, know and learn, technology, and more. There are additional dedicated libraries for Middle School and audio books.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

Elementary and middle school children can read the books or have them read aloud to them. Aimed at school-age children, categories include, earth, animals, STEM, family, create and play, know and learn, technology, and more. There are additional dedicated libraries for Middle School and audio books.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2023

We recently completed an evaluation of an AI-equipped platform through which middle school students could draft, submit and revise argumentative essays in response to pre-curated writing prompts. The AI is trying to fix the writing process and the format—fix what is already there, not trying to understand what they intended to say."

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

“I was the poster-child for anti-technology in my district,” says Willie Maddux, an 8th grade World History teacher at Prescott South Middle School in Cookeville, Tenn. The thought of using technology used to leave him, “worried about student engagement because we talk a lot. I didn’t want to lose them.".

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2023

. — Molly Castner As educators navigate the responsible use of AI in classrooms, AI tools could give students more opportunities to practice writing than they would have in the absence of such tools, which could lead to more advanced skills in communication and expression, enabling them to thrive in an increasingly technology-driven world.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Hatcher’s commitment to providing equitable opportunities for all students, including those with diverse needs, led him to offer services that cater to both traditional and online learning environments, recognizing that some students require different support structures for academic success.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2021

Altogether, Byju’s combination of products, financial might and expanding embrace of the learners promises to the company an increasingly powerful force in learning technology. Among them: How will products originally developed for the consumer market fit the needs of schools, particularly those that serve disadvantaged students?

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eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2024

Arnold, Director of School Pathways, New York City Public Schools (New York, NY) Nkiru Azza, Elementary Teacher, Digital Lead Learner, Toronto District School Board (Toronto, ON, Canada) Ronda Blevins, Ed.D., Elementary ELA Curriculum Coordinator, St.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 10, 2018

In 2014, the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC), which includes Hazard Independent Schools, received a Project Prevent grant from the Education Department that included funding to deploy and use the Ripple Effects online tool. EDTECH: Why did Hazard Independent Schools look to technology to support students’ mental health?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2022

Classroom teachers are best positioned to identify where the main issues are and where schools should focus their attention. Technology used with intention can promote equitable learning Paige Johnson As we strive to shrink the digital divide, we must also examine how we are using learning technology.

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Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2022

In many instances, these experiences with technology greatly improved my students’ retention of course material and made their learning experiences more engaging. Being a middle school teacher, learning on Zoom was hard for the majority of my students.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Josh Davis spent 14 years teaching high school special education and middle school history, so he’s well aware of a few classroom constants.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 10, 2019

Jody Britten, a senior associate at the Metiri Group , talked about how 3D technologies and data visualization tools lead to better learning outcomes with EdTech. Active-learning technology allows them to move from consuming information to creating and thinking on a deeper level ,” Britten said.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

After a chance meeting with Rob Warren of Curriculum Associates, Ray, the founder of the consultancy K20Connect and former executive director of learning technology for Nashville public schools, took him along to visit Stratford STEM Magnet School Lower Campus, a middle school in Nashville that was failing at the time.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2017

Over the past few months, EdSurge has spoken with a number of these constituents to find out what floats their boat; here’s what we learned. "So Mary Jo Madda ( @MJMadda ) is Senior Editor at EdSurge, as well as a former STEM middle school teacher and administrator.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

When put into context for educational technology, interoperability means that all of the digital content, tools, and resources used by teachers and students work well together. Lincoln teaches seventh grade at a diverse middle school. Consider this example: Ms. Interoperability Is the Goal. Standards Get Us There.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Analytics Show What’s Working Many districts across the country are undertaking initiatives that combine technology with innovative pedagogical models. However, very few of these initiatives combine teacher professional learning, technology integration and advanced analytics that show where and how the implementation is improving outcomes.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

The MLTI (Maine Learning Technology Initiative) program coevolved with the technology available. Over one-half of participating school districts allowed students to take home their laptops by 2004; a second RFP was issued in 2006; and the MLTI program expanded into high schools in 2009.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Now, the Summit Learning Platform is used by about 56,000 students in approximately 330 campuses across 40 states and the District of Columbia. Students at Howard Middle School Using Summit Learning. Less than three miles away, Howard University Middle School is in its second year of using the Summit Learning platform.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Make it (inter)personal “Many educators associate personalized learning technology with a push to commercialize and dehumanize education—keeping students glued to screens with little human interaction.” An 8th grade World History teacher at Prescott South Middle School in Cookeville, Tenn.,

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2023

Montero: Before Mater Academy became a Verizon Innovative Learning School, our IT person already had a lot on his plate, with 135 teachers and 300 different classrooms. When the middle school became a Verizon Innovative Learning School, that meant adding 1,200 extra iPads to the list of devices.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2024

Based on these priorities, what would your ideal learning environment look like? Prioritize the technologies that directly align with your organizational objectives.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2017

Elementary and middle school children can read the books or have them read aloud to them. Aimed at school-age children, categories include, earth, animals, STEM, family, create and play, know and learn, technology, and more. There are additional dedicated libraries for Middle School and audio books.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Originally an elementary school music teacher and site lead technology educator, Neal Kellogg is the Director of Educational Technology Services for Oklahoma City Public Schools (OKCPS)—serving 34,000 K–12 students across 33 elementary schools, 12 middle schools, 8 high schools, 4 alternative schools, and 6 charter schools.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 4, 2019

Common Sense Media’s award-winning Digital Passport is the gold-standard in teaching digital citizenship to grades 3-5 (or Middle School). This free-to-schools online program mixes videos, games, quizzes, and the challenge of earning badges to teach students the concepts behind digital citizenship : Communication.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2024

Across the globe and in the United States, educators say that devices and learning technology offer significant benefits, but we cannot overlook the pressing need to give teachers proper training and time to manage the technology they are currently using.” This is also the first year there are two educators from the U.S.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2020

Jamie Wong Baesa , a middle school math teacher who hasn’t seen her students’ faces since March. Geri Zamora , a high school history teacher who nearly lost a student to COVID-19. Right: The desk area where she taught during remote learning. Instead, her middle school assigned a different subject for each day of the week.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

Stephen Downes works in the Learning and Performance Support Systems program at the National Research Council, a multi-year effort to develop personal learning technology and learning analytics. Whole-Class Learning is Here. By Kelly Bielefeld, Clearwater Intermediate and Middle School.

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