eSchool News

JULY 28, 2016

In Arkansas, as in most states, student interest in online learning is skyrocketing. While most students still take at least some of their courses in a face-to-face setting, the need to scale online learning opportunities for thousands of students has required new infrastructure, new curriculum, and, of course, new teachers.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

Planning how to deliver the video is critical to maximizing learning through short video segments of four to 12 minutes to maximize memory retention (Bradley, 2016). Formative assessments are informal ungraded assessments to check a student’s knowledge of lesson material as they progress through the lesson.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 8, 2020

What happens if students have to stay home for days or even weeks? How can we keep them learning remotely? What strategies and technology tools can teachers leverage to take their traditional classes online? Covid 19 has educators and educational institutions worried about and preparing for possible school closures.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

One of the great challenges for any educator is how do you teach and test students on real world problems, not just on theoretical textbook examples? all students—not just digital natives—expect learning resources to be rich with animation or digital learning objects that make learning more realistic and relevant.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Use Personalized Learning Tools to Boost Classroom Equity. As personalized learning continues to gain momentum across the U.S., more states, districts and schools are moving toward a competency-based education system that focuses on individualized learning and classroom equity. eli.zimmerman_9856. Thu, 09/27/2018 - 15:46.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Now you can use Zoom, but take attendance, hand out assignments, give tests or quizzes, proctor those exams, and talk one-on-one with the students,” he says. “We We let you replicate the physical class in an online environment.” Most colleges were already doing at least some online education even before the pandemic hit.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

It comprises the whole world of computer-aided education and training, along with the use of digital tools and resources. Students learn at different rates, and from diverse ways. Efficient reading is best for some students to gain knowledge, while others rely more on audio visual materials.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2021

When school districts made the rapid shift to online learning due to the pandemic, many educators scrambled to find the right mix of learning tools, apps, and platforms to support instruction. While free online resources can be useful, if left unvetted they can pose data security and privacy risks.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 4, 2022

With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting learners across the world, we’ve witnessed the growing need for hybrid learning, an education option that combines the benefits of a traditional in-person classroom and online learning. The future of hybrid learning is bright, and the benefits are unmatched. I’ve seen it for myself.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2020

UWorld, an online learning tool for high-stakes exams, is offering a free, full-length PSAT practice exam that familiarizes students with the format and content of the real test. This way, students can enter the exam room without surprises.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. This year’s 10th most-read story focuses on creating a great hybrid learning program. I’ve seen it for myself.

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eSchool News

MAY 31, 2019

Innovative tools and strategies are transforming education, and the best educators recognize this growing trend and harness it to benefit their students. The awards highlight seven exemplary programs from Fuel Education’s partner school districts.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This year’s Future of Education Technology Conference landed in New Orleans, and the conference was abuzz with post-pandemic learning recovery tools, solutions to promote equity among students and parents, strategies for digital access, student mental health, social and emotional learning tools, and more.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 10, 2019

3 Ways to Overcome High Student-Teacher Ratios and Improve Personalized Learning. According to the most recent data, student-teacher ratios in public schools currently average 16 to 1 — with some states as high as 24 to 1 — meaning regularly adjusting lessons on an individual basis is, for most teachers, aspirational at best. .

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Students and teachers alike are now using their own apps, on their own devices, for their own educational purposes. Video streaming, word processing, and other online learning tools are all apps, and they’re increasingly being used to both supplement and even replace traditional forms of learning in all grades and education levels.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

ReadSpeaker , the most trusted, independent digital voice and text-to-speech provider for educational institutions and innovative brands worldwide today announced that it is now a Certified Integration Partner with the world’s largest learning platform, Moodle. Tweet this news.

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Gaggle Speaks

OCTOBER 7, 2015

When Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) made the switch to Google Apps for Education, there was one important, missing ingredient from bringing safe communication and collaboration to its students and teachers. CPS needed additional controls, including 24/7 filtering and monitoring, to make Google Apps a safe online learning environment.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

UWorld , the worldwide leader in online learning to prepare for high-stakes exams, today announced the launch of AP ® (Advanced Placement ® ) Learning Tools , a new College Readiness solution to help educators enhance instruction, improve student performance, and effectively prepare for AP exams. Pemmasani, M.D.,

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2020

Casio is providing assets to help with remote learning. Feel free to share these online learning tools and resources designed to help sustain math skills at home. ClassPad.net Free Online Math Software. Free web-based calculation tool that includes Calculation, Graphing, Geometry, Statistics, and more!

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

To prepare students for success in a remote learning environment, Learning.com is adding remote learning lessons to its EasyTech content library. Based on real-life applications and digital tools, lessons in Essential Skills for Remote Learning guide students through technical concepts in a fun, game-based environment.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

One notable piece of K-12 tech innovation news is the integration of interactive devices and digital learning tools, transforming static learning spaces into dynamic, multimedia-rich environments. The proliferation of educational apps and online resources has expanded learning beyond the confines of textbooks.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 25, 2023

Wondering how to get your students upbeat about learning math? Modern educational tools make it possible to add a practical edge to math lessons, as students can observe math structures at play in the real world and see how people apply these formulas to solve common challenges.

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Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

For Ryan Baker, an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the Penn Center of Learning Analytics, there is one thing in particular he’d like school leaders to keep in mind: providing better tech support for students and families. “I Parents overestimate how often their students have a quiet place to work.

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eSchool News

JULY 11, 2018

ISTE18 for all students: The mindset & top 5 tools for inclusive best practice. One size fits none when it comes to learning! As teachers, our number-one mission and passion is to reach all the students we teach in a way that is equitable, meaningful, and impactful. Flexibility. and “Is it Awesome?”.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

IXL Learning , the K-12 personalized learning platform used by 11 million students, today announced it has agreed to acquire Wyzant , the nation’s largest marketplace for online tutoring. Wyzant seamlessly connects students to the perfect tutor for online or in-person lessons geared toward their unique needs.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 18, 2021

APN News has a great article on tools that make that possible. Here’s a peek: Top 5 online learning tools for a healthy development of your children’s mind in 2021. For this reason, the country has witnessed an exponential boost in the use of online learning platforms.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

Esme Learning Solutions is banking on artificial intelligence (AI), collaborative learning experiences and relationships with some of the biggest universities in the world to set them apart from the crowd. million Series A that will expand its range of intensive executive-level courses and digital learning tools.

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

LMS provider itslearning and Gooru , a nonprofit organization which provides a free online learning navigator for educators of the same name, announced a strategic partnership to enhance itslearning’s platform with open educator-curated content and successful practices for personalized learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

As university professors and researchers who work closely with K-12 online teachers and learners, we’ve heard from many newly remote educators who are struggling. Recent class discussions have focused on the difficulties of getting through to students without in-person contact, especially during a time of enormous stress.

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Gaggle Speaks

AUGUST 5, 2015

Wisconsin Rapids Public Schools wants to make sure that it’s proactive with online student safety. After deciding to give Gmail accounts to students starting in fifth grade, the district quickly realized that the controls inside Gmail and Google Apps for Education were not enough to ensure the safety of its students.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2015

As the public education system evolves toward supporting students’ personalized needs, online learning tools have emerged that allow teachers to customize instruction. Often the tools available either meet some of the teachers’ needs or are prohibitively expensive. Every student is unique and learns differently.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2024

For years educators have been trying to glean lessons about learners and the learning process from the data traces that students leave with every click in a digital textbook , learning management system or other online learning tool. Its an approach known as learning analytics.

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k12 Online Schools

MAY 7, 2025

From Distraction to Connection: How Social Media is Changing Education Online learning has exploded in recent years , and with it, the digital ecosystems that surround it. Especially in K12 online schools, its proving to be a tool not just for engagement, but for connection, creativity, and even collaboration.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

In education technology, a litany of surveys published this decade have touted the growing adoption of digital learning tools. The bird’s-eye results: 65 percent of teachers say they use digital learning tools every day; 87 percent report using them at least a few days each week. That’s arguably the case for U.S.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2020

While we are facing a lot of uncertainty about what school will look like this fall, it is virtually certain that, when the 2020-21 school year begins, teachers who have always had diverse levels of student performance in their classroom will be looking at even greater diversity. The disruption will widen equity gaps.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Where it used to be sufficient to teach students how to thrive in their home country, that falls woefully short in a world where the internet reaches everyone, anywhere, where geopolitical borders have little effect on international activities, where the customs and culture of a country have a significant impact on student learning.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2021

Imagine a classroom where student teams are learning with a computer simulation, planning a scientific expedition to Mars. They might be challenged to think about the tools they need or the clothing and food they will bring. Let’s tap into something really fundamental about how people learn.”

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