Teaching with a Mountain View

JULY 10, 2025

We tag-teamed – every morning, I taught all the math, reading, and writing, and in the afternoon he would teach science and social studies. Share Your Schedule Every day, just like when I teach entire classes, I would write out our schedule on the board. It makes them super relevant, engaging, and high-interest for your home schoolers.

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k12

JULY 10, 2025

Virtual Whiteboards: These online tools replicate the traditional classroom whiteboard—and in some cases, students can even write or draw on them too. Multimedia Learning Materials: Mixing things up helps keep learning fresh. Accommodate Mobile Learning: Not all students have access to a desktop or laptop at all times.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2020

But how do teachers accomplish this tall task and make learning irresistible? The answer lies in the effective use of multimedia learning tools. A look at multimedia learning tools in classrooms. Video, graphics, digital presentations–there’s no shortage of multimedia learning tools.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2020

With Immersive Reader, they go back day after day, and then they get mad at you when the project is over because they want more time to add to their writing. They use laptops, touch TVs and Microsoft Office products for both independent and whole-class learning. One tool on heavy rotation is Microsoft’s Immersive Reader.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

AI-generated writing, currently centered around ChatGPT, already is a disruptive force in education. However, there are a few indicators that can help you identify whether a piece of writing has been generated by an AI system. Consistency: One of the most noticeable features of AI writing is its consistency. Pretty good?

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2021

In their new book, Teaching for Deeper Learning: Tools to Engage Students in Meaning Making , my friend, Jay McTighe , and his co-author, Harvey Silver , write about an active reading strategy that encourages students to engage with texts before, during, and after reading. Do they agree, disagree, or are they unsure?

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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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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Drones Take Flight as Latest K–12 Learning Tool. We also did one drone lesson for student writing. Alex writes for CDW’s Tech magazines and websites. eli.zimmerman_9856. Fri, 11/30/2018 - 11:24. Predicting the future is notoriously difficult. How Teachers Can Get Comfortable with Drones. by Alexander Slagg.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The company’s innovative digital solutions drive positive learning outcomes for the inspired learner at home or in schools and workplaces around the world. Founded in 1992, Rosetta Stone’s language division uses cloud-based solutions to help all types of learners read, write, and speak more than 30 languages.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Instructors who use a Lightboard to create instruction for asynchronous online learning can replicate what they would do in a traditional classroom when they draw or write on a whiteboard.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2021

While it may not seem a traditional learning tool, comic creation helps across an array of core subjects and learning objectives. Comics are engaging, fun, and help students take ownership of their learning. Here are 5 tools teachers might want to investigate for comic creation: 1.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 10, 2017

Google Docs is a free word processing program that does 99% of everything a student will ever need to do when writing. What isn’t included as part of the Google Docs program tool can be augmented with mostly free third-party add-ons, extensions, and apps. There is no easier tool to use in Writer’s Workshops.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

A lightboard is a large glass panel coupled with technology that allows an instructor to write or draw on a large surface (McCorkle & Whitener, 2020). Instructors who use a Lightboard to create instruction for asynchronous online learning can replicate what they would do in a traditional classroom when they draw or write on a whiteboard.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

This includes on-demand tutoring along with AI tools that offer feedback on written work. These AI tools help students fine-tune their essays before they connect with a live tutor or before they submit their assignments to teachers. AI Writing Review enables students to submit their drafts for lightning-fast feedback.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Key points: Dyslexic students often incur additional stress in the classroom Using different learning tools and regular communication can help students’ comfort levels See related article: The intersection of the science of reading and edtech Reading-based learning differences such as dyslexia can pose unique challenges for students in school.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

’ Students are allowed to use AI for research assistance, data analysis, language translation, writing assistance, and accessibility.”

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eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2024

You just need a microphone and some good writing and some good sound effects, and you can build any world you want […] The visual platform is inside of a kid’s brain,” Raz said. There are a growing number of screenless learning tools cropping up to meet the demand for learning innovation without the worries surrounding mental health.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Earlier this month, Paper announced a new suite of learning tools that includes products addressing math skills, literacy, after-school programming, and college and career readiness. Those offerings, plus on-demand virtual tutoring and writing review, are currently available to over three million students nationwide.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2025

Creating podcasts has also been shown to improve reading, writing, and listening skills, while promoting student engagement and collaboration, according to Besser, Blackwell, & Saenz (2022). All four domains (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) are present.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2023

Simply by using a collection of prompts, I can direct AI to write, draw, code, and perform any number of difficult tasks in ways I otherwise couldn’t. Sometimes, it almost feels like AI gives us superpowers. The only limit is your imagination!

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eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

Google tools can be used for collaborative writing, assignment presentations, and implementing collaboration into assignments and daily routines helps build a sense of community in which students can work closely with one another, share ideas, and be creative in how they learn. Coding can be used in a variety of ways.

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eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2023

MONTREAL – Paper , the leading Educational Support System (ESS), today announced that it has acquired Readlee, an innovative learning tool that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and speech recognition technology to help students improve their reading skills.

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eSchool News

JULY 11, 2018

In addition, specialized apps and extensions are available through the Chrome store, including Read&Write for Google Chrome, Screencastify, Move It, Vysor, and Grammarly, to name a few. Microsoft Learning Tools : Free tools to improve reading and writing skills for all ages and abilities.

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Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2024

For the past four years, applied learning pedagogies, including digital tools like game-based platforms, have been explored within LAUSD to build math, literacy and social-emotional learning competencies using applied learning pedagogy.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

One study found that active learning significantly increases student performance in the classroom: Students were 1.5 When students can touch things and interact, as opposed to watching a teacher write notes on a chalkboard and copying it into their notebooks, test scores improve.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Over the years, writing instruction focus has swung between the final product outcome and the processes that gets us there. Digital tools have reignited this tension towards product, but now its time to help students learn how to compose, not just write. Thats where the magic happens–in the process.

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eSchool News

MARCH 3, 2025

Similarly, successful education renovation must prioritize students individual needs, creating functional learning environments that feel deeply personal. In education, stretching every dollar may involve equity-focused funding models, grant writing, or leveraging community partnerships.

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eSchool News

JUNE 1, 2017

I tell that story, much to the delight of my fifth graders, to teach a way to approach plot in narrative writing. Stories are powerful instructional tools , and as humans, our brains are wired to respond to them.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

In addition to the numerous social, emotional, and creative benefits Dungeons & Dragons provides, kids get hands-on practice with math, reading, and writing. D&D players never forget how they banded together to convince the goblins to be friendly or slaying the dragon that’s been stealing their food.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2021

In their new book, Teaching for Deeper Learning: Tools to Engage Students in Meaning Making , my friend, Jay McTighe , and his co-author, Harvey Silver , write about an active reading strategy that encourages students to engage with texts before, during, and after reading. Do they agree, disagree, or are they unsure?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2024

From classroom lessons and professional learning resources, to staff guides and announcement graphics, more and more information is being delivered in a visual way. Research shows that we process information presented in visual form more quickly than that presented in writing.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2022

Founded in 2021 the Texas based company has already entered school collaborations and is on track to become a key learning tool in order to give every child the opportunity to become an accurate early reader. For more information, visit edsoma.com. About MetaMetrics.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2021

Launched in 2014 for secondary grade students and in 2020 for elementary school students, Listenwise harnesses the power of listening to advance literacy and learning in all students by using podcasts as classroom texts, amplifying content and providing students practice in required listening skills.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2015

This is the latest innovative educational tool that Rand McNally has introduced to help teachers incorporate geography across the curriculum in social studies, history and geography, as well as reading programs and writing lesson plans.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2025

As first-year writing professors at community colleges, if we don’t meet this moment with intention, we will leave our most vulnerable students behind. These students will meet in a computer lab, giving us space to explore these tools in a collaborative setting. This knowledge gap? It’s not just technological.

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2025

The impact of visual and interactive learning tools Visual media profoundly influences how students process and retain information. Videos, films, and simulations create immersive learning experiences that traditional teaching methods cannot replicate.

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Teaching Methods Interactive Learning Assignments Participation 169

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The mystical and magical aura of “author” is set aside, allowing kids to realize that ordinary people write books. Sure, some of those ordinary people have a tremendous talent for writing, but when kids realize that authors are mere mortals, they can then see themselves in that role as well. Long Way Down” by Jason Reynolds.

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