eSchool News

JANUARY 21, 2021

How and where our students learn has radically changed over the last 10 months. Students are in a multitude of educational environments that have challenged the entire school community. A common misconception about coding is that teachers need a degree or certificate in computer science to incorporate coding into their curriculum.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

At a time when millions of educators have been thrown into remote learning with no formal training, any answer to that question might seem too good to be true. If nothing else, the experience of learning online can alter a teacher’s perspective, which is a crucial first step toward improving practice.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

As a progressive educator in New York City for 30 years, I thought I had all the answers. The best teaching had to do with inquiry, with higher-level thinking, with student-centered project-based learning. But if you are not effectively teaching the students who struggle most, you are perpetuating educational inequity.

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eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2016

“Just do it” may be an effective slogan for a sporting shoe company, but it is not an effective change management technique to move to blended learning. The move to blended learning has been labelled as “disruptive” by many, such as Clayton Christensen in his book “ Disrupting Class.”

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

(PRWEB) — Lightspeed , a leading provider of powerful instructional audio solutions, announces Mobile PA, a wireless and portable instructional audio system that expands access to learning and gives teachers, administrators and students the freedom to be heard and understood anywhere. To learn more, visit [link].

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

As colleges ask faculty to prepare for a possible online, hybrid or altered in-person fall semester—or all three simultaneously—many instructors are wondering how to best measure student learning. And that if they don't do that, then it's an educational problem that we have to solve. I don't get rid of learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 20, 2023

When we asked the Ask a Tech Teacher team to apply it specifically to teaching physical education–not something we usually think of with tech tools–they came up with these great ideas: Using ChatGPT to Revolutionize PE Teaching: 5 Expert Strategies! It is also having an impact on physical education and health.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2016

The members believe that social and emotional learning (SEL) in its current state doesn’t engender real feelings in students because it isn’t immersive. Greg Callaham, Alpha’s director of social and emotional learning, was excited about the demonstration. Callaham works with coaches to integrate the subject with physical education.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2020

Through their work, Murphy and his team discovered that online learning solved many of their PD challenges, and allowed them to quickly build capacity for remote learning. So, they searched for providers and ultimately chose OTIS for Educators , a state-approved online professional development platform aligned to ISTE standards.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2023

Today’s workers must continuously learn and evolve throughout their careers, making the need for upskilling and reskilling more vital. Edtech companies can position themselves to successfully provide breakthrough education solutions as people of all ages and skill levels take charge of their own lifelong learning.

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eSchool News

MAY 7, 2018

Here are a few practical examples of how I help teachers integrate technology to positively impact student learning. Attend department meetings to inform and learn. Incidentally, I learned to never underestimate the value of being “seen.” Use them as examples or encouragement for growing your program. Keep the tech simple.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 15, 2023

Metacognition is a cognitive ability that allows learners to consider their thought patterns, approaches to learning, and understanding of a topic or idea. Teachers can leverage the power of thinking routines developed by Project Zero at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education to help students develop their metacognitive muscles.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 15, 2021

Physical Education St. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Try these fun websites with activities for different grade levels, different classes: Puzzle–St. Pat’s Puzzle. Puzzle–St. Pat’s drag-and-drop puzzle. Puzzle–St. Pat’s slide puzzle. Puzzles and games. Resources for St.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 2, 2023

“Family physical education” refers to physical activities families do together that promote health and fitness. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. How about: Bonding: an opportunity for shared experiences and mutual support.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Conventional wisdom around when and where students learn, what knowledge they need to be successful, and who they are as learners is all rapidly changing, especially as technology becomes more prevalent in classrooms. Learning can happen anytime, anywhere. Geographic and socio-economic factors no longer have to be barriers to learning.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

It’s fair to say that augmented reality has moved from a cool technology that might be neat for students to try to a credible teaching tool that fits just as easily in K-12 classrooms as it does in higher education. “Unfortunately, too much of our education system is structured like virtual reality.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The availability of this funding, along with the complex trauma issues brought on by the pandemic–including social isolation, depression and generalized anxiety–have prompted educators to increase their focus on the importance of social-emotional learning (SEL) to address all students’ needs.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 17, 2023

When preparing to teach a graduate-level curriculum and assessment in physical education & health education course, we asked ourselves, “What is the best way to teach future educators about curriculum and assessment?” So how does this collective learning experience relate to what they would be doing in the classroom?

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 17, 2023

When preparing to teach a graduate-level curriculum and assessment in physical education & health education course, I asked myself, “What is the best way to teach future educators about curriculum and assessment?” So how does this collective learning experience relate to what they would be doing in the classroom?

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 1, 2022

Learning during the pandemic benefited from what many schools had already started to build: Wi-Fi-enabled environments with top-notch connectivity that could support all users, from students working in the classroom to physical education teachers out on the field.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 16, 2022

Physical Education St. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Try these fun websites with activities for different grade levels, different classes: Puzzle–St. Pat’s Puzzle. Pat’s drag-and-drop puzzle. Pat’s slide puzzle. Puzzles and games. Patrick’s Day Activities from Elementary PE Teacher.com. Resources for St.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 17, 2023

Pat’s slide puzzle Puzzles and games Physical Education St. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Try these fun websites with activities for different grade levels, different classes: Puzzle–St. Pat’s Puzzle Puzzle–St. Pat’s drag-and-drop puzzle Puzzle–St. Pat’s Day from Education.com by grade and subject St.

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Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2025

Taken together, open access admission policies and challenges to student engagement in the community college context present a unique opportunity for utilizing student workers as learning assistants. Learning assistantships also offer a range of benefits for the near peer tutors themselves. 2021; Close et al.,

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eSchool News

JULY 9, 2018

note : App of the Week picks are now being curated by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Click here to read the full app review.

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eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2015

Called the 2015 TEAMS Award – Teachers and Media Specialists Influencing Student Achievement, it recognizes teacher-media specialist teams in elementary, middle, and high school settings for their critical collaboration to promote learning and achievement.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Program leaders, sponsors, learners and their families, staff, community partners, and funders are all critical to the success of these learner-centered education models. Learners are responsible for researching potential internship opportunities and communicating with partner sites to arrange their internships.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 1, 2016

Having been empowered to defeat the challenge, and having fun doing it, my son was ready later to then learn more about bugs, bugmen, and aliens as we sat together at the computer looking up such things during the next few weeks. Too much of our education system is structured like virtual reality.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

As we started asking educators, administrators and experts about the issue as part of an investigation into how teachers inform the development of edtech products , everyone agreed: teacher voice should be part of edtech decisions. Take physical education, for instance. So what explains the disconnect?

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Cal Matters

JUNE 4, 2025

In 2020, about 60% of teachers borrowed money to finish their degrees, according to a recent study by the Learning Policy Institute , with loans averaging about $30,000 for a four-year bachelors degree and a credential program. We definitely need more teachers, and paying student teachers is a good start, Hunter said.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Video Games as Physical Education. Jim Romano, Valley Day’s Health and Physical Education instructor, said the immersive VR setup transforms PE class into a “life-size video game” for the students. . MORE FROM EDTECH : Schools Use Immersive Technology for Assistive Learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

Since Chinese authorities closed schools to control the spread of coronavirus, the Ministry of Education has called for students to learn at home. Over the past few weeks, educators, students and parents have taken to social media to share their experiences with this abrupt move to online learning.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Although it’s not the program that ed-tech advocates had hoped for, many expressed cautious optimism that a section of ESSA under Title IV (“21 st Century Schools”) could help schools use technology tools to transform teaching and learning. Title IV, Part A, of ESSA changes that—sort of.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

students are using sabermetrics to analyze one another’s athletic skills in physical education class to determine their best uses on the kickball field, EdSurge reports. . At Excel Public Charter School in Kent, Wash.,

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on student engagement and online or hybrid learning strategies related to pandemic teaching. This year’s 2nd most-read story focuses on the K-12 edtech predictions educators and experts had for 2021–were they right? education system. Dr. As the U.S.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Abrupt shifts to virtual and hybrid learning laid bare the vast inequities that exist in the U.S. education system. The move to online learning also made people wonder: Are there practices we can continue when the pandemic abates? This may assist with mitigating learning loss. Dr. As the U.S.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

Distance learning in colleges and universities is now recognized as more than an alternative to the traditional face-to-face classroom (Higher Ed Partners, 2021), which is how distance learning was largely viewed at the time that institutions turned entirely to virtual teaching and learning during COVID-19 (Suruchi & Dutt, 2021).

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We are Teachers

MAY 9, 2025

Summertime is fun time with water activities, from making your own sprinkler to building water balloon yo-yos to creating a winding river.

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