eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Just as in classrooms nationwide, Montana’s teachers place an intense focus on supporting literacy in elementary school instruction. As a veteran teacher of 17 years who has taught in both elementary and middle school classrooms, I have found that there are a number of powerful edtech tools available to support student literacy.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Middle school students in grades 6-8 flex their civics knowledge for a chance to win recognition and cash prizes. Chambers of commerce across 27 states will host in-person contests in their communities this school year. The deadline to enter is January 8, 2024.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

Engaging Middle Schoolers in Math Middle school is when students start wondering, When will I ever use this? Make Math Real with Real-world Connections The best way to hook middle schoolers? Gamify Math with Friendly Competition Middle schoolers thrive on a little competition. Online Kahoot !

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eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2020

With virtual learning a reality for many families for the rest of the school year, the Learning at Home Center is an educational and fun supplement that features daily activities, printable worksheets, test prep quizzes, videos, and book vocabulary lists.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

School is almost back in session and educators are busy working on curriculum for the upcoming school year that will challenge students, improve their communication skills and provide a platform to express their thoughts and interests. Meet The Middle School Mind. Creative outlet. We’ve got you covered.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The lack of computer science technology educators in middle schools continues to be a genuine crisis, especially considering the critical role of STEM education in preparing students for future careers. We’re seeing more and more middle school students taking. They did it medium. They didn’t do it at all.

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MAY 14, 2021

Elementary and middle school children can read the books or have them read aloud to them. Many of the books include complete lesson plans and quizzes. One More Story includes a large collection of books for school-age children, narrated by professional actors, and some accompanied by original music and sound effects.

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MAY 20, 2022

Elementary and middle school children can read the books or have them read aloud to them. Many of the books include complete lesson plans and quizzes. There are additional dedicated libraries for Middle School and audio books. Access this collection via the website. Listen and Read.

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AUGUST 4, 2023

The exception is BrainPOP — there are no ads, but it requires a hefty annual fee: BrainPOP Fremium BrainPOP is a collection of three-five minute animated movies, learning games, quizzes, and interactive activities for grades 3-8 addressing a wide variety of topics such as math, science, social studies, health, art, and technology.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

A few classrooms down, Baselice’s colleague Jonathan Nardolilli teaches middle school mathematics using a board game he created himself to instruct students about the different angles created by parallel lines intersecting a transversal. Fath found this when she designed a board game called Outbreak for middle schoolers.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2017

On the second day of his current job, as principal of nearby Lexington Middle School, he discovered that a social studies teacher was also using the game. Despite its traction in the K-12 schools and districts, the company says it has no immediate plans to charge schools and teachers. He happily obliged.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Cary Hoste—Casey Middle School, Boulder, CO In this first video, math teacher Cary Hoste explains how her middle school's new one-to-one program has given her the opportunity to make her own teaching more effective—in any given moment. Woot Math in an Algebra 1 Classroom. How to use Woot Math as a Scaffolded Worksheet.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2018

One day I had been planning to discuss metacognition—a learning strategy I teach to my middle-school students. Those mini-quizzes became a way for the students to differentiate what they knew from what they didn’t. Abby walked in just in time to hear me ask the class, “What is one of my favorite big words that begins with ‘M?’”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

For example, completing homework requires executive function skills, and the benefits of homework increase as students move into middle school and high school. Students remember more and experience less mind-wandering when lectures are interpolated with other learning activities, such as short quizzes.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

These short, informal quizzes can offer snapshots of individual student performance and allow teachers to adjust their teaching as the student grows. . “At In one middle school that participated in the Digital Promise study, teachers used Microsoft Forms, which utilizes Azure to collect and analyze data.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2021

This I tell them is the ‘big kids’ program, one they’ll use throughout Lower and Middle School. We now start on keyboard quizzes for speed and accuracy. More of the kindergarten introduction, but my focus becomes posture, including general elements of. elbows at side. feet in front. They love that.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In middle school, I participated in Future City , a STEM competition for middle schoolers. I figured that what gave me joy in elementary school would do the same for my students. Influenced by my own experiences and the philosophy of my school, competition became a staple in our classroom culture.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

No one wants to be at the bottom of a leaderboard,” says Deepak Cheenath, co-founder of Quizizz, a classroom tool that lets teachers create pop quizzes and games. One benefit of CoCo is its mild learning curve, says Tiffany Zides, a digital literacy and computer science teacher at Clarke Middle School in Lexington, Massachusetts.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The website also reports that teachers can "receive an official Apple Teacher logo" after "completing online quizzes" providing knowledge of apps and tools. 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

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Over the last year, she’s noticed ads peppered throughout the communications app, which is used by most students, parents and teachers at her 13-year-old’s middle school. Most of the ads seem innocuous—a virtual charter school or a set of digital worksheets, for example—and don’t bother her much. They’re middle-school kids.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2019

“Differentiation can take hours and hours and hours, but I’ve found a super-efficient way to differentiate well,” enthuses Dorseyville Middle School teacher Cathie Gillner. So what’s her secret, and how can you replicate it? It’s BrainPOP.

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2021

technology, students without access to the internet could use such an application to participate in home learning, do homework, take quizzes and access additional learning resources — all through their Next Gen TV screens, thanks to data broadcasting. Washington, D.C. By utilizing ATSC 3.0 This goes way beyond providing great content.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

Challenge: The Education Trust also found that only 4% of typical classroom assignments teach higher order thinking , a troubling statistic that proves teachers desperately need instructional tools that go beyond worksheets, apps, online games, and quizzes. Consider the ways that technology can streamline these processes for teachers.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Here are fifteen ways to celebrate in your classroom including websites, games, activities, printables, quizzes, audios, songs, interactive maps, crafts, flashcards, videos, webquests, books, posters, trading cards, lesson plans, word searches, puzzles, speeches, articles, animations, biographies, and more: 1. Activities for High School.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

In fact, the Saxon math curriculum my teachers used when I was in middle school over 25 years ago leveraged interleaving. Interleaving Next up is interleaving, which in math occurs when students are given a variety of problems at one time; essentially mixed exercises. This approach isn’t new. Spacing The third technique is spacing.

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MARCH 11, 2016

online quizzes. With it, students can take notes in their books, fill in online rubrics and quizzes, and automatically link to additional resources without having to retype URLs. Since student needs are not extreme, pretty much any tool your school makes available will accomplish student goals. Online Quizzes.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2017

Quizzes on Google Forms now allow for a bit more customization: Teachers can offer partial credit for answers choices while auto-grading multiple choice questions. Our bread and butter has always been middle school ELA,” a representative from the company explains.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

CoolKidFacts –kid-friendly videos, pictures, info, and quizzes–all 100% suitable for children. How do I teach Inquiry and Research in Middle School. Before rolling any of these out, preview them all to be sure they fit your unique student group: BrainPop –with the BrainPop characters, a launchpad to curiosity.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2017

I showed kids their grades and ELA standards mastery scores, which I had tracked through bi-weekly Common Core-aligned quizzes. At nearly every school I visited in Chicago teachers told us that if there is one essential thing to do in a personalized learning classroom, it is to conference with students.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Beth Doughty, an educator at Washington state’s Chief Umtuch Middle School, uses these activities to teach her students about bots and site mirroring. Transparency: Don't be fooled by sneaky ads, quizzes that just mine for your personal information, or opinion pieces pretending to be balanced reporting.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2016

Users can now add images (or graphs, for the math teachers) to quizzes, either as part of a question or as a multiple choice answer. Mary Jo Madda ( @MJMadda ) is Senior Editor at EdSurge, as well as a former STEM middle school teacher and administrator. Google Forms is also getting an update, in the form of images.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

BrainPOP is a collection of three-five minute animated movies, learning games, quizzes, and interactive activities for grades 3-8 addressing a wide variety of topics such as math, science, social studies, health, art, and technology. They can even create quizzes to assess their learning. Info Please. SchoolsWorld.TV. How to Research.

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2017

But more importantly, every single one of them is listening attentively for their next instructions—right in the middle of math class. Middle school math students ready to save the world What may seem like an odd day in a “typical” math class is just the beginning. Students let out a sigh of relief, realizing it’s all pretend.

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MAY 23, 2018

Designed to offer lessons, videos, lectures, quizzes, and more that differentiate for individual students, its real power is making the resources of the most respected names in edtech available with one click. ” –Jenna Rodgers, Middle School Teacher. This includes: ABCYa.com.

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JULY 14, 2017

Elementary and middle school children can read the books or have them read aloud to them. Many of the books include complete lesson plans and quizzes. One More Story includes a large collection of books for school-age children, narrated by professional actors, and some accompanied by original music and sound effects.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

One was Melissa Yarborough, a teacher at Navarro Middle School in Houston’s East End, which is home to one of the city’s historically Latino neighborhoods. While not targeted as a failing school, her campus became “NES-aligned,” meaning her principal opted into the New Education System. Map by Nadia Tamez-Robledo for EdSurge.

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JUNE 1, 2018

Purchase a School License for one grade and get the second grade level for free on either of the following: student tech curriculum workbooks (K-8). student keyboarding workbooks (K-Middle School). Benefits of School License for Students. This maximizes productivity and student independence.

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