eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2025

On average, about 25 percent of children in the early grades struggle with reading. At the same time, the percentage of students who say they read for pleasure is declining : Fewer than half of all children ages 8-18 (43 percent) say they enjoy reading in their spare time, down from 58 percent in 2016.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

Competing [in a game] doesn’t work as motivation for every student. The idea is to keep learners motivated in a class. Competing [in a game] doesn’t work as motivation for every student. Almost a decade into experiments with gamification, edtech companies are changing the way they approach motivation.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Here’s Why Kids Should Participate in Extracurricular Activities Most parents ignore this, but playtime activities significantly contribute to a child’s overall development. That said, below are a few reasons your child should actively participate in extracurricular activities: 1.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 5, 2021

I hope that a close examination of this approach to designing and facilitating lessons will motivate teachers to explore alternative models that free them from the front of the room. Pain Point: Teachers are frustrated by a lack of student engagement and motivation. Consuming new information (e.g.,

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

And while the science of reading is currently in the forefront of media cycles, many other areas of education are being informed by cognitive neuroscience research. By creating an emotionally safe and supportive learning environment, teachers help students build resilience, motivation, and a growth mindset.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

However, if humans learn by participating in their lives then how can online learning be effective? Participation. Too often the information students are asked to read and engage with online is abstract and unrelated to their lives. Participation. Incentivizing participation may also yield higher levels of participation.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2016

Public-private partnerships are expanding Reading Rainbow’s impact for a new generation. This is no easy task considering the reading gap continues to widen between lower and higher income students and the majority of our children do not read past a fourth grade reading level.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

In a course that requires out-of-class reading, that conversation is highly reliant on students doing their part and completing the assigned reading.However, in recent semesters, students engaging in focused reading in which they annotate text is dwindling. There is a notable drop off in the reading and conversations.In

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 5, 2023

I know many teachers reading this don’t have flexible furniture. If teachers are using their small group time to facilitate discussions, the U-shape seating arrangement encourages student participation. This can lead to greater engagement and motivation, as students feel a sense of belonging and connection to their peers.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. 1 most-read story focuses on some of the biggest education trends from 2023. This year’s no.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2020

On any given day, you’ll find Felix and her students using iReady Math, making FlipGrid videos, or participating in a Skype Class virtual field trip to learn from rangers in places like Dinosaur National Monument and Grand Teton National Park. They want to know you can read their writing. They want you to read and rate them.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. This year’s 9th most-read story focuses on instructional strategies for better student engagement. Provide personal questionnaires, pay attention to the extracurriculars students participate in and their behavior with other students. 2: Relevant course content.

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eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2021

Many schools are opening or converting to hybrid, so in a push for a strong finish, it’s important for educators to keep students motivated during the final stretch. I recently participated in virtual events through my local library for the Big Read celebration.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2024

While novels are engrossing for some students, teachers who use a variety of texts and media sources engage more students and address a broader range of topics and reading standards. These connections make students more interested in the stories they read, enhancing their overall classroom engagement. The day went quickly.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

Learning a new language is challenging, requiring a student to master four basic skills–listening, reading, speaking, and writing–from scratch. Such creative writing tasks motivate students to explore new words and topics they might avoid in the classroom or everyday conversation.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Each factor plays a role in shaping various academic achievements: Prior knowledge of the subject matter Motivation and engagement Learning goals Learning strategies Prioritization of the course Outside responsibilities College students take a course for various reasons, for example, to meet a major or minor requirement or for personal interest.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Here’s a sample of some of the newest products and announcements from the conference: Beanstack unveiled a brand-new admin experience to make it easier than ever for you to grow your school’s culture of reading.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

These words, after all, are important to students’ ultimate reading success. Sight words, on the other hand, are those words that students recognize by sight–without the need to stop and decode the word–when reading. At each stop, the player must read a word and use it correctly in a sentence in order to stay on that space.

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eSchool News

JULY 22, 2024

Classkick excels in creating a dynamic and interactive learning environment that encourages participation and fosters a love for learning. This student often found it challenging to stay focused and motivated with conventional paper-based tasks. Using Classkick in this way has made the learning process more inclusive and effective.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Each factor plays a role in shaping various academic achievements: Prior knowledge of the subject matter Motivation and engagement Learning goals Learning strategies Prioritization of the course Outside responsibilities College students take a course for various reasons, for example, to meet a major or minor requirement or for personal interest.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2021

Thorndike Press from Gale, a Cengage company, has teamed up with Beanstack and Mark Cuban to bring schools a national K-12 summer reading challenge, ‘Level Up.’ The challenge was designed to lessen the impact of summer slide and keep students engaged and reading all summer long.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

I read Susan Blums Ungrading as a first-year graduate student and was immediately smitten. In my more recent students evaluations, students say they are less stressed, they are more motivated, and they understand assignment expectations at the beginning of the semester. My first attempt at alternative assessment didnt go very well.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

This article is part of the guide, What Does Reading Well Look Like? I can read. The skill of sounding out words is “reading” at the most basic level. Very young children don’t pick up a book and think, “Oh, I should learn to read.” I am a reader. Add in the understanding of those words, and that’s the next level.

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eSchool News

MAY 23, 2016

Continuing its commitment to prevent summer slide, myON, a business unit of Capstone and provider of personalized literacy solutions in the K-12 marketplace, announced the start of its fifth annual summer reading challenge, “ Get in the Game and Read! ”. million students nationwide read 4,732,169 books over summer vacation.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2024

A few years ago, I read the book Teach Like A Pirate by Dave Burgess, and the ideas resonated with me and changed my perspective on instructional practices. The Kinesthetic Hook Engaging students through movement is a powerful strategy that enhances active participation and deepens learning experiences. in teaching.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2019

It goes by many clever (and slightly ridiculous ) names, but all of those acronyms refer to the act of reading recreationally at school. Many of the benefits of silent reading and recurring sustained silent reading (SSR) have gone under appreciated in recent years. Psst.intrinsic motivation theorists hate it!)

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2020

And one question being asked by pundits and politicos is, how can we motivate young voters to show up at the polls? After all, in the most recent presidential election, less than half of citizens ages 18 to 29 participated , compared to 71 percent of those 65 and older and 67 percent of eligible voters ages 45 to 64.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Participation is free for the SpringBoard Math Challenge, whichis designed to give teachers and schools the opportunity to engage their elementary school students through fun math challenges aligned to the curriculum. The fun competition has motivated students to stay engaged, excited and continue learning, which is so important.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 25, 2023

The difficulties in student engagement with instructor-directed reading, both in terms of the amount of reading undertaken and the participation and benefit from in-class discussion around readings, can be a prevalent problem. academic journal article or specific industry press).

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

BOOKR Class presents storybooks in a highly engaging format to focus on reading in English. Children have always been naturally curious and motivated by interactive activities, making them perfect partners for digital educational platforms. Experiential learning is the future of education.

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Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2025

Americas schools are facing a crisis in reading achievement. The recently released National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) found that only 31 percent of 4th graders and 30 percent of 8th graders were reading at or above a proficient level. Evans observed, an engaged reader will learn more from reading. Dr. Julie A.

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Teach Your Kids

MAY 6, 2025

A couple months ago, I wrote a post entitled “the end of reading,” predicting that in the next couple decades reading would outlive its usefulness and become extinct. Reading has a unique role to play in the world of education. “But, I taught myself to read at the age of two”, you say!

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The feedback is listed in three easy-to-read columns, which helps make even complex discussions easy to digest. But students’ willingness to participate in discussion is one indicator of their comfort level and motivation – and it’s something that TeachFX can help improve over time using research-based methods.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Beanstack , an edtech platform that helps schools encourage kids to read through gamification, demonstrated the importance of engaging readers. Beanstack helps educators and librarians encourage reading by making it easy to create and promote reading challenges for their communities. Samsung Electronics America, Inc.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

“Synchronous online learning” generally refers to live learning activities that must happen at a set time (often over Zoom or a similar platform), while “asynchronous online learning” refers to almost everything else (completing assignments, doing readings, watching videos, etc.).

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

These include following instructions, sharing, listening and participating during lessons, using writing utensils and craft materials, and toilet training. Then there’s language development, which includes the ability to comprehend and communicate verbally, and eventually read and write.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2016

For example, students may participate in interactive reading activities where they record their own voice to practice fluency. By and large, we’ve found the use of technology increases students’ motivation and concentration, and it engages them in meaningful, relevant, and intellectually stimulating work. Global learners.

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