eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

Revolutionizing School Attendance: The 6 Principles for Equitable Engagement : Transform your school’s attendance culture by implementing six revolutionary principles of equitable engagement, with thoughtful use of technology supporting these efforts.

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eSchool News

JUNE 12, 2023

Key points: To improve student engagement, strive to create a positive learning environment Offer multiple means of engagement using technology inspired by UDL such as voice/screen capture or different ways to present a project While schools have largely returned to normal classroom instruction, some ripple effects of the pandemic remain.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2025

While communication challenges can arise for physical education teachers, technology like mobile instructional audio systems can increase communication, boosting motivation, performance, and overall classroom connection for all students. Yet not all instructional audio technology includes the same features or functions in the same way.

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eSchool News

MAY 2, 2025

If we pair students strengths and aptitudes with in-demand careers through personalized learning, we are ensuring the success of our students and tomorrows workforce, thus realigning motivation and fulfilling the individuals Hierarchy of Needs.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

From interactive apps to virtual environments, these technologies create dynamic educational experiences, preparing students for the demands of the digital age while empowering educators to deliver impactful lessons. How technology helps in teaching and learning Technology revolutionizes K-12 teaching and learning, offering myriad benefits.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 3, 2021

Second, technology is here to stay. How can we leverage technology to provide meaningful choices within a learning experience and create the time and space needed to work with individual students or small groups of learners? There are two things I am certain of in education. First, learner variability is the norm, not the exception.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 12, 2025

Technology is a distraction. I hear comments like these in almost every professional learning session involving technology. I don’t think teachers are frustrated with technology itself. Despite the frustration and distractions teachers often associate with classroom technology use, the technology itself isnt the problem.

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2025

Without appropriate support, such as assistive technology, students may fall behind academically, which can affect their confidence and motivation to participate. While this may seem daunting, there are assistive technologies to help students navigate central vision loss and have fulfilling academic and social experiences.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In recent years, K-12 tech innovation news has made it clear that educational technology has become an integral part of classrooms, influencing teaching methodologies, student interactions, and the overall educational landscape. What is one positive effect technology has had on education?

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 8, 2021

Teachers are frustrated by what they perceive as a lack of focus, engagement, and motivation. Teachers frustrated by a perceived lack of focus, engagement, or motivation should develop routines and resources designed to help students develop these critical self-regulation skills. ” I hear statements like this every week.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

We talked about building student agency into the various parts of the project to increase student engagement and motivation. Finally, we discussed strategies for connecting students with an authentic audience to ensure they were motivated to do their best work. Technology can simplify the planning process for teams of teachers.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

Technology is good at transferring information. Technology has the advantage of putting students in control of the pace at which they acquire and process new information. Challenge #3: Student Apathy and Lack of Motivation Student apathy and lack of motivation are significant barriers to engaging students in deeper learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2025

Solving this motivation problem is tricky. Its allowed schools to open up competing career pathways in the back end of high school, whether students pursue calculus for science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers or instead learn data analytics or quantitative reasoning.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Technology has permeated every facet of our lives, making many tasks easier, and even doing some of our work for us. The impact of technology on the human brain is still being studied, but there is a body of research which is decades old and has increased its capacity to inform education with advances in medical imaging technology.

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eSchool News

MAY 21, 2025

Understanding and addressing the unique threat of cyberattacks through file hosting services In cybersecurity, the bad guys are always trying to stay a step ahead of technological innovation, security measures, and the best efforts of those whose job it is to thwart attacks.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 9, 2021

However, to truly understand teacher engagement we must understand the dimensions of this motivational construct. Teacher engagement is a multidimensional motivational construct that reflects a teachers’ choice to dedicate energy resources to their work. What is teacher engagement?

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 12, 2023

1 Hard to Motivate After a Long Day at School After spending six to seven hours in a structured, often high-pressure academic environment, students face the additional burden of homework. As a result, writing assignments often fail to meet the psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness required for motivation.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2025

By positioning code as a creative tool, educators can tap into students' intrinsic motivation while simultaneously building computational thinking skills. This approach helps students see themselves as creators, not just consumers, of technology.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2025

Student Achievement About two-thirds of teachers agreed that their students were motivated to get good grades and on track to succeed in school. Less than half said they were satisfied with their level of pay and opportunities for advancement. Most also said their students are excited about what theyre learning.

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k12 Digest

MAY 15, 2025

This fundamental truth about human cognition has finally found its perfect technological match in the form of microlearning. As we witness the rapid evolution of educational technology, the convergence of bite-sized learning modules with intelligent virtual tutors is creating unprecedented opportunities for personalised education.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 21, 2021

In a recent edWebinar sponsored by Unruly Splats , Lauren Watkins, Marketing Director, and Christine Danhoff, Technology Integration Specialist at Genoa Area Local Schools in Ohio, advocate integrating coding and computer science into core subjects such as math, music, art, world language, English, and physical education.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

District leaders can supplement those guidelines with training programs that offer explicit, systematic approaches to teaching reading, or attend a webinar series from education technology partners that offers data-driven suggestions for literacy curricula.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2021

, these are critical skills students need to develop if they are going to become expert learners who are motivated, resourceful, strategic, and capable of advocating for themselves. Third, I do not want teachers to design learning experiences or use technology to isolate learners.

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eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2022

With time-saving technology strategies, school librarians can find ways to connect with their school’s teachers and students on a deeper level, forming relationships and helping with research and skill development. Translation technologies can be included for students and parents whose native language is not English.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

Revolutionizing School Attendance: The 6 Principles for Equitable Engagement : Transform your school’s attendance culture by implementing six revolutionary principles of equitable engagement, with thoughtful use of technology supporting these efforts.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2022

Second, low-proficiency readers struggle with motivation. Essentially, struggling readers have a low reading self-concept, which is linked to lower motivation. Given the high anxiety and low motivation, struggling readers only perform at a low reading level. Third, struggling readers have low achievement.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Agency and autonomy can yield higher levels of motivation over time. As such, technology should not be used to isolate learners. Technology is simply a vehicle. Technology should not be used for technology’s sake. I encourage teachers to design this station through the lens of student agency.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Have you considered how assistive technologies like text-to-speech can be tailored to individual needs? Understand Individual Needs Understanding the unique needs of each student with special needs is the first step in effectively using technology to support their learning.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2024

Enhancing student engagement and motivation Beyond academic support, AI tutoring systems can also improve student engagement and motivation. Students can be motivated by their progress, giving them a sense of accomplishment and encouraging them to persevere through challenging material.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2025

In the Robotics & Automation Technology competition, teams of two students lay out and program a robotic manufacturing production system in response to a given scenario. Business partners make it possible for us to achieve our mission of preparing students for career success, Whitehead says. It helped me to have a feeling of worth.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

The past few years have seen a significant transformation for education and edtech, and 2023 will continue to bring new ideas and emerging technologies. We expect this to motivate schools to create more flexible, active learning spaces that can be modified to fit a wide variety of learning needs.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 10, 2021

When you articulate the “why” or value of a vision board for your students, explain that the mental practice of visualizing has been shown to positively impact motivation, confidence, and physical ability (Ranganathan, Siemionow, Liu, Sahgal & Yue , 2004 ). Creating a Vision Board. Step 1: Time to Reflect.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

Revolutionizing School Attendance: The 6 Principles for Equitable Engagement : Transform your school’s attendance culture by implementing six revolutionary principles of equitable engagement, with thoughtful use of technology supporting these efforts.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The survey of more than 1,100 educators from across North America highlights back-to-school excitement, challenges, student engagement, and technology usage. As educators welcome students back to their classrooms for the 2023-2024 school year, they are continuing to embrace education technology.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Consortium for School Networking’s annual “State of Edtech Leadership” survey reveals that 56 percent of districts are understaffed when it comes to supporting classroom technology use, and hiring and retaining skilled personnel is the second leading IT challenge among school systems, trailing only budget constraints.

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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.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 3, 2021

Explore how you can universally design blended learning to remove barriers, provide firm goals with flexible pathways, and cultivate expert learners who are motivated, resourceful, and strategic! Katie and I asked educators to submit their questions about the book! Below we answer some of your questions! A Quick Introduction to the Book.

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