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. What students–especially struggling students–also need is teacher-directed explicit instruction.

Students

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.

Physical Education

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

It provides teachers with invaluable formative assessment data, allowing them to informally assess student understanding and identify misconceptions, gaps, and areas that need additional instruction and support. Review and Customize: Review and customize the chatbot’s suggestions to meet your classroom context and student needs.

History

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

But where in the conversation are the people implementing those tools: the teachers? In a survey released earlier this year, the edtech company Clever found that 85 percent of administrators say teachers are involved in choosing tools. And how much say do they—or should they—have in edtech decisions? So what explains the disconnect?

Teachers

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

19, Zeng, an art teacher at a primary school in the northeastern city of Qingdao, started a livestream art class via DingTalk, a communication app. It’s my first time teaching online,” she says. For music classes, Xiong says teachers have assigned song lyrics for individual students to sing. Source: Zeng) On the evening of Feb.

Art

Edsurge

MAY 12, 2022

One of the realities of classroom teachers in the United States is that many do not make enough money to rely solely on their salary. Over the last several months, EdSurge has interviewed dozens of K-12 teachers who work at least one other job outside of the classroom. Stacey Robinson. It doesn’t go far at all. At all,” she says. “If

Teachers

eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2022

As a physical education teacher in an underserved community, finding ways to connect with my classes during the pandemic and a time of remote learning was challenging.

Problem-Based Learning

Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Education experts were raising questions and expressing concerns about teaching shortages long before COVID-19 came into the picture, but the pandemic exacerbated the issue. During that period, I continued my duties as a para, ensuring the students I worked with met the goals and mandates of their Individualized Education Plan (IEP).

Teachers

eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2025

The NEA encourages teachers to bring physical activity into the classroom by incorporating brain breaks in students daily routines or taking classroom activities outside. A university developed a course that meshes physics lessons with martial arts. For the students and teachers, its just plain fun. Start small.

Technology

eSchool News

MAY 7, 2018

Additionally, I teach an online course called “Introduction to Libraries and the Information Age” at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill. Whether or not technology is your favorite part of being a school librarian, there are simple ways to increase your value by connecting with teachers and offering assistance.

Physical Education

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 20, 2019

Technology is a natural education fit in everything from math to Spanish to literacy. The one corner of K-12 learning that is not so obvious is PE — Physical Education. In that class, we think of physical stuff — not digital — like running and exercising. But kids love technology’s apps and software.

Teachers

eSchool News

MAY 31, 2024

If we can move beyond the industrial model and engage in place-based education that connects to the community outside the school, teachers can still be experts, but they can also be facilitators who open the door to a world of potential partners with their own areas of expertise. That’s where the magic happens.

Education

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

And will we return to our classrooms to teach in the same manner as we did before COVID? Here’s what they had to say: As many school districts remain virtual or use a hybrid model, teachers are doing everything they can to help students succeed in a distance learning environment, but at some point they will hit a wall and need help.

Distance Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 15, 2021

Physical Education St. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Pat’s slide puzzle. Puzzles and games. Patrick’s Day Activities from Elementary PE Teacher.com. Resources for St. Pat’s Day from Education.com by grade and subject. Patrick’s Day history–video. Tic tac toe.

Physical Education

eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Partitioning content into discrete subjects and courses made the learning boring and the teaching hard. Often team-taught and generally in-person, these courses are inspired by teachers’ and learners’ own passions. Learners and teachers sit down together to discuss learners’ progress and work, and decide on a grade together.

Interdisciplinary

eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2023

Related : 4 tips for using data to differentiate instruction This school year, align teaching strategies with student learning styles. This ecosystem wouldn’t be focused on schools or teachers.

Secondary Education

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

All students that take online courses have a teacher that guides their progress and keeps them on track. Early exposure to higher learning is key to inspiring first-generation college students who may not view postsecondary education as an option. It teaches students logic and that there are processes behind everything.

Disabilities

Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

If nothing else, the experience of learning online can alter a teacher’s perspective, which is a crucial first step toward improving practice. But too often, when teachers go into webinars or workshops [offered by] their school or district, it rarely connects with the direct needs they have in the classroom that moment,” she says.

Online Learning

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.

Fairness

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 2, 2023

“Family physical education” refers to physical activities families do together that promote health and fitness. Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

Physical Education

eSchool News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

When used as part of a daily routine, and not as reward or punishment, these sensory breaks may make a profound difference in helping students make it through the school day while teaching them to intrinsically learn and advocate for their sensory needs. Some students may need movement to help with self-regulation.

Students

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 16, 2022

Physical Education St. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Pat’s slide puzzle. Puzzles and games. Patrick’s Day Activities from Elementary PE Teacher.com. Resources for St. Pat’s Day from Education.com by grade and subject. Patrick’s Day history–video. Pat’s Day songs–video. Tic tac toe. Wordsearch.

Physical Education

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 17, 2023

Pat’s slide puzzle Puzzles and games Physical Education St. link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Patrick’s Day Activities from Elementary PE Teacher.com Resources for St. Pat’s Day from Education.com by grade and subject St. Patrick’s Day history–video St.

Physical Education

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.

Physical Education

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

These findings have put a fire underneath educators and K–12 organizations to refocus efforts to teach computer science skills. “We By using personal devices and data science programs like Tableau , teachers can come up with new ways to incorporate data science to teach kids STEM skills while still having fun. .

Science

eSchool News

AUGUST 1, 2016

What this incident demonstrates is a kind of teaching technique that too often is underutilized or even forgotten. Too much of our education system is structured like virtual reality. This distinction is even more pronounced and important in education. Unfortunately, too much of our education system is structured like VR.

Technology

Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2024

The goal is to improve science literacy among high school students by making lessons meaningful and relevant to their lives through a teaching method called project-based learning. The participation of HBCUs is notable in part because they play a key role in training future K-12 science teachers. They observed classrooms.

STEM

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? Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories.

Hybrid Learning

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The implementation also helped address challenges with certifications and staffing for their early college high school and STEM high school–when they no longer had a university partner providing physical education credits, Edmentum filled that gap with highly qualified, state-certified teachers and award-winning curriculum.

Education

eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2016

” It is a significant shift in the teaching and learning paradigm. A significant portion of the training should focus on how to change the teaching and learning paradigm. Models of success – Teachers need to know that they changes they are implementing are worthwhile. Thus, it should.

Blended Learning

Edsurge

JULY 18, 2017

Amazon Inspire is still missing its most controversial feature—the ability for any teacher to share lesson plans, worksheets, and other materials with colleagues. Letting any teacher share their teaching materials is a key promise of the service, but it is also one that sparked controversy last year, after several people.

Social Studies

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 2, 2018

This topic that is close to my tech teacher soul. Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, James Lovelock, discusses this: Explicit typing, simulated application and practical application – Why is this not a thing? Two steps handled by the same program, the last through opportunities afforded to me by different teachers.

Teaching

Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2022

Most schools, for the health and safety of their communities, adjusted them in a variety of ways, often making them more “brain-friendly” and aligning them with promising research and strategies in the science of teaching and learning, or what we like to call, Mind, Brain and Education (MBE).

Science

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

Rod Ruth , nominated by Edmentum Aaron Schwartz , nominated by IPVideo Nominee: Cumberland County Public Schools Nominated by: EPS School Specialty For Cumberland County Public Schools, the strategic use of Structured Literacy made all the difference for both students and teachers in addressing disrupted learning due to the pandemic.

Math

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2020

It was tough to find time slots that work with teachers' schedules and space to accommodate PD sessions. Then there were the costs: travel and meal expenses for offsite meetings, substitute teachers and the price of the actual training sessions themselves. Why was online PD the right approach for Hauppauge teachers and staff?

Learning

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2016

What can virtual reality, the technology that arguably takes the viewer farthest away from the tangible world, teach students about expressing themselves and interacting with each other? Feedback for such an individualized subject, Emoti team members say, should be personalized, which is difficult for teachers with large classes.

Learning

eSchool News

APRIL 18, 2024

“We are excited to offer these innovative tools to our partner schools, enabling teachers to create more engaging and effective learning environments.” “This AI technology enables educators to bring lessons to life in ways previously unimaginable,” Pranav Mehta, CTO and Co-Founder of Prof Jim, said.

Education