eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

Creativity is an essential skill for all students to have. This builds emotional development and lifelong skills that will help them in any future career they may have. Why creativity? Creative projects help students connect new information to prior knowledge through critical thinking and problem solving.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

News and media literacy studies are embedded into grades 6-12 ELA and social studies curricula. In an age of social media, where anyone can cite information from any source and be declared an expert, students must have critical thinking skills to evaluate what it behind the message or information a person shares.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

My kids love it whenever they get the chance to use technology as part of the writing process. We all strive to develop students with the skills necessary to be successful after high school graduation. We all want our students to write more. Jill Weber, Cheney Middle School. To develop solutions to authentic problems.

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2015

Students and educators will have access to a collection of more than 1 million online textbooks and image databases that can be used for instruction on subjects, such as social studies, the language arts, and science.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2018

When I was teaching social studies in elementary school, I often found that while my ideas were endless, my planning time was limited. Despite my best efforts, I struggled to adequately prepare for all of my social studies lessons in a given week. Cross-curricular learning.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 25, 2015

With a new video, standards-based exercises and an interactive creative challenge each week, the dynamic series provides a unique platform to teach core subjects through real-world news and promote the development of important skills like reading, writing and critical thinking. “We

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

High schoolers write a lot every school day. How can you help them improve their writing skills and have fun at the same time? Thats where daily writing prompts come in! Write a thank-you note to someone in your life. Have students write to the prompt before class begins. What makes someone admirable?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2016

MCSD narrowed the gap between its test scores and the state averages on 12 tests this year: third-grade English language arts, science, and social studies. fourth-grade science and social studies. fifth-grade English language arts, math, science, and social studies. eighth-grade social studies.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

IXL covers all the areas needed to teach language arts, containing more than 2,400 skills spanning reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary and more. It guides students from simple to complex skills, adapting to individual student needs and offering explicit instruction with real-time feedback.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2023

They are building in Minecraft Education to demonstrate skills and knowledge, Brooks said. Building structures or settings can also bring social studies lessons to life. Students read a book, write a book talk script, create the setting in Minecraft, and record themselves walking through the setting while reading the book talk.

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Education Social Studies Writing Science 288

eSchool News

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Common Sense Education 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. Think about adding the app in as part of an activity for health, social studies, civics, home economics, or career readiness classes.

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Mobile Devices Lecturing Social Studies Students 279

eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2023

They are building in Minecraft Education to demonstrate skills and knowledge, Brooks said. Building structures or settings can also bring social studies lessons to life. Students read a book, write a book talk script, create the setting in Minecraft, and record themselves walking through the setting while reading the book talk.

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Education Social Studies Writing Science 280

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

How Utah educators use IXL’s award-winning platform With thousands of adaptive skills aligned to Utah’s Core State Standards , IXL provides comprehensive coverage of math concepts and applications so that educators know exactly what students should work on to meet key benchmarks.

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Math STEM Learning Textbooks 285

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2024

To be clear, this assignment would require students to analyze documents and write their own responses using evidence, which are important skills of course, but it would inevitably lead to me manically red inking papers that ultimately were written because I assigned an essay that would only ever be read by me. To what end?

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Assignments Essay Social Studies History 204

eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

Develop learner-centered assessments aligned with learner-centered systems The skills that make us uniquely human are the skills that a learner-centered framework champions. They are also the skills that will be very difficult, if not impossible, for technology to replicate reliably.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The district turned to IXL because of its ability to align perfectly to Austin ISD’s textbooks and curriculum, plus IXL’s broad range of skills that individualize instruction and empower every student. IXL is built on over 8,000 interactive skills that are highly targeted and adjust to each student’s level of understanding.

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Distance Learning Exams English Math 246

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Move is the district’s latest in an attempt to boost students’ tech skills. In language arts classes, students can write papers or create presentations on their laptops, uploading the file to the web to work on at home and at school. We need to give them the skills and knowledge.”.

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Textbooks Art Social Studies Internet 208

eSchool News

JULY 17, 2017

Coding and robotics can be incorporated into content areas quite easily from sequencing activities in ELA and social studies to writing algorithms in math class as in this ClassFlow lesson, it is possible to use robots to identify misconceptions and enhance understanding as students apply subject-specific knowledge through authentic tasks.

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Social Studies Schools STEM Science 242

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The program features include: 24/7 online, on-demand access to expert tutors, 361 days of the year Expert tutors available in 200+ subjects, including English Language Arts, algebra, calculus, physics, chemistry, world languages, computer science, and more Tutors also available for Advanced Placement® and International Baccalaureate® courses as well (..)

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Quizzes Achievement Students Social Studies 243

eSchool News

MAY 8, 2023

Featuring a dynamic and diverse group of educators, episodes offer age-appropriate content focusing on foundational reading, writing and literacy skills, with literacy coaches modeling best practices for using science of reading-based pedagogy.

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Learning Art Social Studies Culture 287

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

In order to meet these goals while also responding to testing demands, I needed a new resource: one that would provide my students with a strong framework for writing and use technology as the primary composing tool. Fortunately, I found everything I was looking for (and more) in the online reading and writing program ThinkCERCA.

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Writing Essay Teaching Quizzes 122

Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

Participating in a simulation of the Constitutional Convention offered them a structured experience to practice the skills necessary for civic discourse—listening, discussing and compromising. With an increased emphasis on improving test scores in reading, writing, math and science, social studies fell to the wayside.

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History Social Studies Education Knowledge 217

eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2016

The main focus is reading skills, but there are also units on math and writing; science and social studies receive tangential coverage within the reading program. Through a game-like setting, kids encounter lessons that address a variety of reading skills from phonemic awareness to vocabulary, spelling, and more.

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Social Studies Learning English Reading 189

eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Through this partnership, all 33 schools in the district will use IXL to supplement math, English language arts, science and social studies instruction. IXL is built on over 8,500 interactive skills that are highly targeted and adjust to each student’s level of understanding. IXL’s personalized learning platform.

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English Exams Languages Language 220

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Key points: Digital learning is a permanent classroom fixture–here’s how to integrate it Defining digital curriculum in a new era of learning 5 digital tools to enhance your social studies instruction For more news on digital trends, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Digital learning isn’t going anywhere–nor should it.

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Learning Beliefs Learning Styles Social Studies 256

eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2015

Listen Current offers daily current events and lessons for English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science in middle and high schools. The program gives students opportunities to engage in thoughtful conversations that inspire discussion and debate while reading and writing grounded in evidence.

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Curriculum English Learning Styles Social Studies 219

Organized Classroom

MAY 22, 2025

The teacher was sitting at a table with several students working on a comprehension skill of some sort that involved several different colors of post-its. Personally I find it the easiest to break my centers into subject areas – but I do try to somehow correlate those subject areas to the reading skill or story of the week.

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Social Studies Math Science Study 87

eSchool News

AUGUST 1, 2016

Through this new collaboration, Wilson County educators will, beginning in the 2016-2017 school year, integrate Discovery Education’s Science Techbook (Grades K-12), Social Studies Techbook (Grades 6-8) and Math Techbook (Grades 6-12) into classroom instruction. Director of Schools at Wilson County Schools.

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Textbooks Social Studies Learning Learning Styles 187

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 27, 2017

Ask a Tech Teacher guest blogger, Karen Dikson, has put together a collection of online gamified sites that will help your students with their writing: You think the textbooks for today’s generations of students are way more interesting than the once you had? Well, organize a quiz and write the results on the board. Ask your students.

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2025

Seventeen characters with diverse backgrounds help students practice speaking skills by engaging with content in academic subjects such as math, science, social studies, and general knowledge. For more information, visit lexialearning.com.

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English Languages Language Social Studies 231

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2025

This strategy provides students with the opportunity to deepen their understanding while developing self-direction and critical thinking skills that are valuable far beyond testing season. #2 Each column in the choice board can focus on a specific concept, skill, or vocabulary term. Writing a diary entry from that persons perspective.

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Testing Learning Critical Thinking Essay 195

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Findings like these suggest the need for schools to start teaching good digital citizenship to students at a very young age—and Ribble and many others believe that students should learn these skills throughout the K-12 curriculum. After completing the debate, have the class determine which side made a better case,” Ribble writes.

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Curriculum Teaching Mobile Devices Ethics 279

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2018

Sixth grade social studies teacher, Ashlynn Sandoval provides content by showing a video that has captions. The addition of captions improves access for a variety of students, those with hearing impairments, those learning a new language, and those working to improve reading or spelling skills.

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Universal Design Students Lecturing Social Studies 231

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Writing is a deeply personal act. From process to deadlines, no two people approach writing in the exact same way. While some people prefer to write in complete silence, others need the din of a coffee shop to focus. These disparate settings have one thing in common: excellent writing can emerge from each.

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Writing Feedback Learning Languages 104

Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2023

Student disengagement in writing at the secondary level is a pervasive challenge school districts face nationwide. Many students perceive writing as formulaic, disconnected from their life experiences and lacking opportunities for personal agency and expression. What is the most important skill you learned in the internship?

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Education Students Writing Social Studies 167

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2018

Sixth-grade social studies teacher Ashlynn Sandoval provides content by showing a video that has captions. The addition of captions improves access for a variety of students, those with hearing impairments, those learning a new language, and those working to improve reading or spelling skills.

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Universal Design Students Lecturing Social Studies 233

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2016

It has helped millions of students worldwide to improve their reading and writing skills, master increasingly rigorous academic standards, and prepare for high-stakes assessments. “We Smarty Ants is a foundational literacy program for grades PreK-1 that teaches children how to read in an engaging, online environment.

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