eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2024

Amplifying creativity and collaboration with AI My former colleague and MIT professor Mitch Resnick bemoans the current uses of AI in education, which aim to replicate conventional teaching methods by focusing on problems that have a right answer. So what might playful learning with AI tools look like in practice?

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Teach Hub

OCTOBER 25, 2024

If you’ve been a teacher for a while, you already know how much standardized tests shape everything from what you teach to how you’re evaluated. These tests seem to influence how you prepare lesson plans, so you may feel pressured to “teach to the test” rather than foster a love of learning.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In this article, I’ll explain exactly why spaced repetition is the secret to overcoming learning loss, and why all educators should incorporate it into their teaching methods. And yet it remains the most underrated and underutilized learning principle in the history of education. Let’s start with a story. Once upon a time in Panama.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

If traditional teaching methods reliant on textbooks, lecture, and rote memorization have proven anything, it’s that one size definitely does not fit all. The lesson for educators is clear: to truly connect with our students, we must diversify our teaching methods and keep the learning experience fresh.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

They discussed how adjusting student combinations, adapting teaching methods, and preparing students for group learning can lead to successful outcomes. Base groupings on information : Use pre-tests, formatives assessments, learning styles, and even student interest surveys to divvy up the students. Brown, M.Ed.,

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eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2021

Never before have educators been challenged and tested as they were beginning in March 2020 and continuing up to present day, and never before has their resilience been more apparent. The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us many things–chief among those lessons is that our educators are truly heroes.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2019

I was introduced to new teaching methods of teaching. Users can turn on various functions to mimic experimentation and attach various probes, such as a heater that can boil water in a test tube. The equipment is not difficult to use, but the PD provided me with the training to properly teach my students.

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eSchool News

APRIL 26, 2019

Those students say out-of-the-box teaching methods and fun science projects and competitions are two ways to increase STEM engagement and interest. The study shows that almost 60 percent of responding students want teachers to be more creative in the classroom. Related: How to get students interested in STEM.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Brain-based learning is an educational framework that informs teaching methods by leveraging scientific knowledge about how the brain learns and develops.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2024

Reviewing teacher prep programs to ensure they teach the science of reading. Adopting a strong elementary reading licensure test. Setting specific, detailed reading standards for teacher prep programs. Requiring districts to select a high-quality reading curriculum.

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eSchool News

MARCH 3, 2025

At a time when schools can be limited by obsolete teaching methods, inequitable policies, and uninspiring school cultures, we should aspire to rehab the features of an antiquated education system. Or, invite the public on a tour to see our new teaching practices first-hand.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Unlike traditional teaching methods, drones allow students to interface directly with technology, transforming their learning experiences from passive to active. As these young minds engage with advanced tools, they gain the technical know-how and develop the mindset required to succeed in Industry 5.0. Why drones?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2024

MindPrint assessments evaluate nine key cognitive skills in the areas of executive functions, reasoning, memory, and processing that influence performance across all academic subjects and impact standardized test scores. Tutor Doctor franchisees are positioned to help students thrive beyond what traditional tutoring methods can offer.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Higher test scores are often used to measure student achievement, but we know true meaning-making and application of skills are measured in different ways. Yet educators need to take a moment to reflect on teaching methods, rekindle their passion for learning, and embrace change.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2024

To enhance equity and promote accessibility, schools are implementing new technologies and innovative teaching methods to cater to diverse learning styles and abilities. Students and teachers alike are seeking alternatives to the traditional lecture- and test-based approach that has predominantly been used in schools for decades.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2020

Other interventions the researchers tested in the experiment also failed to deliver the results found in smaller trials. His message is that learning scientists need to pay more attention to context when they test various teaching methods.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2018

Districts around the country are moving away from teaching models based on lectures and textbooks—but transition isn’t always simple. Creating a competency-based or mastery-based environment requires re-thinking everything, including teaching methods, assessments, and how to best prepare students for life after school.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2018

Video is also proving to have solid results when it comes to learning outcomes—from higher test scores to increased engagement with learning materials to increased comprehension. Here are five ways video can have a powerful impact on teaching and learning: 1. Combined, these play a significant role in teaching a subject.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2015

They come first, before college, before careers, before testing. I thought about what experiences could happen in those spaces, extracting the qualities and characteristics of technology, space and teaching methods that could be applied to each space. Schools at their heart should be human potentiality incubators.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2024

In the coming years, the final funding decisions made by current district leaders will serve as a litmus test to determine if they have proactively addressed the internal capacity needed at the system level to support their chosen allocation of funds. Will they prioritize short-term fixes, or will they root their decisions in sustainability?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

AI-powered tools can aid in identifying gaps in curriculum design, helping institutions refine their teaching strategies. Additionally, AI contributes to the evolution of assessment methods, offering new ways to measure students’ understanding and skills beyond traditional testing. How can AI disrupt education?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 26, 2024

To enhance equity and promote accessibility, schools are implementing new technologies and innovative teaching methods to cater to diverse learning styles and abilities. Students and teachers alike are seeking alternatives to the traditional lecture- and test-based approach that has predominantly been used in schools for decades.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

The NSF Math-Science Partnership Institutes grant funded a teacher development program for 80 ninth-grade science teachers and provided summer academies and year-round support to enhance their physics knowledge and teaching methods.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2019

At the time it seemed a bandwagon full of elite colleges were starting courses that ended in “X,” making the whole trend feel a bit like an experimental beta test (and one that might not last). Whether or not the case method can work online is a question that we haven’t answered yet,” Brian C.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Now, he and Baselice collaborate to create and test games and are actively trying to gather evidence that these activities aren’t just good for engagement, but for long-term learning. When I’m testing a game, I have no way of knowing if it's going to be blocked by the school’s servers,” Angie says.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2018

In order to protect student data, SecurityScorecard offers these three insights to get education institutions started on a more reliable security plan: Application Security: Schools are relying more than ever on online applications for testing, data collection and analytics.

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2020

Southeast Lauderdale High School also knows the importance of testing different platforms before investing. By bringing in the new technology to be tested by a variety of stakeholders, the team was able to better find the right solution for their needs. Once you’ve found the right tech, the real fun begins.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

Tech giants Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have unintentionally assigned educators around the world major homework for the summer: Adjusting their assignments and teaching methods to adapt to a fresh batch of AI features that students will enter classrooms with in the fall.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2025

Two English professors have outlined a vision of restrained generative AI, and theyve built a software tool to test their idea for using technology to turn notes into prose. Are Colleges Ready For an Online-Education World Without OPMs? Young Could AI help students improve their writing without totally taking over the process? By Jeffrey R.

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k12 Digest

MARCH 4, 2025

Lloyd Jackson discussedhisexperience withmathematics and AI.Heshared hisviews oncurriculum standards ,digital tools and AI ,digital learning with traditional teaching methods , AI shaping the future of mathematics education ,and many more. In a recent interview withK12 Digest,Dr.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2021

There could be an opportunity for students to actually choose which tests that they're giving the frog-cat,” she added. But she said she wished there had been opportunities for more rich interactions in the alien zoo. “It It was really just a push-button-to-proceed type of experience,” she said.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Furthermore, AI can contribute to the development of adaptive assessments, offering a more nuanced understanding of students’ capabilities beyond traditional testing methods. Benefits of AI in education include revolutionizing traditional teaching methods by offering adaptive, personalized learning experiences.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

“We also melded the missions of coding in education with AR for this exploratory study to see if we could get favorable results in timing tests and user experiences,” said Nathan Dass , a researcher and software engineer at Google AI. “We

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 14, 2023

AI-powered quiz builders are revolutionizing modern classrooms, transforming traditional teaching methods into captivating, gamified learning adventures. This feature is particularly advantageous for standardized test preparation, where time constraints are critical.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

To test the impact of data analytics on student behavior management, researchers provided participating schools with Kickboard analytics software , designed to track students’ positive and negative behavior. MORE FROM EDTECH: See how K–12 schools are using technology solutions to mitigate poor student behavior!

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Large and small schools who use these tests have seen the number of users fooled by common phishing techniques drop from 29 and 26 percent, respectively, to 17 and 20 percent. . for example, students run IT simulations in which they manage the imaginary network of a small company to test their cybersecurity skills.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2019

During this project, teachers can pepper in digital formative assessments to test how students are absorbing computational thinking methods. . For example, teachers can assign a project that focuses on using foundational STEM skills to approach issues students care about.

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