EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2024

This transformation is especially crucial for customer experience strategies. In K–12 schools, CX doesn’t refer to customers in a traditional sense, but rather technology users such as teachers, students and families.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

AI encourages cheating A common fear is that students will use AI to bypass learning. While AI tools can indeed generate answers or essays, this highlights the need to rethink assessment strategies. Yet, in the educational space, AI often stirs fear and skepticism among educators.

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Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

And so they’ve designed systems, strategies and tools to better hold the attention of their students, many of whom are working adults. These techniques include human outreach, like employing teams of mentors and advisers who proactively check in on students, as well as automated tools that help keep learners on track.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 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 5th most-read story focuses on under-the-radar digital learning tools. Feedback is a huge driver of student learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2019

Let’s look at these Pillars and ways that we can lead in the now: Student engagement, learning, and outcomes : We cannot expect to see increases in achievement if students are not learning. Students who are not engaged are not likely to be learning. Engagement is not a silver bullet, though.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Two years ago, we set out to better understand how technology coaching could move us closer to bridging the digital use divide in the classroom. Last year, in the pilot year, our findings showed that teachers who participated in the Dynamic Learning Project used technology more frequently and in more powerful ways with their students.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 16, 2023

Improved collaboration Similar to how social media has redefined the notion of community, digital tools are also changing the dynamic between students and teachers, affecting how they interact and collaborate. To learn more, check out this post.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Aim to keep students engaged. It’s important to think about the long-term strategy; don’t stick with your existing infrastructure because it’s too big of a challenge to change things. Aim to Keep Students Engaged. Keeping students engaged is one of the most important aspects of teaching.

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eSchool News

MARCH 15, 2023

Digital learning has not always been as ubiquitous as it is today–in fact, a decade ago, the concept made many educators uncomfortable. But today, digital learning resources are embraced as tools that highly-skilled educators can use to boost student engagement and connect classroom lessons to the real world.

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Hapara

MARCH 12, 2025

If youre helping guide your school or districts learning environment, understanding how attention works can make a real difference. Dr. Robin Wisniewski, the author of Promoting Student Attention , recently joined us for an insightful webinar full of strategies to improve attention in the classroom.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Create digital flashcards, interactive quizzes, scavenger hunts, and other cool stuff. Pear Deck is an add-on for Google Slides to increase student engagement. Find templates for student choice menus and more at the Shake Up Learning blog. Flippity has tons of templates for Google Sheets!

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2021

During pandemic learning, educators have seen a plethora of digital learning tools and resources, and they’re figuring out what does and doesn’t work for their instructional methods. Here’s a small collection of digital learning tools and resources you may not know about.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Free Virtual Learning Environments. Seesaw is the student engagement platform and digital portfolio tool I use with my elementary students. Discover more ways to integrate technology effectively by taking one of my fully accredited online courses or get one of my books ! The post will not appear until that day.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Last year, Digital Promise, with generous support from Google, launched the Dynamic Learning Project (DLP) to continue its effort to close the Digital Learning Gap. Effective PD includes five key attributes: Content focus, active learning, sustained duration, collective participation and coherence.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 28, 2020

Teachers across the region reported that students were more engaged and had higher attendance during digital learning due to the excitement of working with artists and other partners. Schacter added, “Student engagement was a challenge before COVID-19 and is going to be an even greater challenge this year.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 19, 2024

EdTech has enabled the delivery of quality educational content through digital learning to learners from all corners of the world. It has made learning mobile, engaging, and interactive, encouraging students to take an interest in digital learning and retain it. What Is Digital Learning?

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Hapara

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Drawing upon the experience of working education professionals dedicated to equity and inclusion, this blog explores ways to foster a learning environment where every student has the opportunity to thrive with technology. Interactive and visual media can also help to keep students engaged, and ease their way into learning activities.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

When teachers turn a lesson or tough-to-teach concept into a motivational gamed or use a fun competition to teach new concepts, students become immersed in their learning and are often more engaged–meaning they’re more likely to retain information. and Prodigy to gamify her instruction and motivate students.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2025

The combination of automated assessment tools and flexible content delivery methods allows teachers to spot learning gaps quickly while giving students the freedom to master concepts through their preferred learning modes.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 25, 2020

This includes downloadable strategies that educators can send to their students while they are out of school, professional development resources for educators including the EdSERT Optimistic Thinking Guide, and additional resources such as white papers, videos, and blog posts to support educators during this time.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 18, 2019

In this series we explore Powerful Learning, a set of principles to guide educators designing learning experiences that engage the hearts and minds of learners and incorporate technology in ways that contribute to closing the Digital Learning Gap. Students need an authentic purpose for learning 1.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 26, 2013

Hundreds of educators from over ten different states and Canada descended upon my school last year to learn together and network in an effort to move their respective school cultures down an innovative path. Effective technology integration as a means to promote student creativity, apply knowledge, and increase engagement in the classroom.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Hundreds of educators from over seven different states and Canada will once again descend upon my school to learn together and network in an effort to move their respective school cultures down an innovative path. This was the case for teachers in my District as well as those throughout the Tri-State area.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Cultural competency and AI To become effective agents of change, the next generation of teachers will need to take ownership of three core areas: cultural competency, social-emotional learning, and innovative practices (including AI). As part of our commitment to responsible AI integration, NDNU has signed ISTEs Digital Transformation Pledge.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 22, 2019

In this series we explore Powerful Learning, a set of principles to guide educators designing learning experiences that engage the hearts and minds of learners, and incorporate technology in ways that contribute to closing the Digital Learning Gap. Guide students through Collaborative Problem Solving.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 18, 2019

In this age of digital content consumption, students are likely to get easily distracted if they do not find their curriculum interesting enough. Educators have noticed that when technology is integrated into the curriculum, students tend to demonstrate an eagerness to learn. Everyone has a unique learning style.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The report released by GoGuardian , an education technology company supporting thousands of K-12 schools and over eight million students through powerful tools and research, captures field research from the GoGuardian Research and Insights team, with insights from more than 450 students, teachers, administrators and policy leaders across the U.S.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2020

Having immediate access to digital content and resources has enabled them to quickly create and present more exciting and rich lessons for their students. On our annual district technology survey, student engagement has increased an average of 22 percent districtwide with a few sites reporting a more than 40 percent increase.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 24, 2019

In this series, we explore the design principles and the research that grounds them to inspire and guide you in making your own learning and teaching practices more powerful and empowering. Powerful learning must be inquisitive and reflective. Inquiry and reflection are strategies for engagement as well as for enduring learning.

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Linways Technologies

APRIL 15, 2020

Students should be engaged and made to be a part of the class. For most of us, student engagement begins and ends at raised hands, questions asked, or simply maintaining eye contact. But most teachers have a better understanding of how to interact with students and engage them inside the classroom.

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2025

Students, especially in the middle and high school years, have more opportunities than ever to cheat using AI tools, such as writing assistants or even text generators. Teachers should strive to connect the content to real-world applications that resonate with students. Are students still learning during COVID-19?

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 14, 2018

Congratulations to Jared Wall ( @jwalledtech ) who shared the idea to make read alouds more engaging. He received a free copy of my book, Learning to Go: Lesson Ideas for Teaching with Mobile Devices, Cell Phones and BYOT. Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning , The 30 Goals Challenge , or Learning to Go.

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Lightspeed Systems

JANUARY 24, 2024

The perennial challenge teachers face is keeping students engaged and focused in a technology-rich educational environment. Download your copy of Managing Distractions in Digital Learning Environments to unlock strategies for minimizing classroom distractions, maintaining student attention, and enhancing the learning experience.

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eSchool News

JULY 22, 2024

But simply teaching and learning through a device isn’t enough, and moving instruction online requires approaches and resources to ensure students have tools that enable deeper learning and active student engagement. For more news on online and hybrid learning, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

Free Virtual Learning Environments. Seesaw is the student engagement platform and digital portfolio tool I use with my elementary students. Edublogs also hosts several student challenges to inspire continuous writing and creativity. The staff offers incredible support to teachers and students.

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Moodle Digital Badges Classroom Edmodo 195

Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2021

Assistant Principal Ronda Smith remembers her heart racing when she learned that John F. Kennedy Middle School would pivot to remote learning because of the pandemic. We had to figure out how to get students engaged online, which was already a focus in the brick-and-mortar setting. “We It's been essential.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Coaches are leveraging AI to curate research, synthesize best practices, and develop instructional strategies tailored to their schools. They encourage teachers and students to utilize AI for brainstorming, outlining essays, and improving writing mechanics.

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