A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 1, 2020

In many cases, every classroom is outfitted, as well as conference rooms and professional learning spaces. Many of the devices even come with excellent software packages that can be used to increase student engagement.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Educators know that getting students engaged is a real challenge. Engagement is down across America, with less than half of high school students feeling engaged. The answer is student voice. So what is the key to fixing this?

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Hapara

MARCH 12, 2025

Ensure that edtech tools are user-friendly and dont make workflows complicated. Leadership tip : Evaluate the usability of edtech tools to determine if they help reduce learners cognitive load and are easy for educators to use. Incorporate background knowledge When content feels relatable, learners are more likely to engage.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Maybe some of these challenges sound familiar, whether you’re a district, a school, a curriculum leader or an instructional coach, a digital learning specialist, or a librarian. Who are your district’s building-based edtech coordinators? Edtech information is then not limited to one school but shared throughout the system.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Silver Spring, MD (Thursday, December 16, 2021) — As school systems nationwide begin to look towards Winter Break, Discovery Education and select social impact partners present curated professional learning resources at no cost to support educators’ continued professional learning. STEM Professional Learning Resources.

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Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] While edtech tools are in most classrooms, not every educator understands how to use technology in meaningful ways. Student engagement was the main driver to teaching the learning outcomes, and Heather helped educators do this with technology.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2023

Charlotte, NC — Discovery Education —the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports instruction wherever it takes place—has announced a host of exciting updates to the company’s award-winning services. Together, these new enhancements drive deeper student engagement and offer even greater support to educators.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 4, 2024

To support the success of all students in the post pandemic world and to address the state of emergency in our students’ reading and math skills, our district has reviewed its edtech resources. We’ve decided to keep those that are proven effective in helping our students regain lost learning.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2024

One of the biggest lessons I learned in my first year of teaching was the importance of continuing my own learning. ChatGPT In 2024, my district was fortunate to participate in a fabulous professional development opportunity lead by Jason Neiffer of the Montana Digital Academy ( MTDA ).

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2023

This renewed collaboration ensures students and teachers in the district’s K-5 classrooms will continue to use the company’s award-winning Mystery Science service to drive deeper student engagement in science instruction. Also, all AMSD educators enjoy access to the Discovery Educator Network.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. What are the projections for edtech? This begs the question: What’s next for education?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As aspects of pre-pandemic life slowly emerge from nearly two years of masking, testing, and social distancing, educators are once again gathering at edtech conferences to experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital tools, and professional learning opportunities.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2018

We asked 49 edtech executives to look into their crystal balls and share their thoughts about what will happen in 2019. Neuroscience, and the measurement of emotional immersion, will become a key innovation and a new precision metric of student engagement. Jacob Bruno, vice president of professional learning, NWEA.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2022

Through this new phase of collaboration, educators at Kihei Elementary School will add Mystery Science , an award-winning digital resource for K-5 teachers and students, to their suite of Discovery Education resources used across the school during the 2022-2023 school year. We are excited to begin the school year with these new resources.”.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

After spending more than 25 years in edtech, I know how crucial it is for educators to understand how to leverage technology to support SEL in practical, meaningful ways. Professional learning that’s rooted in SEL can help by giving staff tools to manage stress, build trust, and increase resilience.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2023

Charlotte, NC — Arkansas’ LISA Academy public charter school district today announced the renewal of its partnership with worldwide edtech leader Discovery Education. Discovery Education is the global edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports instruction wherever it takes place. Discovery, Inc.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2022

In the latest phase of this collaboration, a new edition of the award-winning Mystery Science service built especially for Texas educators is helping CCISD teachers in K-5 classrooms districtwide engage students more deeply in science instruction. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2025

Todays students desire more individualized learning approaches, which empower them to use their creativity, explore their passions, and engage with their peers in more collaborative ways. Teachers want solutions for student behavioral issues, more attentive leadership teams, and more manageable workloads.

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Hapara

MARCH 18, 2025

Improved student engagement Classroom technology allows students to learn how they want to learn, piquing their curiosity, boosting motivation and supporting deeper comprehension. Chen is a professional learning coordinator for her district, where educators have access to Hpara and other platforms and tools.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 5, 2022

Keep these tips top of mind during your edtech search: Just because tools are pretty doesn’t mean they correlate to academic achievement. Student engagement with a product does not equal learning. Research should inform any edtech selection. EdTech Selection: The Obstacles. Good advice, but not easy to do.

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Digital Promise

JULY 12, 2018

Challenge: Edtech Procurement and Adoption | Response: The Educators’ Playground in Rowan-Salisbury Schools. In a colorful space adjacent to where teachers receive regular professional development training, Rowan-Salisbury Schools has created an Educators’ Playground of edtech where teachers can tinker and test new products.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Want professional learning credit? We gotcha covered! Join our ALL ACCESS Membership for access to these sessions and more, plus credit certificates for your PD hours.

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Edsurge

JULY 26, 2021

As Executive Director of Instructional Technology at Plano ISD in Texas, he often slips into his district’s sea of digital usage data to understand student engagement, direct budget planning, find power users and more. Matt Frey For more on edtech analytics, Frey suggests these resources. IMS Global Learning Consortium.

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2022

Finally, to help educators continue their own professional learning during the summer months, Discovery Education is offering: A series of Interactive Courses highlighting new strategies for increasing student engagement with digital resources.?? For more information about?Discovery www.discoveryeducation.com ?and

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In this new phase of collaboration, Discovery Education’s Pivot Interactives is helping educators in the district’s high school Biology class to actively engage students in the exploration of scientific phenomena while developing their scientific practice. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2018

Which strategies and tools can ground our work in equity, increase edtech efficacy, and develop stronger networks? Excited to learn from other #EdClusters18 it is awesome to know hear about how so many people are working to unite people and find common ground to improve our world in this age of polarizing every subject.

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More Verbs

MAY 2, 2016

” On the other hand, educators in Washington County, PA, find that their devices benefit students , and in Auburn, ME, educators found that when they carefully selected apps aligned to their curriculum or participated in professional learning focused on using apps to build conceptual understanding of mathematics , student learning improved.

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More Verbs

MAY 2, 2016

” On the other hand, educators in Washington County, PA, find that their devices benefit students , and in Auburn, ME, educators found that when they carefully selected apps aligned to their curriculum or participated in professional learning focused on using apps to build conceptual understanding of mathematics , student learning improved.

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Discovery Education

MAY 14, 2023

Check out what’s trending in EdTech news! For this edition of the DE EdTech News Roundup, we’ll cover: Appreciating Teachers The "Tech" in EdTech Insights from Education Leaders Appreciating Teachers In case you missed it, May 8 – 12 was Teacher Appreciation Week! But EdTech is really two topics: education and technology.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2020

As increasing demands on teachers’ time are coupled with the need for remote learning resources, online PD has emerged as an important tool to address new challenges. With OTIS for educators , we’ve created a service that provides PD on edtech and distance learning in a meaningful way.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2022

Silver Spring, MD (Thursday, June 2, 2022) — To keep students engaged in learning all summer long, Discovery Education and its Social Impact Partners are offering students and caregivers an array of no-cost dynamic digital resources they can use at home. Twitter and LinkedIn. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 27, 2016

This week I came across a post by Larry Ferlazzo that asked educators to provide their response to why EdTech has over-promised and under-delivered. So what is the biggest problem in EdTech? The biggest problem is that we have been teaching teachers and students how to use technology without giving them the why of technology.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The study was funded by the Reading Reimagined program of the Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF, pronounced like air-diff), and provided a specific reading fluency protocol along with professional learning to sixth grade teachers in a large, urban U.S. school district in 2022-23.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 27, 2017

Leveraging Learning Trajectories and Diagnostics for Personalization in 6-8 Math (B304). Professional Learning with SeeSaw (B302). Adding Interactivity to Google Slides for Customized Learning (B307). iPad Art & ‘Tra-Dgital’ Approaches to Learning in Hands-On Creative Classrooms (B306).

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eSchool News

JULY 21, 2023

Charlotte, NC — Students across Indiana’s Vigo County School Corporation (VCSC) will add new, high-quality learning resources to their digital book bags this Fall thanks to a new partnership with worldwide edtech leader Discovery Education. Each lesson begins by posing a question commonly asked by young students.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Educators can access the free, on-demand “Lounge Talks” video series to hear about and learn effective strategies for a number of timely topics ranging from professional development to teacher wellness. To learn more about PLtogether, visit [link]. Watch here. Positive teacher well-being and school culture. About Edthena.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

CHARLOTTE, NC— Virginia’s Rivermont Schools today announced a new partnership with Discovery Education , the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports instruction wherever it takes place. Dedicated professional learning helps school systems recognize the full return on their edtech investment.

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